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

drum? It is so amazing that no one casts even a glance at this speck
of consciousness.
253
The habit of considering the Self as body has influenced everybody
too much.
Worship the knowledge ‘I am’ as God, as your Guru. The
knowledge ‘I am’ is your Guru. Be in it. Do you see the image of
yourself in the mirror first, or do you know you are prior to that?
Which is first? If you are not, can you see your image in the
mirror? Give up trying to evaluate the real I or the counterfeit I, but
associate with the ‘Brahman’, I am the ‘Brahman’.
254
The letters ‘I am’ are written spontaneously with a certain ink.
What is that ink which was used to write that which you are? In
that ink with which the letters ‘I am’ were written, in that ink of
the title of ‘Tej Sesh Bhagavan’ is confirmed by the ‘Vedas’.
‘Sesh’ means the leftover, the remains. That ‘Tej Sesh Bhagavan’
has come spontaneously and will spontaneously go. The firm
conviction that I am this, the three states – waking state, deep sleep
and the knowledge ‘I am’ – are the aspects of that ‘Tej Sesh
Bhagavan’. You are not that.
255
The message ‘I am’ is there. The mind flow is also there; it is not a
personality, it is the consciousness. The very idea that you are the
body is ridiculous; the consciousness is experiencing its
manifestation. A rare being will realize this.