Revelation

"We love Him because He first loved us." -- The Bible; 1 John 4:19

"Revelation is literally unspeakable because it is an experience of unspeakable Love." -- A Course in Miracles; Chapter 1, Section II, 2:7

I had an experience of revelation this week. I do not use that word lightly. It's impossible to put this into words, but I am compelled to try.

I was hiking in the woods, climbing up to the bluffs that are a favorite meditation spot, cherishing the silence and companionship with my dogs and with God. And the passage from 1 John popped into my head, as it often does... but this time with a kind of stopping... everything slowed and stopped. And I saw the inseparability of it. God said I AM, and we came into being. He first loved us. We say I am, and affirm that Love, when we remember Who We Are.

To imply that God said, "I am Mary" and that I then say "I am God" and that's all there is to it, sounds ridiculous. God is no respecter of persons, certainly not of any ego. But there is a mystery here that transcends ego, and it has to do with God's name, I Am.

In my moments of revelation, of complete absorption in Love ItSelf, it was obvious to me that the emanation from God as I AM and the reflection of my seemingly individual I am are simultaneous and inseparable. He first loved us by BECOMING us. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting Life." The Bible; John 3:16

This has nothing to do with some personal messiah complex, or even with believing in Jesus as the Son of God. This has everything to do with who we think we are. If we realize and accept that we are the offspring of God, remembering this is our salvation. If we think we are the physical offspring of a flawed and suffering world, we are lost, self-condemned to the illusion of physical suffering and death.

God said, "I Am That I Am." He first Loved us. We say "I am," and take the name of the Lord in vain, unless we remember Who We Are. We are, collectively, the only begotten Son of God. This is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

"God has not many Sons, but only One. Who can have more, and who be given less? God gave you all there is. And to be sure you could not lose it, did He also give the same to every living thing as well. And thus is every living thing a part of you, as of HimSelf." -- A Course in Miracles; Chapter 29, Section VIII, 9:1-2 & 7-9