” With the most primitive means the artist creates something which the most ingenious and efficient technology will never be able to create.” Kazimir Malevich . . . . . . “Taking in the Rye” (also known as “Taking in the Harvest”), oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands . . . .
Written Tuesday 23. November 2010 | Archived under
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“In the night we stumble over things and become acutely conscious of their separateness, but the day reveals the unity which embraces them. And the man whose inner vision is bathed in consciousness at once realizes the spiritual unity which reigns over all racial differences, and his mind no longer stumbles over individual facts, accepting [...]
Written Friday 19. November 2010 | Archived under
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The human society is the extension of the individual. Therefore, if we really want a radical change, if we want a better world, we need to then change individually. – The Revolution of the Dialectic The Perfect Matrimony is the union of two beings; one who loves more, and the other who loves better. The [...]
Written Friday 19. November 2010 | Archived under
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The Yogis have a favourite form of breathing which they practice when they feel the necessity of ventilating and cleansing the lungs… They conclude many of their other breathing exercises with this breath,…This Cleansing Breath ventilates and cleanses the lungs, stimulates the cells and gives a general tone to the respiratory organs, and is conducive [...]
Written Thursday 28. October 2010 | Archived under
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Maybe Once upon a time there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically. “Maybe,” the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild [...]
Written Tuesday 19. October 2010 | Archived under
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“Come up, O lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep; you are souls immortal, spirits free, blest and eternal; ye are not matter, ye are not bodies; matter is your servant, not you the servant of matter.” “Freedom is the motive of the universe, freedom its goal. The laws of nature are [...]
Written Monday 3. May 2010 | Archived under
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The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (Sanskrit: महामृत्युंजय मंत्र, Mahāmṛtyunjaya Mantra “great death-conquering mantra”), also called the Tryambakam Mantra, is a verse of the Rigveda(RV 7.59.12). It is the most auspicious mantra described in Vedas. It is addressed to Tryambaka “the three-eyed one”, an epithet of Rudra, later identified with Shiva. The verse also recurs in the Yajurveda (TS [...]
Written Wednesday 7. April 2010 | Archived under
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The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Was Coursing in the Deep Prajna Paramita, He Perceived That All Five Skandhas Are Empty. Thus He Overcame All Ills and Suffering. Oh, Sariputra, Form Does Not Differ From the Void, and the Void Does Not Differ From Form. Form is Void and Void is Form; the [...]
Written Sunday 7. March 2010 | Archived under
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“Once upon a time, I, Chuang Tzu, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Tzu. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I [...]
Written Wednesday 24. February 2010 | Archived under
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“Are we to paint what’s on the face, what’s inside the face, or what’s behind it?” “If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.” “Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?” “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist [...]
Written Monday 1. February 2010 | Archived under
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