Haiku of the Day (Hallelujah)

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sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. Mar 15, 2008, 8:58am EDT

Thanks for posting to Just Poetry!

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JoAnne D. Mar 15, 2008, 9:58am EDT

Thanks for posting to Haiku only.

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**AngelEyez** a. Mar 15, 2008, 10:12am EDT

great poem thank you for sharing

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Bounder .. Mar 15, 2008, 10:29am EDT

A good piece of poetry.

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John Philipp Mar 15, 2008, 10:49am EDT

That's the risk, Richard.

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Richard Hay Mar 15, 2008, 2:06pm EDT

Yes, John, but with a "risk-return relationship" so heavily in favor of the "House of the Rising Sun" (in both the "short and long" term) that (except for the excitement and/or fun of playing, which is itself normally mitigated by an equivalent amount of anxiety and suffering) "losing both One's Fortune and One's Self" (as in "Conscious Awareness of the Full Extent One's Own Timeless and Limitless Being") is guaranteed to happen long before "Games End."

But then again, what a Grand, Glorious and Courageous Adventure: "To go to sleep, 'per chance to dream,' with an apparent possibility of never walking up (something that can never truly happen, but can be imagined) if "I" don't make all the "right moves" or do all the "right things." (Rich Note: "The Matrix" has nothing on this "Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek" that We are All now playing for "All We are Worth" and for "All the Worldly Marbles" we wager That against.)

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Daniel Irwin Tucker Mar 15, 2008, 3:17pm EDT

That says a lot! Thanks, Richard.

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René Allen Mar 15, 2008, 5:18pm EDT

A Wonderful Haiku Richard.

Living in the realm of the . . . "Shear Joy of Being."

Blessings ~
Rene

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Vivian A. Mar 15, 2008, 7:37pm EDT

I try and strive for the joy of being each day. Often in quiet observation, that slows down time. Lovely.

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Richard Hay Mar 16, 2008, 10:05am EDT

Related Benny Aphorism:

"Thinking 'about' anything is a reduction or contraction of consciousness, and it is one of the blocks to the awareness of loves presence which is your natural inheritance. An awareness of loves presence can also be likened to an experience of the shear joy of Being.

Love and gratitude, Benny"

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