Who Is God? I AM.

I came across, by pure chance, this wonderful book called "The Impersonal Life" by Joseph S Benner when I subscribed to one of Wayne W Dwyer's video series teachings. Wayne had talked at length about this book and, infact this series was all about the "I AM" teachings. Without wasting another moment, I ordered a copy because I was intrigued at all that I was hearing.  It caught my interest particularly for the reason that I was going through a phase where I was seeking something bigger to show up. I was ready and willing to to be open to new challenges.  I was ready for change. Its not that I have never heard any "I AM" teachings - I have - but this version just knocked my socks off! God becomes available in a very personal way and I felt it showed up because I was ready for Him to teach me more deeper lessons. It appears to be the next best logical step and a perfect opportunity for deeper explorations.

It starts off this way:

"To you, who, through long years and much running to and from, have been eagerly seeking, in books and teachings, in philosophy and religion, for you know not what Truth, Happiness, Freedom, God;

To you, whose Soul is weary and discouraged and almost destitute of hope;

To you, who many times have obtained a glimpse of that "Truth" only to find, when you followed and tried to reach it, that it disappeared in the beyond, and was but the mirage of the desert;

To you, who thought you had found it in some great teacher, who was perhaps the acknowledged head of some Society, Fraternity or Religion, and who appeared to you to be a "Master," so marvelous was the wisdom he taught and the works he performed: only to awaken later to the realization that that "Master" was but a human personality, with faults and weaknesses, and secret sins, the same as you, even though that personality may have been a channel through which were voiced many beautiful teachings, which seemed to you the highest "Truths";

And here you are, Soul aweary and enhungered, and not know where to turn -

To you, I AM come."

No fuss.  Straight to the point.  "To you, I AM come."

So, now what do I do with this information?  Start a personal communication with the Infinite and begin a radical transformation ... change my personality from a little personal one to an Impersonal One which only God can do through The Holy Spirit.

The Divine Lord says: 

"Rise up and free yourself now and for always from the domination of your personality, with its self-inflated and self-glorifying mind and intellect. ..... If you can put aside all your private personal fancies, beliefs, and opinions, which are but the rubbish you have gathered from the dumping grounds of others; If you are strong enough to cast them all away; Then my Word will be to you a source of endless Joy and Blessing."  

Am I ready? I do not quite know, but I will take His Word for it for He says (to the Reader who did'nt come to this book by chance)

"Take my Word into your heart and permit It there to abide.  Yes, I AM come to you now.

To make you conscious of My Presence;

For I have likewise prepared your human mind so that it can, in a measure, comprehend the meaning of Me. I have been with you always, but you did not know it.

I have purposely led you through the Wilderness of books and teachings, of religions and philosophies, keeping ever before your Soul's eye the vision of the Promised Land; feeding you with the manna of the Desert, that you might remember and value and long for the Bread of the Spirit.

Now I have brought you to the River Jordan that separates you from your Divine Heritage.

Now the time has come for you consciously to know Me; 

the time has come for you to cross over to Cannan, the Land of Milk and Honey.

Are you ready? Do you want to go?

Then follow this My Word, which is the Ark of My Covenant, and you shall go over dry shod."

So, what is new about this book? Isn't this just one more book? Yes, it appears to be so, but the most fundamental message in this book is that it guides you to FOLLOW YOUR OWN HEART. You have to take the trouble and do the work. Nobody else can do this work for you. You have to stop being lazy about your Sacred Self.  You have to push past all of the world beliefs and find your very own Path. You cannot follow someone else for long because at some point, you will end up exactly where you started. Stagnancy will set in. And that is really the worse place to be in. Personally, my perspectives and motivations are changing rapidly. My spiritual lethargy is breaking free and I am willing to do whatever I need to do to begin to FEEL ALIVE.  To BE.  Love Happens. God ALWAYS answers the cry of every human heart. You have to hear His Voice and Calling. If you are reading this, may you be inspired to answer the Call of your Soul. And most important is that there is NOT one road to God.  There are many.  This is just one of them.

And so it is.

~ Lavina ~