Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

217. When Krishna says ‘I remember all
my past births’, he means the ‘I am’, the
fundamental feeling behind all births.
There is no ‘I am such-and-such’.
Krishna is the Absolute or the ‘Parabrahman’,
your true identity. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna
makes a statement where he says that he
remembers all his past births. The implication is
that he remembers the ‘I am’, the birth-principle,
in every birth and not that he was ‘so-and-so’. The
‘I am’ appeared and disappeared on him as the
fundamental principle of all births. Although the
personalities kept changing depending on the
elements, qualities and the circumstances, the ‘I
am’ remained the same.
218. You are not always in contact with
the ‘I am’ or it is not permanent. When
you are not aware of the ‘I am’, ‘Who’ is
not aware?
As the Absolute or the ‘Parabrahman’ you are not
always in contact with the ‘I am’: it appears and
disappears on you during your life and is not
permanent. The ‘I am’ is initially dormant from
birth till its appearance, and during sleep is held in
abeyance - but it is always there in the