The ‘I Am’ as God’s Signature

"I’d like to ask about John 1:1 – ‘In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God’ – and verse 14, ‘the word was made flesh and dwelt among us full of grace and truth’. What does that word ‘word’ mean? Rupert says: ‘So beautiful, those words. A word is a sound, a vibration. In the beginning there was just pure stillness upon the waters – no vibration, no movement. The vibration was enfolded within God’s infinite being but not yet made manifest. The word was with God and was God – God is the only substance out of which what will later become the word is made. If God were to say anything, the first word would be “I am” – it expresses the infinite’s knowledge of itself before it knows anything. So the words “I am” are God’s name for itself. The word was made flesh – infinite being consented to become a finite being. That’s each of us. But the word dwelt among us – God’s knowledge of itself lives in us as the knowledge “I am.” The coming of Christ is the awakening of the I am in you. That is the second birth, the second coming – the rebirth of the Christ principle within us.’"

From event 21 - 28 November, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta, 21–28 November 2025

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