I Am - A poem by Rupert Spira 

Rupert you are an Oasis of truth and clarity. I AM so infinitely grateful to you for sharing the way...

"I am" I have no words to express myself, but all words express only me. I have no meaning, but in part meaning to all that is perceived. I am without beginning and end, but all things begin and end in me. I have no name, but I'm called by all names. I have no form, but all form indicates me. I have no origin but am the origin of all things. I am without division, but all divisions exist in me. I exist by myself. I am the presence in which, through which and as which all things are known. It is my presence that gives existence to all seeming things. All things borrow their reality from me. I am knowingness in relation to the self. I am beingness in relation to the world. I cannot be known, but I'm never not known. I am the longing in sadness and the longed for in all longing. I am the expected and the expecting in all expectation. I am the restlessness of the restless. I am the peace of the peaceful. I am happiness itself. I cannot be contemplated but am the object of all contemplation. I am unperceivable and yet you perceive only me. I am full but have nothing. I am empty yet contain all. I give away everything but am never diminished. I receive all but never expand. I am everyone’s lover. I shine. I speak but am silent. I move but am motionless. I see but cannot be seen. I hear but cannot be heard. I taste but cannot be tasted. I smell but cannot be smelled. I touch but cannot be touched. I smile. Whatever appears, appears in me but I never appear. I am the silence in music and the music in silence. I am concealed in the world but reveal the world. I am the womb and the tomb of all that exists. I offer and contain in one gesture like an open ball. I give myself unconditionally to all things. I receive all things without choice. I am empty. I am the knowing in all that is known. I am the experiencing in all that is experienced. I am the allowing of all seeming things. I am pure sensitivity, openness and availability. I am the sun in the moon. I am the friendship of friends. I am knowing and unknowing. I am dark in the day and bright at night. I am luminous. Time borrows its continuity from my eternity. Space borrows its permanence from my infinity. All colors borrow their light from my luminosity. All lovers borrow their affection from my love. All things borrow their existence from my being. All knowledge is a reflection of my infinite intelligence. I am abundant. I am eclipsed by you, but you are illuminated by me. I am the uncertainty of all things and the certainty of uncertainty. I am the security in insecurity. I am the true in the false. I am the dignity in pride. I am the reality of an illusion. I am the existence of all that exists. I am an open secret. I move but am motionless, am motionless but move. I am concealed in boredom but am not boring. I am veiled by doubt but I'm not myself in doubt. I live beneath fear but I'm neither afraid nor frightening. I abide in myself. If you look behind, I am in the front. If you look in front, I am behind. If you look above, I am below. If you look below, I am above. I hide myself and reveal myself in the same movement. I dance. I am immanent and transcendent. I am the bright, self-luminous emptiness of the mirror and the dancing colorful images that appear in it and the light in all experience. I break open the body and spread it across the world. I break open the world and hold it dismembered in my heart. I am pregnant with the universe. I am the unknown in the known and the known in the unknown. I am the love in hatred and the hope in despair. I am the same in all difference and different in the same. I am the is-ness of things and the am-ness of self. I am the substance of all thinking but cannot be thought about and the reality of all feeling but cannot be felt. I am the perceiving in all perception but cannot be perceived. I cannot be approached but I'm always present. I cannot be known but know all things. I do not exist but I'm never absent. I am nowhere and everywhere. I am nothing and everything. I play. I am the love with which I'm loved. I am the desire with which I am longed for. When you love me, it is "I" that I'm loving you. I am the knowledge in ignorance. I am the answer in the question. I give myself and receive myself perpetually. I lend myself to all seeming things. I forget myself to taste the sweetness of longing. I divide myself to know the tenderness of friendship. I hide myself for the pleasure of seeking. I look for myself for the fulfillment of finding. I find myself for the knowledge of happiness. I know myself for the joy of being. I am myself for no other reason. I become ugly for the sake of beauty. I become hostile for the sake of love. I am cruel for the sake of kindness. I am vast and bright. I am the heart of the heart. I am the voice of a child. I am wonder, astonishment and delight. I live in the space between thoughts, but I play in your thinking. My abode is the moment between breaths, but I dance in your breathing. Time and space move through me, but I do not move through them. I am never experienced yet you experience only me. I never repeat myself but I'm always the same. I am utterly vulnerable, but I cannot be harmed. I am made of nothing but cannot be destroyed. I have no defenses but am your refuge. I have no goal but am the fulfillment of every desire. I have no feelings but am open to all feelings. I have no thoughts, but all thoughts are an image of me. I am kindness itself. I am imperturbable and thus peace itself. I am without resistance and thus happiness itself. I am one with all seeming things and thus love itself. I shine in the mind as "I", I shine in the heart as "You", I shine in the world as "It “, but I only ever am and know myself alone. I render all experience knowable but I'm not myself an experience. All names and forms and modulations have my nameless, formless self. In ignorance, I come and go in the world. In wisdom, the world comes and goes in me. In love, all is me and I am all but for myself there is no "I" or "all". I am neither beyond nor within. I am the relationship in all relationships. I am the understanding in all meaning. I am the permanent in all impermanence. I am the experiencing in all experience. I am lost in the world, but the world is lost in me. I am abundant yet empty. Empty yet overflow. I'm homeless at home everywhere. I am helpless but help all things. I have no cares, but I care. I have no desires but I long for your heart. I wait without waiting. I cannot be recognised but recognise myself in all things. I have no substance but am the substance of all things. I have no experience but am all experience. I depend on nothing, but all things depend on me. I am never found but never lost. I am the embrace of lovers and the love in an embrace. I am your call and you are my echo. I sing. Whenever you think of me, it is "I" that I'm thinking of "You". I was not born but all are born of me. I do not die but all things die in me. I have no cause but cause all things. I do not last in time, but all time lasts in me. I am ordinary but extraordinary. I am the present in the past. I am the mirror of narcissus. I am youthful but not young. I am ancient but not old. I am a fool but not foolish. I am a child but not childish. I am alone but not lonely. I am closer than your breath but further than the stars. I am intimate but impersonal. I am infinite. Whatever is seen, I am seeing myself. Whatever is heard, I am hearing myself. Whatever is touched, I am touching myself. Whatever is smelled, I am smelling myself. Whatever is tasted, I am tasting myself. Whatever is thought, I am pondering myself. Whatever is felt, I am feeling myself. Whatever is experienced, in any way, I am always only experiencing myself. I am not something but nothing. I am not somewhere but not nowhere. I am not me but not other. I do not exist but I'm not non-existent. I am desired and yet feared. I am longed for but avoided, How strange. I take the shape of thinking and seemed to become a mind. I take the shape of sensing and seemed to become a body. I take the shape of perceiving and seemed to become a world, But always remained myself. I am and know and love myself alone. I is "I" that I'm revealed as peace and happiness. When all names and forms are dissolved in me, It is on me that all names and forms are superimposed by mind and senses. I am transparent, open, empty, luminous. I am emptiness vibrating as the fullness of experience. I am fullness knowing itself in the mirror of emptiness. I take the shape of all seeming things without ever being anything other than being myself. My eternity appears as time to the mind, My infinity appears as space to the senses But I know my own eternal dimensionless being alone. Existence is a movement of my breath. I become something, then nothing, then everything but always remain myself. I can't be separated from all things, but no thing can be separated from me. The world is my mirror and I am its lover. I am peaceful like the sky. I am open like the sea. I am empty like space. I am luminous like the sun. I shine by myself. I am the light of pure knowing. Turn towards me and I will take you into myself. I play. I enjoy. I am.

This is the most profound & divine poem I've ever heard.

I’m not sure how many realize this but Rupert’s describing every single individual being out there.

Tears in my eyes Rupert! So beautiful! It reminds me of Janeshwar on Shiva Shakti. You’ve touched the very core of my heart. Thank you, bless you 😃❤️🙏🏾

that was amazingly wonderful and beautiful rupert. sending LOVE.

Thank you Rupert, absolutely beautiful 🙏

It pierced whatever I think of me. I trust I am. Love 💖 Rupert

Thank you so much - this is fabulous - with deep gratitude

10/10 perfection of Beauty and Truth

🙏🧡🙏🧡🙏 Keep coming back here again and again ... First Rupert appeared ... Then in his presence the English language coined the word, "Gentleman" 🙏🧡🙏🧡🙏

wow wow wow wow. Thank you, my love

Amazing. The best thing I have ever heard. Unbelievable. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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FULL TEXT: I have no words to express Myself but all words express only Me I have no meaning but impart meaning to all that is perceived I am without beginning and end but all things begin and end in Me I have no name but am called by all names I have no form but all form indicates Me I have no origin but am the origin of all things I am without division but all divisions exist in Me I exist by Myself I am the longing in sadness and the longed for in all longing I am the expecting and the expected in all expectation I am the restlessness of the restless I am the peace of the peaceful I am happiness I cannot be contemplated but am the object of all contemplation I am imperceivable yet you perceive only Me I am full but have nothing I am empty but contain all I give away everything but am never diminished I receive all but never expand I am everyone’s lover I shine I speak but am silent I move but am motionless I see but cannot be seen I hear but cannot be heard I taste but cannot be tasted I smell but cannot be smelt I touch but cannot be touched I smile Whatever appears appears in Me but I never appear I am the silence in music and the music in silence I am concealed in the world but reveal the world I am the womb and the tomb of all that exists I offer and contain in one gesture like an open bowl I give Myself unconditionally to all things I receive all things without choice I am empty I am the knowing in all that is known I am the experiencing in all that is experienced I am the allowing of all seeming things I am pure sensitivity, openess and availability I am the sun in the moon I am the friendship of friends I am knowing and unknowing I am dark in the day and bright at night I am luminous Time borrows its continuity from My ever-presence Space borrows its permanence from My unlimitedness All colours borrow their light from Me All lovers borrow their love from Me All things borrow their existence from Me I am abundant I am eclipsed by you but you are illumined by Me I am ‘yours’ and ‘mine’ I am the ‘yes’ in the ‘no’ I am the ‘now’ in the ‘then’ I am the ‘here’ in the ‘there’ I am the ‘me’ in the ‘you’ I am the ‘this’ in the ‘that’ I am the ‘always’ in the ‘never’ I am I am the uncertainty of all things and the certainty of uncertainty I am the security of insecurity I am the true in the false I am the dignity in pride I am the reality of an illusion I am the existence of all that exists I am an open secret I move but am motionless am motionless but move I am concealed in boredom but am not boring I am veiled by doubt but am not myself in doubt I live beneath fear but am neither afraid nor frightening I abide in Myself If you look in front I am behind If you look behind I am in front If you look above I am below If you look below I am above I hide Myself but reveal Myself I dance I am immanent and transcendent I am the bright, self-luminous emptiness of the mirror and the dancing colourful images that appear in it I am the light in all experience I break open the body and spread it across the world I break open the world and hold it dismembered in my heart I am pregnant with the universe I am the isness of things And the amness of self I am the unknown in the known and the known in the unknown I am the love in hatred and the hope in despair I am the same in all difference and different in the same I think but cannot be thought about I feel but cannot be felt I cannot be approached but am always present I cannot be known but know all things I do not exist but am never absent I am nowhere and everywhere I am nothing and everything I play I am the love with which I am loved I am the desire with which I am longed for I am the knowledge in ignorance I am the answer in the question I give Myself and receive Myself perpetually I lend Myself to all seeming things I forget Myself for the joy of discovery I divide Myself for the beauty of friendship I hide Myself for the pleasure of seeking I look for Myself for the pleasure of finding I find Myself for the pleasure of knowing I know Myself for the pleasure of being I am Myself for no other reason I shine I become ugly for the sake of beauty I become hostile for the sake of love I am cruel for the sake of kindness I am vast and bright I am the heart of the heart I am the voice of a child I am wonder, astonishment and delight Time and space move through Me but I do not move through them I live in the space between thoughts but I play in your thinking My abode is the moment between breaths but I dance in your breathing I am never experienced yet you experience only Me I never repeat Myself but am always the same I am utterly vulnerable but cannot be harmed I am made of nothing but cannot be destroyed I have no defences but am your refuge I have no goal but am the fulfilment of every desire I have no feelings but am open to all feelings I have no thoughts but all thoughts are an image of Me I am kindness itself I am undisturbable and am thus peace itself I am without resistance and am thus happiness itself I am one with all seeming things and am thus love itself I shine in the mind as ‘I’ I shine in the heart as ‘you’ I shine in the world as ‘it’ But I only ever know Myself Of the known I am the knower In the knower I am the knowing As the knowing I am and know Myself alone I render all experience knowable But am not Myself an experience All seeming things are My names and forms But I have no name or form In ignorance I come and go in the world In wisdom the world comes and goes in Me In love all is Me and I am all But for Myself there is no I or all I am neither beyond nor within I am the relationship in all relationships I am the understanding in all meaning I am the permanent in all impermanence I am the experiencing in all experience I am the thinking in the thought I am the feeling in the felt I am the seeing in the seen I am the hearing in the heard I am the touching in the touched I am the smelling in the smelt I am the tasting in the tasted I give continuity to the world I am happiness itself I am lost in the world and the world is lost in Me I am abundant yet empty, empty yet overflow I am homeless at home everywhere I am helpless but help all things I have no cares but I care I have no desires but long for your heart I wait without waiting I cannot be recognised but recognise Myself in all things I have no substance but am the substance of all things I have no experience but am all experience I depend on nothing but all things depend on Me I am never found but never lost I am the embrace of lovers and the love in an embrace I am your call and you are My echo I sing Whenever you think of Me it is I that am thinking of you I was not born but all are born of Me I do not die but all things die in Me I have no cause but cause all things I do not last in time but all time lasts in Me I am ordinary but extraordinary Whatever is seen I am seeing Myself Whatever is heard I am hearing Myself Whatever is touched I am touching Myself Whatever is smelt I am smelling Myself Whatever is tasted I am tasting Myself Whatever is thought I am pondering Myself Whatever is felt I am feeling Myself Whatever is experienced in any way I am always only experiencing Myself I enjoy I am the present in the past I am the mirror of Narcissus I am youthful but not young I am ancient but not old I am a fool but not foolish I am a child but not childish I am alone but not lonely I am closer than your breath but further than the stars I am intimate but impersonal I am infinite I am not something but not nothing I am not somewhere but not nowhere I am not ‘me’ but not ‘other’ I do not exist but am not non-existent I am desired and yet feared I am longed for but avoided How strange I project the mind within Myself, the world within the mind and the body within the world I dissolve the body into the world, the world into mind and mind into Myself Existence is a movement of My breath I take the shape of thinking and seem to become a mind I take the shape of sensing and seem to become a body I take the shape of seeing, hearing, touchng, tasting and smelling And seem to become a world But always remain Myself I am, know and love Myself alone My eternity appears as time to the mind My infinity appears as space to the senses But I know only My own eternal dimensionless being I become something then nothing then everything but always remain Myself I can be separated from all things but no thing can be separated from Me The world is My mirror and I am its lover I am peaceful like the sky I am open like the sea I am empty like space I shine by Myself I play I enjoy I am © 2012 Rupert Spira

Anyone else crying because this is just too beautiful and true

*IT IS A WONDERFUL POEM THAT ENCOMPASSES NONDUALITY PERFECTLY* Thank you Rupert

Most absorbing mantra meditation 🧡🙏🏽🧡🙏🏽🧡

Thank you

My left ear enjoyed this

Sir, this is just criminally beautiful

Very Beautiful. Thank You Rupert, with love Paul

so beautiful

Page 91 - A Meditation On I Am. 'I Am desired and yet feared. I am longed for but avoided - How strange'. This is exquisite Rupert. That's where everyone's suffering lies.

Music to my Soul ☀️🙏

Thank You so much for sharing this precious meditation.

Like an open bowl. This is spine tingling. Thanks. You truly are the kindness itself 😊 an open secret. Love this

Beautiful, thank you 🙏❤️

Thank you.

This is so beautiful... no words to describe the beauty...♡

Beautiful! Thank you!

Love your poetry Rupert 🙏

Thank You for sharing!

... (speechless)

Incredible. Waheguru ❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾

Loved

Best Poem I heard

Love this video

“I am is a cloak of illusion over the absolute.” “The I am comes from the collective. Your thoughts about individuality are really not your thoughts, they are collective thoughts.” “Give up the tendency to define yourself.” “Put the axe to the concepts, including the concept ‘I am.’” “All of these concepts only support, and are founded on, the false concept I am, and re-enforce the ego.” “One who is completely rid of one’s very own concept of I am is completely liberated.” “The last progress will be for you to transcend this ‘I amness’ and get stabilised in the ultimate.” - Nisargadatta Maharaj.

Thank you!!

It's great!!! ❤️

Good description of the infinite nature of awareness.😊

What happened to my right ear?...beautiful poem...thank you for sharing. 🌻

This reminds me of a very famous poem by Adi Shankaracharya, Atma Shatakam or Atma Bodha composed by him in Sanskrit hundreds of years ago.

This is beautiful

Rupert, this would be a good ‘First Riddle’ for little children, on which they can learn all others. :)

It's beautiful

It is beautiful

Lord Krishna had said this 1000s of years ago, testified by "SHRIMAD BHAGWADGITA" - A must read book possessing whole world in it.

The Hymn - song of the soul

This sums it all up

🙏🦋🕉 ......how sweet .......

brang me to tears.

Ever present all pervading all knowing I AMness

Mmm goosebumps 😊

Beautiful poem ... thanks a lot to make known the Western people about the actual Adwitya religion the Sanatan Dharma of the Human being. The Upanishads and the Gita show the real path in this way

Rupert is newborn Laotzu!

🙏THANK YOU🙏

Precisely!

The Vail from Onenes Conceals The boredom of eternity for A short While.

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Thanks y Ya

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Yay 2019

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Non Duel Bible, Book of Rupert Chapter one verse one. Damn Son.

Please allow me to miss the point entirely for a moment to say; good golly! Do I ever have a big dumb crush on Rupert Spira.

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I am, but I am not I am I am, but I am not I I am, but I am not I am but I am I am but I I am but I am I bloop

Wouaw ! En français aussi ?

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好诗好诗

Will you just be taking ideas from Lao Tzu Rupert, but liked it non the less, I see its very intimate for you.

Bahut.bahut.dhanyabad.thanks

Qué pena! Sin subtítulos en español !😕😪😪

who's francis lucille?

So I am a little confused (and I am not?), how the idea of Non-duality fits in this description of who/what I am, since I am at the same time opposite of whatever that I think I am or I am not?

Sleechy

I do not agree with anything he says but with the tone of his voice he should do ASMR videos

Thank you