' I AM THAT I AM'
by MIHIRA

Everyone knows by himself.  He knows himself by name and by the name of his parents, by his address, by his telephone number etc.,  Beyond that it is doubtful if he knows himself.

Some people know themselves by their thoughts and intelligence.  Some know themselves by their own philosophy of themselves.  Every human being has his own philosophy, which is different from the philosophy of others. 

This is how the nature plays with its children.  Nature allows us to live without knowing our real self.  It allows us to behave in our own way. 

Many of us know quite a little about things about others and a less of ourselves.  As we try to make our path distinguished  our philosophy differs from others.  The more distinguished we try to become ,the less useful we are to others. 

Unless we have something common with others, we can’t be useful to others or others can’t be useful to us.  Observe how the Devas, the intelligences in nature work.  Think of the air that we breathe in.  It is common to everyone.   The sunshine, the rain, the water, the fire etc., are common to everyone.  This is the reason why they are useful to all, making us all live.

It is the common sense that makes useful and  not the uniqueness or distinction or an elevated position.  This common sense is very rare nowadays, not common with everybody.

The Lord wants us to know how He lives in us.  He lives in everyone as a common property.  He does not discriminate by creed,  sex , religion and nation, high or low.  He is not ashamed of living in the lowest  beast of  animal kingdom.  He is inevitably present even in the highest philosopher or the greatest man.  Probably this is one quality that makes him God. 

It is not the greatness that makes Him God.  The concept of greatness is  only a disease of  human being, a disease which exists in no other kingdom in nature .  For example - the concept of greatness never exists inanimals or plants.  Animals are bigger or smaller, powerful or weak, but they are not greater or inferior. 

If  we see a lion and a dog, we feel that the lion is a superior animal and that the dog is inferior.  There is no difference  in animal as far as the animals themselves are concerned.   We have a mental disease of looking at them in our own light. 

We note high and low, superior and inferior. A duty lies before us that we are expected to live with the god and fill up the gap.  Try to behave in terms as HE behaves so that we may not be ashamed of being one with everyone in this world irrespective of high and low.  For this, we must have a process of purification, of knowing ourselves. 

We must initiate a process of knowing what is I am and what is not I am. That is the difference between being the self and the Master - So hum asmi.