18. You must meditate on the ‘I am’
without holding on to the body-mind,
the ‘I am’ is the first ignorance, persist
on it and you will go beyond it.
Bring all your attention to the ‘I am’, meditate on it;
try to do it by keeping the body-mind totally aside.
In the beginning the body-mind will resist this abidance in ‘I
am’,
but with practice they will automatically not interfere.
Remember, this ‘I am’ has tricked you into believing the
unreal
so you may call it the first ignorance.
You
have to be after this ‘I am’ constantly only then can you go
beyond it;
otherwise
it will continue playing games with you.