The complete 'I am' quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Pradeep Apte
The complete 'I am' quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Pradeep Apte
The complete 'I am' quotes of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Pradeep Apte
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548<br />
Food, sleep and procreation, this is happening everywhere in the<br />
objective world, whether you are Christian, Hindu or Muslim, but<br />
all these experiences are through the consciousness ‘I am’, which<br />
is itself an illusion.<br />
549<br />
<strong>The</strong> entire objective world rises and sets with this consciousness ‘I<br />
am’ which has infinite powers to become whatever it wants. But<br />
this again would only be a dream and not in Reality, where nothing<br />
has ever happened or changed at all.<br />
550<br />
<strong>The</strong> objective world is nothing but a sport or art <strong>of</strong> this ‘I am’<br />
consciousness. Your true nature is beyond this. <strong>The</strong>re is no<br />
intrinsic value in this consciousness <strong>of</strong> ‘I am’, except to know and<br />
realize its illusory nature.<br />
551<br />
Once we have accepted the definition <strong>of</strong> Reality <strong>of</strong> being that<br />
which persists or is at all times the same, then we know that<br />
Reality can never change. <strong>The</strong> objective world and the<br />
consciousness <strong>of</strong> ‘I am’ (In deep sleep there is no feeling <strong>of</strong> ‘I am’)<br />
is constantly changing, so from this we can infer that whatever<br />
changes is only an appearance and not a Reality.<br />
552<br />
Study the nature <strong>of</strong> this ‘I am’ consciousness. Once you understand<br />
the nature <strong>of</strong> this consciousness and that it is untrue, then all your<br />
search is over, there is no more effort required.
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