Q: Do you consider yourself God?

Ans :Yes, and I also consider you God. A great being named Siddharudha taught me Vendanta. He used to constantly repeat shivo'ham which means "I am Shiva" Once someone asked him, ''Do you call yourself Shiva?

"Absolutely, " he said .

"How can you do that? " The person asked.

Siddharudha answered , "Because of your particular understanding and knowledge you do not consider yourself Shiva. Because of my particular understanding and knowledge, I do"

In the same way, if anyone were to ask me "Are you God?" Because of my understanding I would say, "Not only does God exist within me but He exist in every pore of my body, from head to toe. He is my entire being". When I perceive the pure Self within me, why shouldn't I consider myself God? A drop of water falls as rain on the top of a mountain. Many drops become a stream, and the stream flows down the mountain and becomes a river. The river flows until it merges into the ocean. When the river merges into the ocean, what is the original drop of water going to call itself? It is going to consider itself a drop of rain, or is it going to consider itself the ocean?