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Originally Posted by Rah nam
Can be a great tool at a certain stage of someones development.
If there is resistance, let it be. Don;t force it.
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I agree completely that
I AM "can be a great tool at a certain stage of someone's development".
"
I AM" .... with no other thoughts ... was reportedly Ramana Maharshi's definition of "Be Still" as in the Jewish Psalm "Be Still and know that
I AM God" (Psalm 46:10).
Once one completes the sentence "
I AM" with anything (such as "I am Still_Waters"), one creates mental separation at the very least.
Of course, Ramana added that "that which IS does not even say
I AM". There is thus a point at which the
I AM subsides quite naturally.
As Rah Nam duly noted,
I AM "can be a great tool at a certain stage of someone's development".
It can also be used even later during periods of distraction/entanglement as a "quickie" gateway back to the Absolute that lies beyond I AM. As a side note, Nisargadatta Maharaj indicated that concentrating on "
I AM" was the instruction given to him by his guru shortly before his guru left the earth plane.