Self-inquiry is the Art of Being with your Self

Self-inquiry is not a search as is commonly understood. It is just perceiving "what is" without the habitual process of recognition and naming, responding from past, the memory. The process of recognition and naming makes the mind outgoing, away from "what is". In that simple perception there are no likes and dislikes because the memory is not involved. The "false i" begins and continues in identification with its own self created limitations there by creating its own self-ignorance. With constant awareness(sada apramada) there is the comprehension of the process of "false i" and the very comprehension of it is the ending of it. Then we become one with the ultimate reality. This is self-inquiry.

The author, Dr.P.V.S.Suryanarayana Raju is pediatrician from Andhra Pradesh, India, born on 12th December 1950.He is working on the subject of self-inquiry for the past 30 years.His works include Insights in self-inquiry, The Alpha and Omega of self-inquiry, Commentary on who am i, Know Thyself, Inner conflict leads to outer disorder, Self-inquiry is The Art of Unveiling The Self, From despair to bliss-the message of Bhagavad Gita, The essence of Bhagavad Gita, Self-inquiry in Bhagavad Gita.His books in Telugu which include ＂Nenevadanu? which is a commentary of him on ＂who am i＂ in Telugu, Nija Vicharana and his most recent books in Telugu Vichara Chudamani, and Vichara Chandrodayam mainly deal with the practical aspect of self-inquiry and he explains in them why self-inquiry is a direct and easy way for realiz