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Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

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just came to know that ‘you are’. At that time you

had no knowledge of words or language and lived

in a non-verbal state; that state has to be caught

and abided in. That period was devoid of any

concepts, which came later as a part of your

conditioning.

147. Forget all about physical disciplines

in this connection and just be with that

knowledge ‘I am’.

A large number of physical disciplines have been

prescribed by many and in the end you have to

select the one which you find suitable. But here the

Guru tells us to forget all physical disciplines; he is

saying something that is altogether different. The

Guru wants us to understand our sense of ‘being’

in its utmost purity and then just be with it.

Understanding the knowledge ‘I am’ is important

and so is abidance in it, together they form the

‘Sadhana’ (practice).

148. Do you require any special effort to

know that ‘you are’? The ‘I am’ without

words itself is God.

If you have understood the knowledge ‘I am’,

where is the question doing anything? No wonder

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