Who Am I?
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:34 pm
1. Who am I? That is the central question of existence. I accept without doubt or taint of
uncertainty the answer as revealed in the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am that I am; I am an eternal, uncreated intelligent entity coeternal and potentially, coequal with God. I am an intelligence: a literal son of God the Father.
Who am I then? My attributes and understandings are the following:
1. I am eternal (not just infinite), having always existed in some state.
2. I am intelligent, possessing inherent capacities and powers of perception, awareness, thought, and
consciousness.
3. I am an individual intelligence, comprehending my individuation and distinctness from other
individual children of God.
4. I am free to choose between alternatives, whether these be alternative courses of action, or alternative
desires, perceptions, or patterns of thought.
5. Being a literal child of God, my capacities and potential are inherently limitless.
6. I can become like God. I can grow, develop, progress, and mature to become the same kind of being as my Father in Heaven. I can develop and attain to both his character and attributes.
7. The plan of salvation is eternal. All those who have gone before me to the realm of exaltation, and all those who shall struggle after me, have and will do so upon the same principles and against the same hostility, antagonism and opposition from forces determined to thwart that aspiration and destroy that
intrepid hope.
8. As an intelligent entity, in the larger, more comprehensive gospel sense, I have an inherent capacity to receive, assimilate, and comprehend light and truth. This is a natural, fundamental and intrinsic aspect of my sentient being, and is an inherent, underlying perceptual quality. It is not the same thing as intellect, and yet is strongly associated with it.
uncertainty the answer as revealed in the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am that I am; I am an eternal, uncreated intelligent entity coeternal and potentially, coequal with God. I am an intelligence: a literal son of God the Father.
Who am I then? My attributes and understandings are the following:
1. I am eternal (not just infinite), having always existed in some state.
2. I am intelligent, possessing inherent capacities and powers of perception, awareness, thought, and
consciousness.
3. I am an individual intelligence, comprehending my individuation and distinctness from other
individual children of God.
4. I am free to choose between alternatives, whether these be alternative courses of action, or alternative
desires, perceptions, or patterns of thought.
5. Being a literal child of God, my capacities and potential are inherently limitless.
6. I can become like God. I can grow, develop, progress, and mature to become the same kind of being as my Father in Heaven. I can develop and attain to both his character and attributes.
7. The plan of salvation is eternal. All those who have gone before me to the realm of exaltation, and all those who shall struggle after me, have and will do so upon the same principles and against the same hostility, antagonism and opposition from forces determined to thwart that aspiration and destroy that
intrepid hope.
8. As an intelligent entity, in the larger, more comprehensive gospel sense, I have an inherent capacity to receive, assimilate, and comprehend light and truth. This is a natural, fundamental and intrinsic aspect of my sentient being, and is an inherent, underlying perceptual quality. It is not the same thing as intellect, and yet is strongly associated with it.
