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

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431<br />

In the case <strong>of</strong> a devotee (‘Bhakta’), initially the devotee does not<br />

want to leave God. Later on, even if the devotee asks God to go,<br />

God will not leave him. God means the knowledge ‘I am’. <strong>The</strong><br />

knowledge ‘I am’ is God (‘Bhagwan’).<br />

432<br />

Since everything is ‘You’, you can’t cut it away from you. This<br />

knowledge <strong>of</strong> ‘I amness’ is part <strong>of</strong> you. How can you throw it<br />

away? And where can you throw it? When you established in<br />

Beingness (the ‘I am’), you realize everything is ‘You’, it is all<br />

your creation.<br />

433<br />

That principle ‘I am’ is your illusion but the Oneness got rid <strong>of</strong> that<br />

illusion. <strong>The</strong>n one is without body or mind. <strong>The</strong> principle <strong>of</strong><br />

Oneness has no shape, therefore male and female have no shape –<br />

this is the wedding <strong>of</strong> the male and female. At that stage the barren<br />

women conceived and progeny is delivered! That is the ‘I am’ state<br />

and that is the universe. But this Oneness is not a state <strong>of</strong> illusion.<br />

434<br />

This knowledge <strong>of</strong> ‘I amness’ that is there in you contains the<br />

whole universe. <strong>The</strong> knowledge that I am expounding is to that<br />

divinity within you (the ‘I am’) and not to a human being. <strong>The</strong> ‘I<br />

amness’ which having created the universe is dwelling within you<br />

as the remnant. <strong>The</strong> very core <strong>of</strong> that knowledge ‘You are’<br />

contains the whole universe.

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