Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

in the state of deep sleep or that period before the
‘I am’ arose.
143. Together with the body and the
indwelling principle ‘I am’ everything is.
Prior to that what was there?
The indwelling principle ‘I am’ is absolutely
essential for everything to surface. The body may
be there, but unless the ‘I am’ principle arises
nothing can be known. Once you have understood
the importance of the knowledge ‘I am’, all your
efforts should be directed towards investigating it.
The very first question that you must ask is: how
did this ‘I am’ come to be? Prior to that what was
there?
144. Hang on to the ‘I am’, which is your
only capital, meditate on it, and let that
unfold all the knowledge that has to
come.
You have wandered a lot and here for the first time
something so simple has been stated. The Guru has
gone on trying to make you understand the ‘I am’
in every way he can. He calls this knowledge ‘I am’
the only capital you have and remember, when he
says so he is right, you really do not have anything