Quotes About Aham

Identity based on what we have is aham, not atma.

Prakriti is nature. Brahmanda is culture. Prakriti creates man. Man creates Brahmanda. Prakriti is objective reality. Brahmanda is subjective reality. Atma witnesses Prakriti, aham constructs Brahmanda.

Like animals that seek food for their survival, humans yearn for meaning for their sanity: what is our value, our purpose and our identity in this world? As long as we seek validation from the world around us, we are entrapped by aham. As soon as we realize that all meaning comes from within, that it is we who make the world meaningful, we are liberated by atma.

the chant 'Shanti, Shanti, Shanti-hi' does not mean 'Let there be peace, peace, peace'. It means: 'Let me come to terms with the limitations of me, mine and not mine.' This is the ultimate goal of Hinduism: to outgrow aham and realize atma.

When the reference point is aham, not atma, when the world is only Brahmanda not Prakriti, one is as deluded as one who is intoxicated.