The complete 'I am' quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Pradeep Apte

393
Once it is understood that ‘I am’ is purely ‘I am’, formless and not
that shackled body form – then no liberation is called for. To be
stabilized in that beingness, which has no name and form, that
itself is liberation.
394
Understanding what that ‘avatar’ is, Lord Krishna avatar means in
essence abiding in that only. Then one is not the body. And what is
the body? It is a mere aid for the sustenance or endurance of that ‘I
am’ principle.
395
The vital breath gets conditioned or manacled by the bondage of
name. It accepts the name as ‘I am’; this is the mistake. That which
is deconditioned from name and form is ‘Paramatman’. That which
is conditioned by the body, mind, name and form is called ‘jiva’.
The language of the vital breath is mind, and the mind is the
motive force for all activities.
396
If you are able to establish yourself in the vital breath as you are,
you become manifest. The vital breath, when it is conditioned by
the body, you call it personality. But as matter the vital breath is
spread all over, it is manifest; it is universal. If you establish in the
vital breath as ‘I am’, that in itself will get you there. Don’t be
dishonest to your vital breath, worship it, and when you do so, it
can lead you anywhere, to any heights – this is the quintessence of
my talks. In such simplified fashion, nobody has expounded this
profound teaching.