Course XX - Teaching 15: Monologue as Preparation for Meditation

I am what I am.
I am free.
I lost my memory; I do not know what my personality has been, I do not know my own name or details of material life.
I am free.
I wonder did I have a family, some blood link, relatives and friends?
In the event I had them, I have lost all in some extraordinary adventure that I do not know.
I am free.
What about my studies? What about my opinions, philosophies, books and the past?
I am free. I am what I am.
I am nothing and specifically illusory because I am a part of the whole.
I am what I am, but I am the Whole –Cosmic Consciousness.
I am wind carrying my footsteps, and earth quivering with the contact of my feet; I am the fleeting moan of a brook, and the wild, shining, fateful fire in the forest.
I am forest, strong tree, knotty bark, flexible branch and tender leave.
I am what I am.
Since I am a part of the Whole, I am center of the Universe; God in His expression of individuality. I am what I am; past, present and future; child, adult and old man; light, shadow and twilight. I have seen surges of life passing by, civilizations growing and dying, souls living and struggling, suffering, dying and even overcoming, because I am what I am.
I live my life; I am free, free of illusion, and self-sufficient. I have only one thought, but it is mine.
I eat my own bread, and not bread obtained by begging.
I am bread of life.
I am the individual, image of God.
I am what I am.