Be you
as One to another:
I AM
Author notes
Quote from personal mystical experience (Sept '86),
i.e. "Be you as One to another as I AM unto you."
Compare with:
John 15:12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you."
John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing."
John 14:20 "In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you."
Written December 17th, 2004
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I wanted my 1300 comment to be special and I clicked a very good piece from my big sis for it
mmmm I loved this one....thanks for including the verses with it. It gives it more of a special touch.
Kari
Yes...still searching
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Cute
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"'I hate my job! Whoever tells you that the salesman live the life of a king, punch them in the face!'
'Who said that?'
'I don't know. Jesus said a lot about kings.'
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This is one of the most beautiful Haikus I have ever read I think. Keep up the wonderful inspirational writing..and sharing of God's word.
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Thank you. Saurabh! You have grasped it beautifully!
Namaste,
~G
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great insight
I am also reminded of the wave-sea analogy that is inherent in the Zen Buddhist philosphy. We tend to think ourselves as individuals, whereas all we are, is waves of the same ocean. we must identify ourselves with the ocean.
Thank you for the great insight in your poem, once again!
Regards,
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Great Piece!
This is a verynice Haiku. The message is wonderful!!! -
hey this was a cute little peice ! very well done i must say
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very nice
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to me scriptures dealing with Jesus were the most relevant and profound portions of the bible. Reading the author notes did help me assimilate the depth of the condensed words in the Haiku. I spent several minutes thinking about it. these are the deepest words i have contemplated today.
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Thank you, Margaret Yes, it can appear abstract without immersion in the levels of symbolism used in the Scriptures. Like the I AM (to Moses: I AM WHO I AM), and the 'One'.
That's why I included the references.
Particularly John 14:20,
"In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you."
~ G
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I like it.
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Well said
And Jesus gave another commandment, as I have loved you, so you are to love one another. In the story of the Samaritan and the traveller, we see that there is no distinction as to whom we should love, but rather who we must be ourselves.
I feel that your author note makes a clarification which is necessary; the haiku itself is very abstract. I think this is the most important point of our faith, the imitatio Dei. Knowing that it is impossible by ourselves, we invite God to do it in us, and it works.
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