“I Am” is the root thought of the Ego. From it came duality and Consciousness–the first split introduced into the Mind after the Separation from the Absolute. Consciousness, in turn, is the source of the “ten thousand things”; of the Cosmos, the manifested Universe, the so-called planes of Existence, and also of you, the individual person. All of it is delusion. Maya. Maha Maya. How can the Absolute be separated and remain the Absolute? Can the Absolute cease to exist? The “ten thousand things” do not exist; the Cosmos does not exist; the manifested Universe does not exist, the “planes of Existence” do not exist.
You, as the individual person, the persona, the dream character, do not exist. But so long as you insist on playing a role, the show must go on, and the stage will continue to exist. Your “I Amness”, your sense of Being, keeps all of it going. You are, indeed, the creator of the Cosmos, but even so, in truth, you minimalize yourself. Who were you BEFORE you put on “I Am”? Who are you, really? Find this out. It is the only thing that matters, yet most never even ask the question.
Sacred Breath 