[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Apparent Fence Photograph)
Apparent Fence © 2009 RFHay; As the fence (and the limitation it implies) in this photo is only a reflected image of the “real one” so is “I as I think I am” only a reflected image of the “Real One” – the One I Am in Spirit and Truth; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
I Am is a Name
For God that is on my lips
Many times as day.
I Am is a Name
For God “I as I think” take
In vain constantly.
“I am this or that”
Is an unwitting decree
Spoken in God’s Name.
© 2009 RFHay
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Name and Nature)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Father and Son Photograph)
Father and Son (c) 2009 RFHay; Son Aaron, Grandson Josiah and I are all called by the same last name, Hay; and, as we all originate from the same family line and gene pool, have, at least to some degree, the same nature; Companion haku: Accompanying.
“I am” called by the
Name of God and abuse the
Privilege mightily.
[Rich Note: “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mind heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” (Jer 15:16 KJV)]
[Rich Note: In the esoteric, inner teaching or mystical tradition a “name” represents the specific “quality, character or nature” of the individual state of Being so named. As such, a name is not a random label slapped on a particular state of existence arbitrarily, but represents the specific vibratory quality or nature at its heart and for which it is so named.]
© 2009 RFHay
(Father and Son Photograph)
Father and Son (c) 2009 RFHay; Son Aaron, Grandson Josiah and I are all called by the same last name, Hay; and, as we all originate from the same family line and gene pool, have, at least to some degree, the same nature; Companion haku: Accompanying.
“I am” called by the
Name of God and abuse the
Privilege mightily.
[Rich Note: “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mind heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” (Jer 15:16 KJV)]
[Rich Note: In the esoteric, inner teaching or mystical tradition a “name” represents the specific “quality, character or nature” of the individual state of Being so named. As such, a name is not a random label slapped on a particular state of existence arbitrarily, but represents the specific vibratory quality or nature at its heart and for which it is so named.]
© 2009 RFHay
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (In the Beginning)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(In the Beginning Photograph)
In the Beginning (c) 2008 RFHay; "In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was God (the Son) and the Word was with God (the Father). The same was in the beginning with God" (John 1:1-2); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
I Am is the First
Name of All and declares the
Presence of Being.
I Am is the First
Name of All and declares One’s
Essential Presence.
© 2009 RFHay
(In the Beginning Photograph)
In the Beginning (c) 2008 RFHay; "In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was God (the Son) and the Word was with God (the Father). The same was in the beginning with God" (John 1:1-2); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
I Am is the First
Name of All and declares the
Presence of Being.
I Am is the First
Name of All and declares One’s
Essential Presence.
© 2009 RFHay
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (The First Word of All)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(The Word Abstract Drawing)
The Word © 1978 RFHay; This is a repeat of an old favorite from OOMM that is a multi-directional symbol that relates directly to today’s post and is fairly easy to decipher if one “looks without words” (Guesstimates are welcome); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
I Am Is The First
Person Singular of the
Present Tense To Be.
© 2009 RFHay
(The Word Abstract Drawing)
The Word © 1978 RFHay; This is a repeat of an old favorite from OOMM that is a multi-directional symbol that relates directly to today’s post and is fairly easy to decipher if one “looks without words” (Guesstimates are welcome); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
I Am Is The First
Person Singular of the
Present Tense To Be.
© 2009 RFHay
Monday, February 23, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (The Absolute One)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(A Divine Sign Photograph)
A Divine Sign © 2009 RFHay; About fell over when I came upon this “sign”; a sign that is, quite literally, a conceptual marriage of “Heart and Head” (with Heart holding the preeminent position over Mind); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
An Absolute God
That is other than I Am
Is not Absolute.
[Rich Note: I AM = The First Person Singular of the Present Tense to Be; I Am = A Local Manifestation, Expression or Reflection (“Image and Likeness of” if you prefer) of the “One I AM in All”; and that as a form of “conceptual notation” intended to remind “I as I think I am” or “ego” (I am) that it is not really God; however much it may enjoy “playing its present role” as a “Pseudo Center of the Universe.”]
(c) 2009 RFHay
(A Divine Sign Photograph)
A Divine Sign © 2009 RFHay; About fell over when I came upon this “sign”; a sign that is, quite literally, a conceptual marriage of “Heart and Head” (with Heart holding the preeminent position over Mind); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
An Absolute God
That is other than I Am
Is not Absolute.
[Rich Note: I AM = The First Person Singular of the Present Tense to Be; I Am = A Local Manifestation, Expression or Reflection (“Image and Likeness of” if you prefer) of the “One I AM in All”; and that as a form of “conceptual notation” intended to remind “I as I think I am” or “ego” (I am) that it is not really God; however much it may enjoy “playing its present role” as a “Pseudo Center of the Universe.”]
(c) 2009 RFHay
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Hay-Ku fo the Day (A Conceptual Quantum Leap)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.
(Divine Family Photograph)
Divine Family © 2009 RFHay; If Being has both an Aware and a Present component, which equates to Aware-Presence or Consciousness of Being, and God is Being Itself, then Consciousness of Being is One and shared jointly by All; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
If God is not “A
Being” but “Being Itself”
“To Be” is Holy.
If God is not “A
Being” but “Being Itself”
All Life is Sacred.
[Rich Note: "God as Being" instead of "God as a Being" is a "conceptual shift or leap" that turned Thomas Merton (after coming across the idea that “God Is Being” in a book entitled “The Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy,” by Etienne Gilson) from the life of a "hedonistic, intellectual skeptic and womanizer,” who candidly admitted: “I was interested in doing good for only one person in the world, myself,” to a Catholic Monk , Mystic, supporter of the 60’s Peace Movement and world renown author of an autobiography entitled, “The Seven Story Mountain.” (Related Hay-Ku: Merton became a theist when he realized God is “Being Itself.”]
(c) 2009 RFHay
(Divine Family Photograph)
Divine Family © 2009 RFHay; If Being has both an Aware and a Present component, which equates to Aware-Presence or Consciousness of Being, and God is Being Itself, then Consciousness of Being is One and shared jointly by All; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
If God is not “A
Being” but “Being Itself”
“To Be” is Holy.
If God is not “A
Being” but “Being Itself”
All Life is Sacred.
[Rich Note: "God as Being" instead of "God as a Being" is a "conceptual shift or leap" that turned Thomas Merton (after coming across the idea that “God Is Being” in a book entitled “The Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy,” by Etienne Gilson) from the life of a "hedonistic, intellectual skeptic and womanizer,” who candidly admitted: “I was interested in doing good for only one person in the world, myself,” to a Catholic Monk , Mystic, supporter of the 60’s Peace Movement and world renown author of an autobiography entitled, “The Seven Story Mountain.” (Related Hay-Ku: Merton became a theist when he realized God is “Being Itself.”]
(c) 2009 RFHay
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Pure Grace)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Unmerited Favor Photograph)
Unmerited Favor © 2009 RFHay; If this isn’t Pure Grace manifest in the form of a Lovely Family, I don’t know what is; also just had a thought as to how interesting it is that “I” as the photographer never show up in “family pictures"; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
"God Recognized As
Creation's Essence*" is the
Grace of All Being.
[Rich Note: *A rather profound "footnote” Arthur Hancock added to a personal inscription to a lady named Grace, found on a copy of “The Game of God, Recovering Your True Identity," bought to pass along to son, Aaron.]
[Rich Note: And, more "metaphorically speaking," if I Am (as You Are) thus “Fore (before the worlds were) Given” the “Nature of God" as the "Aware-Presence of Being I Am,” Am I (as Being Itself) not the One (The Holy One in the midst of Thee) Jesus referred to when he said, "Ye are the Light of the World”?]
[Rich Note: This is the 2-20-09 hay-ku that wasn’t posting yesterday due to an early get up, no power cord for the laptop and all day travel back from Eugene.]
© 2009 RFHay
(Unmerited Favor Photograph)
Unmerited Favor © 2009 RFHay; If this isn’t Pure Grace manifest in the form of a Lovely Family, I don’t know what is; also just had a thought as to how interesting it is that “I” as the photographer never show up in “family pictures"; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
"God Recognized As
Creation's Essence*" is the
Grace of All Being.
[Rich Note: *A rather profound "footnote” Arthur Hancock added to a personal inscription to a lady named Grace, found on a copy of “The Game of God, Recovering Your True Identity," bought to pass along to son, Aaron.]
[Rich Note: And, more "metaphorically speaking," if I Am (as You Are) thus “Fore (before the worlds were) Given” the “Nature of God" as the "Aware-Presence of Being I Am,” Am I (as Being Itself) not the One (The Holy One in the midst of Thee) Jesus referred to when he said, "Ye are the Light of the World”?]
[Rich Note: This is the 2-20-09 hay-ku that wasn’t posting yesterday due to an early get up, no power cord for the laptop and all day travel back from Eugene.]
© 2009 RFHay
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Self-Conditioned)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Personal Artifacts Photograph)
Personal Artifacts © 2005 RFHay: Artifacts and books full of pronouns (re: “me, myself, I, you, they, them, he, she and it”) that constantly reinforce the idea "I am a separate person"; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
I am conditioned
To think "I am a person"
Instead of Being.
I am conditioned
to think of myself as a
"Separate person."
[Rich Note: The following related (and as I like to call them “naturally occurring”) haiku appears on page 37 of “Love’s Quite Revolution, The End of the Spiritual Search," by Scott Kiloby:
“The simple truth is
That there is no separate
You outside of thought.”]
© 2009 RFHay
(Personal Artifacts Photograph)
Personal Artifacts © 2005 RFHay: Artifacts and books full of pronouns (re: “me, myself, I, you, they, them, he, she and it”) that constantly reinforce the idea "I am a separate person"; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
I am conditioned
To think "I am a person"
Instead of Being.
I am conditioned
to think of myself as a
"Separate person."
[Rich Note: The following related (and as I like to call them “naturally occurring”) haiku appears on page 37 of “Love’s Quite Revolution, The End of the Spiritual Search," by Scott Kiloby:
“The simple truth is
That there is no separate
You outside of thought.”]
© 2009 RFHay
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Misidentified)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Living Metaphor Photograph)
Living Metaphor © BKWright 2007; The “dead, downward pointing leaves" vs the "living, upward pointing leaves” of this desert plant call to mind the “dead memories of the mind” in contrast to the “Living Presence of Being” in which they arise; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Self-identified
With “I as I think” I miss
Myself as I Am.
Self-identified
With “this or that thought" I miss
The Knowledge I Am.
© RFHay 2009
(Living Metaphor Photograph)
Living Metaphor © BKWright 2007; The “dead, downward pointing leaves" vs the "living, upward pointing leaves” of this desert plant call to mind the “dead memories of the mind” in contrast to the “Living Presence of Being” in which they arise; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Self-identified
With “I as I think” I miss
Myself as I Am.
Self-identified
With “this or that thought" I miss
The Knowledge I Am.
© RFHay 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Feeling I Am)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Reflected States of Being)
Reflected States of Being © 2008 RFHay; Being can be metaphorically equated to the physical actualities represented in this image and its reflection in the water as relative states of that self-same Being; Companion haiku: “Try to feel what it means to be, just be, without self-reflective thought."
“Try to feel what it
Means to be” prior to any
Concept of Being."
Try to feel what it
Means to be, just be, without
Being "this or that."
[Rich Note: Abbreviated versions inspired by the following Sri Nisargadatta, “I AM THAT” pointer: “Our usual attitude is ‘I am this’ or ‘that’. Separate consistently and perseveringly the ‘I am’ from ‘this’ or ‘that’ and try to feel what it means to be, just to ‘be’, without being ‘this’ or ‘that’.” ]
(Reflected States of Being)
Reflected States of Being © 2008 RFHay; Being can be metaphorically equated to the physical actualities represented in this image and its reflection in the water as relative states of that self-same Being; Companion haiku: “Try to feel what it means to be, just be, without self-reflective thought."
“Try to feel what it
Means to be” prior to any
Concept of Being."
Try to feel what it
Means to be, just be, without
Being "this or that."
[Rich Note: Abbreviated versions inspired by the following Sri Nisargadatta, “I AM THAT” pointer: “Our usual attitude is ‘I am this’ or ‘that’. Separate consistently and perseveringly the ‘I am’ from ‘this’ or ‘that’ and try to feel what it means to be, just to ‘be’, without being ‘this’ or ‘that’.” ]
Monday, February 16, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Self and Other)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Beach Scene Photograph)
Beach Scene (c) 2008 RFHay; Self-identified with bodily “thought, sense and feeling,” I believe I am "this" body-mind organism and not “that” which I think, see and feel to be other I Am (re: the earth, air and water in this beach scene); Companion haiku: Believing I am "this or that" causes a sense of separation.
Believing I am
"This or that" causes a sense
Of Being apart.
(c) 2009 RFHay
(Beach Scene Photograph)
Beach Scene (c) 2008 RFHay; Self-identified with bodily “thought, sense and feeling,” I believe I am "this" body-mind organism and not “that” which I think, see and feel to be other I Am (re: the earth, air and water in this beach scene); Companion haiku: Believing I am "this or that" causes a sense of separation.
Believing I am
"This or that" causes a sense
Of Being apart.
(c) 2009 RFHay
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Inconceivable)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Black and White Photograph)
Black and White © 2008 RFHay; Neither "this light" nor "that shadow," I Am is the Field of Aware-Presence in which those particular states of mind temporarily arise and fall; Accompanying.
I Am without a
This or that is the Aware
Presence of Being.
© 2008 RFHay
(Black and White Photograph)
Black and White © 2008 RFHay; Neither "this light" nor "that shadow," I Am is the Field of Aware-Presence in which those particular states of mind temporarily arise and fall; Accompanying.
I Am without a
This or that is the Aware
Presence of Being.
© 2008 RFHay
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Fearless)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Fear Factor Photograph)
Fear Factor © 2008 RFHay; A “person” who couldn’t swim or was afraid of heights might be "threatened” by this particular image; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
“I Am” without a
“This or that” cannot die and
Is never threatened.
© 2008 RFHay
(Fear Factor Photograph)
Fear Factor © 2008 RFHay; A “person” who couldn’t swim or was afraid of heights might be "threatened” by this particular image; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
“I Am” without a
“This or that” cannot die and
Is never threatened.
© 2008 RFHay
Friday, February 13, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Amazing Faith)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Mustard Seed Faith Photograph)
Mustard Seed Faith © 2008 RFHay: Although this is not a mustard plant, this little beach shrub demonstrates the faith Jesus spoke of when he declared, “ If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed...nothing shall be impossible unto you" (Matt 17:20); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Amazing how I
Have faith in “my being” but
Not Being Itself.
© 2009 RFHay
(Mustard Seed Faith Photograph)
Mustard Seed Faith © 2008 RFHay: Although this is not a mustard plant, this little beach shrub demonstrates the faith Jesus spoke of when he declared, “ If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed...nothing shall be impossible unto you" (Matt 17:20); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Amazing how I
Have faith in “my being” but
Not Being Itself.
© 2009 RFHay
Hay-Ku of the Day (Unquestioned Faith)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Limited Perspective Photograph)
Limited Perspective © 2008 BKWright; This rather partial, limited, inside-out perspective of a beautiful Pennsylvania covered bridge and the stream it crosses does not do either the bridge or the stream justice; companion haiku: Accompanying.
Unquestioned Faith in
My own partial perspective
Gets “me” in trouble.
© 2009 RFHay
(Limited Perspective Photograph)
Limited Perspective © 2008 BKWright; This rather partial, limited, inside-out perspective of a beautiful Pennsylvania covered bridge and the stream it crosses does not do either the bridge or the stream justice; companion haiku: Accompanying.
Unquestioned Faith in
My own partial perspective
Gets “me” in trouble.
© 2009 RFHay
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Faith)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Faith In Being Photograph)
Faith In Being (c) 2005 L.Naimo; This is the original sketch of an inked drawing friend Linda Naimo (she calls herself an "eclectic artist) did for OOMM and which beautifully points to the All-Pervading and Underlying Nature of Being, Consciousness or Spirit; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
On what Ground other
Than Faith do I accept the
Mind's partial report?
(c) 2009 RHay
(Faith In Being Photograph)
Faith In Being (c) 2005 L.Naimo; This is the original sketch of an inked drawing friend Linda Naimo (she calls herself an "eclectic artist) did for OOMM and which beautifully points to the All-Pervading and Underlying Nature of Being, Consciousness or Spirit; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
On what Ground other
Than Faith do I accept the
Mind's partial report?
(c) 2009 RHay
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
hay-Ku of the Day (Only an Idea)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Is This a Rainbow Photograph)
Is This a Rainbow? (c) 2009 RFHay: No, it is refracted white light (which is only another concept) until someone observes and conceives it to be a rainbow (even though there is "no bow" about it); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Sacred or profane
Whatever I think is no
More than an idea.
© 2008 RFHay
(Is This a Rainbow Photograph)
Is This a Rainbow? (c) 2009 RFHay: No, it is refracted white light (which is only another concept) until someone observes and conceives it to be a rainbow (even though there is "no bow" about it); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Sacred or profane
Whatever I think is no
More than an idea.
© 2008 RFHay
Monday, February 9, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Living Words)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Living Words Photograph)
Living Words © 2007 BKWright; If Mankind is a Concept of Divine Being the Absolute entertains in Awareness, then what you have here are “Living Words” (vibratory patterns of external energy expressing an inner Idea or Thought of Being); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Concepts of Being
Are Mind created graven
Images of Thought.
(c) 2009 RFHay
(Living Words Photograph)
Living Words © 2007 BKWright; If Mankind is a Concept of Divine Being the Absolute entertains in Awareness, then what you have here are “Living Words” (vibratory patterns of external energy expressing an inner Idea or Thought of Being); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Concepts of Being
Are Mind created graven
Images of Thought.
(c) 2009 RFHay
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Passing Mental Fancy)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Passing Fancy Photograph)
Passing Fancy © 2006 RFHay; This photo is pretty much all that remains of an "authorship concept" the mind entertained (abet somewhat reluctantly and never too seriously) when the "proverbial book" was first published; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Concepts are mental
Graven images that the
Mind tends to worship.
[Rich Note: Paying attention to "things" (which, in some way shape or form are partial concepts of Being and might be called "thinks" or "units of thought") is, depending on the depth and duration of the of one's mental preoccupation, a functional definition of Worship, Love and Sacrifice of oneself as a conceptual center of awareness.]
© 2009 RFHay
(Passing Fancy Photograph)
Passing Fancy © 2006 RFHay; This photo is pretty much all that remains of an "authorship concept" the mind entertained (abet somewhat reluctantly and never too seriously) when the "proverbial book" was first published; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
Concepts are mental
Graven images that the
Mind tends to worship.
[Rich Note: Paying attention to "things" (which, in some way shape or form are partial concepts of Being and might be called "thinks" or "units of thought") is, depending on the depth and duration of the of one's mental preoccupation, a functional definition of Worship, Love and Sacrifice of oneself as a conceptual center of awareness.]
© 2009 RFHay
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Mental Graven Image)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Hell Froze Over Photograph)
Hell Froze Over © 2009 RFHay: As a long suffering Phillies' fan (circa 1957), I can attest that fan obsession (yours truly included) approaches religious zeal and passion seldom seen in church – witness the 2.5 million that showed up for the Championship parade and the Nielsen Ratings associated with the Super bowl: Companion haiku: “I as I think” is a graven image of "mine" I worship as “me.”
“I as I think” is
A graven image of mind
"I assume is real."
“I as I think” is
A graven image of thought
"I believe I am."
[Rich Note: Biblically speaking, this seldom recognized subtly relates directly to man's unwitting violation of Outlaw (It’s only a Divine Law if you identify yourself as “separate from” and thus “outside the Law”; otherwise It’s Your Own Divine Nature) Commandment Number Two (at least with respect to the original order given in Exodus 20:1-4 {KVG}, right there after “I Am the Lord thy God…{and}…Thou shalt have not other gods before me.”]
© 2009 RFHay
(Hell Froze Over Photograph)
Hell Froze Over © 2009 RFHay: As a long suffering Phillies' fan (circa 1957), I can attest that fan obsession (yours truly included) approaches religious zeal and passion seldom seen in church – witness the 2.5 million that showed up for the Championship parade and the Nielsen Ratings associated with the Super bowl: Companion haiku: “I as I think” is a graven image of "mine" I worship as “me.”
“I as I think” is
A graven image of mind
"I assume is real."
“I as I think” is
A graven image of thought
"I believe I am."
[Rich Note: Biblically speaking, this seldom recognized subtly relates directly to man's unwitting violation of Outlaw (It’s only a Divine Law if you identify yourself as “separate from” and thus “outside the Law”; otherwise It’s Your Own Divine Nature) Commandment Number Two (at least with respect to the original order given in Exodus 20:1-4 {KVG}, right there after “I Am the Lord thy God…{and}…Thou shalt have not other gods before me.”]
© 2009 RFHay
Friday, February 6, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Form vs Field)
[RichNote: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(OCNJ Boardwalk Sunset Photograph)
OCNJ Boardwalk Sunset (c) 2008 RFHay; Lots of "potential mental content" in this image for the mind to be preoccupied with and so miss the Field of Awareness in which it arises; Companion haiku: Accompanying
Fixated on Form
I overlook the Field in
Which it arises.
Preoccupied with
Content I miss the Field of
Awareness I Am.
(c) 2009 RFHay
(OCNJ Boardwalk Sunset Photograph)
OCNJ Boardwalk Sunset (c) 2008 RFHay; Lots of "potential mental content" in this image for the mind to be preoccupied with and so miss the Field of Awareness in which it arises; Companion haiku: Accompanying
Fixated on Form
I overlook the Field in
Which it arises.
Preoccupied with
Content I miss the Field of
Awareness I Am.
(c) 2009 RFHay
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Effortless Being)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Flowers of the Field Photograph)
Flowers of the Field © 2002 RFHay; “Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature; And why take thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin” (Math 6:27-28); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
It takes effort to
Remain ignorant of the
Awareness I Am.
© 2009 RFHay
(Flowers of the Field Photograph)
Flowers of the Field © 2002 RFHay; “Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature; And why take thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin” (Math 6:27-28); Companion haiku: Accompanying.
It takes effort to
Remain ignorant of the
Awareness I Am.
© 2009 RFHay
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Self-Entranced)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(As Above So Below Photograph)
As Above So Below © 2004 RFHay; In a manner similar to this image (as well as mythology's Narcissus, “who fell in love with his own image”), “I as I think” is a mental self-reflection of “I as I Am"; Companion haiku: Self-entranced with “I as I think” I overlook “Myself as I Am.”
Self-preoccupied
With “I as I think” I miss
“Myself as I Am.”
© 2009 RFHay
(As Above So Below Photograph)
As Above So Below © 2004 RFHay; In a manner similar to this image (as well as mythology's Narcissus, “who fell in love with his own image”), “I as I think” is a mental self-reflection of “I as I Am"; Companion haiku: Self-entranced with “I as I think” I overlook “Myself as I Am.”
Self-preoccupied
With “I as I think” I miss
“Myself as I Am.”
© 2009 RFHay
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Mental Reflection)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Distorted Reflection Photograph)
Distorted Reflection © 2008 RFHay; “I as I think I am” is a “mental self-reflection” that can become as distorted as the reflection of the “leaves, branches and trees” in this stream; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
"I as I think I
Am" only exists as a
Relative idea.
"I as I think I
Am" only exists as an
Idea of Being.
© 2009 RFHay
(Distorted Reflection Photograph)
Distorted Reflection © 2008 RFHay; “I as I think I am” is a “mental self-reflection” that can become as distorted as the reflection of the “leaves, branches and trees” in this stream; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
"I as I think I
Am" only exists as a
Relative idea.
"I as I think I
Am" only exists as an
Idea of Being.
© 2009 RFHay
Monday, February 2, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Self-Liberation)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(On the Way to the Sky 2 Photograph)
On the Way to the Sky 2 © 2007 BKWright: Another photo that reminds me of Neil Diamond’s “On the Way to the Sky," a song which I find reflective of Consciousness released from the self-inflicted bondage of relative mind and thought; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
When I know I Am
Not what I think, I Am Free
To Be What I Am.
© 2009 RFHay
(On the Way to the Sky 2 Photograph)
On the Way to the Sky 2 © 2007 BKWright: Another photo that reminds me of Neil Diamond’s “On the Way to the Sky," a song which I find reflective of Consciousness released from the self-inflicted bondage of relative mind and thought; Companion haiku: Accompanying.
When I know I Am
Not what I think, I Am Free
To Be What I Am.
© 2009 RFHay
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Hay-Ku of the Day (Big Dividends)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com, rfhay333.eons.com or myspace.com/rfhay333.]
(Higher and Lower Self Photograph)
Higher and Lower Self © 2002 RFHay; The lower box is closed, self-involved and absent to “what is”; whereas, the upper box is open, present and aware of Being Here and Now; Companion haiku: Attention paid to Being Aware of Being pays Big Dividends.
Attention paid to
Being Present and Aware
Pays Big Dividends.
Attention paid to
The Aware Presence I Am
Pays Big Dividends.
© 2009 RFHay
(Higher and Lower Self Photograph)
Higher and Lower Self © 2002 RFHay; The lower box is closed, self-involved and absent to “what is”; whereas, the upper box is open, present and aware of Being Here and Now; Companion haiku: Attention paid to Being Aware of Being pays Big Dividends.
Attention paid to
Being Present and Aware
Pays Big Dividends.
Attention paid to
The Aware Presence I Am
Pays Big Dividends.
© 2009 RFHay
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