The following is a transliteration of excerpts from pages 119-120 of Brahma-Atma Vidya Vol 2 by Shri Ramen Basu
1) I can
never be without the I. Consciousness can never experience Its absence.
2) Consciousness
can never be bereft of Consciousness, Self can never be without the Self, I can
never be without the I.
3) There is
no Consciousness other than the Consciousness, there is no Self other than the
Self, there is no I other than the I. Differently speaking, it is said that
Consciousness except the Consciousness, Self except the Self, I except the I;
again, Consciousness beyond the Consciousness, Self beyond the Self, I beyond
the I— all these verily are self-contradictory statements.
4) I do not know such I— this is a a self-contradictory statement. I am saying to the I itself that I do not know I. I am verily saying— who am I, I do not know. I am verily I. No need of waiting to know the Self. Self verily knows the Self; if that is not so, then how can I say I Acceptance of the Self leaves no room for further knowing the Self.
5) Listen you
all to what I say for one and all— is there any such person my dear who says I
has no existence, there is no I?
6) Who says I
am not there, I am not there— who says this?
7) How can I
say I am not there, unless I am there?
8) Whether I
know or know not, I say or say not, I accept or accept not, I remain verily I,
there is no second.
9) Whether you know or know not— how does it
matter? You do not remember your childhood now; does it mean that you are not
there now?
10) Everybody says I, I; there is no
doer-enjoyer-experiencer without I.
11) The nature
of I, the essence of I, is known to I alone and none else. The real Identity of
I is verily I and it is always revealed by I itself.
12) I am
within I, no other entity is there. I-Reality, the essence of all Reality, is
ever revealing in the heart of all.
13) The I that is there in this I, is there in one and all.
14) I of I and
I of you, the I of all is the I of I.
15) All in I,
I in all; I am all, all verily I am. One
who says, ‘I and mine’ and ‘Thou and thine’ is verily that I.
16) I is the mother and father of I, I is the Guru
and disciple of I, I is the Master and attendant of I, I is the becoming and
Being of I, I is the creator and preserver of I, I is the alternative of I, I
is the son and daughter of I, I is the friend and ally of I, I is the object of
knowledge and the knower of I, I is the fulfilment of I.
17) I exist eternally alone in the I-Existence. I has no duality. The identity of I is verily I.
18) The
experience of affirmation and negation exists in I-Consciousness.
19) I in I, I of I, I from I, I for I, I by I, I
with I, I to I, I on I and beyond and beyond I.
20) (a) I from I is the child-I; (b) I by I is the disciple-I; (c) I with I is the I of Being and becoming i.e., the I of Spirit and matter; (d) I for I is the I of Love Divine; (e) I in I is the Knowledge-I; (f) I perfectly unified and identified with the I, is the I of the Wisdom Absolute.
SUBMITTED AT THE LOTUS FEET OF SRI SRI BABATHAKUR
