Hay-Ku of the Day (Self-Reflection)

I liked that.

fits with some of the stuff one of my English classes has touched on briefly lately

Truely felt .... Thank you for reflecting so very greatly !!!

Thanks for posting to Post 'em if you got 'em!

Thanks for sharing.

Hmmmm...I'm not sure I agree with this one... Do we not see and feel things that are negative...must they become self-reflective...

If I am misinterpreting, I'd like to learn more...

Z'

Hi dear man,
You can have all the reflections of your life and events occurred in the past in your mind, it just a portrayal feeling you have it in you.
Be in peace.
great

Dear Zara,

RE: …Do we not see and feel things that are negative...must they become self-reflective...

In the context of this haiku, "self-reflection" is another name for "relative thought or thinking" in which I compare "this" (one mental concept) to that (another mental concept) and form a value judgment and come to a personal conclusion.

So all "I think or feel" about "things" that I see as "other than I am" are actually reflections of my particular belief system and the way it conditions how I think and feel. In fact, some have even called the outside world "Mother Mirror."

Taking this a little further, "positive and negative" (or "good and bad") are conceptual value judgments that we, as individuals with specific predilections, make with respect to "things" (which are really nothing more then mental concepts at that level) we entertain in mind or think about. I say individual because what I may think and feel is "negative or bad," another might conclude is "positive or good," or visa versa.

More simply, my thinking and/or mind may be viewed as a perceptual mechanism through I look that projects (and so reflects) it relative limits (and belief system) on everything that I see as "Being" outside "me."

A metaphor I like in this regard follows: "What we see through binoculars is real, but the circles it projects are not." A similar metaphor would be "rose colored glasses" projecting their "rose color" on the things we see through them. The same thing happens if we look through glasses that are distorted or a screen door with respect to the distorting or fragmenting effect they have on what we see.

At another level, Being, as it is used in this haiku, also points to the Totality of Being; and what we can "think, feel or see" of That Being through relative "thought, sense and feeling" can never be more than a partial, self-projected reflection of the Totality of what That (Being) actually is.

Benny's Aphorism:

"I am thinking about concepts, feeling emotions and seeing things. At best, all of this is merely a reflection of an idea in the mind of I AM. All of this is removed from the reality of the eternally changeless peace of my Being.

Love and gratitude, Benny"

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