Notes About The Poem

“Cogito, ergo sum” (“I think, therefore I am”) - René Descartes 
“Only a being who is concerned about its being can question its being.” - Martin Heidegger
“I am that I am” (Exodus 3:14)
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” - Carl Jung
“The most common form of despair is not being who you are.” - Søren Kierkegaard
“Consciousness is a movement—the process of being aware, of being in contact with oneself and the world.” - David Bohm (Quantum physicist & thinker).

I am

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I am

I am, that I am.
I am, I exist.
I know, that I know, I exist.
I am self-aware of me.
Born free without constraints,
With no bounds or boundaries
Constraining what I am.
My 'am' intentional existence
Lies in being, conscious, aware and present,
Here and now, 
That is, 
What I am
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Marc Avatar
May 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Nicely done John!
Anderson Avatar
May 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Thanks, Cheers and Best wishes
Empress Avatar
April 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Dear john, short and precise and well interpreted take on the line of enquiry! Your quotes that inspired this is very interesting to read! Thank you for sharing! Pleasure reading! Congratulations on your placement in seekers contest! Sending you light
Anderson Avatar
April 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thanks very much. Cheers and Best Wishes
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