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Dogboy
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 Posted - Dec 20 2013 : 10:31:19 PM
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As a kid I liked to play eye tricks, soften my focus on the nun teaching my first grade class so she would melt into a black and white puddle. My dad had a VW Beetle and I remember laying in the 'way back' and staring at the dot pattern on the ceiling. After a while I could make the dots 'step forward' from two-to- three dimensions. Oils slicks in rain puddles became became microcosmic frontiers. Who hasn't gazed into their own eyes in the mirror until you face disintegrates into the periphery? Lying on the beach with eyes closed, I could spend hours lost in the lava flows on the back of my eyelids.
Needless to say, I eventually enrolled in art school and delved into abstract landscapes. Although I no longer produce art, I still find it in the every-day, in the late afternoon shadows on the sidewalk, in the ice cream clouds concealing the full moon, in the mica growing on granite boulders. After taking up Hatha yoga a decade ago, I rediscovered eye tricks when employing drishti, particularly in balance poses. I tend to seek out negative space, for instance, resting my gaze in the blackness beyond the heating vent in the studio or on the line where the top of the window butts up against the sky, imagining the vast expanse in that thin edge.
When in shivashina or deep meditation, alone with the witness behind my eyelids, I become drawn into the colorful vapors and particles that dance there. As ecstatic conductivity increases, I now see wormholes twirling in the mist, and activity deep, deep into the tiny twirling hole and I can't help but wonder if they are related to the shishumna. Regardless, I stay with the mantra, enjoy the scenery, and surrender to the process. It has occurred to me this micro/macro activity and viewpoint over the year has led me here, keeps me engaged, and guides me forward.
I have no questions, just sharing observations, and wonder if others gaze into the wormholes. |
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Dogboy
USA
2207 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2014 : 3:58:59 PM
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It's just scenery, you dumb a$$.  |
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BillinL.A.
USA
375 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2014 : 5:30:38 PM
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I bet the people you love don't think that you "no longer produce art" or that your sentiments and perceptions are just so much "scenery".
Your sharing brings to mind a saint who said its God playing peek a boo with us and more and more gives us the feeling of our Ishta saying "Hello playmate, I am here".
You're a joy to be around dude! |
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sunyata
USA
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Posted - Aug 22 2014 : 5:49:10 PM
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It's just scenery, you dumb a$$.
Dogboy,
Your posts are adorable!!!
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Ayiram
88 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2014 : 04:07:27 AM
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Dogboy,
haven´t you noticed that you´re still producing art? Here you paint with words.
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When in shivashina or deep meditation, alone with the witness behind my eyelids, I become drawn into the colorful vapors and particles that dance there. As ecstatic conductivity increases, I now see wormholes twirling in the mist, and activity deep, deep into the tiny twirling hole and I can't help but wonder if they are related to the shishumna.
...I believe they are. The purification of the nerve.
Something similar happened to me during the night´s sleep; first it felt like a worm-hole being created in the dark depths of my inner space and as it was coming closer to the surface it took a form of a huge colorful whirlpool, it picked me up, threw me high and as I was flying away, I exploded into a million colorful particles...and it kept repeating itself...and after some time I said to it:"Ok, this is fun. But is this who I am?" And it just disappeared...  What a party-breaker I am, I know...
And I still play with the combination of water and light while watering my garden - seeing rainbows.
Thanks for the lovely thread. |
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Ayiram
88 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2014 : 04:13:28 AM
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Your sharing brings to mind a saint who said its God playing peek a boo with us and more and more gives us the feeling of our Ishta saying "Hello playmate, I am here".
ha, ha... so true BillinL.A.!!!! I love it!!!! Thank you for sharing this...you have a biiiig hug from me!!! |
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Dogboy
USA
2207 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2014 : 10:33:33 AM
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Sunyata, you made me smile, hope you and your family are well.
Thank you Bill in LA and ayiram, yes, art happens in impermanent ways and days and it is our duty to be playful always! |
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SeySorciere
Seychelles
1537 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2014 : 12:44:15 AM
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Dogboy
USA
2207 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2014 : 4:12:00 PM
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| I've only recently realized the "scenic" wormhole is intended as a drishti when my eyes are closed. Seems so simple really, how did I miss that? Now in its presence I take it as a clue to surrender, and the moment thickens accordingly. |
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Aug 25 2014 : 5:48:14 PM
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I can relate 100%. I like how you describe your process. Catch you on the flip...side... |
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