Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

‘I am’ with all earnestness. The ‘I am’ would test
your endurance, but a moment would come when it
will be pleased with you, become your friend and
release its stranglehold on you.
188. The trap of birth and death is
because of the ‘I am’, dwell on it, realize
it and transcend it.
Just observe the Janus-like nature of the ‘I am’. It
acts like a foe when it has laid this trap of birth
and death into which you fall. Once you are
trapped, it requires an extraordinary effort to get
free. If you are fortunate enough to come across
the right Guru, or his teachings, only then do you
stand a chance of getting out of this trap. The
Guru’s words are very simple and straightforward:
understand the ‘I am’, abide in it, realize it and
transcend it. When you abide in the ‘I am’ it
becomes your friend and helps you out.
189. Get established in the ‘I am’ without
words, the ‘Paravani’, but you the
Absolute are not that.
The ancient ones have classified ‘Vani’, or speech
into four categories: ‘Vaikhari’, which is the
spoken word; ‘Madhyama’ is of the mind or