Identified with
A relative state of mind
I forget Being.
[Rich Note: (Photo Caption) Irrespective of the sculptor's intent, for "me" this image is a "particular state" of the Quantum Field of "my own" Conscious Awareness and, secularly speaking, occurring within the confines of "my own" skull; Companion haiku: Accompanying.]
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Re: How can you forget Being?
I can “forget Being” either by “falling asleep” at night or “sleep-walking and/or daydreaming” (which is what egocentric thought actually is) during the day.
More complexly, I can “forget Being” by mistaking "thinking about Being" for "Being Itself."
In other words, "I as I think I am" is a partial self-reflection of Being that is, by definition, partial, relative, incomplete and imperfect; whereas "I as I Am," as Pure Being or Pre-Conceptual Consciousness Itself, is whole, non-relative, complete in and of itself, and perfect.
As such, if I as Being become self-identified with a partial state of myself, I forget the "Totality of My Being and All Being” through “self-fixation on and pre-occupation with” a relative, limited and partial state of That.
So in this case, the intent of capitalizing Being was to indicated the “Totality of Being” and not just a “state or partial subset of That Being”.
[Rich Note: See the next post for some "hay-ku" your question inspired.]
RE: A state to be attempted but hard to achieve.
Yes, Wanda, though I would go a bit farther and say that "I as I think I Am" -- as relative state of mind or concept of being -- "can attempt" to be more than a "partial thought of being" all "I" want or imagine, but "I can't ever" become what "I already am" (but believe I am not).