Who am I?

A word of caution for those who chose this method to find the Purusha or Atma. Once again, remember, God is beyond this and before you can surrender to God, merge into God, you will have to be at the level of the Purusha or Atma.
Merely saying or thinking you are the Atma or Purusha and feeling you have discovered the highest like Ramana Maharshi is nothing more than self deception. It is like a child walking around with a fake stethoscope and claiming to be a real doctor!
Before you are on the verge of discovery of the self, you have to uncover the Karana or Causal Body. One should go to “Hiranyaloka” the place where you can at will, instantly create universes. These universes are NOT imaginary. The causal body has ego and consciousness. This ego and consciousness is a reflection of God and constantly forgets its divine self. This forgetfulness of itself is called “Avidya” and the same forgetfulness in the Hiranyaloka and the gross universe is called Maya or Satan or Delusion.
There are two opposing forces in the causal body. Sattwa or pure intelligence which pulls it to God and the Mana or mind which pulls it to Maya and creates universes.
So remember if you are on the verge of discovering the soul or Atma you have to be at this level first. This is the level which if purified makes one fit to receive the Wisdom from Vedas, from the Guru and is at the Agna Chakra. Here, the question or self inquire method as given by Raman Maharshi or Shankaracharya will bear fruits.
I should remind the reader, that this was the starting point of Ramana Maharshi when he was around 10. He was seized with fear and his subtle body left his gross body!. The part that witnessed his subtle was the karana or causal body.
So for my children, the method is true but you have to learn to meditate, go beyond the gross physical body, learn to separate the subtle body from the gross body, then uncover or release the outward pull of the mind in the causal body to the universe from the sattwa or pure intelligence, and the pure intelligence from the Self or Atma or Purusha. (Devatma Shakti).
In short, here are a few tips to know you are closer to the Atma. DO no settle for self deception and a world of self deception that you have uncovered the Self or Atma.
Here are a few tips to know you are on the way or you are there.
1) If you are at the Atma, the first thing that gets uncovered is the ability to know your own future with precision and certainty. When you are there longer, you will be able to see events occurring in the universe simultaneousy. Gurudev gave examples of this ALL the time.
2) The ability to read the mind of people around you like an open book
3) These are not siddhis, merely an extension of being in the self. You would not call using your hands a Siddhi!
4) You should be able the SEE the Sattwa buddhi or intelligence and the Mind. It is NOT abstract
5) WHEN THE MIND IS SILENT BREATHING STOPS. IF the person is breathing HIS MIND IS NOT SILENCED and HE or SHE DOES NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE of the SELF.
6) At the Karana deha or causal body, the breath gets lost and converted to the mind.
7) When the subtle body is liberated from the Gross body (the pre requisite to the above) one is able to withdraw the prana from the body. The gross body loses all sensation.
I hope ALL who try to unconver the self, know the Atma or Purusha keep the above in mind so there is NO SELF DECEPTION.