Definition

• The True Self is the self as it actually is — the experiencer, pure consciousness, the witness of all — as distinguished from the false self (ego, body-mind identification).

Key Teachings

• The True Self is what remains when all false identifications are removed through neti neti investigation.

• It is not a new identity to be attained — it is what you have always been, obscured by ignorance.

• The True Self is identical with brahman and is characterized as sat-chit-ananda (existence-consciousness-bliss).

• Knowing the True Self is self-realization, the goal of the path of knowledge.

Related Concepts

• Self

• Self-realization

• Atman

• Brahman

• False Self

• Ego

• Sat-chit-ananda