Posted by Ed Viswanathan on March 29, 1998 at 11:41:44:
When Jesus Christ said: I AM GOD; Jews misunderstood him; Romans crucified him;_____________________________
When Sufis said: I AM GOD, religious pundits killed them;___________________________________When Shirley Maclaine said I AM GOD they went after her also. Lucky for her she only has to deal with verbal abuse_________ I AM GOD concept came from Hinduism. It came from the Hindu belief that there is an IMMORTAL SOUL [ATMA] WITH IN AND THAT IS THE MIRROR IMAGE OF ABSOLUTE SOUL GOD. Even in Genesis, when God said: LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR OWN IMAGE that what he/she/they/it meant. THE SOUL WITHIN IS THE SAME AS THE ABSOLUTE SOUL GOD_______________There are two important mantras in Hinduism to proclaim that belief-----AHAM BRAHMASMIN [ I AM INEED GOD]; TAT TVAM ASI -[THAT THOU ART---INDIVIDUAL SOUL WITHIN THE BODY IS INDEED THE SUPREME SOUL-------continued in page-2