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How can the essence of "BEING" (I AM) be named with anything more than that?
Originally posted by arpgme
reply to post by Danbones
Are you not who you are?
Do you not exist?
Originally posted by arpgme
reply to post by Danbones
Are you not who you are?
Do you not exist?
I yam what I yam. And that's all what I yam. I'm Popeye the sailor man.
so, thats who is behind "I am's" pet foods.....hmmmm hell of a marketing gimmick...all DOGs go to heaven
Originally posted by Kgnow
The true essence of everything is "I AM".
'I AM' is a state of conscious awareness that transcends time, space, and names.
When we say, "I am a mathematician", this creates a prison. We are then forced to take up the role of a mathematician, and expected to act and think as a mathematician. Whatever we say that we are, it becomes our prison.
'I AM' is a state of freedom, stripping away all superficialities to reveal the pure essence of being.
Which in itself, is a form of disrespect.
Originally posted by windword
reply to post by arpgme
When the deity of the Old testament was asked his name, he replied "I am who I am", or as I translate it, "None of your business!"
Originally posted by Kgnow
reply to post by current93
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
- Shakespeare, Rome and Juliet
Names and labels are a thing of semantics. Remove the name and its essence still remains.
There is no power in a name or a label, because things still exist regardless if they are named or not.
To get to the real "power" of anything is to understand it. Understand its nature. That is power.
When we name a thing, we only blur its true essence with a delusional covering of words, concepts, definitions, rationalizations, and imposed meanings. There are no amount of words that can 100% completely and utterly contain all the information of something as simple as an apple, nor can words ever capture its essence. I can detail an apple's color, taste, and scent, but no matter how many names, words, or explanations we use, an apple will forever be a mystery unless it is experienced by taste, smell, touch, and perception.
When we name, define, or explain something,... we lose its essence and only focus on the name, definition, and explanation itself.
Peace.