Are We a Dream?

[Jonathan Morey Weiss-Namaste47]

When I look through two eyes
we appear to be bones,
sinew, and blood.

But what of the third;
that which when
open sees Truth?

When we awaken
to its vision the Dream
and the Dreamer will be
known to be one.

[MichaelFirewalker]

content:
As I understand this subject, the dream and the Dreamer already are One, and that One is Truth, and Truth is a sword which severs the bone from the marrow, discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart, and has no part with deceit, neither self-deceit nor any other dishonesty, particularly emotional dishonesty, the infamous bane of oneness...

Let us therefore each struggle with our own temptations on the great threshing floor, until we finally can, by trial and error, come to the fulness of the knowledge of the stature of the Christ who really IS the Way, the Truth, and the Life...

I do not speak of the insular and powerless, christian-country-club, separatist christ, the one so often presented to us by the religion of christianity, which denies the true power of Christ, which denial is evident in their fruits, which are the love of the world, the flesh, and the devil [whose work too many of them do]----but rather, I speak of the universal Christ, the great avatar of Love to ALL peoples of Earth, who is the glue that binds ALL creation into One within the Godhead----and who was Himself formed by the Father of Lights, when He bonded Jesus of Nazareth to the Word of God, and sent him birthing into this world some two thousand years ago...

technicals:
Do you think it might be a good idea to define "two" in S1-L1, and "third" in S2-L1?----without knowing exactly what we are discussing, it's pretty hard to grok the poem----I just jumped in and guessed at what you meant, knowing it may not be at all what you meant...

love ya,
michael

[David Nelson Bradsher]

Jon, I like this. To me, I think of the "third-eye", that which sees through what we cannot see with our own two eyes. Nice.

[johnnysaturn]

I like it too; pithy and puissant.

[MichaelFirewalker]

Jon----for me at least, the poem is much clearer now----and the more times I read this poem, the more I see in it----was wondering about enlarging on the relationship of dream and Dreamer to the third eye----what do you think?----so little is understood in the west about those things, although that is not as true as it used to be----many christian churches teach that anything to do with the third eye, or clairvoyance, or auras, etc, etc, etc, is of the devil---their ignorance is truly mind-blowing----also, many Americans like to think we know more than the rest of the world----they like to see the rest of the world as lesser, at least that is true of many of those of my genenration and older----that is not so true anymore, thank Godde----the point is, christian Americans are often slow to accept anything that is not part of standard christian teaching, so it's hard to talk about things like third eyes----but in times to come, as the AGe of Light goes on, and more and more Light falls onto Earth, functional third eye skills will be a normal part of daily life, like our optical vision is----can we even imagine such a possiblilty now?

michael

[mfwilkie]

Jon,

What if you took the 'I' element out of this and began the first stanza with some meatier use of language and imagery?

It's has something to say, but I find it awful light.

Here's an example of what I mean in the first stanza:

Two eyes can trace the topgraphy of man;
experience will take them deeper, a broken
bone, a paper cut, a Greek tragedy of the heel

When I look through two eyes
we appear to be bones,
sinew, and blood.

The interest of the reader often depends on use of language.

Mags

[Ron Wallace (Scotshawk)]

I thought about starting with "Through two eyes" but changed my mind. Still worth a look I suppose. I kind of like caps for "Dream" as well since it is one with "Dreamer". Regardless, this is good, Jon. Ron