AS PRIOR ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
“SOMETIMES QUICKLY-SOMETIMES SLOWLY”
WITHER AWAY
I BECOME THE ARROW IN
CREATOR’S/CREATION'S DRAWN BOW....
A RELENTLESS IMPECCABLE FOCUS
<
THEN LOSS OF ALL CONSCIOUS AWARENESS
MELTED IN/OF/AS CREATOR
AS ARROW IS LOOSED
FLYING TO
(& SIMULTANEOUSLY AM)
CENTER OF TARGET
=
∞
∞AN UNINTERRUPTED WAY OF LIFE∞
∞ORIGINAL SILENCE POSSESSION∞
∞ TAO CORE∞
∞WU-WEI∞
∞ew∞
∞
∞6:25 AM-4/13/20∞
∞
(See Read More Below Afternoon Photos for
More re: the above state of consciousness)
“SOMETIMES QUICKLY-SOMETIMES SLOWLY”
WITHER AWAY
I BECOME THE ARROW IN
CREATOR’S/CREATION'S DRAWN BOW....
A RELENTLESS IMPECCABLE FOCUS
<
THEN LOSS OF ALL CONSCIOUS AWARENESS
MELTED IN/OF/AS CREATOR
AS ARROW IS LOOSED
FLYING TO
(& SIMULTANEOUSLY AM)
CENTER OF TARGET
=
∞
∞AN UNINTERRUPTED WAY OF LIFE∞
∞ORIGINAL SILENCE POSSESSION∞
∞ TAO CORE∞
∞WU-WEI∞
∞ew∞
∞
∞6:25 AM-4/13/20∞
∞
(See Read More Below Afternoon Photos for
More re: the above state of consciousness)
All Photos (unless otherwise noted) from
Harbour Island, Bahamas
NO CHOICE
TRANSPARENT SILENCE OF ORIGIN
April 13, 2019
https://dorotheamills.weebly.com/oceanspeak-youthanasia-sanctarii/no-choice-transparent-silence-of-origin-free-of-all-desires-being-in-the-void-april-13-2019
Harbour Island, Bahamas
NO CHOICE
TRANSPARENT SILENCE OF ORIGIN
April 13, 2019
https://dorotheamills.weebly.com/oceanspeak-youthanasia-sanctarii/no-choice-transparent-silence-of-origin-free-of-all-desires-being-in-the-void-april-13-2019
We are solitary.
We can delude ourselves about this
and act as if it were not true.
That is all.
But how much better it is to recognize
that we are alone;
yes, even to begin from this realization.
Rainer Maria Rilke
We can delude ourselves about this
and act as if it were not true.
That is all.
But how much better it is to recognize
that we are alone;
yes, even to begin from this realization.
Rainer Maria Rilke
We have been put into life
as into the element we most accord with,
and we have, moreover, through thousands of years of adaptation, come to resemble this life so greatly
that when we hold still,
through a fortunate mimicry
we can hardly be differentiated
from everything around us.
as into the element we most accord with,
and we have, moreover, through thousands of years of adaptation, come to resemble this life so greatly
that when we hold still,
through a fortunate mimicry
we can hardly be differentiated
from everything around us.
We have no reason to harbour
any mistrust against our world,
for it is not against us.
If it has terrors, they are our terrors;
if it has abysses, these abysses belong to us;
if there are dangers, we must try to love them.
And if only we arrange our life in accordance
with the principle which tells us
that we must always trust in the difficult,
then what now appears to us as the most alien
will become
our most intimate and trusted experience.
any mistrust against our world,
for it is not against us.
If it has terrors, they are our terrors;
if it has abysses, these abysses belong to us;
if there are dangers, we must try to love them.
And if only we arrange our life in accordance
with the principle which tells us
that we must always trust in the difficult,
then what now appears to us as the most alien
will become
our most intimate and trusted experience.
How could we forget those ancient myths
that stand at the beginning of all races,
the myths about dragons that at the last moment
are transformed into princesses?
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses
who are only waiting to see us act,
just once,
with beauty and courage …
Rainer Maria Rilke
that stand at the beginning of all races,
the myths about dragons that at the last moment
are transformed into princesses?
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses
who are only waiting to see us act,
just once,
with beauty and courage …
Rainer Maria Rilke
Paris, on the second day of Christmas 1908
It must be immense, this silence,
in which sounds and movements have room,
and if one thinks that along with all this
the presence of the distant sea also resounds,
perhaps as the innermost note in this prehistoric harmony,
then one can only wish
that you are trustingly and patiently
letting the magnificent solitude work upon you,
this solitude which can no longer
be erased from your life;
which, in everything that is in store
for you to experience and to do,
will act an anonymous influence,
continuously and gently decisive,
rather as the blood of our ancestors
incessantly moves in us and combines
with our own to form the unique,
unrepeatable being
that we are at every turning of our life.
Rainer Maria Rilke
It must be immense, this silence,
in which sounds and movements have room,
and if one thinks that along with all this
the presence of the distant sea also resounds,
perhaps as the innermost note in this prehistoric harmony,
then one can only wish
that you are trustingly and patiently
letting the magnificent solitude work upon you,
this solitude which can no longer
be erased from your life;
which, in everything that is in store
for you to experience and to do,
will act an anonymous influence,
continuously and gently decisive,
rather as the blood of our ancestors
incessantly moves in us and combines
with our own to form the unique,
unrepeatable being
that we are at every turning of our life.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Furuborg, Jonsered, Sweden, 4th November 1904
… just the wish that you may find in yourself enough patience to endure and enough simplicity to have faith; that you may gain more and more confidence in what is difficult and in your solitude among other people. And as for the rest, let life happen to you.
Believe me:
life is in the right, always.
—Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
… just the wish that you may find in yourself enough patience to endure and enough simplicity to have faith; that you may gain more and more confidence in what is difficult and in your solitude among other people. And as for the rest, let life happen to you.
Believe me:
life is in the right, always.
—Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
All Quotes above in this font from Rilke are from this article:
https://www.theculturium.com/rainer-maria-rilke-on-solitude/
Also See Read More
Below Afternoon Photos
https://www.theculturium.com/rainer-maria-rilke-on-solitude/
Also See Read More
Below Afternoon Photos
AFTERNOON
A man went for a walk one day.
As he walked,
he became aware that he was feeling lost and alone.
Rather than push the feelings away,
he allowed them to be present with him.
"I'm lost. I am all alone,"
he cried to himself.
A deep sadness arose within him.
As he walked,
he became aware that he was feeling lost and alone.
Rather than push the feelings away,
he allowed them to be present with him.
"I'm lost. I am all alone,"
he cried to himself.
A deep sadness arose within him.
Suddenly a voice arose from a deeper level.
"If you are lost, then where are you?"
It was the voice of his Being.
It was the voice of truth.
The man paused to consider the question.
"If I am lost, then where am I?" he asked aloud.
He sat down and as much as possible,
he became present with his feelings.
"If you are lost, then where are you?"
It was the voice of his Being.
It was the voice of truth.
The man paused to consider the question.
"If I am lost, then where am I?" he asked aloud.
He sat down and as much as possible,
he became present with his feelings.
"I am lost. I am all alone!" he repeated several times.
Once again the voice of his Being gently challenged him.
"You say you are lost.
Then where are you?"
Once again the voice of his Being gently challenged him.
"You say you are lost.
Then where are you?"
The man tried to see where he was.
Suddenly, it became clear to him.
"I am lost in my mind!" he cried.
Suddenly, it became clear to him.
"I am lost in my mind!" he cried.
It was so simple.
He was lost in his mind.
He was lost somewhere in his remembered past.
Or somewhere in his imagined future.
One thing was clear.
He was not here now.
He was lost in his mind.
He was lost somewhere in his remembered past.
Or somewhere in his imagined future.
One thing was clear.
He was not here now.
He closed his eyes and became very still.
He became very aware of his body and his breath.
He became very aware of the sounds around him.
He could feel the soft caress
of the breeze upon his face.
He became very aware of his body and his breath.
He became very aware of the sounds around him.
He could feel the soft caress
of the breeze upon his face.
He became silent.
He began to feel very present.
The feeling of being lost and alone disappeared.
He paused for a few moments in silent gratitude.
He opened his eyes
and his heart exploded with joy
as a bird soared into the sky.
Leonard Jacobson - The Walkhttps://www.leonardjacobson.com/
http://nomindsland.blogspot.com/2020/04/leonard-jacobson-walk.html
He paused for a few moments in silent gratitude.
He opened his eyes
and his heart exploded with joy
as a bird soared into the sky.
Leonard Jacobson - The Walkhttps://www.leonardjacobson.com/
http://nomindsland.blogspot.com/2020/04/leonard-jacobson-walk.html
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More re:
Rilke's Writing
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Morning Whisper
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Between 1902 and 1908, a few years prior to his magnum opus,
the Austrian poet ( Rilke) engaged in a correspondence with a 19-year-old student at the Military Academy of Vienna,
Franz Xaver Kappus, who sought advice on the art of writing,
the power of discernment and the affairs of the human heart.
Foreshadowing his own impending difficulties with self-isolation in service of his creative muse, Rilke also addressed the theme of solitude with the young cadet, stating that the discipline for any artist is to resist all distraction and temptation from the outside world and instead, to turn resolutely within.
Only then, once we have categorically accepted our aloneness both physically and psychologically, can the magic begin.
Three years after Rilke’s death,
Kappus published the ten missives,
Letters to a Young Poet
(Briefe an einen jungen Dichter), in 1929,
the compendium quickly becoming a creed
for anyone wishing to carve out the creative life,
not least in solitary confinement
but also during periods of utter turmoil.
In these unprecedented times,
Rilke’s elegant, sagacious treatise
couldn’t be more timely.
Paula Marvelly
https://www.theculturium.com/author/paula-marvelly/
the Austrian poet ( Rilke) engaged in a correspondence with a 19-year-old student at the Military Academy of Vienna,
Franz Xaver Kappus, who sought advice on the art of writing,
the power of discernment and the affairs of the human heart.
Foreshadowing his own impending difficulties with self-isolation in service of his creative muse, Rilke also addressed the theme of solitude with the young cadet, stating that the discipline for any artist is to resist all distraction and temptation from the outside world and instead, to turn resolutely within.
Only then, once we have categorically accepted our aloneness both physically and psychologically, can the magic begin.
Three years after Rilke’s death,
Kappus published the ten missives,
Letters to a Young Poet
(Briefe an einen jungen Dichter), in 1929,
the compendium quickly becoming a creed
for anyone wishing to carve out the creative life,
not least in solitary confinement
but also during periods of utter turmoil.
In these unprecedented times,
Rilke’s elegant, sagacious treatise
couldn’t be more timely.
Paula Marvelly
https://www.theculturium.com/author/paula-marvelly/
AS PRIOR ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
“SOMETIMES QUICKLY-SOMETIMES SLOWLY”
WITHER AWAY
I BECOME THE ARROW IN
CREATOR’S/CREATION'S DRAWN BOW....
A RELENTLESS IMPECCABLE FOCUS
<
THEN LOSS OF ALL CONSCIOUS AWARENESS
MELTED IN/OF/AS CREATOR
AS ARROW IS LOOSED
FLYING TO
(& SIMULTANEOUSLY AM)
CENTER OF TARGET
=
∞
∞AN UNINTERRUPTED WAY OF LIFE∞
∞ORIGINAL SILENCE POSSESSION∞
∞ TAO CORE∞
∞WU-WEI∞
∞ew∞
∞
∞6:25 AM-4/13/20∞
∞
“SOMETIMES QUICKLY-SOMETIMES SLOWLY”
WITHER AWAY
I BECOME THE ARROW IN
CREATOR’S/CREATION'S DRAWN BOW....
A RELENTLESS IMPECCABLE FOCUS
<
THEN LOSS OF ALL CONSCIOUS AWARENESS
MELTED IN/OF/AS CREATOR
AS ARROW IS LOOSED
FLYING TO
(& SIMULTANEOUSLY AM)
CENTER OF TARGET
=
∞
∞AN UNINTERRUPTED WAY OF LIFE∞
∞ORIGINAL SILENCE POSSESSION∞
∞ TAO CORE∞
∞WU-WEI∞
∞ew∞
∞
∞6:25 AM-4/13/20∞
∞
Prior to the above Whisper Wording thru these fingers...as usual I Disappeared into Silence..... an Inner Symbol of Drawn Bow/Arrow Arose.....NO ARCHER IN HUMAN FORM....but symbol we Knew had message for us.....No other details re: this symbol Arose on Inner Planes...then Knew to Google for symbolism of drawn bow/arrow...below are samplers...EXACTLY the Re-Reminder we needed this morning.
Confucius was an archery teacher and used the practice as an analogy for wu-wei, or effortless action. To successfully shoot a bow and arrow intuitively, you’ve got to try not to try, because the moment you start trying too hard to aim, you end up missing the target completely. So it goes in life as well.
The funny thing about instinctive bow shooting and this whole idea of trying not to try is that to get to that state, you’ve got to be intensely mindful and deliberate about it. You’ve got to try to try, before you can try not to try.
Whatever you decide to be your anchor point, fix it in stone and consistently draw your bowstring until you’ve reached that spot
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/shoot-bow-arrow/
"Archery enshrines the principles of human relationships. The Archer perfects his form within himself. If his form is perfect, yet when he releases he misses, there is no point in resenting those who have done better than him. The fault lies nowhere but within himself."
Confucius
http://www.atarn.org/training/chinese_archery_philosophy.htm
The funny thing about instinctive bow shooting and this whole idea of trying not to try is that to get to that state, you’ve got to be intensely mindful and deliberate about it. You’ve got to try to try, before you can try not to try.
Whatever you decide to be your anchor point, fix it in stone and consistently draw your bowstring until you’ve reached that spot
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/shoot-bow-arrow/
"Archery enshrines the principles of human relationships. The Archer perfects his form within himself. If his form is perfect, yet when he releases he misses, there is no point in resenting those who have done better than him. The fault lies nowhere but within himself."
Confucius
http://www.atarn.org/training/chinese_archery_philosophy.htm
Excerpt from
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/podcast-148-trying-not-to-try/
Slingerland: ..... so if you’re in a state of wu-wei you get this power called de, which maybe you’d translate it as charisma, charismatic power. It is something that, if you’re a Confucian, attracts people to you and makes them want to follow you. The ideal Confucian ruler is in a state wu-wei and then everything just falls into order around him. He doesn’t have to command people to follow him. Everyone just wants to follow him. If you’re a Daoist, it’s what- If you’re a Lao Tzu Daoist it does the same thing.
It kind of brings the world into order but no one knows that you’re doing it. You’re kind of this dark figure that no one knows about and yet suddenly everyone feels natural and starts acting naturally.
If you’re a Dao Ni Xiang, this other Daoist thinker, it seems to be a kind of power that relaxes people around you so they feel comfortable around you. It helps; it’s almost like a kind of spiritual therapy you have on other people when you can emanate this power of do.
It’s a power that you get when you’re in the state of wu-wei.
Brett McKay: Interesting and what I found was curious is that all these different philosophers who were talking about how to achieve wu-wei, they all sort of came to rise during the same time period, which
I guess is the Warring States period?
Slingerland: Mm-hmm
Brett McKay: Do historians have any idea why that is?
Slingerland: Well, the Warring, a lot of things happened during the Warring States period. This was really when Chinese philosophy starts. It’s the beginning of explicit philosophizing in China and it’s probably because it was a period of, first of all, expanding population and expanding literacy so you have a lot more people who are actually able to write thoughts down.
I think primarily it was a period of chaos so it was a period where China was divided into these various states who are all fighting viciously with one another to try to obtain supremacy.
Eventually one of them succeeding in swallowing up all the others and that became the Qin Dynasty, the first unifier of China.
I think what was interesting is you have all these different states. They all have courts so the rulers of these various states had essentially think takes so they have these academies where they invite thinkers to come and give them advice about how to be successful.
It’s not an academic issue because
they’re in danger of being wiped out.
It was really a time of creativity.
You get a lot of schools where all the major indigenous schools of thought in China arise and they’re not just focused on wu-wei. There are actually a lot of thinkers who are opposed to wu-wei and think you need to use rationality or cognitive control to properly order a state. I think all of this is happening in this time period because it really is when the intellectual foundations of Chinese thought get laid.
EXCERPT FROM;
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/podcast-148-trying-not-to-try/
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/podcast-148-trying-not-to-try/
Slingerland: ..... so if you’re in a state of wu-wei you get this power called de, which maybe you’d translate it as charisma, charismatic power. It is something that, if you’re a Confucian, attracts people to you and makes them want to follow you. The ideal Confucian ruler is in a state wu-wei and then everything just falls into order around him. He doesn’t have to command people to follow him. Everyone just wants to follow him. If you’re a Daoist, it’s what- If you’re a Lao Tzu Daoist it does the same thing.
It kind of brings the world into order but no one knows that you’re doing it. You’re kind of this dark figure that no one knows about and yet suddenly everyone feels natural and starts acting naturally.
If you’re a Dao Ni Xiang, this other Daoist thinker, it seems to be a kind of power that relaxes people around you so they feel comfortable around you. It helps; it’s almost like a kind of spiritual therapy you have on other people when you can emanate this power of do.
It’s a power that you get when you’re in the state of wu-wei.
Brett McKay: Interesting and what I found was curious is that all these different philosophers who were talking about how to achieve wu-wei, they all sort of came to rise during the same time period, which
I guess is the Warring States period?
Slingerland: Mm-hmm
Brett McKay: Do historians have any idea why that is?
Slingerland: Well, the Warring, a lot of things happened during the Warring States period. This was really when Chinese philosophy starts. It’s the beginning of explicit philosophizing in China and it’s probably because it was a period of, first of all, expanding population and expanding literacy so you have a lot more people who are actually able to write thoughts down.
I think primarily it was a period of chaos so it was a period where China was divided into these various states who are all fighting viciously with one another to try to obtain supremacy.
Eventually one of them succeeding in swallowing up all the others and that became the Qin Dynasty, the first unifier of China.
I think what was interesting is you have all these different states. They all have courts so the rulers of these various states had essentially think takes so they have these academies where they invite thinkers to come and give them advice about how to be successful.
It’s not an academic issue because
they’re in danger of being wiped out.
It was really a time of creativity.
You get a lot of schools where all the major indigenous schools of thought in China arise and they’re not just focused on wu-wei. There are actually a lot of thinkers who are opposed to wu-wei and think you need to use rationality or cognitive control to properly order a state. I think all of this is happening in this time period because it really is when the intellectual foundations of Chinese thought get laid.
EXCERPT FROM;
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/podcast-148-trying-not-to-try/
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