My savior is my desire.
As I want something I AM looking into the eyes of my savior. But if I continue wanting it, I deny my Jesus, my savior, for as I want I confess I AM not and “except ye believe that I AM He ye die in your sins.” I cannot have and still continue to desire what I have. I may enjoy it, but I cannot continue wanting it.
There is but the one I AM That I AM. There is not one big “I” and millions of smaller “I’s.” One Life is all there is, even as one air is all the air there is. This one I AM That I AM includes granite heights, crystals, trees, flowers, birds, animals, man, and all created things. Surrender, therefore, the ifs, buts, whys and wherefores for this absolute state of yourself . . your radiant I AM, ever the Self revealing Light. The I AM does not concern itself with your sins or limitations, with your past or future. Does not concern itself with your body or affairs; with your father or mother, your husband or wife; with your station in life, your color, age nor education. The I AM concerns itself only with you. Ever it declares, There is no cause or effect besides Me; I see no ignorance or darkness, no evil, anywhere, for to Me there is nothing but Myself. I AM the All in all.
I AM found when all else fails; when all other means are of no avail; and when no thinking can find the way out. Lo, your extremity is my opportunity to prove to you Myself to be your All-in-all. I AM present always, the never failing, Self existent One. If you make your bed in hell, lo, I AM there. If you take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, ever there I AM, for I AM with you wherever you are. I AM your Self.
I AM the Self which, apparently, you have wandered away from . . but only as in a dream which you can readily see, if you will, has no substance at all. No dream can ever separate us, for I AM with you wherever you are. I AM with you in your sorrow, in your failure, in your defeat. I AM with you in your joy, in your pleasure, in your success. What is darkness to you shineth as the light to me.
I AM the Self to whom you now lovingly turn. None of your delusions affect Me. Ever I AM at your side waiting only your awareness of Me, your recognition and realization of Me as your All-in-all, to set you free from any false belief in separation. When you leave all for Me, then shall you find Me. When you cry out yearningly from your heart to Me, then shall you hear My voice answering you. I AM your hope of Glory. I AM your bright and morning Star. I AM the Lord, your God. I AM YOU, your Self.
“Make straight the way of the Lord” simply means the state that is to come in desire. We clear the way for it by removing all obstacles such as doubt, fear and idle thoughts. “I baptize with water.” Water will assume the shape of any vessel into which it is poured. Water, therefore, means unconditioned consciousness which is all things to all men. When we use the I AM, we condition consciousness by believing. Think emotionalized thoughts “I AM sick, I AM old, I AM tired,” and these emotionalized ideas become fixed states, i. e. are poured into a vessel and assume its shape. Water is a cleansing agent; we cleanse or purge consciousness from sin, from a mistake or limitation by assuming a new mood or cultivating a new idea in our mind, and thrilling to it, it finally becomes a conviction within us.
As I stand here, having discovered that my consciousness is God, and that I can by simply feeling that I AM what I want to be transform myself into the likeness of that which I AM assuming I AM; I know now that I AM all that it takes to scale this mountain.
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. This means that all through the ages teachers have declared the Truth: I AM the Lord, I AM the door, and I AM is the only law of consciousness. Millions of years from now this Truth will still be declared, until mankind becomes aware of the being he really is. As this love of Truth is made known to the individual, he loves this Eternal Principle and enjoys sharing this Divine secret with his brother man. Sooner than we think will the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man be made manifest in this entire earth conscious planet.
“I AM hath sent me” reveals my consciousness to be the Lord which sends me into the world in the image and likeness of that which I AM conscious of being to live in a world composed of all that I AM conscious of. “I AM the Light of the world” . . that is all you need to recognize in order to clear any darkened veil of human belief from your eyes. It is wonderful to contemplate the Power of the Presence and the Word in the midst of you.
The “I AM” does not depend upon thought or feelings, times or places, conditions called sin and goodness, life and death, for its existence: the I AM That I AM says, I AM all power, I AM all perfection. Do not confine Me to this or that idea or thought, word or saying. Do not limit Me to churches or ministers, to man or woman, to books or sentences. I AM That I AM, the Unconditioned, the Eternal One.
The conceiver and the conception are one. If your conception of yourself is less than that which you claim as true of God, you have robbed God, the Father, because you (the Son or conception) bear witness of the Father or conceiver. Do not take the magical Name of God, I AM, in vain for you will not be held guiltless; you must express all that you claim yourself to be. Name God by consciously defining yourself as your highest ideal.
The name Jehovah was given to the people thousands of years ago and later written down in the Bible, in order that people might know they are one with God, to know that God is the ever-present help waiting to redeem and save. It is the knowledge that the love of God shines through and says, “I AM your God and you are my people. I AM That I AM but you are I AM, my beloved son in whom I AM well pleased.” Jesus knew the Power of the I AM and he used it in many constructive ways. “I AM the good shepherd . . I AM the door … I AM the bread of life. I AM the way, the truth, and the life.” These expressions were commonplace in his everyday teaching. But there were occasions when he gave special significance to the I AM, emphasizing its mystical quality.
The question “Whom do you say that I AM?” is not addressed to a man called “Peter” by one called “Jesus”. This is the eternal question addressed to one’s self by one’s true being. In other words, “Whom do you say that you are?”. For your conviction of yourself . . your opinion of yourself . . will determine your expression in life. He states, “You believe in God . . believe also in Me”. In other words, it is the Me within you that is this God.
All the quotes in The Power of I AM are credited
to the following authors.
Neville Goddard, Joseph Murphy, Walter C. Lanyon, Walter Devoe, Lillian DeWaters, Emmet Fox, Ella Wheeler, Christian D Larson, Edna Lister, Thomas Troward