Acharya Prashant explains that when Nisargadatta Maharaj advises dwelling in 'I am-ness,' he is asking one to look at oneself a little deeper. He clarifies that we never simply say 'I am'; we always say 'I am somebody,' attaching an identity like 'I am a male' or 'I am X, Y, or Z.' The 'I am' mantra, which Nisargadatta Maharaj received from his guru, is about dwelling in the pure sense of 'I am' with nothing following it. This 'I am' is the subject without an object. To begin with, this subject is nothing but the ego. However, when the 'I am' does not get anything to associate itself with, its dualistic nature disappears. The ego needs two things to exist: the subject ('I am') and an object ('something else'). When the object is kept aside, the ego's dualistic nature is gone, and it almost 'climbs up a dimension' and dissolves. The 'I am' method serves as a way to check the mind's tendency to create dualistic separations. For example, if you find something attractive, abiding in 'I am' helps you realize that the attractiveness lies not in the object but in the seer of the object. The moment you see this, the object loses much of its charm, and you come back to yourself, even as the senses and mind were eager to rush out and embrace that object. This practice takes you to the root of your consciousness. The 'I am' is described as the 'hungry subject,' always craving to engage with an object. The more you honestly look at this 'I am,' the more its hunger gets exposed. Miraculously, this exposure is liberation. After that, no further 'treatment' is required. Just seeing what is going on is freedom from what is going on.