Finding Who You Truly Are: A New Earth Webcast Chapter 7

Periodically while reading A New Earth I found myself pausing and asking “what does he mean?”  Usually I would have to read and re-read the particular sentence or passage before the words sunk in.  I found this happening with more frequency when reading the last few chapters of A New Earth.
Eckhart begins with the phrase Gnothi Seauton which [...]

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My Ever Changing Moods Paper Doll

In another assignment from the online workshop, The Transformative Nature of Art Dolls, we were tasked with creating a two-sided paper doll that reflected both our good days and bad days; the bright and dark sides.  The idea was to depict these bright and dark sides through images and colors with as few words as [...]

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Quotable Monday

Authentic spirituality awakens the soul, reconnects us with the sacred, and fills us with the passion of life.  Spiritual development is not about religious rituals and practices; it is about waking up to the wonder of life.
 -David N. Elkins
 
 
 
 
 

 

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The Artist Slump

My local artist guild, The Bolton Artisans Guild, started its own blog this week.  Below is an expanded version of an entry I posted on the new BAG blog.
Alyson Stanfield discusses artist slumps her newletter this week.  I can certainly relate as I’ve been in an on-again/off-again slump for the past few months.  I’ve noticed this happens [...]

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Art Date: Frida Kahlo Art Exhibit

This past weekend while visiting family in New Jersey, Eric and I had the opportunity to visit the Frida Kahlo exihibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  I admit that I’m not a big fan of Kahlo’s work.  It seems flat and folky on one hand and just bizarre on the other hand.  But because she [...]

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Break Free from the Pain-Body: A New Earth Webcast Chapter 6

Of course the natural follow-up to learning about the pain-body is to learn how to rid yourself of the pain-body. 
The first step in breaking free of the pain-body is to realize that you have a pain-body.  The second step is to stay alert and present enough to notice the pain-body in yourself because when the [...]

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The Pain-Body: A New Earth Webcast Chapter 5

Two Zen monks, Tanzan and Ekido, were walking along a country road that had become extremely muddy after heavy rains.  Near a village, they came upon a young woman who was trying to cross the road but the mud was so deep it would have ruined the silk kimono she was wearing.  Tanzan at once [...]

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Quotable Monday

Lost
Stand still.
The trees ahead and bushes beside you are not lost.
Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes.
Listen.
It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the [...]

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Role Playing: A New Earth Chapter 4 Webcast

The Chapter 4 webcast dove further into the ego with a discussion on role-playing.  When I read the title of this chapter, the first thing that came to mind was acting; that is, pretending to be a character, another person, an image of someone, real or imagined.
When it comes to role playing in relation to the [...]

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Quotable Monday

We travel, initially, to lose ourselves;
and we travel, next, to find ourselves.
We travel to open our hearts and eyes
and learn more about the world.
And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again –
to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.
-Pico Iyer

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