Functioning in school, and the 'I am the doer' notion.

This one was one where my teacher responded about the performer of action notion. It was in response to a letter about school difficulties functioning.

Dear Kassy,Om Namo Bhagavate Sri RamanayaNamaste. Thank you for your messages.The analogies given by Sri Bhagavan concerning the train and theluggage and the temple tower and the carved figure pertain to the unrealityof the ego and the falseness of the conception of being the performer ofaction.Activity is not bondage and is not the cause of suffering. The "I amthe doer" idea is limitation and causes suffering. Mere cessation of bodilyactions does not yield Liberation. If inaction is grasped with fear as thecause, the fear will only intensify or endure. The result is indolence andnot spiritual peace. In such a mode of mind, concepts about external sourcesof happiness and suffering, and misidentification of the Self with the body,are delusions left intact.Action without attachment, as taught in Bhagavad Gita, YogaVasishta, and other holy texts, is correct. Such is easily attained by thosewho know the source of happiness within. They then inquire to realize theSelf as bodiless Being. Being beyond the identification with the body, theyremain at peace and free even when the body acts. The body acts; the Selfabides still.You may wish to continue to consider what was mentioned in aprevious email regarding self-centered thoughts.It may also be helpful to consider what you presently regard as atroubling situation for yourself contrasted with the phenomenal hardshipsfaced by other people around the world. It may provide some perspective.The Gita declares, Let a man lift himself up; let him not lowerhimself.Surrender is to God. Giving up in frustration and reacting byentertaining a mental mode of apathy has nothing to do with the deepdevotion in which the perfect fullness shines.The above is mentioned in the hope that it will clarify, inspire,and encourage.May your meditations be deep and the spiritual freedom that you findsuffuse the entirety of your life.Ever yours in Truth,Nome