Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

come when it disappears, then there is no chance
of any question arising - the root has been cut!
196. Understand the ‘I am’, transcend it
and conclude that ‘beingness’, the world
and Brahman are unreal.
The Guru again urges the seeker to understand the
‘I am’ first, for without understanding they are
merely two words. When you consider them as
merely two words, you are still at the verbal level
and you may even misunderstand and believe that
the Guru is asking you to reaffirm your ego. The ‘I
am’ that the Guru is talking of is the wordless one,
the very primordial one that arose when you just
came to know that ‘you are’. This ‘I am’ is
impersonal and without any attributes, that is
where you have to go back to and reside. Only on
transcending the ‘I am’ will you realize that this
‘beingness’, the world and Brahman are unreal.
197. The ‘So Hum’ japa (recitation) is
incessantly going on in your pulse
indicating ‘I am’; get in tune with it by
recitation.
The breath, which as a result of the pulse, is
observable as two subtle sounds during inhalation