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

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consciousness (‘I am’) will also vanish – what remains is the<br />

Reality.<br />

523<br />

All actions are performed by the ‘Ishwara’ principle (‘I am’) which<br />

is time-bound and has its being in the unknown. So what is there to<br />

do? Why say that I do anything? <strong>The</strong> ‘I am’ consciousness does<br />

everything and this ‘I am’ is nothing but knowledge without<br />

attributes, which is time-bound.<br />

524<br />

<strong>The</strong> greatest obstacle is the ‘I am’ growing over your true nature,<br />

which gives you the feeling ‘I am doing this’ and ‘I am so and so’,<br />

so you feel benefited by this ‘I am’, but you are really being<br />

cheated by it.<br />

525<br />

When the consciousness <strong>of</strong> ‘I am’ becomes pure (simply the ‘I am’<br />

and not ‘I am this ‘or ‘I am that’) – you become ‘Ishwara’ (God or<br />

creator) and the sky becomes your body.<br />

526<br />

<strong>The</strong> ‘I am’ is the purest form <strong>of</strong> attribute (it can be even said to<br />

have no attributes). When even this pure attribute goes it is<br />

‘Parabrahman’, ‘Brahman’ (God or ‘I am’) means that ‘the news’<br />

has arrived. When this ‘news’ has gone, it is ‘Parabrahman’. That<br />

you exist is the primary knowledge.

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