artofstillness » stillness

is it really empty

akdonchampi — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:14:23 +0000

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.

Paramitas

akdonchampi — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:55:17 +0000

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

Embrace meditation: art process

akdonchampi — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:26:39 +0000

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. Drop the fear. Silence the mind. Feel the love. This is surrender. Just let go.

When we not looking outside, but search within.
then the stillness will appear…trust and be in the now, this is being closer to the temple of god.

Art Session July2008

akdonchampi — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:52:23 +0000

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

akdonchampi — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:58:18 +0000

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 out. It is due to the decision of implementing the element of now(presence) as one of the factor in its equation. Art of stillness, presents itself as it is, unlike any that present itself before. A fresh new one, just as living is only in this exact point. It is only NOW. The past and the future is only illusion.

simply life

akdonchampi — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:47:13 +0000

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 been passed no need to cling back to it. Just let it go… new destination is ahead. Be detached as soon as it is gone. It is that simple.

Zero

akdonchampi — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:27:08 +0000

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. When we are nothing we can become everything. When we are this and that, the this and that might limit us, as controling as it can be. There is fear to change. There is a fear of losing this and that can keep one from embracing change. So this and that, are actually sets a barrier that separate us from experiencing more. The memories can become handy to help the this and that. They limit us. They keep us away from the truth, from the source. Keep us always in the loop. Keep us inside the default programings. Make us subscribe to the known patterns. Stuck to the habits, become the servant to the virus program of the memory.
When we are this and that, and we want to explore more, to become more, we have to let go of the clinging to this and that. To let go. To let God. To let the Universe, be back in control. Once we having this and that, we can have more this and that, if we can return for a while to Zero, to nothing. realign back to the source. reformat certain parts of the hardisk, rejuvenate our operating system with the healing energy of the source. When we are back into this physical universe; effortlessly witness things that we want to appear from nothing. Cool.

clean the memories

akdonchampi — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:38:01 +0000

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 to carry it along with you to climb the mountain.

we absorbs memories everywhere we go, just as we cannot avoid the unseen dust that accumulating on our pc. The only things, we can do is keep cleaning. more cleaning less dust.

But how to clean memories.?

origin of thoughts

akdonchampi — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:02:49 +0000

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 no way to either spot from where exactly it comes from. The mind can play tricks on us. Memory replaying arises from a patterns in respond to a collective past actions or knowledge can be easily thoughts as an inspiration.

Once a thought arise we will have either a freewill or freewon’t to accept it or not in those split seconds. This is where our belief will function to allow it or not.

release the physical body

akdonchampi — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:10:30 +0000

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 is playing
going in more deeper inside….

deep into stillness… now enter to another stage. let go of your physical body. float out as you feel comfortable. release the body as you at ease. let go the physical attachment. let go… let go…