Prior to I AM

Prior to this knowledge of existence (the knowledge that I Am), what was I? This I Am is not eternal and since it has come it must go. That leads one to question as to where it arises from? All these questions are a result of the presence of I am. So, hanging on to the I am, is the way of going to its source. The I am is the doorway to the very source. In the journey backwards ( so to speak), the investigation should continue. No one else can do the investigation. It must be done by the one seeking the knowledge. If one tells the seeker that it is so and so, it becomes an object in the imagination of the seeker. The seeker then gets enmeshed in a myriad of complex concepts that are created in the mind and gets totally lost. What is pointed to is beyond any description or attributes and hence the need to investigate personally. It is best to stay with the very subtle message, I am, and undeniably it will lead one to its source.