[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
Standing on the Binders Photoraph)
Standing on the Binders © 2001 RFHay; Who is now witnessing Higgin's (who recently retired from Frisbee chasing) witnessing the Frisbee and slamming on the "puppy brakes"; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
"Knowing I Am" and
Just "Being That" is never
Enough for the mind.
© 2008 RFHay
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Missing the One I Am)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Coat of Many Colors Photograph)
Coat of Many Colors © 2008 RFHay; A rainbow requires Light, a Refractive Mechanism and an Observer (normally overlooked), which is a Natural Trinity that reflects a Divine One; Companion haiku: Pure White Light hidden in a Prismatic Rainbow of Many Colors.
Missing and seeking
The Witnessing Presence of
All Conscious Being.
Missing and seeking
The Pure Witnessing Presence
That I myself Am.
Missing and seeking
The Pure Witnessing Presence
I Am Here and Now.
© 2008 RFHay
(Coat of Many Colors Photograph)
Coat of Many Colors © 2008 RFHay; A rainbow requires Light, a Refractive Mechanism and an Observer (normally overlooked), which is a Natural Trinity that reflects a Divine One; Companion haiku: Pure White Light hidden in a Prismatic Rainbow of Many Colors.
Missing and seeking
The Witnessing Presence of
All Conscious Being.
Missing and seeking
The Pure Witnessing Presence
That I myself Am.
Missing and seeking
The Pure Witnessing Presence
I Am Here and Now.
© 2008 RFHay
Friday, November 28, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Throught the Looking Glass)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Two Way Mirror Photograph)
Two Way Mirror © 2001 RFHay; There are two basic ways of relating to Reality: (1) One is a seeing "Face to Face, even as I Am Known," as a direct apprehension of Being; and (2) the other is seeing indirectly, "through a mental glass (mirror) darkly (self-reflectively)" or relatively and, in so doing, projecting an innately partial view of Reality and sense of separate Being; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Self-Referential
Thought causes One to miss the
Pure Joy of Being.
© 2008 RFHay
(Two Way Mirror Photograph)
Two Way Mirror © 2001 RFHay; There are two basic ways of relating to Reality: (1) One is a seeing "Face to Face, even as I Am Known," as a direct apprehension of Being; and (2) the other is seeing indirectly, "through a mental glass (mirror) darkly (self-reflectively)" or relatively and, in so doing, projecting an innately partial view of Reality and sense of separate Being; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Self-Referential
Thought causes One to miss the
Pure Joy of Being.
© 2008 RFHay
Thursday, November 27, 2008
THIS IS IT! (John Wheeler's New Book: "The Light Beyond Consciousness")
HAPPY THANKGIVING TO ALL!!!
For seekers really serious about ending the search (for themselves), but not necessarily for everyone, I can’t recommend John Wheeler’s new book: The Light Beyond Consciousness: Radical Self-Knowledge and the end of Seeking, highly enough. I found it so “Right On!” that I was called to write the following Amazon review:
(1) Destined To Be A Modern Classic, November 25, 2008, by Rich HayTo recycle an old Alan Watts' title, "THIS IS IT"! If you are truly seeking an "unassailably logical exposition" of the "Absolute Truth and/or the True Nature of Being" (to the extent that THAT can be related in relative words), SELF to SELF (ONE to ONE) Communiqués, and "Clear Pointers" to the "Ultimate Reality I Am, You Are and All Is" (referred to by Tony Parson's as the "Open Secret"), you have found It in John Wheeler's latest Offering of the "Pure Grace of Being" in an exquisitely written and beautiful form. This Is Really It!!! Of course, "It's All It," but You already know That. [Rich Note: A Top-Ten, All-Time Favorite after only 14 pages.]
I also enjoyed my Buddy Charlie Hayes’ review (which is actually a “Teaching” in itself) so might that I wanted to share it as well:
(2) John Wheeler IS The Light - And So, Dear One, Are YOU, November 2, 2008 By Charlie Hayes "www.theeternalstate.org" (Enid, Oklahoma, United States):
This latest book from John Wheeler is like a PhD thesis on Non-duality - if there could ever be such a thing... the very idea of a PhD on Non-dual seeing is, of course, an oxymoron as NO words, no matter how well formed and eloquently expressed, can ever capture the essence of our True Nature.
That stated, the essays, dialogues and pointers in this work by one who speaks from your own Natural, Original State, directly from One to One so to say, CAN and no doubt WILL make a huge difference for those readers who are still kind of stuck in seeking for the True Self and moving from book to book, satsang to satsang, website to website - not because of it's elegance, nor because arcane spiritual concepts are explained with more concepts, but because of its stark simplicity. For me, the thing that makes John's pointing to the naked obviousness and inescapable Isness that "we" truly are, with concepts like being, awareness, peace, timelessness, presence etc. starts from the fact - the FACT, NOT the concept, that you and I already ARE what the seeker mechanism, usually called "my mind" ... seeks.
As many have pointed out, FACTS are pretty stubborn. And as John distinguishes in many ways, the FACT of your very already always existence as Being-Awareness-Peace is what all that appears comes from - and this gives these writings a palpable sense that you are Oneness talking to yourself. And the Consciousness-Intelligence - that which exists as this whole production of Divine Light And Shadow - is bringing the self back home to The Self. Gawd, this is a superb book! Yet, as John tends to point out often, reading about non-duality can just become an endless loop-the-loop of conceptual avoidance of a direct and simple message that is best shared One on One. He urges the reader to talk directly with the author of whatever YOUR favorite expression of non-duality or concept-free spirituality.
This is how it happened for me; meeting John after thirty years of futile practices and endless books and satsangs, John Wheeler quickly and kindly answered all my questions and made certain that all my doubts were resolved. The clarity and love of light of John's Being was the final key to unlocking a gate that was never locked and recognizing the clear obviousness presence of the Self that was never lost! If you assume you are a seeker separated from the light of being, and that thought-form were to ask my advice regarding the possibility of recovering the home in freedom that you never left, I would, from this timeless locationless sense of being-living-peace, say, please read this book and then get in touch with John Wheeler to resolve and dissolve any remaining confusion about who and what you are, and equally importantly, who and what you are not.
Let The Light of your True nature set you free from false beliefs and erroneous concepts once and forever. This I wish for you. - With Great Love, Charlie Hayes, author of Paradise Found: Recognizing and Living AS the Infinite Love That You Ar
For seekers really serious about ending the search (for themselves), but not necessarily for everyone, I can’t recommend John Wheeler’s new book: The Light Beyond Consciousness: Radical Self-Knowledge and the end of Seeking, highly enough. I found it so “Right On!” that I was called to write the following Amazon review:
(1) Destined To Be A Modern Classic, November 25, 2008, by Rich HayTo recycle an old Alan Watts' title, "THIS IS IT"! If you are truly seeking an "unassailably logical exposition" of the "Absolute Truth and/or the True Nature of Being" (to the extent that THAT can be related in relative words), SELF to SELF (ONE to ONE) Communiqués, and "Clear Pointers" to the "Ultimate Reality I Am, You Are and All Is" (referred to by Tony Parson's as the "Open Secret"), you have found It in John Wheeler's latest Offering of the "Pure Grace of Being" in an exquisitely written and beautiful form. This Is Really It!!! Of course, "It's All It," but You already know That. [Rich Note: A Top-Ten, All-Time Favorite after only 14 pages.]
I also enjoyed my Buddy Charlie Hayes’ review (which is actually a “Teaching” in itself) so might that I wanted to share it as well:
(2) John Wheeler IS The Light - And So, Dear One, Are YOU, November 2, 2008 By Charlie Hayes "www.theeternalstate.org" (Enid, Oklahoma, United States):
This latest book from John Wheeler is like a PhD thesis on Non-duality - if there could ever be such a thing... the very idea of a PhD on Non-dual seeing is, of course, an oxymoron as NO words, no matter how well formed and eloquently expressed, can ever capture the essence of our True Nature.
That stated, the essays, dialogues and pointers in this work by one who speaks from your own Natural, Original State, directly from One to One so to say, CAN and no doubt WILL make a huge difference for those readers who are still kind of stuck in seeking for the True Self and moving from book to book, satsang to satsang, website to website - not because of it's elegance, nor because arcane spiritual concepts are explained with more concepts, but because of its stark simplicity. For me, the thing that makes John's pointing to the naked obviousness and inescapable Isness that "we" truly are, with concepts like being, awareness, peace, timelessness, presence etc. starts from the fact - the FACT, NOT the concept, that you and I already ARE what the seeker mechanism, usually called "my mind" ... seeks.
As many have pointed out, FACTS are pretty stubborn. And as John distinguishes in many ways, the FACT of your very already always existence as Being-Awareness-Peace is what all that appears comes from - and this gives these writings a palpable sense that you are Oneness talking to yourself. And the Consciousness-Intelligence - that which exists as this whole production of Divine Light And Shadow - is bringing the self back home to The Self. Gawd, this is a superb book! Yet, as John tends to point out often, reading about non-duality can just become an endless loop-the-loop of conceptual avoidance of a direct and simple message that is best shared One on One. He urges the reader to talk directly with the author of whatever YOUR favorite expression of non-duality or concept-free spirituality.
This is how it happened for me; meeting John after thirty years of futile practices and endless books and satsangs, John Wheeler quickly and kindly answered all my questions and made certain that all my doubts were resolved. The clarity and love of light of John's Being was the final key to unlocking a gate that was never locked and recognizing the clear obviousness presence of the Self that was never lost! If you assume you are a seeker separated from the light of being, and that thought-form were to ask my advice regarding the possibility of recovering the home in freedom that you never left, I would, from this timeless locationless sense of being-living-peace, say, please read this book and then get in touch with John Wheeler to resolve and dissolve any remaining confusion about who and what you are, and equally importantly, who and what you are not.
Let The Light of your True nature set you free from false beliefs and erroneous concepts once and forever. This I wish for you. - With Great Love, Charlie Hayes, author of Paradise Found: Recognizing and Living AS the Infinite Love That You Ar
Hay-Ku of the Day (Overlooking Joy)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Joy Photograph)
Joy © 2003 RFHay: The Joyful Nature of the Pure Witnessing Presence of Being I Am is Being missed in favor of "thinking about thought"; Companion haiku: Missing the Joyful Nature of the Witnessing Presence of Being (I Am).
Fixated on thought
I miss the Pure Witnessing
Presence of Being.
Fixated on thought
I miss the Joy of Being
Beyond conception.
[Rich Note: "Distracted by" or "Attending to" thought would be less pejorative first lines, but also less true for the majority of us.]
(c) 2008 RFHay
(Joy Photograph)
Joy © 2003 RFHay: The Joyful Nature of the Pure Witnessing Presence of Being I Am is Being missed in favor of "thinking about thought"; Companion haiku: Missing the Joyful Nature of the Witnessing Presence of Being (I Am).
Fixated on thought
I miss the Pure Witnessing
Presence of Being.
Fixated on thought
I miss the Joy of Being
Beyond conception.
[Rich Note: "Distracted by" or "Attending to" thought would be less pejorative first lines, but also less true for the majority of us.]
(c) 2008 RFHay
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Reality)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Transitory States Photograph)
Transitory States © 2000 RFHay; The burning of this church by the British in 1779 and then again in 1865 by the Federal Army after being rebuilt in 1826 is good example of the transitory nature of earthly edifices and relative matters; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
What is Real is the
Witnessing Presence I Am
That Never Changes.
© 2008 RFHay
(Transitory States Photograph)
Transitory States © 2000 RFHay; The burning of this church by the British in 1779 and then again in 1865 by the Federal Army after being rebuilt in 1826 is good example of the transitory nature of earthly edifices and relative matters; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
What is Real is the
Witnessing Presence I Am
That Never Changes.
© 2008 RFHay
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Witnessing Presence)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Battleship New Jersey Photograph)
Battleship New Jersey © 2003 RFHay; A historical manifestation of the innately "fearful and violent nature” of a relative, egocentric, subjective state of mind that fears objective states of itself and sorely misses the Unitary Ground of Its own Being and True Nature; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
The Pure Witnessing
Presence of Being I Am
Is what we all seek.
The Pure Witnessing
Presence of Being I Am
Is missed by the mind.
© 2008 RFHay
(Battleship New Jersey Photograph)
Battleship New Jersey © 2003 RFHay; A historical manifestation of the innately "fearful and violent nature” of a relative, egocentric, subjective state of mind that fears objective states of itself and sorely misses the Unitary Ground of Its own Being and True Nature; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
The Pure Witnessing
Presence of Being I Am
Is what we all seek.
The Pure Witnessing
Presence of Being I Am
Is missed by the mind.
© 2008 RFHay
Monday, November 24, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Being and Seeing)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.com.]
(Hight Flight 2 Photograph)
High Flight 2 © 2002 RFHay; Along the lines of the old "does a tree falling in the forest make a sound if there is no one to hear it" question, would this picture of "high altitude contrails" exist if there were no one present to witness it; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Being depends on
The Pure Witnessing Presence
I Am to Know It.
Being depends on
The Pure Witnessing Presence
I Am and You Are.
[Rich Note: At least from yours truly's perspective, the answer to the question about the "tree falling in the forest" would be: No, such a tree creates energetic vibrations that only become "a sound" when they impinge upon an human eardrum and are subsequently "conceived to be a sound."]
© 2008 RFHay
(Hight Flight 2 Photograph)
High Flight 2 © 2002 RFHay; Along the lines of the old "does a tree falling in the forest make a sound if there is no one to hear it" question, would this picture of "high altitude contrails" exist if there were no one present to witness it; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Being depends on
The Pure Witnessing Presence
I Am to Know It.
Being depends on
The Pure Witnessing Presence
I Am and You Are.
[Rich Note: At least from yours truly's perspective, the answer to the question about the "tree falling in the forest" would be: No, such a tree creates energetic vibrations that only become "a sound" when they impinge upon an human eardrum and are subsequently "conceived to be a sound."]
© 2008 RFHay
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Witnessing Wonder)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Witnessing Wonder Photograph)
Witnessing Wonder © 2005 RFHay; All that is missing from this Beautiful Sunset is the One who is Looking; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
The Pure Witnessing
Presence I Am and You Are
Is the Ground of All.
The Pure Witnessing
Presence I Am and You Are
Looks out from all eyes.
© 2008 RFHay
(Witnessing Wonder Photograph)
Witnessing Wonder © 2005 RFHay; All that is missing from this Beautiful Sunset is the One who is Looking; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
The Pure Witnessing
Presence I Am and You Are
Is the Ground of All.
The Pure Witnessing
Presence I Am and You Are
Looks out from all eyes.
© 2008 RFHay
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Noticing I Am)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(WIT Archival Logo)
WIT Archival Logo © 2006 RFHay; This Starburst Composite of OOMM Abstracts points to I AM as the Alpha-Omega of All and, in this case, was also used as an icon for an archival website that went up ten years ago; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Noticing I Am
Aware of Being Present
Is Fundamental.
Noticing I Am
Conscious of Being Aware
Is Basic to All.
[Rich Note: For those who might be interested the archives files referenced in the photo caption can be accessed at the following link ( view link ).]
(c) 2008 RFHay
(WIT Archival Logo)
WIT Archival Logo © 2006 RFHay; This Starburst Composite of OOMM Abstracts points to I AM as the Alpha-Omega of All and, in this case, was also used as an icon for an archival website that went up ten years ago; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Noticing I Am
Aware of Being Present
Is Fundamental.
Noticing I Am
Conscious of Being Aware
Is Basic to All.
[Rich Note: For those who might be interested the archives files referenced in the photo caption can be accessed at the following link ( view link ).]
(c) 2008 RFHay
Friday, November 21, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Noticing Being)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Appearances Photograph)
Appearances © 2008 RFHay; Although this would appear to be an embodied “person” named Rich with a “dog” named Higgins, that is actually not what It Is or I Am as the One now noticing and re-cognizing those very familiar “conceptual images.”
Conceptually
Speaking, I Am the One that
Notices Being.
Conceptually
Speaking, I Am the One now
Noticing I Am.
© 2008 RFHay
(Appearances Photograph)
Appearances © 2008 RFHay; Although this would appear to be an embodied “person” named Rich with a “dog” named Higgins, that is actually not what It Is or I Am as the One now noticing and re-cognizing those very familiar “conceptual images.”
Conceptually
Speaking, I Am the One that
Notices Being.
Conceptually
Speaking, I Am the One now
Noticing I Am.
© 2008 RFHay
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Innately Self-Aware)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Frozen Rivers of Life Photograph)
Frozen Rivers of Life © 2002 RFHay; In the case of these Alaskan "ice flows" what seem to be "rivers of frozen energy" are still impreceptibly edging toward their Ultimate Destiny; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
The Energy I Am
Is Innately Cognizant
Of Being Present.
© 2008 RFHay
(Frozen Rivers of Life Photograph)
Frozen Rivers of Life © 2002 RFHay; In the case of these Alaskan "ice flows" what seem to be "rivers of frozen energy" are still impreceptibly edging toward their Ultimate Destiny; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
The Energy I Am
Is Innately Cognizant
Of Being Present.
© 2008 RFHay
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (All I See)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Deceiving Appearance Photograph)
Deceiving Appearance © 2001 RFHay; Although the "standing lenticular cloud" at the center of this photograph would appear to be less dangerous to an airplane than the surrounding mountains, it really isn't; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
All I now see is
The Cognizant Energy
Of Being I Am.
The Pure Cognizant
Energy of All can't Be
"Other than I Am."
© 2008 RFHay
(Deceiving Appearance Photograph)
Deceiving Appearance © 2001 RFHay; Although the "standing lenticular cloud" at the center of this photograph would appear to be less dangerous to an airplane than the surrounding mountains, it really isn't; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
All I now see is
The Cognizant Energy
Of Being I Am.
The Pure Cognizant
Energy of All can't Be
"Other than I Am."
© 2008 RFHay
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Not What I Think)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.com.]
(One Famous and Two Not So Photograph)
One Famous and Two Not So © 2000 RFHay; Steven Segal was kind enough to hang around and take this picture with two "hero worshipping" pilots who both liked his movies and couldn't resist showing it off later; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Not the person I
Think, but the Cognizant
Energy I Am.
© 2008 RFHay
(One Famous and Two Not So Photograph)
One Famous and Two Not So © 2000 RFHay; Steven Segal was kind enough to hang around and take this picture with two "hero worshipping" pilots who both liked his movies and couldn't resist showing it off later; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Not the person I
Think, but the Cognizant
Energy I Am.
© 2008 RFHay
Monday, November 17, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Simply Being)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Degrees of Freedom Photograph)
Degrees of Freedom © 2003 RFHay; In terms of the energy each manifests, the sea has more freedom then the earth, the sky more freedom than the sea and the light the most freedom of all: Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Simply Being the
Pure Cognizant Energy
I Am is Freedom.
© 2008 RFHay
(Degrees of Freedom Photograph)
Degrees of Freedom © 2003 RFHay; In terms of the energy each manifests, the sea has more freedom then the earth, the sky more freedom than the sea and the light the most freedom of all: Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Simply Being the
Pure Cognizant Energy
I Am is Freedom.
© 2008 RFHay
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (The Living Light)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(The Living God Photograph)
The Living God © 1992 RFHay; This is a metaphoric, Scripturally annotated, progressive opening of the Heart Box (which I consider an icon of "Christ In You, the Hope of Glory") that seems an appropriate companion to today's offering; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
This Cognizant Field
Of Pure Energy I Am
Is the Ground of All.
This Cognizant Field
Of Pure Energy I Am
Is What "Being Is."
This Cognizant Field
Of Pure Energy I Am
Is the "Living God."
[Rich Note: "The Living Light, The Light of All, The Life of God, The Light of God, The Son of God, Immortal Life, Life without End and Everlasting are other possible "third line" characterizations of what this "Cognizant Field of Pure Energy I Am" Is, Was and Ever Shall Be.]
© 2008 RFHay
(The Living God Photograph)
The Living God © 1992 RFHay; This is a metaphoric, Scripturally annotated, progressive opening of the Heart Box (which I consider an icon of "Christ In You, the Hope of Glory") that seems an appropriate companion to today's offering; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
This Cognizant Field
Of Pure Energy I Am
Is the Ground of All.
This Cognizant Field
Of Pure Energy I Am
Is What "Being Is."
This Cognizant Field
Of Pure Energy I Am
Is the "Living God."
[Rich Note: "The Living Light, The Light of All, The Life of God, The Light of God, The Son of God, Immortal Life, Life without End and Everlasting are other possible "third line" characterizations of what this "Cognizant Field of Pure Energy I Am" Is, Was and Ever Shall Be.]
© 2008 RFHay
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Obviously One)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.gather.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Pretty Picture Photograph)
Pretty Picture © 2008 RFHay; Except as a relative concept of Being, is there anything in this picture that is truly other than I Am; Companion haiku: Can I Be other than the Divine Cognizant Energy I Am?
Obviously One
With the Vibrant Cognizant
Energy of All.
© 2008 RFHay
(Pretty Picture Photograph)
Pretty Picture © 2008 RFHay; Except as a relative concept of Being, is there anything in this picture that is truly other than I Am; Companion haiku: Can I Be other than the Divine Cognizant Energy I Am?
Obviously One
With the Vibrant Cognizant
Energy of All.
© 2008 RFHay
Friday, November 14, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (I Am Is)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Simply Being Photograph)
Simply Being © 2008 RFHay; This empty hammock at the end of a beautiful day seems to be a perfect invitation to kick-back and simply enjoy Being; Companion haiku: Simply Be the Pure Cognizant Energy of Being that You Are.
I Am is the Pure
Cognizant Energy of
All Conscious Being.
© 2008 RFHay
(Simply Being Photograph)
Simply Being © 2008 RFHay; This empty hammock at the end of a beautiful day seems to be a perfect invitation to kick-back and simply enjoy Being; Companion haiku: Simply Be the Pure Cognizant Energy of Being that You Are.
I Am is the Pure
Cognizant Energy of
All Conscious Being.
© 2008 RFHay
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (In Essence)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Pure Energy Photograph)
Pure Energy © 2007 RFHay: A beautiful image of the Essential Energy that enables physical life in this "particular" solar system; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
In Essence I Am
The Cognizant Energy
Underlying All.
© 2008 RFHay
(Pure Energy Photograph)
Pure Energy © 2007 RFHay: A beautiful image of the Essential Energy that enables physical life in this "particular" solar system; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
In Essence I Am
The Cognizant Energy
Underlying All.
© 2008 RFHay
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Cognizant Energy)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(No Body Home Photograph)
No Body Home © 2008 RFHay; Although there are no "physical bodies" apparent in these chairs, the truth is the chairs and the space in which they arise are a continuous field of energy, with the only question being whether it is cognizant or not; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Awareness Aware
Of Itself as Being Is
Cognizant Energy.
Awareness Aware
Of Itself as I Am Is
Conscious Aliveness.
© 2008 RFHay
(No Body Home Photograph)
No Body Home © 2008 RFHay; Although there are no "physical bodies" apparent in these chairs, the truth is the chairs and the space in which they arise are a continuous field of energy, with the only question being whether it is cognizant or not; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Awareness Aware
Of Itself as Being Is
Cognizant Energy.
Awareness Aware
Of Itself as I Am Is
Conscious Aliveness.
© 2008 RFHay
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Being Self-Aware)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Manifest State of Being Photograph)
Manifest State of Being © 2001 RFHay; A photo of a manifest state of Consciousness that arose seven years ago that now resurrects in yours; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Awareness Conscious
Of Itself as Such is Pure
Knowledge of Being.
Awareness Conscious
Of Itself as Such is the
Consciousness I Am.
© 2008 RFHay
(Manifest State of Being Photograph)
Manifest State of Being © 2001 RFHay; A photo of a manifest state of Consciousness that arose seven years ago that now resurrects in yours; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Awareness Conscious
Of Itself as Such is Pure
Knowledge of Being.
Awareness Conscious
Of Itself as Such is the
Consciousness I Am.
© 2008 RFHay
Monday, November 10, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Spinning Wheels)
[Rich Note: Companion image maybe viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Spinning Wheel Photograph)
Spinning Wheel © 2008 RFHay: Mind as a centrally self-referenced field of consciousness is, in effect, an endlessly spinning mental wheel that can never hope to transcend its own relative, self-referencing, circular limits: Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Mind, as a partial
State of Consciousness, cannot
Know Itself as That.
Mind, as a partial
State of Consciousness, cannot
Know Its own Fullness.
© 2008 RFHay
(Spinning Wheel Photograph)
Spinning Wheel © 2008 RFHay: Mind as a centrally self-referenced field of consciousness is, in effect, an endlessly spinning mental wheel that can never hope to transcend its own relative, self-referencing, circular limits: Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Mind, as a partial
State of Consciousness, cannot
Know Itself as That.
Mind, as a partial
State of Consciousness, cannot
Know Its own Fullness.
© 2008 RFHay
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (All Seeing Eye/I)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Single Eye Photograph)
Single Eye: The "Great Seal" on the dollar bill is reminiscent of the metaphor of an equilateral triangle in which the "All Seeing Eye" (Eye of God) at the apex sees from Alpha to Omega on the Base (as a representation of All Time) all at once; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
If thy "mental eye"
Be single thy whole body
Will be full of Light.
A "Single Eye" means
A Unified State of Mind
Or Pure Consciousness.
[Rich Note: These came to mind while working on the previous "Being the Seeing" pieces and paraphrase Jesus" Matthew 6:22 saying. More interesting, however, is that when I checked to see how close the paraphrase was to the original (which follows) I found that it was itself a haiku (at least in the KJV and with respect to a 5-7-5 formulation.]"
If therefore thine eye
Be single, thy whole body
Shall be full of light." (Matt 6:22)
© 2008 RFHay
(Single Eye Photograph)
Single Eye: The "Great Seal" on the dollar bill is reminiscent of the metaphor of an equilateral triangle in which the "All Seeing Eye" (Eye of God) at the apex sees from Alpha to Omega on the Base (as a representation of All Time) all at once; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
If thy "mental eye"
Be single thy whole body
Will be full of Light.
A "Single Eye" means
A Unified State of Mind
Or Pure Consciousness.
[Rich Note: These came to mind while working on the previous "Being the Seeing" pieces and paraphrase Jesus" Matthew 6:22 saying. More interesting, however, is that when I checked to see how close the paraphrase was to the original (which follows) I found that it was itself a haiku (at least in the KJV and with respect to a 5-7-5 formulation.]"
If therefore thine eye
Be single, thy whole body
Shall be full of light." (Matt 6:22)
© 2008 RFHay
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Salvation)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Perceptual Limits Photograph)
Perceptual Limits (c) 2001 RFHay; Can I look at this image directly and without the conceptual, mental overlay of "seer and seen" (or "self and other") that relative thought normally projects (and with which I personally identify); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Being the Seeing
Instead of Seer or Seen
Offers Salvation.
Being the Seeing
As the Conscious Aliveness
I Am is the Way.
© 2008 RFHay
(Perceptual Limits Photograph)
Perceptual Limits (c) 2001 RFHay; Can I look at this image directly and without the conceptual, mental overlay of "seer and seen" (or "self and other") that relative thought normally projects (and with which I personally identify); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Being the Seeing
Instead of Seer or Seen
Offers Salvation.
Being the Seeing
As the Conscious Aliveness
I Am is the Way.
© 2008 RFHay
Friday, November 7, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Self-Giving Love)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Ankh Cross Photograph)
Ankh Cross © 2008 RFHay: According to wikipedia "the Ankh Cross is a looped Tau Cross and an old Egyptian hieroglyph meaning life"; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Conscious Aliveness
Is the Self-Giving Love of
Being that One Is.
© 2008 RFHay
(Ankh Cross Photograph)
Ankh Cross © 2008 RFHay: According to wikipedia "the Ankh Cross is a looped Tau Cross and an old Egyptian hieroglyph meaning life"; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Conscious Aliveness
Is the Self-Giving Love of
Being that One Is.
© 2008 RFHay
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (A Priceless Present)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Down With This or That Photograph)
Down With This or That © 2002 RFHay; This sign on a small farm they built a Narita Aiport taxiway around indicates an "impossible mental desire" flying in the face of a changeless "What Is"(re: a mosquito trying to penetrate an iron ball); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Mentally trading
A "Priceless Present" for an
Imagined future.
© 2008 RFHay
(Down With This or That Photograph)
Down With This or That © 2002 RFHay; This sign on a small farm they built a Narita Aiport taxiway around indicates an "impossible mental desire" flying in the face of a changeless "What Is"(re: a mosquito trying to penetrate an iron ball); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Mentally trading
A "Priceless Present" for an
Imagined future.
© 2008 RFHay
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Love Story)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Lady Liberty Photograph)
Lady Liberty © 2001 RFHay; Liberty with arms outstretched to lovingly embrace the Totality of Being (and All apparent States thereof); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Loving the "Story
Of Me" more than "Being" is
"My" only problem.
"I miss" the "Fullness
Of Being" because I love
"The Story of Me."
© 2008 RFHay
(Lady Liberty Photograph)
Lady Liberty © 2001 RFHay; Liberty with arms outstretched to lovingly embrace the Totality of Being (and All apparent States thereof); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Loving the "Story
Of Me" more than "Being" is
"My" only problem.
"I miss" the "Fullness
Of Being" because I love
"The Story of Me."
© 2008 RFHay
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (The Story of Me)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(The Better Part Photograph)
The Better Part © 2007 RFHay; The "Best Part" of the "Continuing Story of Rich" for the last 42 years; Companion haiku: Missing the Fullness of Being because I love "I as I think" more."
'The Story of Me'
Keeps me from knowing the
"Fullness of Being."
© 2008 RFHay
(The Better Part Photograph)
The Better Part © 2007 RFHay; The "Best Part" of the "Continuing Story of Rich" for the last 42 years; Companion haiku: Missing the Fullness of Being because I love "I as I think" more."
'The Story of Me'
Keeps me from knowing the
"Fullness of Being."
© 2008 RFHay
Monday, November 3, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Self-Projection)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Open and Shut Photograph)
Open and Shut © 2002 RFHay; Heart Boxes arranged to illustrate "minds open and closed" to Being Consciously Present and Aware as I Am; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
"I as I think" is
A self-projection of the
"Aliveness I Am.
"I Am Being here
And now thinking of Being
Other than I Am.
© 2008 RFHay
(Open and Shut Photograph)
Open and Shut © 2002 RFHay; Heart Boxes arranged to illustrate "minds open and closed" to Being Consciously Present and Aware as I Am; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
"I as I think" is
A self-projection of the
"Aliveness I Am.
"I Am Being here
And now thinking of Being
Other than I Am.
© 2008 RFHay
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Seeking Oneself)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Rocket Man Photograph)
Rocket Man © 2003 RFHay; This shot of the top of the Empire State Building looks like a “rocket ship” on “The Way to the Sky" (per a Neil Diamond song); then again, the Clear Sky of Awareness I Am "is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart"; Am I seeking the Conscious Aliveness I Am outside of myself?
Conscious Aliveness
Needs no self-reflection
To know "It Is That.”
(c) 2008 RFHay
(Rocket Man Photograph)
Rocket Man © 2003 RFHay; This shot of the top of the Empire State Building looks like a “rocket ship” on “The Way to the Sky" (per a Neil Diamond song); then again, the Clear Sky of Awareness I Am "is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart"; Am I seeking the Conscious Aliveness I Am outside of myself?
Conscious Aliveness
Needs no self-reflection
To know "It Is That.”
(c) 2008 RFHay
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Hay-Ku of the Day (Subjective Objects)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Let's Roll Photograph)
Let's Roll!: A bit of "nose art" that appeared on an AF plane after 9-11 that encompasses a number of symbolic "conceptual objects" that most would relate to from a particular "subjective perspective"; Companion haiku: A "me" that relates to "Being" as an "object" must be a "subject."
"Existence" is not
Something "I" can relate to
With "my" Intellect.
An "I" that relates
To "Life" as an "object" is
Itself a "concept."
© 2008 RFHay
(Let's Roll Photograph)
Let's Roll!: A bit of "nose art" that appeared on an AF plane after 9-11 that encompasses a number of symbolic "conceptual objects" that most would relate to from a particular "subjective perspective"; Companion haiku: A "me" that relates to "Being" as an "object" must be a "subject."
"Existence" is not
Something "I" can relate to
With "my" Intellect.
An "I" that relates
To "Life" as an "object" is
Itself a "concept."
© 2008 RFHay
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