The Magnificence Of “I Am”

SAMPLE CHAPTER FROM THE EBOOK "DIVINE HERITAGE" If you reflect on yourself, within yourself, with committed devotion long enough, you will eventually come upon an indwelling-something whom you will promptly recognize simply as the witnesser of your life. Throughout all time, All who, having felt the presence of this indwelling entity (and who), have questioned It as to Its identity have received the same answer. No matter who you are, where you come from, whatever your social, economic, religious or philosophical background, no matter where you fall along the spectrum from supposed simpleton to purported guru, the answer is the same for all who ask the question, “who am I (really)? The timeless response to this query is ever, “I Am.” Now you could come out of yourself discouraged by this answer, put off by such an ambiguous response. After all what kind of answer is, “I Am,” as a statement of identity? You might think it too abstruse to even merit further consideration and so elect to dismiss your whole encounter with your deepest Self as having merely been a momentary flight of your imagination. But stop for a moment and consider this: how does one define an infinite nature? The very definition of define is “to fix or mark lines of limit”; therefore, to define a thing is to impose limits on it. The only way to override the intrinsic limitation of words and their corresponding definitions is to phrase them in a manner which may be understood infinite ways. So go back and reflect on this identifying statement of your Self, to yourself, again. “I Am.” If you repeat these words to yourself as you ponder over their meaning, it doesn’t take long to appreciate just how magnificently these two simple words convey infiniteness. The phrasing of these words is so indistinct that they could be expressive of any and everything; and yet note how they still seem to communicate something very fundamental. “I” – the one who Is; “Am” – exist. These two words together represent a declaration of existence; they serve as a demonstration of Self Awareness and portray a nature which is completely unbound. It doesn’t get any simpler, and yet more powerful than this. The genius of this two word testimonial is unsurpassed in both meaning and impact. “I Am,” is the ultimate announcement of Life. Try as you might and you will never be able to rival its eloquence and at the same time capture the nature of Being. So who are you (really)? You Are this I Am just spoken of; Self Aware (or omniscient); Real and Alive (or omnipotent); and unbound (or omnipresent). These qualifiers may not seem descriptive of you, as a personality, but they are most certainly illustrative of the You who is Spirit. Your fundamental nature is Spirit. Despite appearances you are not a physical being, nor are you an energetic being, nor are you even a mental being. You are none of these things, yet you are all of them, only infinitely greater. You are Spirit. You are something so awesome you are both indefinable and unexplainable. This is your True nature. This is the Real You which never changes, never dies, was never even born but just Is. And that Witness who dwells within you is the indisputable testifier to this Truth which we all behold. We all encounter the same “I Am” and it really is no great wonder as to why. We all receive the same testimony of Truth because we All share the same witness. Jesus professed: The first of all commandments is, Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is ONE Lord:rnAnd thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. rnAnd the second is like namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. - King James Bible; Mark 12:29 There is no greater commandment than this for All Is One. We all have a Higher Self, or an oversoul part of our being, a conduit. All Higher Selves are connected as one being, All humans are connected as one being. We are literally the same being. - Thomas Benedict; “Through the Light – The Road to Death” The non-dual and resplendent Lord is hidden in all beings. All - pervading, the inmost Self of all creatures, the impeller to actions, abiding in all things, He is the Witness, the Animator and the Absolute… - Svetasvatara Upanishad; chapter 6, verse 11 This witness is unaffected by the traumas and delights of the phenomenal experience. It is untouched by the tides of change; and unattached to the infatuations of the personality It watches through and over. But though It be unaffected, untouched and unattached, It is nevertheless affective, involved and engaged. It is the unbothered sympathizer; the unmoved mover and the permissive redeemer. It is free yet fully engrossed, aloof yet all feeling, constant yet transformational. These may seem like irreconcilable contradictions but they are not, for one is the Author and the other the character. One is the Visionary and the other the vision. One is the Reality and the other the impression. The One, being All, is both cause and effect; Alpha and Omega. Its “eyes,” “ears,” and “hands” are present everywhere. It is in the sky and in the earth, in the trees and in the rocks, in the water and in the air, in the birds and in you… everywhere, at every turn, in every nook and cranny and in every open space, It Is. There is no point in this universe where It is not. Its Word is effusive, and evidence of Its expressions resonate from every form, figure and impression. Its declaration is ever, “I Am;” and we feel this pronouncement as a call to action. It is this divine urge which we generally refer to as desire. Desire is the architect of all form. Form is the product of function and function is the directive which ensues from the pronounced affirmation of Spirit proclaiming that It Is!