Before Abraham was—I AM.

 

If I call God Father I limit Him so far that I imply He is not my brother—

If I call Him Lord, I imply that He is not my equal—my companion—my friend.

All definitions, then, are limited, and, to a certain extent, misleading.

The truest is that given through Moses—

I AM.

That is—

I am All-being, and All-being is Myself—yet even this seems to shut Him out of phenomena.

Yes, there is One, and only One, in the Universe—

One in whom all-being—

All-force—

All-phenomena are united—

Besides this One, there is no other—

There is no life that is not God—

There is no death that is not God—

Nothing—

No spirit—

All is One, and that One, for want of a better term, you speak of as God, while the very power with which you speak it, is God—

The Absolute—

The Limitless—

The Infinite.

What is man that Thou art mindful of him?

Ah! He is indeed Thyself, and thou God art myself—

I and He are One—

I came from God, and I shall return to Him.