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and a truly eternal state of Being. Green also explains that the English translation would be better served as "I Shall BE what I Shall Be." When the four letters of the Name are reversed they spell out the word H-W-Y-H, meaning existence.' The name itself contains within itself all things past, present and future. Another possible conjugation of the Name is Ehyeh or "I shall Be" and Rabbi Green points out that this is the deepest name of God and to listen to the God who calls himself Ehyeh is to surrender the illusions that we are masters of our own fate. Green continues to say that "when Moses needed to give the slaves an answer that would offer them endless resources of hope and courage, God said; Tell them "Ehyeh sent you." The Name was conjugated in such a way as if to suggest that G-d was saying "I am tomorrow."*

"I am tomorrow" as G-d's name gives us much food for thought. When Moses asked for an identifying Name for this Great Being to motivate the slaves it is as if God said; "Tell them I am the future of their people." That alone could be one of the best ways to think of the divine. "I am the future. I am tomorrow. I am the fullness of potential." When considered deeply it can easily be perceived that the existence of a creator is in essence a wellspring of limitless potential, the substance of the creative principle of existence which gives us our most basic but most vital verb to be.'

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*Green, Arthur, Ehyeh, A Kabbalah For Tomorrow, Jewish Lights, Woodstock, VT, 2004, pg 2

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