In a Zoom meeting with Ernesto and Carlos of ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 7th September 2021, Michael James answers the question:

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‘I have heard you and Ernesto say that you do not teach or that you do not do this for others but for yourselves. Isn't this, in a way, selfish, while your perception of being a body and a person has not yet ceased?’

While answering these questions Michael refers to and/or discusses the following passages from Bhagavan’s writings:

Nāṉ Ār? paragraphs 9, 10, 13 and 20

Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu verses 26 and 38

The note he wrote for his mother in December 1898

This episode can also be watched as a video: 2021-09-07b Yo Soy Tu Mismo: Michael, Ernesto and Carlos discuss selflessness and self-attentiveness.