Hay-Ku of the Day (Rest in Presence)

Great messages!

Yes, Karen (Wonderful to See You), and the "Direct, Inner, Here and Now Revelation" One Receives from Scott's Messages is the "Greatest Message, Perfect Gift of God and Good News of All":

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know" I
Am "My Father's Child."

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know I
Am" My Father's Joy.

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know" that
"I Am That" Presence.

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know" that
"I Am God's Presence."

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know I
Am" the "Living Light."

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know" I
Am "The Peace of God."

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know" I
Am "The Life of God."

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know" I
Am "The Light of Love."

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know" I
Am "The Truth in All."

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know" I
Am "Absolute Love."

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know" I
Am "Limitless Life."

To "Rest in Presence"
Is to "Be Still and Know" I
Am "Limitless Light."

(Thanks for the "Seed of Inspiration," Karen!)

Will do what you say today in your first few lines

Very pleased to meet you, Richard (Is there an Echo in Here or What?) -- with regard to your "Practicing the Presence" (as Brother Lawrence once called the "quick and dirty, suitable for everyman" practice Scott and the haiku suggest), I can only hope "It" has the same Self-Revelatory Impact "There" as "It Has Here." Rich

When the student is ready the teacher will appear certainly is true for me. Eckhart Tolle's book "The Power of Now" flipped my switch

Yes, Eckhart, really "Took It to the Streets," didn't he.

Love the "flipped my switch" characterization, Richard -- fits very nicely with Bill Samuel's metaphoric pointer that the "Divine Incubator" is just about to have its "Collective Light" (of Awareness) turned back on -- and what a "carnal mind blowing" experience that is going to be for many unsuspecting "Divine Chicks."

It is time, I agree.

Such peace in this poem

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If so, Angela, it did its job of reflecting the Peace in your own Heart.

Peace, we share together.

Even better than that, Darlene, It's the "Perfect Peace" (as well as, the "Divine Light, Life, Love") that we not only Hold in Common, but All Ultimately Are.

Here are a few OOMM related haiku that underscore this Principle, the first of which indicates the "mental reunification" (and "Single-Eyed Seeing") that "Resting in Presence" (Re: "Being Still and Knowing I Am") naturally evokes:

Feel the Background while
Focused on the Foreground and
Know the Peace of God.

Peace is a state of
Pure Consciousness in which all
Mental motion stops.

Peace is the absence
Of "mental self-division"
In the mind of man.

Outer war results
From a lack of Inner Peace
In the heart of man.

Some "Scriptural Cross-Correlators":

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee...(Isa. 26:3)

"For he is our peace, who has made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;" (Eph. 2:14)

Some Clarifying Haiku:

The "Consciousness of
God I AM" is the "Presence"
Of "This Awareness."

The "Awareness of
God I Am" is the "Presence"
Of "Christ within All."

The "Presence" of "the
Awareness You Are" Is the
"Consciousness of God."

If "You and I" Are
"The Consciousness of God" there's
"No separation."

Very nice. Your haikus are always good. This one was a remnder that I needed to read today. I know that for my body to be healthy it requires rest which I rarely get enough of but I forget too often that rest is necessary fo my emotional and spritual health as well. This is so well done. Thank you for the timely reminder.

Wonderful to Hear, Kevin!

Resting in "Presence"
Is Opening Oneself to
One's Infinite Source.

Resting in "Presence"
Is Opening Oneself to
Boundless Energy.

Theologically Speaking: A Conversation Worth Sharing

[Rich Note: This is an "off-stream" text follow-up of a rather "heated" (at least on Yours Truly's part) morning conversation at the "Positively 4th Street Cafe" in OCNJ, which took place yesterday.]

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Rich: This popped into the knoggin' on the boardwalk, after we parted ;-)

Re: Where does it say in the Bible that "Heaven is Here and Now?"

Mark 1:14-15 (KJV)

"Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God."

"And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."

Barb: That still refers to the second coming of christ..which hasnt happened yet:-) :-)

Rich:, "At Hand" means Here and Now (as in "Close or Near at Hand."); it doesn't mean 2000 years or some indeterminate time in some mentally self-projected future.

If it meant 2nd Coming ( which is actually when the Comforter - which is "Christ in You" comes into Present, Here and Now Awareness), Jesus would have said when "I come again"; instead of "I must go for the Comforter to Come." ;-) ;-)

Bottom-line is Heaven is where God is and since God is Omnipresent, Heaven must be at ever point in Space-Time (because that's where God Is).

[Rich Note: In any event, at the end of the day, Whatever works for you with respect to a "Right Relation with Reality" (Re: God) is much more important than "Right or Accurate conceptualizations" about that Reality and that Ultimate Relationship.] :-)

PS: Heaven is actually a State of Whole, Complete, Perfect, Divine Consciousness of Being (Re: God's Absolute Self-Awareness) :-)

Barb: Christ and becoming aware of him is just someone's personal interpretation of what the bible says....:-)

Being in a heavenly state on earth is not the same as being in the presence (at his feet) of God. "At hand" is measured in God's time..not man's time...one year in heaven is equal to 1000 on earth....or multiples of this principle, if you like...the part of Christ's second coming actually being when one accepts.

(Faye says u are right...she is in heaven right now...she's eating chinese food.lol)

Rich: What say you about: "Christ Is All and in All"?

PS: The "personal interpretation" here happens to agree with the Saints, Sages and Mystics of all ages; and is actually the Inner Teaching (or esoteric message) of All Religions (Re: God is One, Absolute and, therefore, must Live at the Heart of His Creation, Here and Now); and thus the "Real Good News" is I Am (You Are and All Is) One with God the Father (regardless of any and all Carnal minded programming to the contrary) in, as and through Christ as the One I AM in All.

This isn't brain surgery, Barb -- Christ is the Awareness of God (the Only Awareness there ever was, is or ever can be); the very same Awareness "I as a self- imaged human being" claim to "possess." ;-)

Rich: Now, I apologize for being such a Bullhead (Re: Hay).

Taking a moment
To Rest in Presence, Letting
Her Be As She Is. ;-)

Barb: I have figured out the impasse..... You look at this with your head.... I look at it with my heart......a realist vs a romantic.... :-) :-) :-)

Rich: Yes That's It, Barb! -- Same Summit Seen (and Experienced) from opposites sides of the Mountain.

(Although I "think (understand) with the Heart," it's still conceptual in nature (Re: very conceptual in expression) -- Very Interesting.)

Part 2 of "Theologically Speaking..."

Barb: ...all these years and I don't question my faith.

I will have to tell you...i have had the same beliefs since i was in first grade and accepted Christ as my savior....was baptised in a large water tank in the middle of an olive orchard in Morrocco - Northern Africa. Doctrine taught to me in protestant bible studies on Air Force bases. It has stuck with me.

Rich: Your Life offers Clear Testament and Witness to the efficacy of such Absolute, Child-Like (as in "Be As Little Children") Faith (Re: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:" Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV), Barb. You have been richly Blessed in that regard.

That and the Female Nature is much closer to the Divine Nature (at the Center of the Circle of Life) than the Male Nature (which tends to be much more Circumstantially or Outwardly Oriented on the Spectrum of Consciousness -- some might say "Superficially Oriented" (but I'm sure you wouldn't).

Barb: I learned many years ago that the only one who never leaves and is always there for me is God. Really dont need to analyze that:-)

Rich: A Lesson We Are All Here to Learn.

Barb: It is what enables me to stay sane in this insane world.

Rich: Amen!

Cross-Correlator: Resting as the Self Radiant Aware Presence I Am (You Are or All Is) is the Way.

CC2: Being Still as the Self-Radiant Presence of Divine Awareness.

CC3: Resting as the Self Radiant Presence of the Father's Awareness.

CC4: Simply Rest in the Presence of the Awareness You Are and "Let It Be."

[Rich Note:

RE(1): "Let It Be"

" When I find myself in times of trouble Mother
Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be..." -- by "The Beatles"

RE(2):

"Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you...Chronicles 20:17 (KJV)]

CC5: Simply "Resting in the Presence" of Awareness is "Letting It Be."

CC6: "Mind" is a mental contraction that resting in "Presence" releases.

CC7: Resting as this Self Embodied Radiant Sense of Presence I Am.

CC8: Rest in the Presence of the Awareness You Are and Let the Rest Be.

CC9: Resting in Peace as the Radiant Presence of Divine Awareness.

CC10: Rest as the Presence of "This Awareness, Right Here, Right Now" and Be Free.

CC11: "Letting It Be As It Is" means "Resting as the Awareness I Am."

CC12: Rest as the Presence of the Father's Awareness and let "What Is" Be.

[Rich Note: Seems like a perfect time and place for a reprise of a very pertinent "I Am Religious Activity" Natural (Unintentional) Haiku/Affirmation (and Its companion):

"O Blessed Flame of
Divine Love I Am Thy Pure
Presence Forever."

"Because I Am Thee
And Thou Art Me I Am
Protected, Illumined,
Supplied and Free*."

*Although the second IAMRA Affirmation isn't a haiku, they've always seemed to go together ss a "Perfectly Matched Set."]

Very inspired Richard....."Christ within All."

Absolutely, Don, Absolutely -- and even better than That, as Scripture declares: "Christ is not only within All, CHRIST IS [as the "Awareness of the Father" or the "Mind of God "...that was in Christ Jesus, we are all advised to "let be in us") ALL.

RE: "Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all." Colossians 3:11 (KJV)

Richard,this is called letting the Holy Spirit work from the inside out....
People move and react from the outside instead of letting the Spirit work from the inside out...the inner part....

Couldn't agree more, Don -- It's simply a matter of learning to look to God within (Re: Christ in You, the Holy Spirit, Comforter or the Child of God I Am) "first, last and always," instead of looking without, to the world (and, in so doing, habitually trying to resolve problems at their own level -- the level of effect, instead of cause).

[Rich Note: Speaking of "Resting in the Presence" (of the Awareness I Am), here's an "Old Friend" that "just popped-up" to perfectly capture the "Spirit of the Matter":

PEACE

"I rest serene in Thy Embrace,
I hold Thy Hand, I see Thy Face;
I know each day is under grace,
'I AM' at One with Thee."

(Chenera - "'I AM' Adorations and Affirmations," pg. 91)]

The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other's welcome,

and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you

all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.

By Derek Walcott