I Am That

By Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj,

Book cover of I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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I don’t like rankings — I think we count and rank to our collective detriment – but if I had to make a list of the most important books I’ve ever read, this would probably be on top of the list. What is it about? It’s about finding your true self. On the one hand, the task couldn’t be simpler: You are what you are, so there’s hardly a Hardy Boys mystery to crack here. On the other, we cloud our own understanding with so much illusion that few of us have the capacity to see the truth about ourselves.…

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"Love says: 'I am everything'. Wisdom says: 'I am nothing'. Between the two my life flows.”

I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj is widely considered to be a modern spiritual classic. Through a compilation of talks with the Indian sage in the early 1970s, this collection absolutely delivers. Over the years, I have contemplated specific excerpts from this book time and again marveling how each repetition seems to take me deeper into a silent space where understanding patiently awaits me just behind the words. This book brings to mind metaphors such as “the layers of an onion” or…

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