I Am That I Am: The Infinite Presence

By Jamie Cook

The Original Flame
Before the commandments...
Before the temple...
Before the laws of man could form a single judgment...
There was this whisper - echoing from the center of all being:
I Am.

The voice did not claim dominion.
It didn't assert a throne.
It named existence itself.
The breath before breath.
The essence behind every form.
It spoke from fire, but its power was not destruction.
It was remembrance.

And long before Moses stood before the burning bush, other mystics heard the same voice:
"Aham Brahmasmi" - I am Brahman - say the Upanishads of India.
"Tat Tvam Asi" - You are That.
The Divine is not outside you. You are made of it.
In the Taoist tradition, the Tao has no name.
"The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao."
It is Being before form, Source before definition.

The Sufi mystic whispers:
"Ana al-Haqq" - I am the Truth - for the Beloved lives within.

And in Buddhist awareness:
There is no self, only presence. No separation, only unfolding.
Awareness itself is sacred.

All speak of the same flame.

The Name of the Infinite Presence
"Then Moses said to God, 'Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, "The God of your ancestors has sent me to you," and they ask me, "What is his name?" Then what shall I tell them?"
- Exodus 3:13

And the voice from the flame replied:
"I Am That I Am."

"Tell them, 'I Am' has sent you."

It was not the name Moses expected.
It wasn't a title, or a rank, or a legend.
It was a mirror.
A transmission.
A key.

Not just for Moses.
For all of us.

Why That Name?
Because anything else would limit the Infinite.
The One behind all things has no opposite, no beginning, no end.
There is no word that could wrap around it.
No syllable wide enough to contain it.
So the Source spoke only what was undeniably true:
"I Am."

This is not a label.
This is the awareness within awareness.
The vibration of being itself.
It is what remains after all identities are stripped away.
It is the sound of oneness remembering itself.

In the Zohar, Jewish mysticism declares:
"Before the beginning began, there was only Ein Sof - the Infinite, without end."

In the Quran, Allah proclaims:
"I was a hidden treasure and I longed to be known, so I created the creation."
- Hadith Qudsi

And so, being became form, and form began to remember.

The Oneness of All
"I Am That I Am" means:

I am existence.
I am presence.
I am that which you call God - but also that which looks through your eyes.

It is not a name to divide people.
It is a key to dissolve separation.
It does not belong to one group, one people, or one book.

It is the shared pulse behind every soul, every star, every cell.

When you say "I am,"
you are speaking with the voice of the Infinite.
Not in ego.
But in alignment.
Not claiming to be the Source...
But remembering you are of the Source.

Jesus said:
"Before Abraham was, I Am."
- John 8:58

Not to claim divinity as ego,
but to reveal that the I Am is the eternal presence within us all.

The Hidden Code
There is a reason the sacred name could not be spoken fully in ancient tradition.
It wasn't because it was forbidden.
It was because it was too true.
To say "I Am That I Am" is to:
- dissolve every mask
- undo every lie
- stand naked in the truth of your being

It is the end of pretending.
It is the awakening of the soul.

In Zen, they ask, "Who were you before your parents were born?"

It is not a riddle.

It is a return to your original face - the one before names.

I AM THAT I AM. I AM.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FHWS2PSV
• ISBN13: 9798292799184
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"