Who Am I?

Nisargadatta  Maharaj: "Dwell instead on the fact that your own Consciousness is the whole Universe, and 'Be' there. Be cautious when such experiences arise that you get That experience - be alert here to the 'I Am' and all other experiences will be transcended. The next elevation will only come when you abide in the Self. When you are convinced that ' all of Consciousness is my Self,' when this conviction is firmly embedded, then only will the question of the next elevation arise. Dwell on the principle of that state for a sufficiently long time. All the greatness, significance, and magnificence of the entire world is dwelling in the principle ' You are' and ' I Am'. That is the prop and that itself is greatness. There is no other remedy, no other path, except implicit faith and conviction in the Self. There is no alternative."

The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth; While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primal dust of the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep, When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth, Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, Rejoicing in His inhabited world, And my delight was with the sons of men.