Understanding
the ‘I am’, your sense of ‘being’ or
just
‘presence’ is extremely important as on it rests
the
entire outcome of the teaching.
Firstly,
are you at all aware of your ‘being’ or of the
fact
that ‘you are’? You have ‘to be’ before anything
else
can be, your sense of ‘presence’ or the feeling
‘I
am’ is really fundamental to anything that has to
follow.
Secondly,
this sense of ‘being’ or the feeling ‘I am’,
was
it not the very first event or happening before
any
of your living experiences could begin? Apply
your
mind go back in time to the moment when it
dawned
on you that ‘you are’ or ‘I am’. This ‘I am’
is still there with you, ever present, ever available,
it was and still is the first thought, refuse all other
thoughts and come back there and stay there.
So try to understand and grasp this ‘beingness’ or
‘I
amness’ that is inherent in you. The more precisely
and clearly you do it the more rapid will be your
progress.