Thought centers around the "I", believing it to be an anchor very much like the Mother, to whom a child clings for life support.  The Mother is not always going to be around.  The Child knows that independence from the mother is necessary at some point, but is afraid to let go and hopes that the guardian will always be supportive, caring and protective. 

The human thought process assigns the same role to the "I",  its vehicle of birth.  

The "I", from which thought germinates, refuses to let go off its child.  So the interdependance between "I" and Thought becomes interlocked and unbreakable.  It is this bonding that the Paramathma wants us all to evolve out of.  

The Paramathma says that the "I" or the EGO is the primary culprit in developing the other undesirable drivers or motivators of thought such as Desire, Fear, Greed, etc. 

The evolutionary process of thought requires that the thought process be detached from the "I".  When this happens worldly problems diminish and disappear.  The Paramathma, who is eternal now begins to gain control of our thoughts and elevates its existence to the next higher level (Moksham).

"I" and "Mine" which represent the ego and ignorance, are the two major hurdles to transcending to the higher state of existence.  Do not take (mental) ownership of all that you perceive through the senses.

There is also a physical seperation between the Mother and the Child.  Thought, has no way of knowing that it is actually separate from the "I" and that, once unshackled from the "I",  it can attain a state of existence that is free from the Physical constraints to which the "I" subjects it. 

The "I" can be discarded only when the mind gives up two aspects of thought - attachment to and ownership of worldly objects.  Once ownership of these observed and perceived phenomena are ascribed to Easwara, and not to the self,  the mind transcends the "I"

There is a dimension to the thought process that "I" and its main accessory, KARMA, cannot access or simulate. THIS DIMENSION REPRESENTS THE CAPABILITY OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS TO EVOLVE OUT OF THE KARMIC GRIP, THROUGH SELF REALIZATION.

EACH OF US PERCEIVES THIS WORLD THROUGH OUR THOUGHT PROCESS IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BASED ON OUR DIFFERENT KARMAs.

IN THIS STATE OF DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN THE SELF AND OTHER OBJECTS AND PEOPLE,  THE "I" IS BORN IN THE MIND AND ALL ITS ACTIVITY BEGINS TO REVOLVE AROUND THE "I" (OR THE EGO).

The turning of the observation capability of the thought process on to itself is not possible as long as the "I" is at the core of the Mind.   The "I" point of reference will only work on objects external to itself.  To observe the self, the point of reference has to be moved external.  The senses would not be used to perceive the self. 

The best (and probably the only) way to break out of the grip of the "I"  is to realize that the perceived objects, people, events, emotions are all meant only to teach the mind about its "own" attributes and that these attributes and qualities are meant to be evolved to higher levels of perception.

CONTROL THROUGH ACQUISITION

POWER THROUGH OWNERSHIP 

RESPONSIBILITY AND JUSTIFICATION OF PERCEIVED "DUTIES" and "OBLIGATIONS" THROUGH RELATIONSHIP.

Control over the perceived universe through Acquisition, Ownership, and Relationship. This control enables the "I" to manipulate property and people at "will".  This control over an environment that is perceived separate from the self, establishes the existence and sustenance of the fictitous  identity. This conviction has to be sustained and reinforced through increasing control. 

The following are the reasons for this point of view; We try to own things that do not belong to us.  We do not consider what we already have as being important.  What we already have does not seem to bring us any happiness.  We become unhappy when we perceive that someone else has something that we do not have and we expend all our energy and all our time in attempting to acquire that object.  The Paramathma clearly states indulging in these types of ownership pursuits ("I" and "MINE") is an absolute waste of time and is not the purpose for which we were created. 

The happiness from buying a house, a car does not last for even a few years.  We want to move to a bigger house and buy a bigger car, in what is a never ending pursuit of false achievement and pride. 

However,   the Paramathma is not concerned with physical objects in his teachings.  He is concerned about the mental process and the extent to which the ownership concepts of "I" and "MINE" distort our thought process and keep us trapped in a never ending circle of life and death.

This is why he categorically says that using "I" and "MINE" as the root of all our thoughts and actions takes us in the direction opposite to that in which we were meant to go.  This will be explored in greater detail in the following pages.