Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

34. With the arrival of the primary
concept ‘I am’, time began, with its
departure time will end; you the
Absolute are not the primary concept ‘I
am’.
The ‘I am’ is the starter, the initiator, the very
beginning of everything including time. In fact all
measurement begins with the ‘I am’ and all
measurement including time ends with its
departure. It is the primary concept on which is
built the entire mansion of other concepts. The
knowledge ‘I am’ and space have appeared
simultaneously and spontaneously on you, the
Absolute, who stands apart.
35. When you know both the ‘I am’ and
the ‘I am not’ then you are the Absolute
which transcends both knowingness and
not-knowingness.
As you abide in the ‘I am’ for a longer time you
shall also realize the state of ‘I am not’ or there
will be a state of ‘knowing’ and ‘not-knowing’.
Both these states are states of consciousness in its
purity; they are the very beginnings of duality. The
very arrival of the concept ‘I am’ implies the ‘I am
not’ hidden in it or ‘knowing’ has ‘not-knowing’