Nisargadatta's teaching on "I Am" is largely misunderstood. Even in my book, "I Am That," he tells the kindergatners to focus on the knowingness of "I Am." So they made a religion out of "I Am."
The key that is missed is that the emphasis is on the knowingness of the "I Am" not just focusing on the "I Am" itself. I told you before that I have an unpublished book of Nisargadatta talks to his Indian disciples, in it he says: "The highest spiritual achievement is the power of discrimination. That is the Sadguru. It makes everything easy. Minutely look at yourself. It is very fortunate when this happens. Hold on the the feet of the One through whom you know that 'you are' and that 'the world is.' The knowledge that you are is the qualitative Self. It is not the Absolute." He has said many times that only one or two in a crore understands what is being said here.
