All is Self

Sri Annamalai Swami

The "I am the body" thought is just as poisonous as a cobra. "All is my Self. All is the nectar of my own Self." These are the great affirmations that counter the "I am the body" thought. Holding on to one of these sayings is the equal of millions of punyas. If we continuously meditate on the truth of these statements, if we hold on to the truth of these statements, if we hold on to the truth that they are pointing towards, countless punyas will accrue to us.

There are many other mantras, but none are as useful as these. Ribhu Gita says, "All is the Self". This is the truth that you have to hold on to. To the real "I", nothing is foreign in the entire universe. If you know you are everything there will be no desire to pursue some things and not others. Nothing will be liked more or less than anything else. Do you like or desire your arm more than your foot? When your body is the whole universe, likes, dislikes and desires will be absent.