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Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

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The way in is the way out, from the unmanifest to

the manifest, from absence to presence, from nonbeing

to being. How is this so? It is the knowledge

‘I am’, which, when it spontaneously appears,

makes this possible. So the ‘I am’ is the connection

or gateway in, thus it must also be the means on

disconnection or the gateway out. But, for this

reversal to occur you have to be in the ‘I am’, the

feeling of the wordless ‘I am’ must completely

engulf you, only then will you be free from its

clutches and enter non-being.

77. Right now, right here, you are the

Absolute, the Parabrahman. Hold on to

the ‘I am’ very firmly, ever abide in it

and it’ll dissolve, then you are as you

are.

This very moment you are the Absolute, or the

Parabrahman, the only trouble being that you have

wandered away far off from the ‘I am’ and are lost

in the add-ons. Here lies the crux of the whole

‘Sadhana’ (practice) where you have to snip-off all

the add-ons or appendages and come to the ‘I am’

in its total purity - that is, when it dawned on you

without words. This done, you now have to hold on

to the wordless ‘I am’ very firmly and always abide

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