[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Beauty or the Beast Photograph0
Beauty or the Beast (2010); A choice between a trivia game to temporarily occupy an insatiable mind and a lovely sunset; Companion haiku: Preoccupied with self-thought I miss the Beauty and Pure Joy of Being.
Preoccupation
With thought causes me to miss
Myself as I Am.
Preoccupation
With self-thought causes one to
Overlook Being.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Hay-Ku of the Day (A Dog's Tale)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(My Buddy Photograph)
My Buddy (2010); Here’s my buddy Higgin’s ("Sir Colonel Higgins", actually), whose hearing and mobility are somewhat degraded after 14 plus years, with his rather soulful, “Well, are you going to pet me or not?”, obedient, good-dog pose.
After wandering
From my presence, Higgins barks
At my desertion.
After laying down
Where he can’t see me, Higgins
Barks at my absence.
[Rich Note: The “back-story” to this rather simple “dog’s tale” from my buddy, Higgins, although sad in some respects, funny in others, evoked a rather profound insight I'll share more fully in subsequent comments (which you may have noticed has become a bit of a habit).]
(My Buddy Photograph)
My Buddy (2010); Here’s my buddy Higgin’s ("Sir Colonel Higgins", actually), whose hearing and mobility are somewhat degraded after 14 plus years, with his rather soulful, “Well, are you going to pet me or not?”, obedient, good-dog pose.
After wandering
From my presence, Higgins barks
At my desertion.
After laying down
Where he can’t see me, Higgins
Barks at my absence.
[Rich Note: The “back-story” to this rather simple “dog’s tale” from my buddy, Higgins, although sad in some respects, funny in others, evoked a rather profound insight I'll share more fully in subsequent comments (which you may have noticed has become a bit of a habit).]
Hay-Ku of the Day (Mental Space and Leverage)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Help! Photograph)
Help! (2010) Josiah has little or no physical or mental leverage in this circumstance because what he is clinging to is behind his eyes, instead of in front of them; Companion haiku: Self-identified with thought I have no mental space or leverage.
The instant I take
Things personally I lose
Mental leverage.
When I take what I
Think to heart I lose mental
Space and Leverage.
When I take thought to
Heart I lose both focal-length
And breadth of vision.
(Help! Photograph)
Help! (2010) Josiah has little or no physical or mental leverage in this circumstance because what he is clinging to is behind his eyes, instead of in front of them; Companion haiku: Self-identified with thought I have no mental space or leverage.
The instant I take
Things personally I lose
Mental leverage.
When I take what I
Think to heart I lose mental
Space and Leverage.
When I take thought to
Heart I lose both focal-length
And breadth of vision.
Hay-Ku of the Day (With Apologies to Descartes)
(Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Descartes Portrait)
Descartes (Wikimedia commons public domain); “I think, therefore I am” is one way to know I exist, but it is far from the only or best way, as it can lead to a "fatal case of mistaken identity" in which “I as I Am” identify with “I as I think I."
I confuse thinking
About Being with Being
Consciously Aware.
Thinking I Am and
Being Consciously Aware
Aren't synonymous .
[Rich Note: These are offered to introduce a piece entitled, "With Apologies to Descartes: I Am, Therefore I Think" that appeared in the 2007 addition of a magazine called "Wealth Creation," a piece that will follow as sequential installments in the comments section.]
(Descartes Portrait)
Descartes (Wikimedia commons public domain); “I think, therefore I am” is one way to know I exist, but it is far from the only or best way, as it can lead to a "fatal case of mistaken identity" in which “I as I Am” identify with “I as I think I."
I confuse thinking
About Being with Being
Consciously Aware.
Thinking I Am and
Being Consciously Aware
Aren't synonymous .
[Rich Note: These are offered to introduce a piece entitled, "With Apologies to Descartes: I Am, Therefore I Think" that appeared in the 2007 addition of a magazine called "Wealth Creation," a piece that will follow as sequential installments in the comments section.]
Hay-Ku of the Day (Choose Ye This Day)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Persona Photograph)
Persona (2010); The “thinker, ego, or self-image” is a mental self-reference, persona or mask that establishes a finite relation and distance between the thinker and the conceptual objects he contemplates.
Stand as the thinker
And both mental focal-length
And breadth are finite.
Stand as Awareness
And mental focal-length and
Breadth are Infinite.
(Persona Photograph)
Persona (2010); The “thinker, ego, or self-image” is a mental self-reference, persona or mask that establishes a finite relation and distance between the thinker and the conceptual objects he contemplates.
Stand as the thinker
And both mental focal-length
And breadth are finite.
Stand as Awareness
And mental focal-length and
Breadth are Infinite.
Hay-Ku of the Day (Where Do You Stand?)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(An Experiment Photograph)
An Experiment (2010); First look at the foreground of this image and then the background, but while doing so watch your "mental focal-length" move in and out and see your "breath of vision contract and expand" in the Field of Awareness you ultimately are.
Conscious focal-length
And breadth of vision depend
On one’s mental stand.
The mental stand one
Takes determines focal-length
And breadth of vision.
(An Experiment Photograph)
An Experiment (2010); First look at the foreground of this image and then the background, but while doing so watch your "mental focal-length" move in and out and see your "breath of vision contract and expand" in the Field of Awareness you ultimately are.
Conscious focal-length
And breadth of vision depend
On one’s mental stand.
The mental stand one
Takes determines focal-length
And breadth of vision.
Hay-Ku of the Day (Mental Focal-Length)
[Rich Note: Companion image may be viewed at rfhay333.gather.com.]
(Partial Perspective Photograph)
Partial Perspective (2010); A simple demo of how the focal-length from the camera’s lens to the mirrored reflection creates a partial perspective that, in this case, cuts off both head and legs.
Both perspective and
Breadth of vision depend on
Mental focal-length.
Conscious perspective
Depends on how long or short
Focal-length becomes.
(Partial Perspective Photograph)
Partial Perspective (2010); A simple demo of how the focal-length from the camera’s lens to the mirrored reflection creates a partial perspective that, in this case, cuts off both head and legs.
Both perspective and
Breadth of vision depend on
Mental focal-length.
Conscious perspective
Depends on how long or short
Focal-length becomes.
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