96.
Catch hold of the knowledge ‘I am’ in meditation and the
realization will
occur
that ‘I’, the Absolute, am not the ‘guna’ (quality) ‘I am’.
Throwing
aside everything that does not go with ‘I am’ bring down your
focus to the wordless ‘I am’.
For
this you would have to apply your mind, go back and try to
recollect the very first moment
when
you came to know that ‘you are’.
That
first, nascent, word-free ‘I am’ is what you have to catch
hold of during meditation.
Dwell
there and do not let it slip out of your hands.
In
the process you will realize that you as the Absolute are not
the quality ‘I am’, which in fact belongs
to
the body with its five elements along with the three
qualities.
The
three qualities being ‘Sattva’ (knowledge),’ Rajas’ (activity)
and ‘Tamas’ (inertia), of which the
‘I
am’ is ‘Sattva’.