"A fine haiku presents a crystalline moment of heightened awareness in simple imagery. This moment is a deep reminder for us to pause and to be present the the details of the everyday. It is this way of being in the world with awakened open-hearted awareness - of being mindful of the ordinary moments of our lives - that I've come to call the 'haiku mind'... When we can pause and relax in the moment, that is our haiku mind: the awakened, open-hearted awareness that we can always tap into. Every good haiku captures such a moment and is a reflection of our haiku mind. Here haiku mind includes both mind and heart in a non-dualistic whole, as in the Chinese character for mind-heart, where there is no separation. When we read haiku, it allows us to pause, which allows a small opening to occur, to see things beyond judgement of good or bad, things are they are in their nakedness: the pear in the sunlight. For when we can relax our mind, we can feel a sense of open-heartedness and peace." - From Haiku Mind by Patricia Donegan.
I have shared what it means to write a haiku and how it allows for an opening in the heart space - a sweet pain - as an introduction to the haikus I will be sharing on this blog :-)
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