Talk 620.
D.: "Not this - not this". That is the teaching to the seeker. He is told that the Self is Supreme. How is it to be found?M.: The Self is said to be the hearer, thinker, knower, etc. But that is not all. It is also described as the ear of ear, the mind of mind, etc.; and by what means to know the knower?
D.: But this does not say what the Self is.
M.: "Not this - not this".
D.: It only negates.
M.: (Silence). The devotee complains that the Self is not pointed out.
M.: A man wants to know what he is. He sees animals and objects around him. He is told: `You are not a cow, not a horse, not a tree, not this, not that, and so on'. If again the man asks saying `You have not said what I am,' the answer will be, `It is not said you are not a man'. He must find out for himself that he is a man. So you must find out for yourself what you are.
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You are told, `You are not this body, nor the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor anything you can think of; find out what truly you are'. Silence denotes that the questioner is himself the Self that is to be found. In a svayamvara the maiden goes on saying `no' to each one until she faces her choice and then she looks downwards and remains silent.