Hay-Ku of the Day (Divine Wedding)

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(All-Seeing Eye Photograph)

All-Seeing Eye (2010); An inside-out, single-eyed view, from the back of a pussy-willow wreath created by my friend, Linda Naimo, who did the “Family Trees” pen and ink used to open the Introduction to OOMM, that weds inner and outer awareness; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

Awareness wed to
Sensory Presence becomes
Conscious of Itself.

Awareness wed to
Sensory Presence becomes
Conscious of Being.

Awareness wed to
Sensory Presence becomes
Conscious as I Am.

Hay-Ku of the Day (I Am Period)

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(Shadow Land Photograph)

Shadow Land (2010); To say I Am "the one taking this picture" or "appearing as the shadow" are both "concepts of being" that are not now, nor ever have been, and never could be What I Am; Companion haiku: Say more than "I Am" based on Sensory Presence and mind is in charge;

Say more than "I Am"
Based on Sensory Presence
And you are thinking.

Say more than "I Am"
Based on Sensory Presence
And you are dreaming.

Hay-Ku of the Day (Sensory Presence)

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(Joe Pa Photograph)

Joe Pa (2009); The Sensory Presence of these young ladies (at least at the time the photo was taken)and the lack thereof of this Joe Pa statue outside Beaver Stadium at Penn State illustrates the essential difference between subjects and objects; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

Sensory Presence
Is what differentiates
Inside from Outside.

Sensory Presence
Is what differentiates
Subject from Object.

Sensory Presence
Is what differentiates
One from Another.

Hay-Ku of the Day (Out of the Mouths of Babes)

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(Little Pistol Photograph)

Little Pistol (2009); This “cat swallowed the canary,” impish photo of Sasha, the Babe who offered today’s Pearl of Wisdom,” seemed a most appropriate companion image; Companion haiku: Accompanying."

A Pearl from the mouth
Of a Babe: “I didn’t say
That, my mind said it”!

[Rich Note: I was going to use this “Sasha Classic” (as a sweeter variation of Flip Wilson’s Old Geraldine line: “The Devil made me do it!”) as an expository comment on yesterday’s offering, but concluded it deserved “stand alone status.”]

Hay-Ku of the Day (Direct Seeing)

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(Empty Bench Photograph)

Empty Bench (2009); A mind as empty and unoccupied with thought as this log bench (located at the Dorris Ranch in Eugene, OR) is unoccupied with people, reveals the Self-Shining Light, Joy and Freedom of Pure Awareness Itself; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

Stop believing what
You think and you will find the
Happiness you seek.

Stop believing what
You think is true and you will
See that you are Free.

Hay-Ku of the Day (Direct Pointing)

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(Direct Pointing Photograph)

Direct Pointing (2009);The Aware (or Witnessing) component of Consciousness as Pure Aware-Presence is the Absolute Principle or Nature of Being and what this finger is presently pointing to; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

The Principle by
Which You Know You Are is the
Root of All Being.

The Principle by
Which You Know You Are is Your
Absolute Nature.

Hay-Ku of the Day (Lasting Happiness)

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(The Golden Rule Photograph)

The Golden Rule (2007); This related photo is by my buddy, Dr. Ira Fox, and the computer quote is from his book, "Who Ate the Apple"; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

I must sacrifice
Interest in thought to know
Myself as I Am.

If I do not stop
Minding thought instead of Life
I can't be happy.

Lasting happiness
Comes from losing Interest
In self-conception.

[Rich Note: Another related Jackie Okeeffe inspirational quote: "To feel and experience real happiness, causeless happiness, requires a conscious or unconscious surrendering of your interest in thoughts." (www.jackieokeeffe.com).]

Hay-Ku of the Day (Facination)

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(What Am I Seeing? Photograph)

What Am I Seeing (2010); Am I seeing the image hidden in the branches, the branches themselves, the sky in which they arise or the gestalt that includes and transcends all such apparent conceptual patterns, objects or forms of the Consciousness I Am?; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

Soft:

Interest in thought
Is what keep me from knowing
Myself as I Am.

Hard:

I don’t know Myself
As I Am because I am
Addicted to thought.

[Rich Note: Inspired by sequental quotes, such as, “In any moment, you are either observing effortlessly or you are believing your thoughts,” found on Jackie Okeeffe’s web-site (www.jackieokeeffe.com).]

Hay-Ku of the Day (Happy Easter)

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(Stone Rolled Away Photograph)

Stone Rolled Away © 2004 RFHay; (Reprise) This Heartbox pose looks a great deal like an old world tomb in which the stone (a lowered "I" in this case that becomes a "footstool" in the "standing cross" pose) is rolled away to reveal the "Heart"; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

The Game of Life is
A Divine Easter Egg Hunt
For That which I Am.

Called to resurrect
Consciousness from the grave of
Carnal conception.

Dying to self-thought
Resurrects Christ from the tomb
Of self-consciousness.

[Rich Note: One or two of these are reprises from previous posts.]

RESURRECTION

Who ask why,
And wonders how;
When you are here,
And life is now.

Never mind,
And never worry;
Take no thought,
Thy self unbury.

Christ unbind,
Thy shroud unwind;
Arise in thought,
All death is naught.

[Rich Note: This is a piece that appears in the Appendix D (Poetry) of OOMM.]

Hay-Ku of the Day (Thinking and Being)

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(Flying Saucers Photograph)

Flying Saucers (2009); If what you see is a function of what you think you will lose contact with the Changeless Field of Pure Consciousness in which both what is seen and what you imagine you seen forever comes and goes; Companion haiku: Accompanying.

While I still exist
When thinking, I can’t know I
Am while doing so.

I can’t think and Be
Consciously Aware I Am
In the same instant.

Hay-Ku of the Day (Absent to Myself)

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(Hay West Photograph)

Hay West (2009); Other than the "apparent absent" of the one taking the picture, this recent family photo (from left to right: wife Sandy, yours truly, grandson Josiah, son Aaron and Aaron's wife Carrie) has little to do with today's offering;

Absent to Myself
As I Am while present to
Myself as I think.

Present to Myself
As I Am while absent to
Myself as I think.