Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

three, which are: waking, dream and deep sleep. It
also means ‘where the consciousness is’.
138. The experience that ‘I am’ or you
exist is ‘Turiya’. One who knows
‘Turiya’ is ‘Turiyatita’ (beyond the
fourth state), which is my state.
The ‘Turiya’ is absolutely fundamental to your
being and usually you are not aware of that state
due to your cycling through the other three states
which you are well aware of. The ‘Turiya’ is the ‘I
am’ in its pure wordless form and the one who
understands and transcends it is called ‘Turiyatita’
(the one beyond the fourth state), which is the state
of the Guru.
139. ‘Turiya’ or ‘I am’ is within
consciousness, which is the product of
five elements.
Being beyond the ‘Turiya’, the Guru knows it very
well and says that the ‘Turiya’ or the ‘I am’ is the
birth principle and is within the consciousness.
And, what is this consciousness or the ‘I am’? It is
a product of the five elements that make up the
body. It is the very essence of the five elements and