Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

and exhalation, which we hear as ‘So Hum’. This
‘So Hum’ sound is regarded as a ‘Mantra’ for
‘Japa’ (recitation) and means ‘I am That’. The ‘So
Hum’ sound that is naturally available to you is
actually wordless and indicates the primordial ‘I
am’. Some seekers may find this method conducive
for their practice, so the Guru recommends
recitation of the ‘So Hum’ and getting in tune with
it.
198. The recitation of ‘So Hum’,
indicating ‘I am’, must be for a very
long time, it is prior to words.
Any ‘Sadhana’ (practice) has to be undertaken for
a very long time, a lot depends on your earnestness
and intensity. Rarely have there been seekers who
have realized their true identity after a short
period. The ‘So Hum’ is prior to words and
naturally available to you, its evolution has
occurred in the process of self-inquiry as: ‘Deham
Naham’ (I am not the body), ‘Ko Hum?’(Then,
Who am I?), the wordless answer that came was
‘So Hum’ (I am That).