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

ealized soul only by listening to a few talks. You have to forget
everything and merge with ‘Brahman’.
423
Who is it that needs to understand this the most, the knowledge
that ‘I am’? If you listen carefully and imbibe the principles, you
will get rid of this body-mind sense and dwell only in the ‘I
amness’ (Beingness). In order to know the link between ‘I am’ and
‘I am not’, hold on only to the ‘I amness’ without words, ‘just be’.
When hailed, you respond, there is somebody within you that
becomes aware of the call and the need to respond. That being is
the ‘I am’ and he has been there even before that awareness
appeared.
424
The moment the ‘I amness’ explodes or appears, all of space is lit
up. The entire sky is the expression of your Beingness, yet you
believe that you are only the body. Your love for the body limits
your horizons. But the moment those walls come down, you are
one with ‘Brahman’ and the whole universe.
425
The witness cannot ‘be’ in the absence of the knowledge ‘I am’.
Who are you seeing if you are not aware of the ‘I am’? You have
covered everything with this ‘I am’ knowledge. The five elemental
world is only the creation of this ‘I amness’.
426
Be alert to the ‘I am’ and all other experiences will be transcended.
The next elevation will only come when you abide in the Self.
When you are convinced that ‘all of Consciousness is my Self’,