"I become a waterwheel, turning and tasting you, as long as water moves."
"This is how I would die into the love I have for you. As pieces of cloud dissolve into the sunlight."
"Being is not what it seems. Nor non-being. The world's existence is not in the world."
"Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through, and be silent."
"Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you."
"Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love."
"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep."
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there."
"When I am with you, we stay up all night.
When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.
Praise God for those two insomnias!
And the difference between them."
"Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart."
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."
"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."
"It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home."
"Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah... it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you."
"There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground."
~ ~ ~
The Mystery of Presence
The mystery of presence
will not arrive through the mind,
but do some physical work, and it comes clear.
An intellectual gets bound and wrapped
in complicated nets of connectedness.
Whereas the Friend rides the intelligence
that is creating genius at the center.
The mind is husk, and the appetites love coverings.
They look for them everywhere.
That which loves the kernel and the oil
inside the nut has no interest in shells.
Mind carries reams of reasons into court,
but universal awareness does not move a step
without some definite intuition.
One covers volumes of pages.
The other fills the horizon with light and color.
The value of scrip resides in gold
stored somewhere else. The value of a body
stems from the soul. The value of soul
derives from presence. Soul cannot live
without a connection there.
~ ~ ~
Let go of your worries
and be completely clear-hearted,
like the face of a mirror
that contains no images.
If you want a clear mirror,
behold yourself
and see the shameless truth,
which the mirror reflects.
If metal can be polished
to a mirror-like finish,
what polishing might the mirror
of the heart require?
Between the mirror and the heart
is this single difference:
the heart conceals secrets,
while the mirror does not.
(thank you, Che)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi
Tummo
Tummo is a practice associated with the subtle body of energy-channels, energy-winds and energy-drops. The practices are taught in a suite of advanced sadhana, such as the Six yogas of Naropa, which are contemplative practices, spiritual energetic work or meditations in the Himalayan traditions of Vajrayana and Bön. This discipline is key to a suite of advanced sadhana or spiritual disciplines in Tibetan Buddhism. Himalayan disciplines like Yantra Yoga work with this "inner heat": where yantra is the synonym for asana .
In common currency Tummo is related to the description of intense sensations of body heat, that are held to be a partial effect of the practice of Tummo-meditation. Tummo is taught as one part of the six yogas of Naropa. Stories and eyewitness accounts abound of yogi practitioners being able to generate sufficient heat to dry wet sheets draped around their naked bodies while sitting outside in the freezing cold, not just once, but multiple times. These observations have also been discussed in medical articles (Ding-E Young and Taylor, 1998).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tummo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_yogas_of_Naropa
The meditation for producing psychic heat provides a factual basis for the somewhat melodramatic stories of Tibetan monks who, on an icy cold night, dry out a series of wet sheets wrapped around their unclad bodies. It can be done, by any ordinary human being--with proper instruction and practice--and so, as with other physical exploits such as "fire-walking," represents nothing particularly magical or mysterious. The secrets here are matters of mastering specific meditation techniques, and applying them with a focussed mindfulness. This is not at all to disparage such accomplishments, for among practicing lamas and members of the spiritual community, or sangha, the psychic heat meditation, or gTummo, is believed to establish the essential foundation for opening oneself up and becoming able to absorb the higher teachings of all six Yogas of Naropa.
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/v/vonmeierk/2-04SIXY.html
In common currency Tummo is related to the description of intense sensations of body heat, that are held to be a partial effect of the practice of Tummo-meditation. Tummo is taught as one part of the six yogas of Naropa. Stories and eyewitness accounts abound of yogi practitioners being able to generate sufficient heat to dry wet sheets draped around their naked bodies while sitting outside in the freezing cold, not just once, but multiple times. These observations have also been discussed in medical articles (Ding-E Young and Taylor, 1998).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tummo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_yogas_of_Naropa
The meditation for producing psychic heat provides a factual basis for the somewhat melodramatic stories of Tibetan monks who, on an icy cold night, dry out a series of wet sheets wrapped around their unclad bodies. It can be done, by any ordinary human being--with proper instruction and practice--and so, as with other physical exploits such as "fire-walking," represents nothing particularly magical or mysterious. The secrets here are matters of mastering specific meditation techniques, and applying them with a focussed mindfulness. This is not at all to disparage such accomplishments, for among practicing lamas and members of the spiritual community, or sangha, the psychic heat meditation, or gTummo, is believed to establish the essential foundation for opening oneself up and becoming able to absorb the higher teachings of all six Yogas of Naropa.
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/v/vonmeierk/2-04SIXY.html
Lev Manovich
Michelle Henning reminds us, however that interactivity has its darker side. She cites Lev Manovich’s concern that computer technology plays into a "modern desire to externalize the mind."
Computer interactivity maps our own thought processes onto those already written into the software. It models certain ways of thinking, or certain ways of understanding our own cognitive practices: to click is to make a choice, to follow a link, to associate one event of piece of information with another. This process of the “externalization” of the mind closes the gap between subjective mental processes and objective, machinic processes. In this sense, like Taylorism, it hooks people and bodies up to machines, making people “thinglike.” This argument would suggest that interactivity, which seemed initially to promise agency over “numbed passivity,” actually does the opposite, increasing alienation.[40]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Manovich
Computer interactivity maps our own thought processes onto those already written into the software. It models certain ways of thinking, or certain ways of understanding our own cognitive practices: to click is to make a choice, to follow a link, to associate one event of piece of information with another. This process of the “externalization” of the mind closes the gap between subjective mental processes and objective, machinic processes. In this sense, like Taylorism, it hooks people and bodies up to machines, making people “thinglike.” This argument would suggest that interactivity, which seemed initially to promise agency over “numbed passivity,” actually does the opposite, increasing alienation.[40]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Manovich
Agathe Snow
Pearl River:
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/artpages/agathe_snow_pear_river.htm
Remarks: This next chance creation is named Pearl River, found at Level 4. It somehow retained its innocence, like a souvenir. I like pale hues. It's very feminine. It says I am here for lack of a better idea;
too elusive to be a movement but a moment, definitely. A moment can give meaning to a life, to a lie. We see her take back the ownership of her body image, hard work, determination and a killer body. You can
only sabotage your feminist ethics for so long. Well, Hello officer, how can I help you today? You're looking for genuine love. Sorry no I haven't seen any lately. But do come back at some other time, you might get lucky. When the world as you know it is over and you happened to be one of the sole survivors isn't it so nice to talk shit about somebody else…
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/agathe_snow.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathe_Snow
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/artpages/agathe_snow_pear_river.htm
Remarks: This next chance creation is named Pearl River, found at Level 4. It somehow retained its innocence, like a souvenir. I like pale hues. It's very feminine. It says I am here for lack of a better idea;
too elusive to be a movement but a moment, definitely. A moment can give meaning to a life, to a lie. We see her take back the ownership of her body image, hard work, determination and a killer body. You can
only sabotage your feminist ethics for so long. Well, Hello officer, how can I help you today? You're looking for genuine love. Sorry no I haven't seen any lately. But do come back at some other time, you might get lucky. When the world as you know it is over and you happened to be one of the sole survivors isn't it so nice to talk shit about somebody else…
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/agathe_snow.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathe_Snow
Royale de Luxe
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10/the_berlin_reunion.html
"... the work I am referring to was ‘only’ an ephemeral performance by a French company who is called Royale de Luxe. They produce the best piece of street theatre I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing: The Sultan’s Elephant. Its performance cost the Antwerp municipality 800,000 euros but the majority of it went to the actual performance (which lasted three days and were extravagant and deeply moving), not just a concept. I saw grown men and women weep with joy and awe. Watch it here if they did not come to your town last summer." -- jahsonic
Videos here, here, here, and here.
"... the work I am referring to was ‘only’ an ephemeral performance by a French company who is called Royale de Luxe. They produce the best piece of street theatre I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing: The Sultan’s Elephant. Its performance cost the Antwerp municipality 800,000 euros but the majority of it went to the actual performance (which lasted three days and were extravagant and deeply moving), not just a concept. I saw grown men and women weep with joy and awe. Watch it here if they did not come to your town last summer." -- jahsonic
Videos here, here, here, and here.
Bill Hicks
"The world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: Is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, 'Hey – don't worry, don't be afraid ever, because this is just a ride ...' And we ... kill those people. Ha ha, 'Shut him up. We have a lot invested in this ride. Shut him up. Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and my family. This just has to be real.' It's just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because – it's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."
"Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration — that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death; life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves... Here's Tom with the weather"
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks
"Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration — that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death; life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves... Here's Tom with the weather"
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks
Eugénio de Andrade
Procura a maravilha.
Onde um beijo sabe
a barcos e bruma.
No brilho redondo
e jovem dos joelhos.
Na noite inclinada
de melancolia.
Procura.
Procura a maravilha
Eugénio de Andrade (courtesy of Emília)
Onde um beijo sabe
a barcos e bruma.
No brilho redondo
e jovem dos joelhos.
Na noite inclinada
de melancolia.
Procura.
Procura a maravilha
Eugénio de Andrade (courtesy of Emília)
Fall of Saigon
http://abluteau.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/van-es-may-15-zzz.jpg
"... references the horrifying events that occurred on April 30th 1975 (the day Saigon fell) as hundreds of thousands of people tried to flee Saigon from the encroaching North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong. The mass exodus was a “Pishkun” a term used to describe the way in which the Blackfoot American Indians would drive roaming buffalo off cliffs in what is known as a buffalo jump.
In a panicking frenzy hundreds of U.S. built helicopters escaped towards waiting U.S. aircraft carriers in the South China Sea. Many never found the aircraft carriers crashing into the sea as they ran out of fuel. Some helicopters reached the carriers but soon the number of helicopters far exceeded the capacity of the carriers leaving hundreds stranded hovering in the air. The decision was made to drive off hundreds of helicopters and they were pushed into the South China Sea to make room for others to land. Shocking news footages of this event show these powerful machines that had rained terror over Vietnam for so long in their struggling, dying, and sinking demise."
http://www.artnet.com/galleries/Exhibitions.asp?gid=424216102&cid=165786
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Saigon
"... references the horrifying events that occurred on April 30th 1975 (the day Saigon fell) as hundreds of thousands of people tried to flee Saigon from the encroaching North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong. The mass exodus was a “Pishkun” a term used to describe the way in which the Blackfoot American Indians would drive roaming buffalo off cliffs in what is known as a buffalo jump.
In a panicking frenzy hundreds of U.S. built helicopters escaped towards waiting U.S. aircraft carriers in the South China Sea. Many never found the aircraft carriers crashing into the sea as they ran out of fuel. Some helicopters reached the carriers but soon the number of helicopters far exceeded the capacity of the carriers leaving hundreds stranded hovering in the air. The decision was made to drive off hundreds of helicopters and they were pushed into the South China Sea to make room for others to land. Shocking news footages of this event show these powerful machines that had rained terror over Vietnam for so long in their struggling, dying, and sinking demise."
http://www.artnet.com/galleries/Exhibitions.asp?gid=424216102&cid=165786
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Saigon
Dinh Q. Lê
http://www.artnet.com/galleries/Exhibitions.asp?gid=424216102&cid=165786
http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/2009/03/weaving_together_his_vietnam.html
http://qag.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/34871/Din_Q_Le_chronology.pdf
http://www.ppowgallery.com/selected_work.php?artist=16
http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/displayevent.aspx?rID=2035
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinh_Q._L%C3%AA
http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/2009/03/weaving_together_his_vietnam.html
http://qag.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/34871/Din_Q_Le_chronology.pdf
http://www.ppowgallery.com/selected_work.php?artist=16
http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/displayevent.aspx?rID=2035
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinh_Q._L%C3%AA
Buddhism
A large collection of Buddhist writings including the Pali Canon:
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebidx.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_Gnosticism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Chah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Sumedho
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebidx.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_Gnosticism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Chah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Sumedho
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