Inner Light Let us begin with one of the most important but most misinterpreted statements of Jesus ... recorded in St John's gospel, 14:6. He says to the inner circle of his friends ...
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me."
In the Aramaic Bible, Jesus' own language, the word for I"in this scripture is ena-ena or I-I. The meaning is not the same as ena which is an individual I."Ena-ena is a cosmic I"or I AM THAT I AM (Ex. 3:13 -14).
In other words, Jesus was speaking here, not from the perspective of a human form (the man from Galilee), but from the perspective of the formless Christ (the Godhead, the holy Spirit, Source, Consciousness etc.) which he knew to be the essential nature of all beings.
In another scripture, Jesus tells us that we make a mistake if we think he is good,
Why do you call me good?"'Jesus answered.' No one is good - except God alone."(Luke 18:19).
And again:
By myself I can do nothing."(John 5:30).
The way to reconcile I am the way..."And Don't call me good..."is to understand that it is the formless I AM (ena-ena) that is talking in John 14:6, whereas, in Luke 18:19 and John 5:30, the one talking is the form (ena), Jesus.
Though mere words can never capture or contain the sublime secret of enlighenment, the more correct way to read John 14:6 would be ...
"I AM is the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father (Conscious Beingness) except through (the recognition of) I AM."
To recognise and understand the deeper non-dual teachings of the Master, it's vitally important to discern which dimension Jesus is speaking from at any given time -- the form (the man Jesus) or the formless (the Christ).
The I AM is bigger than 'Jesus' in the same way that all the water on this earth is more than any individual lake. By analogy, Jesus, Buddha and all beings (includng the reader of these words) are lakes filled with the one living I AM.
