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

489
The ‘I am’ consciousness is the advertisement of The Absolute.
The Absolute is unknown, what you call Ishwara, Brahma and so
forth are hoardings of The Absolute.
490
I know that this manifest Brahman or Cosmos is unreal, timebound
and unstable. The message ‘I am’ has spontaneously come
and is the root of the manifested world. The message ‘I am’,
caught hold of the body as its identity and suffering started. The ‘I
am’ happened and the world was cooked up. Even this
information, you got later, when the ‘I am’ came into friction,
recognized the body, mother and so on, prior to that you did not
have the message ‘I am’, you existed, but you did not know.
491
In that non-subjective state, the subject started. In the infinite state,
the ‘I am’ state is temporary; don’t give up your true standpoint
otherwise you will be fooled. To whatever extent you would
conduct your search, it would still be in the realm of ‘I amness’.
Don’t retain it (‘I am’) in memory, then you will be happy.
492
Catch hold of that ‘I am’ only and all obstacles will evaporate. If
you correctly understand me, you will be beyond the realm of
body-mind. Many a times it happens that teachings are
misunderstood. Because the ‘I am’ is there, these questions arise, If
the ‘I am’ is not there, no questions can arise. In the realm of ‘I
am’ anything is possible, but if I were alert enough, do you think I
would have been in this body? The Jnani is the one who knows
that beingness, the world and Brahman are unreal. Having