Knowing through the senses only the objects of form and quality before it —- the means to abide in Self is to begin enquiring inwardly, “Who am I?”
185b. For the extroverted intellect, the means to abide in Self is to begin enquiring inwardly “Who am I, who suffer greatly, knowing through the senses only the objects of form and quality before me?”
- O miserable and extroverted people, failing to see the seer, you see only the seen! To dissolve duality by turning inwards instead of outwards is alone Blissful.
Sadhu Om: The terms “inward” and “outward” can be used only in reference to the body, but as the body is itself a mere imagination, such terms should not be taken literally. The reason for the use of these words is that the aspirant, in his ignorance, feels his body to be ‘I’, so on being told to “turn inwards” he should understand that the should “turn Selfwards,” that is he should turn his attention towards what he feels as “I”. In truth, Self is neither inside nor outside the body as it alone exists beyond all limitations such as time and space.