Beginner Self-Inquiry, Question.

[Rasheed]

I did self-inquiry, today for the first time. What I did was this: Take 30 minute timer, and focused completely on being, feeling of being. Anytime thought arise, I asked myself: Who is Thinking? And went back to focusing on the feeling.

• is this the right way to do self inquiry? Or this is not even self inquiry at all?

  To be honest, couple times I thought that I was not even self inquiring, but I still kept asking the question, and focusing on the feeling...

[Nahm]

@Rasheed Yep.

[Rasheed]

1 hour ago, Nahm said:

@Rasheed Yep.

I appreciate you 

[Nahm]

@Rasheed ?? You as well. ??

[Inliytened1]

@Rasheed what worked for me is inquiring into what i was, actually.  Realizing i wasn't the body or the brain.  Realizing what i truly was i could not pin down in form anywhere.  Just that i thought i was this entity behind the eyes.  I recommend listening to Leo's enlightenment videos in order.

 

[eputkonen]

2 hours ago, Rasheed said:

I did self-inquiry, today for the first time. What I did was this: Take 30 minute timer, and focused completely on being, feeling of being. Anytime thought arise, I asked myself: Who is Thinking? And went back to focusing on the feeling.

• is this the right way to do self inquiry? Or this is not even self inquiry at all?

  To be honest, couple times I thought that I was not even self inquiring, but I still kept asking the question, and focusing on the feeling...

Extend it slightly...

Who is thinking?

-   I am.

What is the source of this "I"?

 

Who is focusing?

 - I am.

What is the source of this "I"?

 

Go to the source...and abide at the source.

Ramana Maharshi said one of the main purposes of self enquiry is to quiet the mind...so if you found you are thinking a lot and have to re-focus often...then you were simply by-passing thought and refocusing on feeling...but that may not have been self inquiry.  Self inquiry is not simply repeately asking 'who am I" or 'who is thinking'.  Self inquiry is to go to the source of these thoughts.

[Blissout]

7 minutes ago, eputkonen said:

Extend it slightly...

Who is thinking?

-   I am.

What is the source of this "I"?

 

Who is focusing?

 - I am.

What is the source of this "I"?

 

Go to the source...and abide at the source.

Ramana Maharshi said one of the main purposes of self enquiry is to quiet the mind...so if you found you are thinking a lot and have to re-focus often...then you were simply by-passing thought and refocusing on feeling...but that may not have been self inquiry.  Self inquiry is not simply repeately asking 'who am I" or 'who is thinking'.  Self inquiry is to go to the source of these thoughts.

Is the source, the feeling of being, the feeling of IAM?

[eputkonen]

Being, Silence, etc.  There are many pointers.  But I would say not "IAM", because there is no "I" in it...instead you would ask "what is the source of this "I"?  So 'feeling of AM' would be a better pointer.  Prior to the I-thought.

Edited November 29, 2019 by eputkonen

[Rasheed]

48 minutes ago, eputkonen said:

Being, Silence, etc.  There are many pointers.  But I would say not "IAM", because there is no "I" in it...instead you would ask "what is the source of this "I"?  So 'feeling of AM' would be a better pointer.  Prior to the I-thought.

It is about asking what is the source and then feeling the being, instead of asking question: “Who am I”?