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may I give this a try?
I think that a solid base (mountain) is what equalizes the perceived differences in views of adornment and pure beauty; it puts the 2 aspects of beauty (hex.22) on equal ground (hex.15) and keeps them in proportion . . perhaps looking on things with a mind hard to move, makes it easier to balance the scales between outer/inner, facade/essence
how does that sound?
rodaki
Maybe something like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01wOhgg27dM
... but I guess you're thinking more in terms of 22, right?
Sometimes, when I get a line and I feel exactly what it means, I find myself , struggling to put it into words. Its funny but its what Martin says. The idea is there even without words.
I think the problem here is that the idea is put into words and then what can happen is that we forget the idea after a while and only remember the words ..
"Transformation" yes, but what does that mean? Only the empty vehicle of the word remains. The meaning has left.
So somehow we have to learn again to stay with the idea as it is, before it is put into words. I say "again" because I think that children can stay with ideas quite easily.
But then comes "education" and language become very important. Too important.
As grownups we don't trust or believe meaning if we can't catch it with words, with the "hands" of the mind.
Language is great but there can be too much of it.
Barbra:That is the best reason I ever heard why not to argue about words!!!
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We I Ching diviners must be people who like to do things the hard way. We started out by not understanding the I Ching... But one thing I do know for sure is that we have more in common than what separates us, because only a certain type of mind would persist in something like this.
Dora:... Figuratively speaking, I'd say upon seeing the fire in the foot of the mountain, get off your/mine/whoever's fast moving, flashing mindset and focus on the elusive flames -they will show the entrance to the temple...
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Not only are you releasing tension in each area of the body, but also unwanted emotions,as well as ongoing chatter and thoughts running through your mind.
To climb the mountain in a meditation, we need to lighten our load, physically, mentally, emotinally and spiritually. Each time we rest, we trust our intuitive voice (this is discovered with a moment of silence for each body area) of what we must leave behind. As we reach the top, we experience an inner shift.....opening the mind's eye. .
... The answer has not come alone from the words, the images, the symbology the trigrams, the hexagram lines but from a place beyond all these and if we had allowed ourselves to be held back by concentrating on any one of these we would not have reached the sense of appreciation that we have of the answer. When i try to write the appreciation down in words they seem to have missed something out. Even if I try to draw the appreciation it never conveys the same clarity. Similarly the words and the picture together while in themselves or together are beautiful and meaningful are in a sense lacking.
When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.
A dripping wet canvas covered the entire floor. ... There was complete silence. ... Pollock looked at the painting. Then, unexpectedly, he picked up can and paint brush and started to move around the canvas. It was as if he suddenly realized the painting was not finished. His movements, slow at first, gradually became faster and more dance like as he flung black, white, and rust colored paint onto the canvas. He completely forgot that Lee and I were there; he did not seem to hear the click of the camera shutter. ... My photography session lasted as long as he kept painting, perhaps half an hour. In all that time, Pollock did not stop. How could one keep up this level of activity? Finally, he said "This is it."
Janice:
The EYE of MIND, maybe this is the reason why the gyt of GEN has only one EYE. From long ago the EYE is believed as not only perciving images from the outer world but also from our inner experience, among other the experience of our own body,the experience of each part of our body.
The EYE used to be depicted projecting light and many times representig God / Goddess, sometimes one divinity, sometimes one among other. Also can be our own inner demon, our own divinity, the gy or girls that speaks when we «divinate».
From an animistic viewpoint each part of our body is / has his ouw divnity demanding to be honored.
The body as a church is applied mainly to women for their generative rol, the womb being the first sacred chalice.
the technique of focusing progressively each part of the body is maybe pagan for the inherent politeism. The attitude of revering each part of the own body, or whatever body we can love, was always motivo of suspicion by rulers, governs and all sort of power beareers because of the high grade of consciousness it promotes.
And consciousness is the worst enemy of tyranny.
each part of the body is a divinity, each part is a shrine, each revered, worshiped, honored.
Lines 1 to 5: honor each part of the body.
Line 6: ... and do it with kindheartness, without rudeness.
All the best, an have a good St. Valentine.
Charly
The body as a church is applied mainly to women for their generative rol, the womb being the first sacred chalice.
Maremariehi Mike
perhaps you're right, no words needed for this -and what Maria says in that quotation
. . but i still enjoy playing around with ideas and words, even if often with no elegant results and I'd like to believe that the potential of words being as real, as real as images or sounds, or movement, or silence, is there.
Elusive and seemingly unreachable, but to my mind, there . .
Or maybe I'm being too headstrong and butting fences?
not sure
rodaki
Yes, something is missing. When we inteprent images of the mind the result is "something like this" but it is not IT. ...................
Words are useful and essential to communicate and reading both sides, the painter's and the objervers, we get an idea. But is it just this ? Something is missing, isn't it.
Originally posted by my_key - It is important to play around with the ideas and words and images.
Originally posted by ravenstar - When we want to change our consciousness we are in fact seeking to make a marriage, a union that we must give attention to and do our best to make it equal and complete.
Originally posted by charly - The EYE of MIND, maybe this is the reason why the gyt of GEN has only one EYE. From long ago the EYE is believed as not only perciving images from the outer world but also from our inner experience, among other the experience of our own body,the experience of each part of our body.
Originally posted by charly - each part of the body is a divinity, each part is a shrine, each revered, worshiped, honored.
My point and the reason I quoted those two views, is that we think in images and feelings and in order to communicate that to others we have to “translate” them. I think that during that process some information are lost. And the other side, the receiver of that message, translates the message to images and feelings based on his/hers experience. I don’t believe that the “mental image” of the sender is exactly the same with the “mental image” of the receiver. I’m not saying its right or wrong, more or less valuable, just it is different. That’s why , I believe that something is missing , But maybe I’m wrong.
Sometimes with friends that are on the same wavelength, it's like understanding happens before the words reach the other. Words are still useful to verify the understanding or maybe add some details but they don't carry the essential message.
It's like lightning, you see it before you hear it. The light of understanding travels much faster than the sound of language.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
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