You are not the doer
Explanation of "You are not the doer" by Ramana Maharishi A Disciple (D) goes to the Guru Ramana Maharishi (G) for Self Knowledge and the conversation is recorded as follows: D: Sir, I want to get liberated. G: You Are Ever Liberated. D: How can you say that? G: Why do you think otherwise? What binds you? D: Today morning, I got angry. G: Anger is of mind. You are not the mind. D: Should I, therefore, not address the anger? G: If you understand you are not the mind, will the anger arise? D: What does that mean? G: You tell me, how did you get angry? D: My subordinate did not work properly. G: So? Subordinate did not make you angry. Suppose you had no thought of it! That is you did not know this. Would you be angry about it? D: No. G: So when a thought arose you were affected by that thought. Who "Took" that thought and built anger out of it? D: I G: Yes, Who is this "I" ? D: Its Me. I got affected by the thought. G: ...