I am that I am.

"I am that I am" is the answer God gave to Moses when he asks for God's name in the Book of Exodus. Translations across languages and cultures are always tricky and there have been many explanations as to the meaning of this phrase. Perhaps this illustrates how words are sometimes just pointers to a personal truth, rather than having a definitive meaning.

For me, the words "I am" acknowledges a state of consciousness. The conscious state that is required for us to say "I am" is the same for you as it is for me. I believe this state of conscious presence is universal. God was saying he is that consciousness.

When an owl hovered above me and Rosanna, there was a wonderful feeling of conscious presence, fuelled by us all being fully present in the moment. I remember being aware that I existed because the owl existed and Rosanna existed. We were interdependent and shared our consciousness. We found the one consciousness. That awareness is lost in me when I feel I am a separate and independent self. This delusion denies the presence of a universal consciousness which I believe is expressed in the phrase "I am that I am".

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