Sitting down with Maharaj’s dialogues feels like eavesdropping on a friend’s late-night revelations—no prior passport to Eastern lore required. The back-and-forth format reads like a chat, with seekers firing off questions and Nisargadatta Maharaj steering the conversation back to simple, sharp pointers about “who am I?” rather than weaving in dusty dogma.

Few stumbling blocks pop up. At times the language can feel as dense as a Zen koan—phrases such as “Consciousness knows nothing but itself” might seem abstract at first glance. Treating those moments like a quiz on a smartphone mindfulness app—pause, breathe, ease into the next line—turns the trick. Much like the recent surge of meditation sessions on Zoom or the mindfulness corner popping up in coworking spaces, the book encourages small, consistent dips into self-inquiry rather than marathon reading sprints.

A modern twist: Maharaj’s no-nonsense style meshes well with today’s appetite for direct, unfiltered voices on social media platforms like Threads or TikTok. Snippets of his wisdom often go viral because they land like wake-up calls, cutting through the clutter.

Readers tapping into this text blind to Eastern frameworks find themselves gently realigning their perspective—bristling less at Sanskrit terms and leaning more into the pause between thoughts. Treat it as a scrapbook of spiritual one-liners rather than a textbook on Vedanta. Curiosity and patience serve as the best compass. Before long, “I Am That” can feel less like decoding an exotic dialect and more like uncovering a familiar room in the mind that’s always been open.