I Am

I can sense, though not thoroughly explain, the presence of an “I am” that is connected to the absolute and behind but not attached to any experience within the physical world.  That “I am” is within each of us, unborn and does not die when the body does, “This realized self is not born, Nor does it ever die.  It comes from nowhere and is nobody.  Unborn, eternal, imperish-able, original, It is not killed, though the body be destroyed.” (Katha Upanishad).  I can only access that part of me through meditation in which I discard all of my attachments to this world.  Having done that, I can then carry knowing that “I am” with me during the day.