Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

the pure non-verbal ‘I am’ donned the guise of a
verbal ‘I am’ with the ‘so-and-so’ attached to it
and many, many more attachments followed. So
you can see that the primary concept was the ‘I
am’, all other concepts followed this primary one.
Now, after understanding and following the
teachings of the Guru you have realized that the ‘I
am’ is false! The root is cut! Thenceforth, whatever
follows, can it be anything else but mental
entertainment?
152. This memory ‘I am’ is neither true
nor false, it is without these two
attributes. That memory of ‘beingness’
only appears to exist.
What is it by which continuity is maintained in your
life? By the memory ‘I am’ or ‘beingness’, together
with ‘I am so-and-so living in this world’ and
‘being so-and-so I have these duties to perform’.
Just see the trick that has been played by the ‘I am’
and it is neither true nor false but without these
attributes. This can be said about the ‘I am’ just as
it be said about a dream: the fact of its occurrence
cannot be denied but its contents are false! The ‘I
am’ is an appearance on your true being and will
always only appear to exist, it can never enter the
realm of reality.