After our lord's prayer, the most well known and loved teachings of Jesus are the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12) and the I AM statements (sprinkled through the writing known the gospel of John). The Beatitudes are the "how to" for living in the state of consciousness referred to as "the kingdom." They clarify the attitudes requisite for feeling the joy Eshoa promised (see future essay "Be Attitudes"). The I Am statements are John's way of describing what Eshoa's presence, words, and life meant to him. I agree with Dr. Errico that Eshoa (who in Matthew says in effect "don't call me good; only Alaha/God is good") would not have expressed such grandiosity about himself (see essay on I AM's); Dr. E substitutes "my teachings" for I AM and thus Eshoa's teachings become the way, the Truth, the light, the nourishment (bread), the shepherd (guiding principle), etc.. Still many of us find great meaning in the I AM form when we understand it to refer to the I AM presence within all (see books by Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz: www.abwoon.com). As such, these affirmations can help us individually and collectively to align ourselves with our infinite potential as a re-presentation of the Infinite Life Power/Being who lives in and through all.