The spiritual assertion “I am that” is often regarded as the hallmark of realization—the self and absolute are one. Yet the very attempt to assert unity preserves both sides of the equation. “I” and “that” are nothing but conceptual labels within the dream of “me.” There is no absolute waiting to be discovered, nor is there an “I” to realize it. The collapse of the dream leaves only this—prior to all divisions, untouched by any story of union or transcendence. Nothing to claim, nothing to become, simply this undivided, empty appearance.