“What is aspiration? Aspiration is our inner mounting cry. What is Compassion? Compassion is God’s all-loving Light and Delight. In the spiritual life we start with aspiration, and aspiration soon takes us to realizations. But even realizations feels that it is not sufficient, and it takes us to revelation. Then revelation feels that it is not complete, and it takes us to manifestation. And what is manifestation? Manifestation is the flowering of our inner Divinity. Divinity we always had, but it was implicit; it was dormant. This Divinity has to come to the fore and be manifested here on earth. And this manifestation is called the perfection of nature, the perfection of our earthly existence.
But when we practice - we learn to feel our conscious, constant and inseparable oneness with God, our Inner Pilot (Thought Adjuster)
Spirituality is not something unearthly. It is not something abnormal. It is not something unusual. Spirituality is something normal, natural and most fulfilling. If someone tells you that in order to practice true spirituality and discover the highest Truth, you have to shun society, you have to enter into the Himalayan caves, then I wish to say that this advice is incorrect. Spirituality, real spirituality, tells us to stay here on earth and feel the existence of God in the multifarious activities of our day-to-day life. We have to brave the challenge of the world. We have to fight against the enemies that we have deep within us: fear, doubt, anxiety, jealousy and imperfection. If we retreat to the Himalayan caves or to the farthest reaches of the globe, then our nature will remain imperfect. We have to conquer these undivine, hostile forces right here and now — here on earth, in the midst of society. Divine love is the song of expansion. The first message - is self-discovery. When we practice concentration, meditation and contemplation, slowly, steadily and unerringly we bring to the fore our inner wealth and serve mankind, fulfilling the Inner Pilot, the Supreme, within us. “ Sri Chynmoy
To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour - William Blake
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Living in Harmony with the Nature; that how we should all live, maybe one day ;)) the appreciation of space and creative mind - brings peace.
Frank Lloyd Wright's - FallingWater - was build in late 1930's
Thank you Peekay and you are absolutely right of course ... we are all Masters in our own way I guess, and Art is such an amazing creative outlet ... and also there is just so many different styles and methods and ways to create Art that seem to stretch out in so many avenues... I Love Art no matter what it is or how fine tuned it is or not, its all beautiful and unique and wonderfull .. all forms of Art... but the Hyper Realistic stuff is absolutely mind blowing ;)
And Ara, you are absolutely right aswell ;) .. the peace is always there inside us in every moment ... I often feel nervous and sometimes I get afraid in life but thank you for reminding me aswell to harness the inner center .. I must have got some crap batteries when I was born, the non rechargable variety because sometimes I just cant find the energy to find any energy .. Lol .. no worries, it will all be ok ;)
and thank you Semile ... I love that drawing by Emanuele Dascanio .. I studied that video and I am taking some tips from his technique ... hyper realism blows my mind ... here are some other Hyper Realist painters, Pedro Campus, Johannes Müller-Franken, Eric Christensen amonge others ...
So for All of my dear friends here in Self Rising .. here are a few more ..
The color ones all oil paintings believe it or not ...
well Hyper realism is my new favorite style ;)
Luke ... ;) change is always 'insane' - it bring chaos (but still there is an order), as to be part of 'noisy life' ... perhaps we need to find our inner center, the peace within always there (the eye of tornado) ... ;)) ... however i agree we need to recharge our batteries, by visiting Nature or places that we feel connection to.
nice Peekay ;)
the evolution in art is an evolution in life ... there is a hope for the future after all ;))
.. sorry ... I dont really mean the world has gone insane ... but there sure appears to be a fair amount of strangeness, the world is beautiful and life is wild but God only knows whats around the corner ...
.. and yes Ara .. thats also really cool .. you know, sometimes I wish I was living in somewhere like Mongolia .. anywhere that has solitude, like a Tibetan Monastery for example where I can rest my bones for the rest of my days.. a totally quiet, peacefull place where I can grow old without the noise of a throbbing, industrial city....
Sometimes I wish I was a bird ... I know it sound crazy but for me, living as a human being often drives me practically bonkers ...
This planet, it appears to be just such a nut house, its like an insane asylum, the noise, the fumes, the energy in people ... I know many others may view it differently but I feel this world has gone insane .. so a place like Mongolia appeals to me, a simple, uninturupted, peacefull life ... of course, after a couple of weeks in the mountains of Tibet or in the wilds of Mongolia or wherever, I would probibly want to get back to the city, back to the Neon, back to the computer and as soon as I did, I would rant in ACC about how much I miss the quiet mountains in Tibet ...
... will we ever be set free?
Peekay, after seeing this pencil drawing, I am now destroying all of my art materials ... I give up ... well not exactly but JESUS ...
Whenever I see talent such as that, I dont know what to do .... I am completely humbled and inspired and yet it makes me feel like a deflated balloon at the same time ... her work is astonishing ... she is s deserved winner and I wish her all the success and happiness in the world ...
I would love to be able to create something as good as that ... blows my mind .. I like the Hyper Realistic style of art ...
It is really incredible ... that genre or style is actually a really rare form and not many people can do it ... and for someone who is sixteen to create such a brilliant work of art, it just leaves me wondering why I feel I wasted my own youth in a way ...
Here is a hyper realistic pencil drawing that I found that I thought I would share by Italy-based artist Diego Fazio..
a 13 year old eagle huntress in Mongolia - Ashol-Pan ... ;)) - that has been a male activity for around 2,000 years, say something about Mongolia in the 21st Century.
hi Hellen ... i am so glad that you are moving forward and getting stronger by embracing your self fully. Physical scars heals faster, emotional ones take time, there is a saying that some wounds are never meant to be mended, they become part of our Soul, they heal but the scars remain visible for those who can see.
Anger is one of the strong draining emotion, its suck the life out of us, and it does makes us bitter, sarcastic and cynical ... maybe because we take things too personal, after all the World and Universe does everything possible to make our life more meaningful, we just need to stop once in the while to see it.
Thank you dear Hellen, for sharing your experiences and feel ok about it ... ;))
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