Hay-Ku of the Day (Mantled in Light, Silence and Love)

“Mantled in Silence”

“I Am Still Point Peace” at the 

“Heart of Awareness.”

“Embodied as Light”

“I Am Still Point Peace” at the 

“Heart of Awareness.”

“Embodied in Love”

“I Am Still Point Peace” at the 

“Heart of Awareness.”

***

The “Luminous Light”

Of “Awareness Mantles” the 

“Still Point Peace I Am.”

As “Still Point Peace” I

Am “Ensconced in a Mantle”

Of “Love’s Living Light.”

The “Still Point Peace” at

“The Heart of All” is “Mantled

In Light, Life and Love.”

***

This “Central Still Point

Of Peace I Am” is “Ensconced 

In the Light of Love.”

The “Still Point Peace at

The Heart of All” is “Ensconced

In “Love’s Living Light.”

The “Still Point Peace” at

“The Heart of All” is “Embraced

By Light’s Living Love.”

**

“That by which I Know

I Am” is “a Still Point” at the

“Heart of Awareness.”

[Rich Note: The above haiku are the “offspring of a wedding” of Sri Nisargadatta’s “we are dimensionless points in consciousness” revelation with the “I Am is a Body” insight expressed in the following Robert Sardello “I Am Mantra”:

“This I Am is a Body of Light.

I Am a Body of Light.

“This I Am is a Body of Silence

I Am a Body of Light.

“This I Am is a Body of Love

I Am a Body of Light.”]

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Hay-Ku of the Day (Crazy)

“Loving” an “Idea

Of Being” more than “Being

Itself” is “Crazy.”

Simply defined: “Sin”

Is “a Belief” in “Being

Other than I Am.”

***

“Believing myself”

To “Be Other than I Am”

“Causes suffering.”

“Believing myself”

To “Be Other than I Am”

Is only a “Dream.”

“Believing myself”

To “Be Other than I Am”

End in “Waking-Up.”

***

“I can never not

Be what I Am” but “I sure

Can imagine so.”

“Knowing Myself as

I Am” requires “forgetting 

Myself as I think.”

“Stop pretending to

Be what you are not” and “you

Will Be What You Are.”

“Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ (as the Awareness of Being I Am) shall give thee light.” Ephesians 5:14 KJV

“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”

[Rich Hay: The last haiku is a Sri Nisargadatta inspired paraphrase.]

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Haiku of the Day (“The House of Lord”)

The “House of the Lord”

Is the “Consciousness of God”

We “All have Rooms In.”

The “House of the Lord”

Is the “Consciousness of God”

We are “All States of.”

The “House of the Lord”

Is the “Consciousness of God”

We’re “Focal Points In.”

The “House of the Lord”

Is the “Consciousness of God”

We are “Still Points In.”

(1) “One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Ephesians 4:6 KJV

(2) “For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.” Acts 17:28 KJV

(3) “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am (I Am/I AM) called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16 KJV

[Rich Note: “Temple,” “Church, “Tent,” “Home,” “Dwelling,“ or “Kingdom” could all be valid substitutes for “House” in the above haiku. (Though “Temple, Dwelling and Kingdom” would not fit the five syllable constraint😉).

P.S. Name = Nature in Esoteric Literature; thus, all the Scriptural Name Changes that accompany a shift from the “Carnal, Human, Dual Nature” back to the “Original, Divine, Spiritual, Unitary Nature.”]

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Hay-Ku of the Day (OOMM “Bang for the Buck” Survey)

“40 Years Worth of

Insights” from an “NDE

Driven Search for Truth.”

1,000s of Insights

From an NDE driven 

Pursuit of the Truth.

1,000s of Insights

From an NDE driven 

Correlative Search. 

A Thousand Haiku

All reflecting different 

Facets of One Truth.

[Rich Note: As part of a pending 9-21 to 9-24 September $.99 promo for “Out of My Mind and Back to My Senses” (OOMM), I’ve been playing around with some “short, sweet and, hopefully, impactful, related ad copy.” 

With this in mind, I thought it might be fun to take an impromptu survey of FB friends, to see which of the following three variations are felt to provide the “most bang for the buck,” as it were; as well as, solicit any suggested adjustments:

Here are three, stripped-down, less than 150 character versions:

(1) “OOMM is a multi-medium compilation of insights from a 40 year search for Truth, motivated by a 1970 bailout related NDE by a retired USAF pilot.” (145)

(2) “OOMM is a compilation of insights from a 40 year search for Truth, motivated by a 1970 bailout related NDE, by a well-decorated, retired USAF pilot.”(148).

(3) OOMM is a compilation of insights derived during a 40 Year Search for Truth, motivated by a 1970 bailout related NDE, by a retired USAF pilot. (142)

Again, as was the free promotion in Jun (which got more than 1,000 new copies on the street), this is not really about money, but maximizing distribution and, thereby, “getting the word out” about the “nearer then breath” Truth “written in all our Hearts,” that OOMM humbly seeks to reflect and hopefully reveal.”

So, for any friends and anyone else who might like to assist, just put a 1, 2 or 3 as the number related to the OOMM thumbnail add copy you find most impactful, if any. Of course, any related comments or suggested adjustments would also be greatly appreciated.

Much Appreciated!

Rich

P.S. For those not yet familiar with OOMM, and in the interest of sharing what it has to offer with as many folks as possible, I’d also like to note that Amazon’s, “Look in the Book” sample is, in essence, a complimentary “80 page mini-book”; as it includes seven of OOMM’s most seminal abstract drawings, three of its most synoptic metaphors and more then 120 cross-correlative insights presented in a distilled, haiku-like format.]

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Hay-Ku of the Day (The Way Home)

I Am Sweet Simple

Peace Embodied as Sense of 

Living Light and Love.

God is Sweet Simple

Peace Self-Embodied as the 

Love of Living Light.

Home is Sweet Simple

Peace Self-Embodied as the 

Light of Living Love.

I Am is Sweet Simple

Peace Self-Embodied as the

Light of Awareness.

God is the Father’s

Sweet Simple Peace Embodied

As Love’s Living Light.

Home is the Father’s

Sweet Simple Peace Embodied

As Light’s Living Love.

[Rich Note: Inspired by the following Anna Vortmann FB Post and (slightly edited) accompanying reply:

Anna: “Centered and at peace.....it takes love to get there.” 

Rich: “Yes, Anna, the ‘Only Way Home’ to the ‘Absolute Peace at the Heart of Awareness’ is “By Way” of the ‘Light of Living Love’ and/or the ‘Love of Living Light.’” ]

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Hay-Ku of the Day (Shattered White Light)

(1) Haiku-Wise:

Pure white light hidden 

In a prismatic rainbow 

Of endless color.

Prismatic rainbow,

A coat of many colors, 

Shattered white light.

Divine reflections

Shatter in turbulent minds as

Sunlight on the sea.

[Rich Note: This HOTD, using three OOMM related haiku, was inspired by the following rather pregnant query by Friend, Peter Hill, on a recent FB Post:

“The 5 colors blind the eye. 

How good are you at looking past or beyond  form and the way things look?”

(2) Scripture Wise:

“Do ye look on things after the outward appearance?...” 2 Corinthians 10:7 KJV

“Ye judge after the flesh*; I judge no man.”  - Jesus (John 8:15 KJV)

“Judge not according to the appearance*, but judge righteous judgment.” - Jesus (John 7:24 KJV)

“For they that are after the flesh (form) do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit (Formless or Invisible Essence or Nature) the things of the Spirit.” Romans 8:5 KJV

[Rich Note: Flesh = Form = Appearance = the Way Things Look.]

(3) Matter/Form-Wise:

Re: “...Colors blind the eye...”

The discernment of color blinds us to the the colorless, transparent energetic bandwidth of light that reflects all colors on a “surface form” seen as white, absorbs all colors on a “surface form” seen as black, and reflects particular colors or color combinations” on a surface form whose particular color falls anywhere else on the  ROYGBIV spectrum.]

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Haiku of the Day (“Iron Sharpeneth Iron”)

The “Harder It Gets”

The “Stronger You Have to Be”

“Iron Sharpeneth Iron.”

“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.” Proverbs 27:17 KJV

[Rich Note: Both the haiku and the this post were inspired by the following Varad Shenoy “Love Letter,” as a beautiful reminder to all married couples. To which I, as a 50 year veteran, say: AAHMEN!”]

“For couples so eager to call it quits💔 and throw in the towel on your relationships because everything isn’t “perfect”... here is some food for thought🤔. Lifelong commitment is not what most people think it is😯. It's not waking up every morning to make breakfast and eat together🍳🥞🍽. It's not cuddling in bed until both of you fall asleep, peacefully, at night🛌. It's not a clean home filled with laughter and lovemaking, everyday💐. It's someone who steals all the covers (and snores!) 😳😴. It's slammed doors 🚪 and a few harsh words, at times. It’s stubbornly disagreeing 😡😠 and giving each other the silent treatment 😶 until your hearts heal💔💔...and, then...FORGIVENESS💙❤️! It’s coming home 🏠 to the same person👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩, everyday, that you know LOVES👩‍❤️‍👩and CARES about you in spite of (and because of) who you are. It's laughing about the one time you accidentally did something stupid😜. It's about dirty laundry😝 and unmade beds 🛏WITHOUT finger pointing👉🏾👈🏽. It's about helping each other with the hard work of life! 🤝 It's about swallowing the nagging words instead of saying them out loud🤢. It's about eating the easiest meal you can make and sitting down together at a late hour 🕛 to eat because you both had a crazy day 🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️. It's when you have an emotional breakdown and your Love ❤️💙lays with you and holds you and tells you everything is going to be okay😍...and you BELIEVE them☺️☺️. It's about still loving someone even though, sometimes, they make you absolutely insane🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️. Loving someone is not easy... sometimes it's extremely hard; but it's amazing and comforting and one of the BEST things you'll ever experience!😍💕

If you are 🙌🏼BLESSED🙌🏼 to have a wonderful partner 👫👭👬 in your life , then copy and paste the above, attach a picture of the two😍😍of you and post it.”

#couplegoals #foodforthought

— Varad Shenoy

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Hay-Ku of the Day (Emptiness or No Self Nature)

Part One:

If “All is Energy”

“No Particular Form” has

“A Unique Nature.”

“Nothing in myself”

“Yet All” in my “Natural”

State as Energy.”

“I Am Nothing in

And of Myself” yet “All as

Self-Cognizant Light.”

Part Two:

“Nothing in myself”

“Yet All” as “Unconditioned

Conscious Energy.”

“Nothing in myself”

“Yet All” as “Unconditioned

Quantum Energy.”

“Nothing in myself”

“Yet All” as “Unconditioned

Divine Energy.”

“Nothing in myself”

“Yet All” as the “Cognizant

Light of Awareness.”

Part Three:

The “Energetic

Ground of All Existence” is

“Awareness Itself.”

The “Energetic

Ground of All Existence” is

“Vibrant Awareness.”

The “Energetic

Ground of All Existence” is

“Being Awareness.”

Part Four:

“The Father” is an

“Absolute Potential” to

“Be Nothing and All.”

“I Am” a “Still Point

Of Absolute Peace” at the

“Heart of Awareness.”

[Rich Note: Primarily inspired by the “Heart Sutra,” which I have recently been called to contemplate and ponder, since buying a silver lotus ring with the Sutra inscribed on its inner surface.  With respect to this seminal Buddhist Sutras’ historical background, context and insight, “The Heart Sutra, A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism,” by  Kazuaki Tanahashi, is Itself a classic.]

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Hay-Ku of the Day (Perfect Knowledge)

Knowing by Virtue

Of Being What I Know is

Called: “Intuition.”

Knowing by Virtue

Of Being What I Know is

Called: “In-to-it-ion.”

Knowing by Virtue

Of Being What Is Known is

Knowing Inside-Out.

***

Knowing by Virtue

Of Being What Is Known is

Absolute Knowledge.

Knowing by Virtue

Of Being, Even as I Am

Known, is Absolute.

Absolute Knowledge 

Comes from Knowing Something

From the Inside-Out.

***

“Knowing Face to Face,

Even as I Am Known,” is

Called: “Enlightenment.

“Knowing Face to Face,

Even as I Am Known,” is

Called: “Illumination.”

“Knowing Face to Face,

Even as I Am Known,” is

Called: “Liberation.”

“Knowing Face to Face,

Even as I Am Known” is

Called: “Awakening.”

“Knowing Face to Face,

Even as I Am Known,” is

Called “Realization.”

***

Absolute Love is

Love of Being All I Am

Or Ever Can Be.

[Rich Note: Less intellectually, and more Poetically Speaking:

“...For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

 “But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, o these three; but the greatest of these is charity (love).”

 — 1 Corinthians 13:9-13 KJV]

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Hay-Ku of the Day (Neti-Neti)

Stop pretending to

Be what you are not and you

Will Be What You Are

“Once you realize that the world is your own projection, you are free of it. You need not free yourself of a world that does not exist, except in your own imagination! “ — Sri Nisargadatta

[Rich Not: A “Sabine NowHere” Sri Nisargadatta FB Post that fits quite  nicely with the accompanying Sri Nisargadatta paraphrased HOTD.]

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