The million dollar question - Who am I? talk by Divyanandaprana Mataji
Channel: Vivekananda Study Circle IISc
Date: 2021-05-08

This is a talk given by Divyanandapranan Mataji at IISc Bangalore on 17th February, 2020.

A whole lot of human effort goes in building and defending human identity. Our sense of ‘I’ virtually rules our thought, will and emotion. How do Indian philosophies penetrate into this fulcrum of human experience? What is the truth about identity? Identity is neither notional nor perceptual. It is the crux of the human personality with its core dimension in consciousness. It is Self Knowledge that raises man beyond his compulsive nature to pure Being. In addition, it adds value to human experience by boosting genuine confidence, enabling mind management and self-regulating interpersonal relationships. Mind management includes stress management and time management. This is what makes ‘Who am I?’ a search worth more than a million dollars!