Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

164. That ‘Brahman’ or ‘I am’ state alone
embraces everything and is all the
manifestation. You have to forget
everything and merge with ‘Brahman’.
Whatever you see or feel has the ‘I am’ as its basis,
the ‘I am’ and ‘Brahman’ are the same. All is the
creation of the ‘I am’ or ‘Brahman’ state, this you
can also say from your own experience. Prior to
the arrival of the ‘I am’, or in the deep sleep state,
did you know of your existence or the world and
the rest? It was only with the rising of the ‘I am’
that space, which engulfs everything, came. As a
part of the ‘Sadhana’ (practice) you have to forget
everything - that is, all externalities and become
one with the ‘Brahman’.
165. Whatever is created is created by the
knowledge ‘I am’, there is no other path,
only this conviction. This is it! The name
and body arise from the ‘I am’.
First you have to develop the understanding that
the knowledge ‘I am’ is the creator of everything.
This includes your name and form, both are
products of the ‘I am’. You must develop the
thorough understanding that, yes, this is it – the ‘I
am’ is the beginning and the end of everything.