✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj
Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 156. The knowledge that is prior to thought - 'I am' - is covered by a human body which is a food-body with the vital breath and knowledge of the Self (Prana and Jnana). 🌻
The very earliest 'I am' was devoid of name and form, free from words, non-verbal. Gradually, as the processes of conditioning begin, the non-verbal 'I am' becomes the verbal 'I am'.
You learn words and language which accumulate on the pure non-verbal 'I am'. Through your senses you perceive the body which requires food and vital breath for sustenance. The 'I am' identifies with the body and you say 'I am so-and-so'.
Despite all these coverings, the indwelling knowledge of the Self or the pure 'I am' is always there. It is only a question of putting aside everything, uncovering it and getting stabilized in it - which is the 'Sadhana' (practice) that is being prescribed.
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28 Feb 2021
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