Who Do You Say That I AM?

How often do we get caught up with the feeling that our jobs define us?  We put so much emphasis on our jobs, what we do for a living, what we have accomplished.  We think and feel that our possessions and what we own define us.  We put so much stock in societal labeling.  We label ourselves.  We label each other.  We compare ourselves.  We compare each other.   She is a doctor.  He is a CEO.  He is a billionaire.  He is a poor sorry sap of a loser.  She is a bitch.  He will amount to nothing.  You get the picture. Yes, Ego, hence our False Self, comes out every so often to diminish our True Self, Our Authentic Self.  And the bottom line is any of this factual?  Does any of it resonate as true?    Depends on how you choose to approach life?  If you choose to approach life believing that you are first and foremost spirit, then the above has no merit.   But many of us struggle with this and choose to give power to Ego.  We fall victim to Ego and unfortunately, grab on to these labels and identifications build upon them and allow them to define us.    We then find ourselves defining each other, hence Our False Self, Our False Identity.  We give Ego the power to rule, rather than being ruled by Spirit.    When Jesus Christ made the statement; “Who do you say that I Am”, did you ever wonder what he truly meant?    Think about it for a moment are our identities truly linked to our accomplishments?  If we are ruled by EGO then most certainly, but if we are truly spirit, what is it we must accomplish, if not to own the truth regarding our True Identity? If we live by the precept that “Only Love is Real, All Else Illusion”, what power does EGO really have?   In reality NONE!!!  Yet we still get caught up in our Ego identifications; we fall victim to Ego’s need of an identity of self- importance of substance outside of Spirit.    

                “Who do you say that I AM?”   I AM a very powerful statement of identity indeed; for what you place after these 2 words can literally shape and transform your entire reality.  “I AM” what a wonderful phrase to represent the Divine Presence.  Both Spirit and Ego have access to this I AM statement?  Yet the question is which do you consciously choose to give power of this statement to??    Do you consciously choose to utilize this statement to celebrate your Divine Life in Spirit, or do you choose utilize it to minimize your very Essence?  Your very Divinity?

               It should come as no surprise that EGO surely needs an identity outside of spirit; EGO needs to feel important, feel substantiated, and yes needs to be right.  Look at the wars and political unrest that surround you.  Lack of peace and disarray total chaos because Ego fights for place..fights to be right.   Ego consistently engages in it’s I am right you are wrong mentality.   Ego holding onto images and identifications because they are familiar, because it gives it a sense of substance, righteousness, and belonging, even when it no longer serves the greatest and highest good.  Ego identifications are familiar.  Ego will argue that one religion is the true religion, one identity definition and perception of Jesus, Mother Mary, and any religious archetype is the correct and right one.    Ego struggles with being open minded, because often to accept what may be the reality of another means relinquishing and erasing what is Ego’s reality, Ego’s story, hence Ego’s substance.    Just the way it is.   Ego needs to create stories of substance that give it a sense of importance and yes often righteousness.     Jesus knew this.  Jesus recognized this, and oh yes rest assured Jesus had compassion for EGO’s sad and sorry predicament.   Going back to when Jesus stated, “Who do you say that I AM?”  What was the lesson He was truly trying to teach behind utilizing this phrase?  “I AM.”   What does that phrase really mean?  Does this phrase really need anything to follow, or does it warrant enough MERIT just standing on its own?    I AM.    Is it possible that Jesus meant who do you need me to be in this MOMENT???  Who are you in the Moment?   Can who you are change from Moment to Moment?  Was He speaking of Ego identification vs Spirit identification, hence False Self vs True Self?   All these thoughts warrant some merit.  Wouldn’t ya say??     Spirit knows that “I AM” indeed has merit and is powerful just as is.  Spirit knows that “I AM” is eternally compassionate and loving.  Spirit knows that the “I AM” is always constant; ready to transform and transmute to fulfill the need; its purpose to love and forgive again and again at any given moment.          “I AM” just has a sense of being it just is.     Spirit knows that, “I AM” is all there is and all is contained within “I AM.”  Including those blasted EGO Identifications.    Yep it really is that simple peeps, yet EGO will always find a way to complicate things, leading us down the path of Self Sabotage.  Agreed?   Jesus also stated, “I AM one with all things yet separate?”  Was He not referring to being One with all in Spirit, yet our Ego identifications separate us??   Yes.   ABSOLUTLEY…HANDS DOWN; NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.    With that stated, what if I were to state that I AM Jesus, I AM Mary Magdalene, I AM the Holy Mother, I AM You, You are Me???  Now by no means am I insinuating that we need to go around making such statements.  I agree that if we did people may very well lock us up and label us as crazy.  But is there not some factual truth to these statements?  Take a deep breath in and think about it.   Sit with this thought  for a bit.   Is it safe to say that our names are just identifiers? Without them we are no more than the Divine “I AM” Presence.  Our names are EGO identifiers that identifies us both within and if ya must outside of Spirit?  Is it safe to say that we had different identifiers in past life times?  Of course.    Regardless of our Ego identifier, our identity as Spirit, our Divine Self remains constant.  Historically Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, Hitler, et, lived their life time with that identifier only once.  Yet they are still Spirit, one with Spirit, would you agree?  The question is would you be able to recognize them for who they are without their Ego identifier label??  In this lifetime, I was born Michelle Reynolds.   I later took my husband’s last name and became known as Michelle Reynolds Golda.  In a past life time I could have been known as Joan of Arc, Mary Magdalene, or perhaps Jesus Himself.   Regardless it is a name.  It is a name that identifies me within Spirit, yet seperate.  Yet we are all Spirit regardless of what name is chosen to identify us.  Right??   It identifies me.  It is something I respond to.  But I may have been recognized and identified by another name in another life time.  And if I were to reincarnate with you in another life time, would you recognize me as Michelle Reynolds Golda?    Would you recognize Jesus if he were to reincarnate in this life time?  If someone were to approach you claiming to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, more than likely you would think they are crazy because he/she does not fit the Ego identifier based on your perception.  The point I am trying to make is we all are merely Spiritual Energy…that “I AM Energy” remains constant regardless of what identity we may choose in any specific life time, and EGO does is best to separate us and prevent us from recognizing this truth.  My name does not define me.  Those who hear the name Michelle Reynolds Golda may define me differently than others.   Some may label me as a friend, mother, colleague, sister, and wife, while others may define me as a bitch, loser, pesky pain in the ass coworker or neighbor.  You get the picture.  What’s happening here?  Yep you got it.  Once again, we see EGO labels, those blasted EGO identifications.   But none of them define me unless I choose them to.  Take away my name what am I left with?  Ego would say NOTHING.  But Spirit says, “I AM”.   Just I AM.   I AM left with Spirit; The God Presence.     My name is just an EGO IDENTIFICATION; a means of identifying me within and outside of Spirit. Take away my name and just “I AM” remains and stands alone; without attachment to worldly goods, accomplishments or any need for identification.   Spirit an energy state of “Being” an awareness of knowing that “I have no worldly needs, no need for accomplishment, because I already AM.  The same can be said regarding Jesus, Mary Magdalene, the Blessed Mother, Buddha, Moses….  They are all of Spirit as You or I…yet like you and I have been given Ego Identifications to recognize them as separate.  Agreed??  Absolutely!!  Really is that simple.  So where AM I going with all this?  I AM excuse the pun tee hee, more than happy to explain.   

If I were to ask you to define Jesus Christ; how would you respond?  What if I were to ask you who was the Holy Mother?  Or Mary Magdalene?  Most of us would begin by resorting to the use of labels based on what we’ve read, heard, experienced, and yes been taught.  Some of us may define Jesus as the Son of God, the Messiah, and the Savior.  Others may define him as having been a prophet; while others may define him as an Ascended Master.   You may choose to define Mother Mary as the Virgin Mary, who conceived Jesus the Son of God through an Immaculate Conception, while some of you may not embrace this definition.     Some may choose to define Mary Magdalene as Jesus wife, while others may define her as the repentant prostitute.  Hopefully most of you would refer to Hitler as a crazy madman, and not a great world leader, but regardless of how you choose to define any of them each and every definition is EGO based.  We may find some uniformity, some similarities, but each and every definition will hold meaning for the individual’s EGO based on where he or she may be based on their own spiritual growth; as they ascend and merge into their True Spiritual Identity?  In Essence there is truth in all definitions.   For regardless of how we choose to define or label..one fact remains true; YOU are still SPIRIT.  You are still Divine.    Nothing will change that.    Ego will choose it’s labels, how they are to be defined and weave it’s Own Personal Story,  but despite its efforts it cannot keep you  from journeying back to Your True Identity; back to Your True Self;  Your Divine God Self, that my dear friends is the ABSOLUTE TRUTH.   So I leave you with this…finish this…”Who Do You say that “I AM?”  And how does it define YOU?