Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

91. The borderline between ‘I am’
(beingness) and ‘I am not’ (nonbeingness)
is the precise location where
the intellect subsides. It’s the ‘Mahayoga’
state. Be there!
Your arrival at the ‘I am’ in its wordless and pure
state is the first thing to achieve. Now, after you
have arrived here you have to dwell or stay here,
this will be possible only after repeated attempts.
Beware! This is a very slippery place! The pull of
the mind or intellect is very strong, it cannot bear
the ‘I am’ very long. But once you stabilize there,
the intellect, without disappearing, does so, too. It
is only after stabilizing in the ‘I am’ for a
prolonged period that a moment will come when,
quite spontaneously, you will also know ‘I am not’.
This is the border zone and the precise location
where the intellect subsides and you are in a state
of ‘not-knowing’. This is called the ‘Maha-yoga’ or
the ‘Great-yoga’, the union of ‘being’ and ‘nonbeing’
that is difficult to come by, hence ‘Great’.
92. Recognize the Atman by
understanding the knowledge ‘I am’, the
Atma-jnana, which is all pervading,
limitless and infinite.