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

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527<br />

This ‘I am’ consciousness in its purity, having only one attribute<br />

(that ‘it is’), is also know as ‘Saguna Brahman’ (God with form),<br />

which is also known as the ‘Ishwara Rupa’ (form <strong>of</strong> the Lord).<br />

This pure attribute <strong>of</strong> ‘I am’ consciousness is called ‘Sattva<br />

(harmony) guna (element or quality) from which other ‘gunas’<br />

(qualities) follow, when this ‘Sattva’ dries up, so does reflected<br />

consciousness.<br />

528<br />

<strong>The</strong> consciousness <strong>of</strong> ‘I am’ is the first and foremost thing. This<br />

feeling (that ‘I am conscious’) comes to you only because there is<br />

something older or earlier to which this ‘I am’ consciousness<br />

appears. All change appears superimposed upon the changeless<br />

substratum.<br />

529<br />

You must pay attention to the ‘I am’, being constantly alert and<br />

focused on the ‘I am’ only. <strong>The</strong> five elements are only an<br />

extension <strong>of</strong> your own Self, you must be fully acquainted with the<br />

‘I am’ in order to go inwards.<br />

530<br />

This interval between the beginning <strong>of</strong> ‘I am’ consciousness (birth<br />

and waking state) and until you lose it again (death and deep sleep<br />

state) is called ‘time’. Time and attributes are not two, but one, and<br />

both must pass away.

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