The I AM Presence

The I AM Presence is the real you — the individualized Divine Presence and Higher Self that exists in a higher realm of God-conscious being. From this higher level, a ray of light descends into the lower bodies, each of which vibrates at its own frequency. In this teaching, the I AM Presence animates two main lower bodies: the Christ Self, or soul, and the human self, represented by the physical figure at the bottom of the image. These three levels correspond to the Tibetan Buddhist terms Nirmanakaya (lower figure), Sambhogakaya (middle figure), and Dharmakaya (upper figure) — the God Self, or I AM Presence.

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"I AM" is the expression of individual God-consciousness as it emerges from the ocean of awareness into the world of appearance. It is God in action. One way to approach this realization is to observe the in-breath and out-breath until the mind becomes still. Then meditate on the origin of "I" and remember your true being. From that stillness, the words "I AM" become a way of invoking and manifesting God in action.

Ascension takes place when the lessons of human life have been fully learned and the lower bodies merge back into the higher body of the God Self.