I AM WHO I AM MYSTICISM OF GOD’S NAME AND THE QUESTION OF “WHO AM I” Petr Pavlík Received July 20 2015 - Revised September 3 2015 - Accepted September 11 2015 ABSTRACT The paper interprets, in an original way, a connection between the Biblical name of God “I am who I am” and the mystical search of human identity. It presents God as the “author”, “director” and “player” in His world “drama”, while His human “co-actors” are not cognizant of their true identity as they are fully identified with their roles. According to the author, the idea of imitation of Christ points mainly to the discovery of this lost identity by following the question of “Who am I”. Key words Mysticism, name of God, imitation of Christ, Self-enquiry 1 Where is Charles Bridge in Prague? Imagine that a friend is calling you on your cell phone. He’s just arrived in Prague and has a few hours of free time to spend and is in a hurry, “Hurry up! Where’s Charles Bridge? What’s the shortest way for me to get there?” In order to help him, what will your first question be? This is not a catch question, just reply with the first thing that crosses your mind. Obviously, it will be something like: “Where are you calling from?” or “How far have you got?” Alternatively, “Where do you want to set off from?” Similarly, when someone calls an ambulance, the main thing is to respond to the questions quickly: “Who are you? Where are you calling from?”, and then to tell them what has actually happened, despite the urge to start with what is happening at the moment. And now let us assume that someone is urgently calling the Lord for help. If this individual had been listening well – which is hard for him, because something is bothering him – the first questions that he would have Spirituality Studies 1 (2) Fall 2015 69 (1)
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