“I Am God” is Not a New Identity
“I am God” is an experience
of awakened consciousness.
We don’t become the all-powerful figure
portrayed in movies, collective beliefs, or religion.
There is no ego-inflation here because
no personal “I” exists to get inflated.
The opposite of heresy,
“I Am God”
is the essence and fulfillment
of incarnation.
In the “I Am God” State,
my consciousness
is calm, holy, and joyous.
Everywhere I go, my presence says,
“I love you,”
enveloping the world in divinity.
Time is timeless.
All is flow.
Every thing perfect,
just as it is,
and it’s all one thing
Life, too, is different.
No rush, no pressure.
I move slowly, consciously, staying in the present
in a realm growing more magical,
alive, light-filled, enchantingly beautiful,
and mysterious by the second,
calling me into ever-deeper communion.
I, too, am mysterious,
entranced and fascinated
as divine consciousness permeates
my delighted being.
What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do?
Do nothing.
Stop thinking.
Be still.
Breathe.
Be present.
Intensify awareness.
Enter the radical sensory now.
Explore it with passionate interest.
Discover the mysterious beauty of things close by.
Experience your body as pure sensation.
Feel the joy of God’s being as your own being.
Notice love now surging from your depths.
You’re on the threshold of Heaven on Earth,
everyday reality transfigured in light,
a love affair with God in Creation.
Secretly invite others to join you.
Be happy.
Love unconditionally.
That’s it!
The End of Time
Our work for enlightenment goes
until the end of time.
But here’s the catch:
Time ends when thought ends.
What’s left is the dawning of enlightenment.
Becoming More God
No one does this perfectly.
Mystical experiences do not fix
long-standing problems and
no one retires in enlightenment.
But we become more God with every
mystically-amplified moment as
the world brightens in our
transforming consciousness.
Priming the Pump
Farmers drill into aquifers for water.
To bring it up, they often need to “prime the pump,”
adding water to remove air
blocking the pumping mechanism.
So too with Spirit.
A vast aquifer of divine consciousness
waits beneath our public selves.
Seeking to awaken the experience of God,
we dive into the sacred depths of being,
unite personal spirit with its source,
and prime the pump with the words,
“I am God”
until the sacred life-giving waters of
love stream through us
into the world.
Easing into the Water
Imagine having never gone swimming.
To prepare for your first swim,
you could read a hundred books about swimming –
styles, strokes, techniques, training, body mechanics,
even the physics of liquids,
but the moment you walk into the water for the first time,
it’s not as you thought.
In the shocking perception of buoyancy and wetness,
the mind wakes up to what it’s really like.
That’s how mystical experience differs from theology.
One is the pure consciousness of divinity,
the other is analysis, belief, and expert opinion.
Theology can provide a road map, but it’s not God.
Ease into the sacred waters of God.
Learn to swim.
Going Deeper
Silently, sincerely,
keep repeating,
“I am God.”
“I am God.”
“I am God.”
Pay close attention to what begins to happen.
Try to notice a new intensity or clarity of consciousness
expanding around and through you.
Consciousness everywhere.
God’s consciousness as your own.
This awakened state will
light the infinite beauty of every little thing,
revealing ultimate divinity of being.
Now begin your new life.
New Mantras
Realizing that God’s consciousness is our consciousness
begins a new chapter of spiritual life,
but only if we dissolve the small and fretful self.
New mantras can help bring this expansion.
In a quiet, wide-awake consciousness,
repeat after me…
“I do not exist.”
“I am not this.”
“I am God.”
Don’t argue with these words.
Simply repeat them deliberately, consciously.
Notice what you see differently,
how you feel, and
what surprises you most.
Then go deeper.
To Be God
To be God is to dissolve
into the state of conscious being
that is God,
but we only discover this Self
in an awareness free of identity,
goals, conditions, and preconceptions.
God is not a person, place, idea, or fantasy,
God is an experience of pure consciousness.
We enter God’s consciousness
through our own.
I Am God 