Rumi - I Am God

Don‘t think that saying "I am God"
is proclaiming one‘s greatness.
It is actually total humility.
Some one who says,
"I am the servant of God"
infers two – God and himself –
whereas someone who says,
"I am God", negates himself.
He relinquishes his own existence.
"I am God" means
"I don‘t exist.
Everything is God.
Only God exists. I am nothing.
I am utter emptiness".
This is complete humility
not arrogance,
but people often misunderstand.
When someone says he is God‘s servant,
he still sees himself as a doer,
albeit in God‘s service.
He is not yet drowned
in the Ocean of God.
When he is, there will be no such thing
as 'his actions',
only movements
of water. 

Jalal al-Din Rumi
13th C. Sufi Poet
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