I ask this question many years ago and here is the reply I received:
I am part of everything that has been created in the universe, I have always been and I will always be. There never has been a time when I have not been. I am part of every plant, tree, animal, star and plant in the universe.
I was surrounded with a love that is incomprehensible. Then this message became part of me.
Therefore, the meaning that I received was that all of us are the I AM, we are now, we have been, and will always be. "I AM THAT I AM".
