That is the ego which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness - the Self.

Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.

The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The mind is fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore it is foolish to attempt to kill the mind by means of the mind. The only way of doing it is to find its source and hold on to it. The mind will then fade away of its own accord.

Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.

It will come all right in the end. There is the steady impulse of your determination that sets you on your feet again after every downfall and breakdown. Gradually the obstacles are all overcome and your current becomes stronger. Everything comes right in the end. Steady determination is what is required.

The search "Who am I"...ends in the annihilation of the illusory "I" and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one's hand.

If you go the way of your thoughts you will be carried away by them and you will find yourself in an endless maze.