These false answers - such as, I am stone, I am bird, I am animal, I am man, I am woman, I am great, I am small - are, in turn, received, tested and discarded until the Question arrives at the right and Final Answer, I AM GOD.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Identity claims like being a bird or man are temporary labels discarded until one realizes the final truth of being God.
- In plain terms
- We try many identities before finding the true one.
- What can you take from it?
- Ultimate identity transcends temporary labels.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are physical identities illusions?
- What is the final answer of existence?
Another view
Not all traditions agree that 'I AM GOD' is the final answer.
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