The message "I Am" is time bound. The principle to which "I Am" refers to is beyond time, timeless, eternal. The witnessing of the manifest world happens to that Ultimate principle. When you observe something, you receive it, record it and deliberate over it; therefore you are involved in it. The Ultimate does not receive or record the passing show.
- Nisargadatta Maharaj (from Seeds of Consciousness) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- What you people are calling as real is just the manifest world. Manifestation is observed by the manifest "I am". But the Absolute which supports the "I am" is unmanifested. The ego itself is a manifestation and your egos think that the illusion is real. Manifestation = illusion = unreal. ----------------------------------------------------------------
