(3:43) In this video, Swami Ji responds to a question asked during open satsangs he shared on 18-28 January 2018 in Tiruvannamalai, India, exploring the theme of Consciousness and the Nature of Spiritual Awakening. The basis of these satsangs was a discussion of Sri Ramana Maharshi’s poem, Sat Darshana (Forty Verses on Reality).

In Self-enquiry, the recognition of “I am-ness” is also a recognition of the Oneness with everything. There is no more Otherness. Yet, it is an awareness that remains localised and the subtlest form of the “I-thought” still subsists. When this awareness merges into its own source and the ultimate recognition takes place, you know you are pure Consciousness. You are everywhere. Mind and body continue to operate so there is still a so-called “person” who can interact with so-called “others” but you know you are the Ocean, not just this wave.