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

wrong. If I think of this world, why should I not inquire about prior
to consciousness? If I tackle this question, I must investigate what
is this principle of ‘I am’? I would prefer to play with that child not
born because eternal Parabramhan and unborn children are alike.
456
I am experiencing the manifest world but prior to it I experience
the ‘Bindu’, the point. When I am that Bindu, everything is, the
world also is. The Bindu and the world are not two. ‘Bin’ means
without and ‘du’ means two, so, no duality. Bindu – the point of ‘I
amness’, I experience that. What is it? It is the very experience of
the five elements and the three gunas – the whole universe. That is
my intimate relationship with that ‘I am’ only – Bindu only.
457
Whatever is observed in the manifest world is your own Self, The
observer is ‘I am’, It is a receptacle of the five elements and three
gunas. The entire universe is in activity because of the three gunas.
The play of the entire world is based on the five elements and three
gunas. But you cling to your body; the body is also a play of the
five elements and three gunas.
458
The whole life is endured and sustained by the knowledge particle,
‘I am’. Without ‘I am’ there is no life. They are interdependent, not
one without the other. I am prior to the ‘I am’, which is true,
eternal and immutable. Beingness, world and body are time bound,
your life is not for ever, it rises and sets like the waking and
sleeping states alternate. The totality of manifestation thrives as
long as the beingness is there.