16.
The ‘I am’ is your greatest foe and
greatest
friend, foe when binding to the
illusion
as body, friend when taking out
of
the illusion as body.
When the sense or feeling ‘I am’ appeared on you
it
duped you into believing that you are the body,
and later on that you are so-and-so.
It
strengthened the illusion all the more as time went by
and
thus began all the turmoil and suffering, in this sense
it
is your foe.
But
now the Guru tells you to come back to the ‘I am’,
understand
it, stay there, make friends with it or rather
make
it your guide, God or Guru.
Doing
so the ‘I am’ shall help you break the illusion
and
it will itself lead you to the source.