Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

153. The ‘I am’ itself is the world, go to
the source and find out how it appeared
and when.
As your understanding of the knowledge ‘I am’
becomes clear you realize that everything rests on
the ‘I am’. It is the very basis of the world that you
see around you. Prior to the arrival of the
knowledge ‘I am’ or during deep sleep you never
knew or know about the existence of any world at
all. The ‘I am’ is at the very beginning, so you
have to go back to it and not only go back but
spend a considerable amount of time there, only
then will you come to know how it came to be.
154. The conviction that the ‘I am’ and
the world never existed can happen only
to ‘Parabrahman’ (The Absolute).
As you abide in the ‘I am’ after fully understanding
it or earnestly doing the ‘Sadhana’ (practice) as
prescribed by the Guru, a moment comes when you
transcend the ‘I am’. On this happening both the ‘I
am’ and the world disappear and you enter the
Absolute or ‘Parabrahman’ state. Only in this state
will you have the conviction that the ‘I am’ and the
world never existed. The Guru is in that state, he