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I Am That
1973
I Am That is a collection of dialogues between Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and seekers from around the world, recorded in Bombay in the early 1970s.
Through uncompromising clarity, Maharaj points every question back to its source: the awareness that knows experience.
He dismantles identification with the body, the mind, and even spiritual concepts, revealing the timeless reality behind them — the pure “I Am” that precedes thought and form.
The transmission is not conceptual but vibrational.
Each exchange functions as a mirror, reflecting the reader back into stillness.
It is not a philosophy to believe, but a fire to burn all beliefs.
Through uncompromising clarity, Maharaj points every question back to its source: the awareness that knows experience.
He dismantles identification with the body, the mind, and even spiritual concepts, revealing the timeless reality behind them — the pure “I Am” that precedes thought and form.
The transmission is not conceptual but vibrational.
Each exchange functions as a mirror, reflecting the reader back into stillness.
It is not a philosophy to believe, but a fire to burn all beliefs.
Lineage Connection
Maharaj stands as a modern voice of the ancient Jnana Yoga lineage, continuing the non-dual revelation of the Upanishads.
Within your mandala, he anchors the axis of pure awareness — the unconditioned state from which devotion (Bhakti) and right action (Karma) naturally flow.
He embodies the zero-point consciousness that the Egyptian priests and Christic initiates named in other tongues: the uncreated Light.
In the Chi-Rho architecture, I Am That represents the final convergence of all lineages — where East, Egypt, and Christ meet in the direct realization of the Self beyond form.
Within your mandala, he anchors the axis of pure awareness — the unconditioned state from which devotion (Bhakti) and right action (Karma) naturally flow.
He embodies the zero-point consciousness that the Egyptian priests and Christic initiates named in other tongues: the uncreated Light.
In the Chi-Rho architecture, I Am That represents the final convergence of all lineages — where East, Egypt, and Christ meet in the direct realization of the Self beyond form.
Author’s Roles / Archetypes
Guardian of Absolute Awareness; destroyer of illusion; fire of Jnana embodied in simplicity.
Primary Sources / References
Quotes / Notes
“Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. Between the two, my life flows.”
“The sense ‘I am’ is the bridge between the unmanifest and the manifest.”
“When you know yourself as nothing, you are free. When you know yourself as everything, you are love.”
“The sense ‘I am’ is the bridge between the unmanifest and the manifest.”
“When you know yourself as nothing, you are free. When you know yourself as everything, you are love.”
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