22 Oct IAWIA

“I am what I am.” — God, Exodus 3:14, The Bible

According to the Bible, Moses encountered a “burning bush” whose flames were not devouring its branches.

The burning bush was the manifestation of God; everchanging and eternal.

Moses asked God: “What is your name?” God said (depending on translation): “I am who I am” or “I will be what I will be”.

In the now, God manifests as a “who”; a self. In the time after the now, God is an undifferentiated potential, a “what“.

Encompassing now and “not now”, we can paraphrase God: “I am what I am”.

God also self-identifies as “I am”; being, not a being.

God is flow of the Everything.

“I am what I am” as an acronym (IAWIA) can be pronounced two ways:

“I WHY” (first vowel pronounced, second vowel silent).

“A-WAY” (first vowel silent, second vowel pronounced).

I WHY

Why do I exist?

The answer needs to identify who I am.

I can be one of an infinite number of things or one thing.

The one thing is the universe. The etymology of the word “universe” is “all things turned into one”. Simply, I am the universe.

To ask why I exist is to ask why does the universe exist.

Reasons/explanations imply cause and effect. What caused the universe to exist? “What” (God) caused the universe to exist!

I exist as a manifestation of God.

A WAY

In the Bible, the written word for God is YHWH which may be pronounced as “A WAY”.

“A WAY” can be likened to the Tao (“The Way”).

The Way is the underlying natural order of the universe, an eternal and ineffable force that flows through all things.

The Way is a nameless cosmic force that binds and releases all things; the energy of action and existence.

Aligning oneself with “A WAY”, one realizes harmony and balance; as all the pieces of the universe come together as one peace.