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I am that I am (Hebrew: ???? ??? ????, pronounced Ehyeh asher ehyeh) is one English translation of the response God used in the Bible when Moses asked for his name (Exodus 3:14). I am that I am is one of the most famous verses in the Torah. Hayah means "existed" or "was" in Hebrew; "ehyeh" is the first person singular present/future form. Ehyeh asher ehyeh is generally interpreted to mean I am that I am (King James Bible and others), yet, as indicated, is most literally translated as "I-shall-be that I-shall-be."

I will admit that for the majority of my life, I had no idea what all that meant! I wondered, "What is the Great I Am?" This absolutely never made any sense to me. But as I matured spiritually, I one day at the epiphany I had been waiting for. I am what ever it is that I proclaim I am. I finally "got it." If I am in control of my destiny, my reality, my experiences as a human, then it follows that I am that I am.

How many times have you said: I am so fat. I am so stupid. I am so ugly. I am so alone. I am no one. Sadly for most of us, too many times to count. And each time we proclaim to ourselves, we proclaim to the universe to conspire with us to make it so. Interesting how we unknowingly but continuously reinforce the exact opposite of what we want to become.

The good news is that the power of I AM never fades, so we can make it work in our favor by simply changing our I AM statements. Perception is reality. How we perceive ourselves becomes the way the world perceives. Of course, the manifestations of a lifetime of self-loathing proclamations will not disappear with the change of one sentence uttered one time, but if you give your positive I AMs the dedication, belief, feeling and support you have your negative ones, you will change your reality! Try it!