Choosing Between ‘I’ and ‘Am’

A woman asks Rupert, regarding the expression ‘I am’, if he could only choose one word, would it be ‘I’ or ‘am’? At first, Rupert chooses ‘I’, while the woman chooses ‘am’. Rupert says he likes the economy of ‘I’, and that in conversation people will likely begin all their expressions about self with ‘I’ rather than ‘am’, but he can see how a legitimate case can be made for the verb, especially in languages other than English.

From event 20 April - 20 May, 2024 Seven-Day Meditation Retreat at Mandali – 20 to 27 April 2024

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