I am. That is all there is. I am the indefinable essence. I am, plain and simple. There is no other. There is only “I.”
“I am that,” says Nisargadatta Maharaj. “I am that I am,” says God to Moses. I am. Through eternity. Through separation. In unity. In war. In pestilence. In peace and love. In harmony. In marriage. In illness. In well-being. In solitude.
I am all. I am everything. Nothing exists without me. I am Mother Earth nourishing her children.
I am the mother loving her babies. I am the father, toiling for bread.
I am the child, innocent in aspect. I am that I am. There is no other.
The winds howl and the thunder roars. I am. The rains pelt down on a parched earth. I am. The majesty of the trees, this is me. I am. The majestic beauty of the sunset. This I am too.
The kiss of a mother on a little child’s face. I am. The mother kitty, nursing her kittens. I am. The patterned cow, in all of its beauty in its pasture. I am. The breath whispering faintly in the warm summer breeze. I am.
I am within you. I am you. I am that I am. I am. There is no other. I am.
The multi-colored array of the autumnal forest. I am. The crystalline frost on the early-morning leaves of grass. I am that too.
The crisp chill air, the evaporative clouds forming a mist over the mountains. This I am. I am the forest reaching deep into the earth with its penetrating roots. I am. I am the trees, touching the sky in exuberant embrace. I am.
The eagle, bridging earth and the heavens. This I am. The turkey vulture, so clumsy on land, so majestic in sky. I am. I soar the heavens. I am. I walk the earth. I am.
I am you. I am. I am you and you are me. I am your brother. I am. I am your sister, here and everywhere. I am.
I am Love, within and around you. I am the embrace that lightens your heart. I am. I am omniscient, I know all. I am. I am the no-nothing. I simply am.
I am Awareness itself. I just am. I am all. I am everything. Omnipresence is my nature. I simply am.
I am that I am. There is only I am. I am the Divine Cosmic Presence. This I am.
I am that I am. And so It is.
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