The I Thought Hasn't Disappeared

Bhagavan says in verse 26 of Upadeshu India, Tanai Irritalei Tanai Aridalaam. In that context, oneself means our real nature. So we can know our real nature, which is pure awareness, only by being that. And we can be that only by attending to ourselves so keenly, but all other thoughts disappear. When all other thoughts disappeared, then only will the ego disappear. But ego will disappear because we see ourselves as we actually are.