Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

astonishing: never for a moment do you believe
that it is all false and actually never came into
being! You, the Absolute are always there, ‘I am’
or no ‘I am’, by the appearance of the ‘I am’ you
only know that ‘you are’.
193. In the infinite state, the ‘I am’ state is
temporary; don’t give up your true
standpoint, otherwise you will be fooled.
The Absolute, infinite state ever prevails. The
appearance on it of the ‘I am’ state is temporary
and will vanish one day, but the infinite is always
there as it has been. On the appearance of the ‘I
am’ in its nascent state, it is quite free, without
name or form. Soon the process of conditioning
takes over and you get fooled into believing the ‘I
am’ to be the body-mind, and lose your standpoint.
You have to go back and come to that wordless
state of the ‘I am’ and abide in it in order to realize
its temporary and false nature. Then you have
regained your standpoint as the Absolute infinite
which is as it is and will be forever.
194. Catch hold of the ‘I am’ and all
obstacles will evaporate, you will be
beyond the realm of body-mind.