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is it really empty

once a cup is empty(of water), it is it full of air,
once the five skandas (form, feeling, perception, intention, consciousness) are empty, it is full of life.

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Paramitas

Ten Paramitas (perfections)

Dāna parami : generosity, giving of oneself
Sīla parami : virtue, morality, proper conduct
Nekkhamma parami : renunciation
Paññā parami : transcendental wisdom, insight
Viriya (also spelt vīriya) parami : energy, diligence, vigour, effort
Khanti parami : patience, tolerance, forbearance, acceptance, endurance
Sacca parami : truthfulness, honesty
Adhiṭṭhāna (adhitthana) parami : determination, resolution
Mettā parami : loving-kindness
Upekkhā (also spelt upekhā) parami : equanimity, serenity

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Embrace meditation: art process

Embrace meditation as part of art process.
Instead of trying to establish form and giving it character, instead of wanting to take control.
Go into the artwork itself, Surrender to it, let yourself being possess by the painting. no need to understand it, just dance with it, sing with it.
Dissolve your ego…. Don’t try to be religious. [...]

Art Session July2008

start. a photograph of my room curtain. nothing special.

little adjustment. give it some texture.

invert the color.

simplification process.

simplification with color adjustment. save to archive.

recall “own” memory and a color adjustment. session to be continued.

Bringing mindfulness into the painting

Being in stillness, being in presence.
Bringing mindfulness into the painting. Each moment is unique as in meditation each breath is difference.
Each of art of stillness process is unique. Nothing can be repeated. It will never be the same as it was, even by implementing the same exact procedure. It always something new that will turn [...]

simply life

Our life is so simple. just let go the resistant to take control. let the river of life brings you down to the destination.Once a while, you can just stop anywhere along the riverbank, spend some times, have a little fun, while in the journey. No struggle necessary, all at ease. Once a place have [...]

Zero

Zero.
We arise from nothing and soon, we will disperse into nothing. Seems like we arise from nothing to experience “things” here. To have fun. To have a “life”.
Our idea coming from nothing. We are just nothing. When we are this and that we are actually keeping away from where we always are, which is nothing. [...]

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clean the memories

memories, somethings from the past that bothering us… can be from our past life, or a minutes ago. Memory will only limits ones potentiality. To arrive to a point of full potentiality, we have to freed ourself from memory. Once you arrive at the other shore you have to leave your boat behind, no need [...]

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origin of thoughts

Thought becomes things. But, where is the thought comes from?
Thoughts arise either from two places. Both from the unconscious. At default state, most of the time, from the memories, the establish patterns, the known, the karma. Or it may comes as an inspiration from the source, the divine or the gap, the unmanifest. There is [...]

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release the physical body

deep into stillness… as the body relax, as the face, as the jaw relaxing…
the feel of emptiness filling in, no effort to create no more efforts,
the arms, the hands, the feet at their own peace, unnoticed anymore… you are not feeling it anymore
the mind lost.. not controlling anymore breathings, quietness is the only sounds that [...]

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nothing secret

when there is nothing, there is no secret.  no answer available.
when there is nothing secret, answer is still there…

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