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Be Still And Know

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 17:29

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The Bible makes it clear that stillness leads to knowledge of the Divine, for it is written, ‘Be still, and know that I am God’ (Ps 46:10). They are wonderful words, especially the first two—‘Be still.’ You see, there is really nothing to do. Just—be still. Start with the body, and the mind will become still as well.

When conducting retreats or leading group meditations I often take the abovementioned verse and progressively break it up, as follows:

‘Be still, and know that I am God.’

‘Be still, and know that I am.’

‘Be still, and know.’

‘Be still.’

‘Be.’

Who or what is God, you may ask? Some theological construct? Well, if you think that God is a giant man or woman ‘up there’ or ‘out there’, some supra-personal Being with a face, body, arms and legs and genitalia, then you are horribly mistaken. Here is an insightful passage from the 3rd chapter of the book of Exodus in the Bible, in which Moses enquires as to who or what God actually is:

¹³ Then Moses said to God, ‘Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?’ ¹⁴ And God said to Moses, ‘I AM THAT I AM.’ And He said, ‘Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’’

In other words, God, the Great I AM, is saying, ‘I AM the pure Be-ing.’ I AM that which is. The words ‘I AM’ refer to the subject– note that word, ‘subject,’ not object – of all existence. The Bible says that I AM is God. So, God – the very essence and being-ness of life itself – becomes what God has said that which God is. ‘I AM THAT I AM.’ God is. We are.

Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, New Zealand

I AM THAT I AM. That is the name by which God is called—at least in the Hebrew Bible and in metaphysics—and it describes the Presence or Power of God (being the spiritual or divine ‘image’ of each person’s creation) declaring Itself—to Itself. This is the self-knowingness of God, and we, too, can be conscious – or rather self-conscious – of that very same I AM-ness that is the very ground of our being, indeed, the very ground of all Be-ing. It is the All-in-all.

Yes, God – pure Be-ing or existence – is the one formless, essence-less, self-existent, self-knowing, self-giving, absolute, indestructible, and abundant existence that forever takes form, that is, incarnates, as you, me, and everything else, but which is never even for a moment absorbed by the innumerable objects of its self-expression.

In other words, God – if you choose to use the word at all – is the life that is the subject of true existence, the very life that lies within, and otherwise manifests itself through and as objects, being all persons and things—the very livingness, or rather self-livingness, of life itself. Put perhaps more simply, you are I AM in expression, as you. In the words of the minister and author Eric Butterworth, you are an ‘eachness’ within the ALL-ness of God.

Here are some words from Joseph Benner, from his book The Impersonal Life:

I AM You, that part of you who IS and KNOWS;

WHO KNOWS ALL THINGS,

And always knew, and always was.

Yes, I AM You, Your SELF; that part of you who says I AM and is I AM;

… … …

But I AM not your human mind, nor its child, the intellect. They are but the expression of your Being, as you are the expression of My Being; they are but phases of your human personality, as You are a phase of My Divine Impersonality.

… … …

… I AM because You Are. You ARE because I AM expressing My SELF.

I AM in You as the oak is in the acorn. You are a phase of Me in expression.

Each one of us is both an inlet and an outlet of life’s self-expression. The ‘us’ in us – the ‘AM-ness’ of us – is not separate from life, rather it is life, or being-ness, itself unfolding from one moment to the next. Whenever we affirm ‘I am …’ we are affirming our being-ness, our I AM-ness.

I used to think you could come to know God through academic study and the use of the intellect. Well, that will take you some of the way. However, the best way to come to know God is to be … still!

Meditate. Get really still. Be silent. Feel your Am-ness pulsate through your veins. Breathe in more of that Am-ness. In time, you will come to know your very AM-ness as the ALL-ness of existence individualized in and as you. God is pure Be-ing, and we have our be-ing-ness in God, as the Christian mystics say. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being‘ (Acts 17:28). There is only one way of be-ing. Call it the ALL-ness of God, if you like. Your AM-ness, which is a small part of that immense, boundless and infinite ALL-ness, enables you to say, ‘I am …’, and ‘I know … .’

Be still … and know … that your very AM-ness is—God!

The photographs of Mitre Peak, the lotus flower
and the cactus flower were taken by the author.

Source: http://ianellis-jones.blogspot.com/2017/07/be-still-and-know.html

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