The central thrust of the teaching is that what is ordinarily taken to be “oneself” — the body, the stream of thoughts, the personality and its history — is not the true Self. The dialogues consistently point back to a deeper identity as pure consciousness or awareness, the unchanging witness in which all experiences arise and subside. This awareness is described as timeless, impersonal, and prior to all concepts, roles, and circumstances. The separate individual is presented as a transient appearance within this field of consciousness, rather than its owner or center. To recognize this is to see that what is truly real in oneself was never born, never dies, and is already complete.

A key emphasis falls on the distinction between the habitual sense of “I am this” or “I am that” and the simple, unadorned “I Am.” The former refers to shifting identifications with body, mind, and world, while the latter points to the bare sense of being-awareness before it is colored by any attribute. The teaching holds that sustained attention to this pure “I Am” gradually dissolves false identifications and reveals one’s nature as the Self, or the Absolute Reality. Nothing essentially new is acquired in this process; rather, a misidentification is seen through, and what has always been the case becomes evident. Conceptual belief is treated as secondary to this direct, experiential recognition.

The book therefore presents self-inquiry and inward attention to the sense of being as the practical core of the path. By remaining with the pure feeling of existence, without attaching it to any description, the seeker begins to see that both the personal world and the personal self are appearances in consciousness. Ultimately, even the sense of individual “I Am” is shown to be a temporary manifestation within an absolute reality that is beyond all attributes and limitations. Liberation, in this vision, is simply the clear seeing that one is not the changing person, but the formless, witnessing awareness in which the person and the world come and go.