

Study the prison you have built around yourself, by inadvertence. See how you function, watch the motives and results of your actions. Your mind is all with things, people and ideas, never with your self.īring your self into focus, become aware of your own existence. I see what you too could see, here and now, but for the wrong focus of your attention. All you need to do is to try and try again.

When the mind stays in the 'I am', without moving, you enter a state that cannot be verbalized but can be experienced. Ask yourself whence it comes, or just watch it quietly. The sense of being, of 'I am' is the first to emerge. How do you find a thing you have mislaid or forgotton? You keep it in your mind until you recall it. Go deep into the sense of 'I am' and you will find. The following quotes are presented in the order in which they appear in I am That. For every one quote that might indicate no practice in the book I am That, you can easily find ten that explain the importance of practice and how to practice. Nisargadatta's Teaching is that of practice, just as Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj (Nisargadatta's Guru), Sri Ramana Maharshi and Acharya Sankara's Teachings are of practice. The focus of this selection is to report essential teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj that people often tend to overlook. Many modern teachers have extracted quotes by Sri Nisargadatta to make it appear as though he taught no practice and nothing to do. Instructions and Encouragement for Practice by
