Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

201. That soundless sound, the humming
‘I am’ is a reminder that you are God. To
understand and realize it, meditate on it.
The sound ‘So Hum’, observed while inhaling and
exhaling during the breathing process is extremely
subtle. The humming of the ‘I am’ is even subtler
than this and has been called the ‘soundless
sound’. It is a constant reminder that you are God.
Meditation on that soundless or wordless ‘I am’ is
recommended as a means to understand and
realize it. Theoretical or verbal understanding of
the ‘I am’ is not enough, you have to actually
realize it and become one with it, and for that
meditation is essential.
202. You are in the ‘I am’ without any
effort, so be there. Don’t try to interpret
the ‘I am’.
Meditation, understanding and realization are all
complementary processes and work in an overall
way. You are always in the ‘I am’, do you require
any effort to know that ‘you are’? So just be in it.
Words cannot be used to describe the wordless;
they can at the most be pointers. Any attempts on
your part to interpret the ‘I am’ is beating the very
purpose of understanding and realizing it. In fact,