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

481
This knowledge (‘I am’) is for each man to understanding and be
still in it. By understanding the Self you understand the world,
what else is there? You are as large as the world, if you are; the
world is, otherwise not. The trap of birth and death is because of
the ‘I am’, dwell on it, realize it and transcend it.
482
The confidence and knowledge that ‘you are’, on what does it
depend? Beingness becomes no beingness and no-beingness
spontaneously becomes beingness, so whom should we question?
You should yourself investigate it; what is the support of the ‘I
am’? On what does the faith that ‘you are’ depend? Why is there
beingness? Why am I? How am I? People only think of the body
and mind, then, come death and the faith ‘I am’ disappears.
483
From deep sleep you wake up, that border is Paravani, beyond
words. When you move, become conscious, you feel ‘I am’, then
mind takes charge, words take over and you are embroiled in the
world. Paravani is other than language, ‘Para’ means ‘other’ or
‘transcend’ – the language of just being without words, but I, The
Absolute, am not that
484
The one, who tries to abide in the Self, loses identity with his ego.
The very identity that ‘I am’ gets dissolved. Your true identity –
The Absolute – is prior to the ‘I am’. How can you provide a
uniform (the ochre robe) to it?