Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

The Guru speaks from his own experience, he has
gone to great lengths to make you understand the ‘I
am’. The first thing that the Guru does to every
seeker that comes to him, is to make him
understand the ‘I am’. On the clarity of this
understanding is based the entire foundation of the
practice and progress. Unless you understand the
true importance of the ‘I am’ you will not pay heed
to it or make attempts to catch hold of it. The ‘I
am’ is impersonal and without name and form, the
moment you catch hold of it and become one with
it, you too achieve the same status. On becoming
one with the ‘I am’ you go beyond the realm of
body-mind.
195. All questions exist because the ‘I
am’ is there. After the ‘I am’ has
disappeared, no questions arise.
The ‘I am’ is the primary concept, the root, the
very beginning from where all questions begin.
When you dwell in the ‘I am’ you are at the very
beginning, so where is the question of any
questions existing here. If it should happen that
while you are abiding in the ‘I am’ you diverge
from it, questions may arise, but not till then. Once
you are firmly established in the ‘I am’ a time will