Rambling On – I Am Light (30/8/2017)
Listen to the lyrics of a song sung by the great artist India Arie, featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network—
“I Am Light.”
Perhaps you’ll begin to understand where I’m coming from—or where I may be headed in this journey called life:
“I Am Light, I Am Light...
I am not the things my family did,
I am not the voice in my head,
I am not the pieces of the brokenness inside,
I Am Light. I'm light... my soul inside is all light...”
— From YouTube
If you listen to the whole song, you’ll begin to sense how near—or far—we are from collectively empowering ourselves with the realization that we are, in essence, of Divine Light. We are a sparkle off the Old Block—the Lord of Creation. His breath breathes in us, and His consciousness moves through us.
God is the matrix of all creation.
God is not a Christian, but what Christianity tries to express.
God is not Islam, but what it means to truly surrender (as a Muslim).
God is not Hindu, nor Buddhist, nor any fixed form.
God simply Is.
I Am That I Am.
God is neither only Light nor only Darkness—God is both and beyond.
God is not dual, not divided. God is whole, complete, and all-encompassing.
If you wish to find Him, look within.
For His essence resides in you.
You are a manifestation of that essence.
You have only to awaken.
But we forget.
We feel small, insignificant. Depressed. Our self-esteem withers.
We become apathetic, hopeless, disconnected from the truth of our being.
We obsess over how to become amoebas,
when we were meant to be radiant, upright humans—homo sapiens with soul.
We chase proof of meaninglessness, rather than embracing the miracle we are.
We mistake humility for weakness,
servitude for slavery,
and devotion for blindness.
We embrace the ego, not the spirit.
We are never satisfied—insatiable in desire.
What we have, we cling to. What we give, we give with hidden motives.
In chasing wealth, we forget how to say thank you.
We forget how to simply feel grateful.
And when we forget who we truly are,
we become that man who gained the world but lost his soul.
We become small—no matter how grand we appear.
We become paupers—even as millionaires.
And if we’re spiritually inclined,
this is the dark night of the soul—
where light is overtaken by the weight of ignorance.
But even then...
Even in that darkness...
Light waits.
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