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