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

yourself is just for killing time. Go ahead, no God, no I, as long as
you have cravings, knowledge will not be yours, Ishwara dies
before me.
473
Prior to birth there is no waking, sleeping or the beingness (the
knowledge ‘I am’), these three are born and are dependent on the
food essence. When this essence becomes weak, the three states
depart. Who is born or dies? In the absence of the three states, did
you know God? Did you know that you existed?
474
By staying in this knowledge (‘I am’) you can dissolve the subtle
body. The pill – the three states (waking, sleep and beingness) –
dissolves. Then there is no coming, till then the subtle body will
remain. So long the food essence is there the ‘I am’ knowledge is
there, once the essence is exhausted, knowingness goes.
475
The knowledge ‘I am’ is within you with that conviction you
worship. One who meditates on the knowledge, ‘I am’, everything
in the realm of consciousness becomes clear to him. He lives
without telling it, hence from this place, you carry the conviction
about yourself that you know the knowledge ‘I am’ is God, there
can be no other gain.
476
Day by day your conviction that the knowledge. ‘I am’ is God
must grow. Don’t care about the body, by constant meditation,
when God is pleased, you will have complete knowledge in the