Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

231. Understand the ‘I am’, transcend it
and realize the Absolute. In such a
simplified way nobody has expounded
this profound teaching.
You see the sunrise and sunset everyday on the
horizon, but does it really occur? Is there ever any
horizon? You may try to approach the horizon but
you will never reach it. The appearance and
disappearance of the ‘I am’ is like the sunrise and
sunset, it only appears to have occurred on the
horizon, but actually there is no such thing. From
the point of view of the Sun, which stands apart, it
never knows the sunrise or the sunset at all; it is
always there, shining away in its magnanimous
glory. This was just an analogy to enable us
understand the ‘I am’, the comprehension of which
has been time and again stressed by the Guru. The
understanding is then used as a basis for the
‘Sadhana’ (practice) that has to follow, which is
abidance in the ‘I am’ or the knowledge ‘I am’
meditating on itself. That is all that has to be done;
if done correctly and earnestly, it will lead you to
your ultimate destination, the Absolute or
‘Parabrahman’. Quite certainly, this profound
teaching could not have been expounded in a
simpler way than this.
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