I AM THAT I AM

The following text is what was read for the Development Group. The author is Richard Milne and portrays his views on the subject. Some content may be paraphrased or re-used with permission.This does not mean it is the only way that this subject may be interpreted, as each Spiritualist is an Individual and will read, comprehend and understand any written information differently. This is the beauty of Spiritualism; no one person can claim to have all the answers!

I AM THAT I AM

This simple statement has caused many vigorous discussions regarding its true meaning.

I do not propose to tell you its meaning. I wish only to share what it means to me. It is then for you to decide how you will or will not accept my words and understanding its meaning to me. We all hear the same words differently. It is what makes us Spiritualists. The individuality and permission that we give ourselves to believe and understand freely makes us so.

I Am That I Am. To some it says not a thing. To others they understand not a whit of its meaning. Others neither know nor care of its existence. For others it is a way of life.

Let me share what it means then for me. I am. This IS what I am. So, in that case I am WHAT I am. Not the same thing. I Am THAT I Am is, for me referring to something spiritual, elemental and soul edifying. Another word used to simplify its meaning is God. But God is not enough to encompass its entirety.

When we pass over we believe, as spiritualists, that our soul, essence, spirit; passes over to another dimension yes? For me that means we go somewhere. That somewhere to my understanding (and as Spirit has shown me) is this: Our spirit passes through to the spirit dimension and becomes a part of the I Am. So what is this I Am? The I Am is the culmination or gathering of all spirits who are not currently occupied in a physical journey, being an angel or arch-angel, a master or lady master, a guide or acting through a medium to share knowledge. Or any other myriad varied tasks and roles we take on in spirit form.

This I Am is the gathering together of all our souls. It is the way we are able then to share all the lessons, feelings, and emotions and so on and so on, of our last physical journey, or spiritual task. For when we enter this I Am (imagine it as a misty cloud of unending dimensions), we immediately impart our accumulated knowledge and experiences to the I Am as we become a part of it. For we are absorbed into its being, its oneness of all. We become one with the millions of other spirit beings who make up the vastness of the I Am and in so doing we share in all of their experiences and knowledge garnered by them.

We may decide to remain in this realm for any period of time as we understand it in the physical realm. It may pass as a blink of the spiritual eye, and a hundred years pass on our physical realm before we decide to come back and take another journey to learn a different lesson or lessons. We may decide to return for the sheer joy of the physical existence or any other reason we can imagine(and maybe cannot imagine as physical beings).That same blink may simply be a day, or a week or……..

So. The becoming a part of the I Am and being one with so many others is an existence of its own. As part of this I Am; I am existing as a part of its entirety and am therefore indeed the I Am itself in essence. So I am literally a part OF the I Am. Ergo I Am That I Am. You may also say I suppose, ungrammatically; I Are That I Am and point to the I Am as you say I Are THAT.

LOVE N LIGHT TO YOU ALL