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

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<strong>The</strong> knowledge ‘I am’ which is indwelling in you, worship that<br />

only.<br />

156<br />

Lord Krishna said ‘All are my expressions’. This knowledge ‘I am’<br />

in each species is myself. <strong>The</strong> very life force – luminous, bright,<br />

radiant, indwelling principle is myself.<br />

157<br />

When you got yourself separated from the Absolute with this<br />

identity ‘I am’, you felt fragmented, isolated, and that is why your<br />

demands started. In the Absolute there are no needs, only the<br />

Absolute prevails. <strong>The</strong> truth is total Brahman only, nothing else but<br />

Brahman. In a total Brahman state arose the touch <strong>of</strong> beingness, ‘I<br />

am’, and with that, separation started, otherness has come. But this<br />

‘I amness’ is not just a small principle, that itself is the<br />

‘moolmaya’, the primary illusion.<br />

158<br />

If you want to remember this visit, if you have love for me,<br />

remember this ‘I am’ principle and without the command or<br />

direction <strong>of</strong> this principle, do nothing.<br />

159<br />

<strong>The</strong> ‘Maya’ is so powerful that it gets you <strong>complete</strong>ly wrapped up<br />

in it. ‘Maya’ means ‘I am’, ‘I love to be’, It has no identity except<br />

love. That knowledge <strong>of</strong> ‘I am’ is the greatest foe and the greatest<br />

friend. Although it might be your greatest enemy, if you propitiate<br />

it properly, it will turn around and lead you to the highest state.

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