Abiding in the 'I am'

Abiding in the I am
by
Pradeep Apte
apteprdp@gmail.com
1. The direct experience of I am in its absolute purity or the Self is in all of us but
the senses make us believe something that is completely untrue. We believe the
senses and always ignore our direct experience.
2. I am, but not this particular body or mind. I am all.
3. Abide in the I am and realize that the mind never existed.
4. When you see the mind you dont see the I am, when you abide in the I am
you dont see the mind.
5. To discover that only I am and abide in it irreversibly, continuous meditation
in the I am is needed.
6. Dont allocate periods of time to meditate I am with closed eyes. Do it
throughout the day while doing all other activities.
7. If you want to go beyond the body and mind, abide in the I am only and
understand that all that is I am plus is false.
8. Abidance or meditation in the I am is a process by which attention is kept
focused on the substratum instead of the names and forms that are habitually
imposed on it.
9. When you abide in the I am ignorance vanishes. Ignorance is not knowing the
I am in its absolute purity.
10. Dont regard the abidance in the I am as a part-time activity. You must have
a life long commitment to get yourself established in it.

11. At all times keep moving back to the I am, your source, and do let anything
divert or distract you from this.
12. The I am in its absolute purity is the infinite and formless, so when you abide
in it you discover the infinite eye of the Self.
13. If you can hold on to the knowledge I am at all times, no further practice or
initiation will be necessary.
14. Hold on to the I am, they are the true Gurus feet that will never go away as
they are eternal.
15. Meditate I am, if you do this the idea that you are the body will go.
16. Sadhana is a battlefield, constantly affirming I am will act like an armor and
protect you from the arrows of I am the body idea.
17. It is enough to never forget I am, your real Self which is everything and all
inclusive.
18. In every moment you only have one real choice: to be aware I am or to
identify with the body and mind.
19. Your responsibility in this life is only to abide as I am and not worry about
the outer events over which you have no control.
20. The I am is present in all and not confined only to those who follow this
particular teaching and Guru.
21. The intensity with which you meditate I am will take you to your real Self as
there is nothing else other than it.
22. To constantly meditate I am is the only way. If this is not continuous enough
the other part of the mind becomes predominant.

23. If you become irreversibly established in the I am you will never know
ignorance again.
24. Remaining in the I am or Self no further enquiry is necessary.
25. Abiding in the I am you realize that birth and death, suffering and pleasure
were unreal dreams that have finally come to an end.
26. Abiding in the I am everything proceeds smoothly; there is no attachment to
anything.
27. Never leave the I am, always keep it in the foreground and everything else
you do in the background.
28. Holding I am in the foreground you will do everything exactly as it has to be
done.
29. To be continuously aware I am is the Sadhana. You are always the Self,
abiding as I am.
30. Abiding as I am you will visualize everything as I am. Having this vision,
no problems will occur as all is I am.
31. I am all, so where is the question of liking or disliking?
32. If you repeatedly affirm I am without interruption, you will get results very
quickly. This affirmation is the greatest mantra of all.
33. Keep up the meditation I am and surrender yourself completely to it.
34. Let go of all the things that you pretend to believe are important in you daily
life and instead focus on I am all day and see what happens.
35. If you constantly meditate I am that is exactly what you will become.
36. Your desires are just side shows that drag your attention away from your main

business which is to meditate I am.

37. If you abide in the I am no desires and no karma will touch or affect you.
38. If you remain in the I am as I am no harm can come to you, the main thing is
not go out of it.
39. If you take the I am as your destiny no other destiny can befall you.
40. Abide as I am and you will see no world, no mind, no distinctions and no
directions.
41. Realizing the I am or the Self is true education.
42. All is the I am, abiding in the I am you will know this for yourself, that is
all you need to do.
43. When you get irreversibly established as I am or the Self everything
disappears and all that remains is the Parabrahman or the Absolute.
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