Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

54. Keep focused on the ‘I am’ till you
become a witness to it, then you stand
apart, you have reached the highest.
For the moment or for as long as you believe that
you are the body-mind, you must continue with
meditation. During meditation, just keep yourself
focused on the ‘I am’ without words. As your
‘Sadhana’ (Practice) ripens you shall become a
witness to the ‘I am’. The moment this happens you
stand apart from the ‘I am’ and this is the highest
state you can reach.
55. This knowledge ‘I am’ has come out
of the state prior to it and now is the
cause of all suffering, before the ‘I am’
came you were happy, so go back.
If you are sensitive and observant enough you can
very clearly discern that this knowledge ‘I am’ has
arisen on the state prior to it. This sense of ‘being’,
knowing that ‘you are’ or ‘I am’ has just
spontaneously appeared and has become the cause
of all suffering. You have experienced those states
like the period from conception to the appearance
of ‘I am’, or in deep sleep where the ‘I am’ lies
dormant or is held in abeyance. During any of
these states was there any suffering or worry? The