I Am

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debbiejo Dreamer

Well Jesus did make the statement "Know ye that ye are god?", and I and the father are are one...maybe meaning we don't realize our potential?...But he did?.....And he being a conduit, we can also.....That would explain things as miracles outside the Chriistian faith.

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Re: I Am

Originally posted by debbiejo
What does the Words "I AM" mean to you?
It's an incomplete sentence, I am what.

debbiejo Dreamer

It's a statement....

Shakyamunison Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Originally posted by debbiejo
It's a statement....

A statement of what? 😆

😎

debbiejo Dreamer

Of who and what we are silly man.... 😂

markie calgon take me away

Originally posted by debbiejo
Because this is a religious conversation...
I take it you're talking about john 8:58 here Jesus said before Abraham was I AM. The Greek word is eimi and it means he existed. eimi, i-mee'; first, pers. sing. pres. indic.; a prol. form of a prim. and defective verb; I exist (used only when emphatic):--am, have been, X it is I, was.
He existed before Abraham as the logos which can be a thought or idea. I don't want to read more into the bible than is actualy there but some people don't have a problem with it. I think he was the spiritual image of god, but not God. That's how he could say if you have seen me you have seen the father.

debbiejo Dreamer

Aren't we all in gods image....so aren't we all in the "I AM" business?

markie calgon take me away

Originally posted by debbiejo
Like a conduit?....Maybe so...And in scripture Jesus said "These things and more you can do if you had the faith of a mustard seed."........Are we conduits also?
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. I guess so.

markie calgon take me away

Originally posted by debbiejo
Aren't we all in gods image....so aren't we all in the "I AM" business?
We can be, but he was. That doesn't make him the same being as god thogh.

Shakyamunison Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Originally posted by markie
We can be, but he was. That doesn't make him the same being as god thogh.

I agree with you, when I jokingly say "I Am God", I'm talking about a connection not really being God. God to me, is the universe + everything else, and that includes you and I. When I read the words of Jesus; that is what I get out of them. I could be wrong, but it seems to agree with what I know about Buddhism. I cannot know everything and can never be absolutely sure, so, I have made a choice that my understanding is part of the truth. I believe that, when Jesus said “I Am” he was talking about a connection to “the Buddha that was enlightened in the remote past” (God).

debbiejo Dreamer

Originally posted by markie
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; .
That's my point.....the same works we can all do.........If you believe you can in a greater since of who you are, which is the image of god....