Open Poetry #44 |
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I Am... (Ringo's "I am" challenge) |
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XOx Uriah xOX Senior Member
since 2006-02-11
Posts 1403Virginia ![]() |
I am a thought. Because like begets like, I give birth to other thoughts and wonder, "Who am I ?" I hear thoughts, see thoughts, that arise from the thought that I hear and see. Every desire is only a thought. I am a thought. There is no pretense other than, nor prior to, the pretender. I feel thoughts and touch thoughts, due to thinking that I can be touched. Worries are thoughts. A problem cannot appear unless a thought arises. I cry because I think I cry. I think I cry because I think I feel. I think I feel because I think I can be touched. I am a thought. Understanding is a thought. Delusion is a thought. There is nothing for Delusion to be deluded about. Nothing for Understanding to understand. Because I am a thought and like begets like, thoughts arise. There is the thought of there being a "Thinker", who thinks thoughts. Because I believe I think, I think I believe... I believe there is only one experience. It is the experience of there being an "Experiencer" One dream. The dream of a "Dreamer", dreaming dreams. If I try and succeed or try and fail, both are rooted in the thought that I acted. Both arise from the thought, "I am" and apart from that one thought, nothing has happened. Hopes and wishes are desires. Desires are thoughts that arise from thoughts of "lacking"and "excess". Attributes are thoughts that I assign to thoughts. What attributes did any thing possess prior to thought ? Like begets like I am a thought. *** |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I am a thought that is thinking, "I like this." Unique and original. Ida |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Wonderful and so much truth in your poem - I think there is so therefore there is. Helen |
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Alison![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I like this one backwards and forwards. It's a good poem and I like that you are a thought. You are one of my favorites here. Alison |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
"I hear thoughts, see thoughts, that arise from the thought that I hear and see." It just continues on, doesn't it? ![]() M |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
I think you are a very good "experiencer" and a lovely "dreamer". There is a quantistic touch in this one. Very well done! Love, Margherita ![]() |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
There are a lot of ideas in the "I Am..." poems I can relate to, but this one I feel very much, but more in the sense of reflection...to the emanations of spirit and intelligence and that which is more than body image in a mirror. We realize what we are cognizant of. I thought of Shakespeare reading this, and have pondered it before: "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." I'm not sure I have a handle yet on the spiritual import of that statement, but your poem adds light and insight. ~ Karen |
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