The Destiny of Man-3.

Kant, the great German philosopher, had no name for it. He called it "the thing in itself".

For when nothing was, IT only was.

And IT itself knew what IT was.

There was no other, no second one to know it.

Therefore he called it "THE THING IN ITSELF".

Thousands of years ago, long before the time of even Jesus Christ, the great mystic and prophet Moses went into the wilderness, prayed, did penance and tried to attune himself to the Invisible, to the Infinite.

Humbly he tried to know IT, sought ITS guidance, ITS help.

And a strange power made itself manifest in response to Moses’ quest. He felt it, it guided him.

And he wanted to know by what name he could refer to it, by what name he could call it.

And that being said: "I AM THAT I AM".

I am that I am. What else can I say?

I am that being existing by itself.

I alone know what I am. I exist—I know that I exist. I am that cosmic intelligence self-cognising, for in that state of absoluteness I am alone.

There is no other, no second. I pervade all. I exist by myself, supremely independent, supremely non-dual. I am that I am.

SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA
To be continued  ....