Hay-Ku of the Day (The Mind's Eye 2)

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(Mind's Eye 2 Photograph)

Mind’s Eye 2 (2007); A reprise of an Aug 07 image of wife (up to 43 years now) Sandy’s "as beautiful as ever" left eye that fits the theme of today’s offering; Companion haiku: Only “Single-Eyed Seeing” allows One to Know the Absolute Truth.

“Single-Eye” implies
A Non-Linear State of
Conscious Awareness.

Only “Single-Eyed
Seeing” allows One to See
The Oneness of All.

Hay-Ku of the Day (The Light of the World)

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("Ye Are the Light of the World" Photograph")

"Ye are the Light of the World" (Matt 5:14); Awake Thou that sleepeth, arise from the dead and Christ (the Light of Awareness One Is) shall give Thee Light (Eph 5:14); Accompanying haiku: Not minding this to the exclusion of that is Single Eyed Seeing.

Stop minding this to
The exclusion of that and
Your Eye is Single.

Stop minding this to
The exclusion of that and
Be the Light You Are.

Stop minding this to
The exclusion of that and
Self-Enlightenment Is.

[Rich Note: "The Light of the body is in the eye (mind): If therefore thine eye (mind) be single, thy body (embodiment) shall be full of Light; but if thy eye be evil (double) thy body shall be full of darkness (Self-ignorance); That was the true Light (The Light of the Aware Presence of Being You Are and I Am), which lighteth every man (/woman) that cometh into the world (John 1:9).]

Hay-Ku of the Day (Giving Thanks)

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(Thanksgiving Chapel Interior Photograph)

Thanksgiving Chapel Interior (Dallas 2004 by RadicalBender from Wikipedia Commons); Amazing Sacred Imagery that Captures both the Wave and Particle Nature (depending on One's Perspective) of Being as a Projection of Light from One Central Source; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

Thankful for Being
Consciously Aware I Am,
You Are and All Is.

Thankful for Being
Consciously Present as the
Aware Space I Am.

Thankful for the Clear
Aware Presence of Being
Mind takes for granted.

[Rich Note: "Giving Thanks unto the Father (/Mother), which hath made Us meet to be Partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light: Who hath delivered Us from the Power of Darkness, and hath translated Us into the Kingdom of His Dear Son (Christ or the Consciousness of God I AM) :Col 1:12-13 (KJV).]

Hay-Ku of the Day (Mental Double Vision)

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(Double Vision Photograph)

Double Vison (2009); Relative thinking, mental self-reflection, and/or carnal conception/consciousness creates an apparent "subject-object/self-other" duality that is relatively but not absolutely real and blinds one to What Is (which is Never Not One); Companion haiku: Accompanying.

Relative thinking
Involves minding this to the
Exclusion of that.

Minding this to the
Exclusion of that creates
Double mindedness.

Double mindedness
Blinds One to the Pure Conscious
Awareness One Is.

[Rich Note: Several alternative endings for the third offering include: Clear Aware Presence of Being, Clear Aware Space of All Being, Vibrant Clear Aware Space of All and Consciousness of Being One Is.]

Hay-Ku of the Day (Double Minded Man)

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("In the Word but Not of It" Photograph)

"In the World but Not of It" (2009); Tanya and Sasha (the Ukraine Connection) in the world in front of Old Main on the Penn State Campus; Companion haiku: A double minded man thinks he is inside and the world is outside.

A double minded
Man Is conditioned to think
In relative terms.

A double minded
Man is convinced that he is
Subject to objects.

A double-minded
Man is one who thinks in terms
Of self and other.

[Rich Note: “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways”(James 1:8 KJV).]

Hay-Ku of the Day (Double Minded Me)

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(Double Vision Photograph)

Double Vision (2009); This highway sign seems a rather stark invitation to enter (or stay in) the world of conceptual “space-time” (RE: How soon will we get Harrisburg?) and, in so doing, to ignore the natural beauty of this sunset; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

Seeing Life from a
Subject-Object Perspective
Is Double Minded.

Hay-Ku of the Day (Paradise Found)

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(Nittany Lion and Friends Photograph)

Nittany Lion and Friends (2009); Back to the old Alma mater for a Penn State football weekend ("paradise found" for 1000s of tailgaters -- they don't call it "Happy Valley" for nothing) with family after a 12 year absence.

Seeing You Are the
Clear Aware Space of Being
Is Paradise Found.

Hay-Ku of the Day (Poor In Spirit)

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(Grace 2 Photograph)

Grace 2 (2009); Amazing how experiencing this beautiful sunrise depends on the "essential clarity, transparency and emptiness(read selflessness)" of the eyes as organs of visual perception; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

One “Poor In Spirit”
Is Selfless in Nature and
Full of Everything.

One “Poor in Spirit”
Sees the Clear Aware Space One
Is as Being’s Ground.

[Rich Note: Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matt 5:3).]

Hay-Ku of the Day (Singing Silence)

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(Silent Night Photograph)

Silent Night (2009);“Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright...Glories stream from heaven afar..” seems to capture the Spirit of this haiku; Companion haiku: The Singing Silence of One's Full Emptiness is the Birthright of All.

All is the "Singing
Silence of Full Emptiness"
That Everything Is.

[Rich Notes: “My silence sings and my emptiness is full, I lack nothing” is a Sri Nisargadatta favorite ( I AM THAT, pg 80) that inspired this offering.]

Hay-Ku of the Day (Ultimate Weight-Loss)

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(Self-Enlightenment Photograph)

Self-Enlightenment (2009):The perceptual frame of reference this shot offers not only eliminates the head but most of the body;Companion haiku: Looking and Seeing One Is Clear Aware Space Is Self-Enlightenment.

The Ultimate-Weight
Loss Plan is Seeing One Is
Not a Body-Mind.

Looking and Seeing
One Is Clear Aware Space Is
Ultimate Weight-Loss.

Hay-Ku of the Day (Selfless Seeing)

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(Full Empty Sky Photograph)

Full Empty Sky (2009); The still, silent, empty, changeless, selfless nature of space gives the clouds, sun, moon, stars and everything else room to be; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

Selfless Seeing is
A Perfect Complement to
Relative matters.

Selfless Being is
A Perfect Complement to
Infinite Fullness.