Who is this ‘I’? Or a more pertinent question should be who
is the owner of ‘I’? The very obvious answer to this question should be “I am
the owner of I”. But let us examine it a bit more closely. Is the ‘I’ we think
of is the controller of function of our kidney? Or liver, heart, blood flow in
our arteries and veins? Well not the conscious I. We are not owner or controller
of the I that controls every movement of our bodies. Now how much different is
our mind from our liver? The mind is nothing but a function of our brain. And
the brain is just another organ like kidbney but much more complex. This mind
or brain is just some chemical reactions and electrical impulses of brain which
we do not control. Therefore we are not owners of our conscious mind or the so
called I also. Our minds which are nothing but series of thoughts are not controlled
by our ‘I’. The source of thoughts is that I which controls our kidneys and
livers and so on. Who is that ‘guy’...the
real ‘I’? Atheists would call it nature. Others would call it God; source of
all ‘I’ s. And that I or the essence is everywhere. I mean are we not just
bunches of atoms (or more fundamental particles if you like) examining other or
the same atoms. Which or who is the Examiner within these atoms? And examining
Whom?
