…before “I” have a name,
before “I” have a body,
before “I” think, remember or believe…
“i AM”.
The lowercase “i” does not represent the personal self. It represents consciousness before consciousness becomes a particular thing.
“i”
unmanifested consciousness | infinite potential | permanent conscious awareness
“i” is not the person reading these words. Yet “i” is not absent from the person reading them.
“i” EXiST WITHiN ALL THiNGS.
Not as an object concealed inside another object, but as the formless potential from which every manifested experience arises.
Pause before naming…
For a moment, set aside every answer to the question “Who am I?” Notice that awareness is already present before an answer appears.
The experience
Do not try to define awareness yet. Notice only that experience is present, and that something is aware.
What We now understand
“i” refers to consciousness before identity or form.
The question that remains
If “i” is consciousness before form, what happens when consciousness becomes something?
NEXT “iAM” > consciousness >
Understanding the language
| Form | Meaning | Plain-language description |
|---|---|---|
| i | unmanifested consciousness | formless, timeless potential; consciousness within all things |
| I | consciousness manifested | a particular, bounded and transitory expression of consciousness |
| you | consciousness perceived within the other | the same i, encountered through another manifestation |
| You | the person being addressed | the reader as a particular centre of experience |
| YOU | the constructed or egoic identity | the self perceived as separate, isolated and opposed to other |
| We | recognition and relationship | i, I and the apparent other held in shared understanding |