"I Am"

Arun - I am that by which I know "I Am".
Read it now and at least ten times when you are stoned and then write back.
Me - Good suggestion. Laying my hands on a copy of the book is a minor issue tho! And about the cyclical reading.....I don't know. One either gets it or doesn't, reflecting and trying to understand.
Arun - I am not asking you to read this book. Just contemplate on this statement.
Me - Ooooops...My bad as Hollywood would put it.
After the Brazil - Portugal game and another boost!!

I am that, by which I know "I Am".
I am that - awareness and understanding of a facet. A piece in a jigsaw that falls in place at eash "I am that" moment or situation. And as the picture emerges intoa more recognisable image. I am that by which I kknow "I Am" takes on the hue of the process by which one gets to know that "I Am". I Am, that by which I know "I Am'. And the perception play starts.The image composite as the pieces of the jigsaw fall in place is tangible and theres a sense of completeness in getting the whole picture.If that evolves to the process then the image from the jigsaw is seen as justanother piece of a larger jigsaw. I am that, and now Im on the path to knowing that by which "I Am". Parts of a whole all right, but whats the whole? So is it that, or that by which one knows that, I AM.Where does the larger picture end! I Am that. Yes. I Am.

That I am, that by which I know, "I Am".
Reflect. Punctuate. And you get a new perspective. Still only words. Does the soul that I Am, express differently.
How many times have you read it and how many joints have you had? Out of 10 times, 5 should be without joint. You will get a still different perspective. Try it!!

Me - You had said "I am that by which I know "I Am".
Read it now and at least ten times when you are stoned and then write back." I was only folowing that instruction. Now you're changing the rules.
Arun - You should also reflect on--What is that, by which I know I Am.

Me - "What is that, by which I know I Am."
OK. Here goes:
If I think about it, the I walk the road trying to find out. In some moments or situations, theres a sense that I Am. Aloof, just an observer, though rarely focussed on oneself. Just calm, non-reactive, uninvolved. A detachment I oft term apathy. Thats an outcome of a whole host of other seeming constants like not feeling, caring, not wanting or desiring, that are facets of me that influence, what is that by which I think know "I Am".
No certainties, no illusions. So what is that by which I know..... Purely knowledge, experience and intellect I guess! Applied through the stream of reason in a framework that, Nature and Nurture evolved. I think I can draw an analogy to our conversational content.....Its like a yin-yang rubbing of a yin-yang space, thats smoothening the alignment of the conceptual interface!

Arun - OK, now next exercise. Which of the two statements you agree with and why:
1. I think, (therefore) I Am.
2. I Am (therefore), I think.
Me - First reaction was a good laugh......

Me - Is there a perspective difference between: I can think therefore, I Am and the statements without the element of choice. I think (therefore), I Am makes it a prerogative activity!