“It is right to say 'I am,' but to say 'I am this,' 'I am that,' is a sign of not enquiring, not examining, of mental weakness or lethargy. Practice (sadhana) consists of reminding oneself forcibly of one's pure 'beingness,' of not being anything in particular, not a sum of particulars, not even the totality of all particulars, which make up a universe.”

— Nisargadatta Maharaj