I Am
I AM = the essential Beingness of a person; the living energy of existence; Essence
QUESTION: Are you aware of the I AM in you?
Image: Heather Williams, H.W., M.
STORY: Knowing Thyself is one of the foundational spiritual teachings of humanity. Buddha calls it watching. Jesus calls it witnessing. Gurdjieff calls it self observation. Typically we believe we are physical beings separate from the trees, bugs, birds, sidewalks, etc., and we believe we are separate from other people. We all have many beliefs about people and the world around us. When you believe something you place your trust in it. Consciousness is not a belief. Consciousness is simply the ability of being aware. To know the I AM in you - is to be aware of yourself as CONSCIOUSNESS. When I was 21 years old I read this statement by Gurdjieff: “Everyone lives in the basement of a 4 story home unaware of their higher powers. Everyone is asleep to who they are.” I said to myself: I don’t know about everyone - but I do know that I don’t know who I AM! I need to wake up and know who I AM! I was so eager to know more about this - that I went in search of a Gurdjieff teacher and thankfully I found a school based on the teachings of Gurdjieff and Carl Jung. The Prosperos School of Ontology’s purpose is to help people bear witness in an age of material greatness to the primacy of the spiritual. Knowing I AM is a lifelong practice. If interested, learn more about The Prosperos classes: https://www.theprosperos.org/about
QUOTES
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate". ~ Carl Jung
“In the infinity of LIFE where I AM, All is Whole and complete.” ~ Louise Hay
“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” ~ e.e. Cummings
“I am here. I am there. I am everywhere.” ~ Thane
EXERCISE
STOP.
Sit quietly. Assume an erect posture.
Sense the breath.
Relax and calmly feel the presence of CONSCIOUSNESS - your very BEING.
Feel and say these two words three times: I AM. Know that I AM is the timeless, formless, ever present ENERGY of LIFE.
Get your pen and paper and write words and draw lines expressing the I AM ENERGY of LIFE that is you.
FEEL it flowing through you, loving you and guiding you into the new day.