Whitman Revisited

By Frank Jakubowsky

It is very unusual for an author to number parts of his poems. Walt Whitmans poem, Song of Myself, has 52 parts, which he numbered 1 to 52. This book uses that idea that Whitman numbered his poems in his book, Leaves of Grass. I have found that Jesus wrote his parables that are in a cycle of ten. My book, The Psychological Patterns of Jesus Christ, shows how these parables relate to that pattern. I also found that other people are writing in that same pattern, and I say that it relates to the influence of the Spirit of Truth.

Whitmans numbers are also in a cycle of ten. His numbers 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51 would relate to a part number 1 of the cycle of ten. I also have numbered the ten parts of Jesus cycle. It just happens that our numberings are the same. So Whitmans 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51 and my discovery of Jesus pattern of number 1, enlighten has the same quality. These are how the numbers relate to the parts, which I gave key words to describe the part. 1. enlighten; 2. inadequacy; 3. expansive; 4. fruitful; 5. authoritative; 6. communication; 7. reject; 8. sociable; 9. spiritual; 10. action.

Looking over the last single numbers that Whitman numbered, we can see some relationship to Jesus key words. For example, the word sun seems to happen quite often in numbers 5, 15, 25, etc. that relates to the key word of authoritative which seems just right.

The match of numbers and the cycle of ten gives a good indication that Walt Whitman was influenced by the spirit of truth. Walt put on the mind of Christ.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 29, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449772956

Frank Jakubowsky

Frank Jakubowsky has written a two-thousand-line poem about how matter was formed, about the galaxy, our sun, life on Earth, and the origin of man. Another book: The Creative Theory of the Universe, gives an original idea how our planets were formed. He lives in Oakland, California.

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1. Enlighten.

Walt Whitman is revisited,

Walt’s words are taken from his mouth,

And put into the mouth of Christ.

Yes, yes! But still there is a mix,

The spirit Christ and the mind of man,

A Yankee transcendentalism and rowdyism of New York.

(The intentions perfect and divine

The workings, details, haply human.)

Our Lord, my Lord, does use a willing vessel,

That’s partly full with human nature.

And so the message is a mixture of divine ideals and human passions,

For even the Gods respect the sovereign will of man.

And so, our Lord, my Lord, does see Walt’s words

A travelling through nerve-lines of Whitman’s brain,

And powerless to edit them out, for they are powered by The sanctity of the free will of man.

The words of Whitman were inspired,

They gain a new surprising vitalizing life,

When put into the mouth of Christ.

(Pausing, inclining, baring My head, you specially I greet,

To draw and clinch your soul for once inseparably with Mine.)

Oh yes, I take Walt’s words out of context,

And some may say that is a bad no-no,

But what I really, really do,

Is assembling the Christ faint voice.

A reader’s digest of Walt Whitman?

Why not? I ask.

For I am the sheep that knows my Masters voice.

I recognize his sound and verily, verily I see HIS words,

I know the pattern of his thoughts,

And so I say the words of Whitman were inspired by Christ.

2. Inadequacy.

Yes many will agree it is of Christ,

Especially those familiar with his verse will say:

I knew it was because it stirred my soul.

But still, there will be some that say:

What proof have you to make an arrogant claim,

What test is there to prove if it is false or true?

Mere faith won’t do, we need a scientific test to prove

What’s true.

Our life—philosophy of life depends upon that firm Outrageous claim.

I say look to his words about our Lord,

What is in the without is also in the within.

I say look to the underlying presence of our Lord,

A faint subconscious choice of word or phrase.

A simple symbol like his death or cross,

A simple symbol like an only son,

A simple symbol like his precious blood,

A simple symbol like a crown or rose,

These subtle hints are influenced by Christ.

For scientific proofs I’ve numbered these parts,

To show the quality of mind of Jesus Christ.

Ten is the style of the pattern of the mind of Jesus Christ.

The test, my skeptical friend, is counting words in Leave of Grass, and seeing if those poems and parts do fit my numbers and key-words.

The thirty five good books in Leave of Grass does show This pattern of Christ’s mind.

Book number one, Inscription, is the quality: reject,

And then each book follow in this pattern,

And ends with number thirty five, Good-bye My Fancy,

And the quality: enlighten, number 1.

Count those words, my friend,

Those words are indisputable hard facts,

Like stones that strew the path of our dear Lord,

That balmy first Palm Sunday.

Count those words, dear friend,

And you will find the very words of stone is crying out:

Walt Whitman did put on the mind of Christ!

Here grouped together are some themes,

From Leaves of Grass—Walt’s testimony,

They have the character of our dear Lord.

3. Expansive.

Now, the task to show this is the mind of Christ,

And that it was the pattern of the mind of Jesus Christ,

As He then thought and talked to multitudes on Galilee High hills, and that it had a pattern of ten parts.

These are the numbers and the qualities of Jesus’ mind: 1. Enlighten, 2. Inadequacy, 3. Expansive, 4. Fruitful, 5. Authoritative, 6. Communicative, 7. Reject, 8. Sociable, 9. Spiritual, 10. Action. There is on occasion a eleventh which I labeled: Self.

They are a cycle of ten parts,

And so they start at any point,

And end at any point,

Which means that we can start a tale at any point,

Or end it any point.

Let’s take beatitudes to see the pattern of His mind.

We need to first divide do hunger from and thirst to Make a couple separate beatitudes.

And starting blessed are the poor in spirit,

With the ninth of Spiritual, we end with: for my sake and Sociable, our number eight.

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