I Am, God Is, and I Love

Building on a previous statement that ‘“I am” is higher than “God is”’, a woman explores where ‘I love’ fits in this hierarchy, suggesting that ‘I am’ and ‘I love’ seem inextricably intertwined in her experience. Rupert clarifies that ‘I am’ is a statement about what we are, while ‘I love’ is about what we do. For a separate self, love is something we do toward an object, requiring a subject-object relationship. For infinite being (God), there is no otherness, so love is not what God does but what God is. The experience of love is the collapse of separation – which is why we all love love, as the separate self dissolves in it. Rupert concludes that ‘I am love’ would be truer than ‘I love,’ as love is what we eternally are, not merely something we do.

From event 09 - 16 March, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mercy Center, 9–16 March 2025

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