The Truth of "I AM"

I’ve always loved this photo, as I feel it is an excellent representation of the play, and can be helpful in envisioning what's being discussed

This current expression of a self (and the corresponding 3d world) in essentially a mask that you’ve chosen to assume and take upon yourself as “I AM.” 

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When we look at the definitions of the terms assumption / assume: "a taking to or upon oneself" / to place oneself in / "the act of laying claim to or taking possession of something" /  "the taking up of a person into heaven,” the passages I share today become clear when viewed through “I AM” being the one taking upon itself

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It’s the grand cosmic joke that comes with playing an amnesiac god: 

“I laugh when I think how I once sought paradise as a realm outside of the world of birth. It is right in the world of birth and death that the miraculous truth is revealed. But this is not the laughter of someone who suddenly acquires a great fortune; neither is it the laughter of one who has won a victory. It is, rather, the laughter of one who; after having painfully searched for something for a long time, finds it one morning in the pocket of his coat. “ -Thich Nhat Hanh

"We realize–often quite suddenly–that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is not really who we are. It doesn’t define us, it has no centre." -Adyashanti 

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This is why we say that the answer to “Can I?” will always undoubtedly be yes, because it is all you. 

This is why anything, truly anything in the most exhaustive sense, is possible 

This is why everyone is you pushed out, because reality comes from you

This is why creation is finished. 

This is why I would argue that experiences such as astral projection, lucid dreaming, and dimension jumping are all, in their own way, differing expressions, reflections, and manifestations of the vast realm of states one can choose to take upon themselves. Worlds within Worlds. They all operate on the mechanism of assumption 

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Quotes sourced from “Neville Goddard Almost Everything Complete Collection”

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Honorable Mention: The final siloquy of the show Midnight Mass, and the Minecraft End Poem are both quite beautiful expressions of this same concept.