Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

are desperate to penetrate it and complete the
process of the conception of another ‘I am’. Finally
one of them manages to enter, fertilization occurs
and a new ‘I am’ is conceived. Thereafter it is a
multiplication and differentiation process forming
the embryo followed by the fetus in the womb. Each
cell of the fetus carries the ‘I am’ which lies
dormant in the womb - and it is the ‘I am’ that is
born. The ‘I am’ contains everything and asserts
itself strongly throughout the life of the body that is
born, of course mistakenly believing itself to be the
body!
137. The birth principle is ‘Turiya’ (the
fourth state) which means ‘where
consciousness is’.
Careful observation of the whole process of
reproduction, either sexual or other types prevalent
in nature, has shown that it is a strongly self
assertive phenomenon. Every living species wants
to propagate and perpetuate and the self assertive
‘I am’ is the birth principle that is integral to the
whole process. Since the birth principle was
difficult to define or classify, it was simply called
‘Turiya’ by the ancient thinkers. The word ‘Turiya’
means ‘the fourth’, i.e. the fourth state of
consciousness that lies at the very base of the other