What you call “I” is not a single, unified being. Within you exist many selves-each with its own desires, fears, and conflicts. One part of you wants peace, another seeks recognition; one wants to forgive, another clings to hurt. These inner divisions constantly pull you in different directions, creating confusion and suffering. The illusion of being one is sustained only by thought, which tries to hold together this multiplicity under the label of “me.”

When you begin to observe these many selves without judgment, a great understanding dawns. You see that there is no fixed person-only movements of thought and emotion arising and passing away. In that seeing, the struggle to control or become something ends. What remains is silence, and in that silence, the Divine Presence reveals itself as the only true One. Let’s pray to Sri Ammabhagavan that we are many.