Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

114. There is no explanation how this
seed, this consciousness or the
knowledge ‘I am’ has arisen. But once it
has come it keeps humming through the
‘gunas’.
The arising of the knowledge ‘I am’ occurs quite
spontaneously and there is no explanation as to
how this seed consciousness came to be. Just as
there is no explanation why a child likes to play.
But once the knowledge ‘I am’ arises it likes to
keep humming through the ‘gunas’, the three
qualities that, along with the five elements, make
up the body. The word ‘humming’ has been used
because in Marathi ‘gun-gun’ means humming.
115. You must know how this ‘I am’
came about, as it is the only thing by
which you can unravel the whole
mystery.
The key to this whole mystery of life lies in one and
only one thing and that is the knowledge ‘I am’.
The ‘I am’ has to be understood very clearly with
no doubts whatsoever in your mind. If necessary,
go through the words of the Guru again and again.
Once having understood it you will have to dwell
or reside in the ‘I am’ in its utmost purity and then