By the end of this non-poem

[Sigh]

By the end of this non-poem
you will be somebody else

Q1. Who are you?
Q2. Are you your body? (if you lost a leg, would you be less you?)
Q3. Are you your name?
Q4. Given your answer to Q3, are you your answer to Q1?

Enjoy being somebody else.





(c) Simon Grady 2001

[Byron]

I ask myself the three questions you wrote in your non-poem. It got me thinking about who I really am, in a spiritual sense.

Who am I?
Why am I here in this world?
Is there a purpose?
What is my mission?
Where will I be after I die?

I am more than my body in this physical world. I have a soul and a consious mind. My soul is me.

Sorry if I sound like a nut case to anyone.

[Sigh]

Byron,
Well you don't sound at all like a nut-case to me!:)
And your reply fullfulled the purpose of the poem.
:) Thanks for replying. I'm glad you're asking yourself those questions:)

[Regnak]

Hello friend, some nice questions alright :) the day I stop wondering and stop being surprised over life is the day where it is worth living no longer.

Q1. Who are you?
I am a student of this journey and yet something far more I yet have not comprehended, as well as all the fellow loved once in this life.

Q2. Are you your body? (if you lost a leg, would you be less you?)
The body is merely a vechile of the soul, it is wondrous and gives one the ability to enjoy many pleasures, yet it is far from being able to transcend everything the soul is able to.

Q3. Are you your name?
Many thoughts have I given to this one, it is a nice thought that everyone has a soulname or a name that is meant to them in some kind, I do not know if it is the birth name but I do not believe that we only are the name , far from.

And to follow Byrons example :D this is also a question I have been wondering about for a very long time.
What is my mission?
One cannot stop wondering about the meaning of all of this, we live a life we know nothing of, we are given some cercumstances that cannot make you stop wondering either.
But I believe that every being in the cosmos has a mission of its own, even the smallest creature can alter the path of the future :).

And finally about death
The ending of the life among flesh, I may be way of , but ive decided since a long time not to judge death for it is unknown what lies after, but im sure some form of a peace/joy and many enigmas to be revealed will follow , perhaps even a continuance of life in another place.

Sorry it took so long heh :) but ive been wondering of the meaning of it all for a very long time, I think that it is a wonder to be able to ask question without having an answer for, surely some day it will be revealed given the time and given the hope.

[Kaisharga]

Maybe I've been reading too many zen stories lately, but we'll run this by you guys and see what you think.

What would you do if you found out that you were just your soul, and your body had died? In a living-the-afterlife sort of way, I mean. Would you pursue a more learning-oriented 'life?' Would you act differently towards your loved ones now that you were but a visiting spirit? Would you still do things just because you have to settle with plan B?

Snap back to reality.

Now, why are those different from what you're doing now?

"In that moment, he became enlightened."

--Kaisharga
((side note: hello Sigh, we don't run across eachother much as you're only on the poetry board, and i'm on everything else, heh! Better say 'hi' while we're both around, eh? :lol: ))

[Sigh]

Kaisharga,
I love your wisdom:) Hi.
I have long pondered these questions and am beginning to settle on what, for me at least, are answers. It's great to have a sense of "why I am here" and a model of the universe which is both physical and spiritual. I don't want to put these thoughts here...as they will be different from some others, and getting into some kind of debate is not helpfull as these things engender a lot of passion. I would be happy to discuss them by email, if anyone wanted.
:)