Pradeep Apte - The Nisargadatta Gita

141. ‘Turiya’ or ‘I am’ is always
described as the witness state that sees
through the waking, dreaming and
sleeping. And ‘Turiyatita’ is even
beyond that.
Further commenting on the ‘Turiya’ the Guru
describes it as the ‘witness’ or the witnessing state
that lies behind the waking, dreaming and deep
sleep states; it does all the witnessing through
these three states. Deep earnest meditation as
prescribed by the Guru is required in order to get
stabilized in the ‘Turiya’ or the ‘I am’, and only
then you stand a chance of transcending the ‘I am’
and becoming a ‘Turiyatita’, the one beyond the
‘Turiya’ or the ‘I am’.
142. In the absence of the basic concept ‘I
am’, there is no thought, no awareness,
and no consciousness of one’s existence.
Understanding the importance of the basic concept
‘I am’ comes by constantly pondering on it. The
more you dwell on it, the more you realize that
‘yes, this is it’. On this ‘I am’ rests everything: all
the thoughts that prevail, all the actions that you
perform, the very awareness of your being, your
existence; the ‘I am’having gone all these go, like