The seven "I AM" sayings of Eshoa (Jesus)
Explored 4 ways:
1.Traditional
2. versions from the Aramaic perspective
(rah, using Lamsa, Errico, and other experts)
3. Tomas's verbal icons
4. relevant background info

Tomas's overall title

Procreative Seed of Whereness:
Tall within Small, as Tree within Seed...
Awareness from Whereness, as Human from Womb...
Bloom of Forever and Treasure of Now...
Whisper of Death and Shout of Birth...
Unheard is Heard, Merging with Breath

I am the light of the world (John 8:12)
Innana nuhre d'alma
My teachings enlighten the world.
Benign Design; Ignited Mind
Contact with true teachings
moves us to see each being anew,
and sacrifice facts for direct access.
Matter is gravitationally attracted light,
and when we detect our actual radiance,
then we have elected to remain awake.
Being bright is the basis of our life,
and sages aptly engage us in the happy discovery
of our lustrous nature.

"I am the way and the truth and the life" (John 14:6)
Innana urcha wa shrara w'chayye
"What I teach is the path of truth and eternal life."3

Universal Chorus of Perpetuity
Each we contains an I, and we can see eye to eye,
when identified with Divine Guidance,
and supported through the force of Creation.
The persistence of existence is through attunement
to the Universal chorus of perpetuity.
I am made anew each time my noiseless mind
surrenders to an inner voice benignly true,
and chooses to align with illuminating insights.



" I am the vine and you are the branches " (John 15:5)
Innana gpitha wa aton shvishte
Abiding with the teachings, together, we bear fruit.

Inside and Outside Aligned
I am now, without a doubt, devoutly complete,
with inside and outside meeting the formless creator.
I am now healed of heedless ego,
easily listening and speaking
in synchronized freedom.
Simultaneously, silence and sound are lost and found,
surrounded by sacred surrender.
Spontaneously, without guile or confusion
through profound co-union,
the lofty child resounds.
The cry of birth is never rehearsed,
and circles forever in praise of creation.

I am the good shepherd (John 10:11)
Innana ra'hya thava
My teachings shepherd all aspects of who you are, and can guide all of humanity.

Tending the Herd with Mending Words
Finite existence,
ardently enlisted in service of the Infinite,
lights the sky with stars,
and guides thirsting wanderers
away from squandered lives and despondent dreams,
soon awakening the sleeping mind
to shine upon Elysian fields
and reveal the sweetest ponds.

I am the door." (John 15:41)
Innana thara
The teachings are the passageway from one dimension of living into another.

Hallowed Alchemy

The alchemy of instantaneous empathy and innocent simplicity,
intermixed with each existent particle,
imparts vibrancy to sacred sentinels who oversee enlightened entranceways,
so fervent pilgrims may traverse
the known and unknown universe.


The Substance of Suchness
"I am the bread of life" (John 6:35)
Innana lahma d'chayye
My (Jesus') teachings feeds the soul.
Primary Whereness is the procreative seed,
aware of its potentiality
and teeming with desire for continuity,
self-feeding with each breath,
endlessly refreshed,
blessed with healthful rest,
then reemerging from the sleep of death
and weeping with fecundity.

"I am the resurrection and the life." (John 11:25)
Innana nuchama wa chayye
My truth connects all with the undying spiritual nature of who we are.

Life Beyond Strife
The bound psyche (lonely and benumbed)
spins countless thoughts,
lost within a frenzy of imploded locomotion.
Still, strangers will frequently become close friends,
if spoken to with decency and sweetness.
We can easily reappropriate the juice which feeds confusion,
and rejuvenate both body and mind.
How immense, then, is the soul's capacity
to awaken numb retreat with endless animation?

but today we can reassign fear and sorrow
and realize enlivened states
greater than defined and dying theorems.

Copyright 2004 by Tomas and Rahmaneh
Website Design by Jack Boyd Updated 2005-03-28