Bronze necklace with picture of Manipura chakra.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Monday, July 4, 2016
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Green crystal mandala on canvas
Green crystal mandala on canvas
“Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you
always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be
annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will
tell you that you're wrong; that nothing really matters outside its
touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.”
― Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan
“Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.”
― Carlos Castaneda, Fire from Within
The art of stalking is the be ruthless, cunning, patient, and sweet.
Castaneda
― Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan
“Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.”
― Carlos Castaneda, Fire from Within
The art of stalking is the be ruthless, cunning, patient, and sweet.
Castaneda
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Friday, July 1, 2016
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Gem flower mandala
Gem flower mandala
Distemper paints on paper
“I said to the night,
"If you are in love with the moon,
it is because you never stay for long."
The night turned to me and said,
"It is not my fault. I never see the Sun,
how can I know that love is endless?”
― Rumi, Whispers of the Beloved
"If you are in love with the moon,
it is because you never stay for long."
The night turned to me and said,
"It is not my fault. I never see the Sun,
how can I know that love is endless?”
― Rumi, Whispers of the Beloved
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Pink ethno mandala
Distemper paints on paper, photoshop
“Life is beautiful because it is insecure. Life is beautiful because
there is death. Life is beautiful because it can be missed. If you
cannot miss it, everything is forced upon you, then even life becomes an
imprisonment. You will not be able to enjoy it. Even if you are ordered
to be blissful, commanded to be free, then bliss and freedom both are
gone. “Will existence protect me when I allow myself to let go?” Try!
Only one thing I can say to you.… I am not talking to your fear,
remember. Only one thing I can say to you—all those who have tried have
found that it protects. But I am not talking to your fear. I am simply
encouraging your adventure, that’s all. I am persuading, seducing you
toward adventure. I am not talking to your fear. All those who have
tried have found that infinite is the protection.”
― Osho, Living on Your Own Terms: What Is Real Rebellion?
― Osho, Living on Your Own Terms: What Is Real Rebellion?
Tarot Card Interpretation - The Empress
The Empress
Introduction: The Empress is an archetype of feminine
power; she is watery, hard to fathom, mysterious, fertile, and sexual.
She augurs a need for us to be in touch with our feminine side, to
listen to our intuition, and to give priority to our emotions an
passions. She can signify coming abundance.
General: People are going to be more attracted to
you than usual (in every sense) and you are likely to find people on
your doorstep, wanting your advice/your shoulder to cry on. This will be
beneficial to you because you are now going to be able to see yourself
more in the way that others see you - as someone with wisdom, and a lot
to offer. So share your hard-won perspectives on life, know that your
wisdom and caring is valuable.
Work: Things should be going very well for you.
People will be inspired by your ideas, your passions, and your way of
doing things. Let your ‘inner voice' guide you in how you operate. The
empress directs us to follow our bliss, and that the rest will follow.
Love: This is a potent time for love, you may find
that men and women alike are suddenly finding you far more attractive
(both in terms of friendship and romance,) and you will want to be
careful with how you use this power, as it's very potent. If you are
single, this is a time when love - true love - could very well come your
way. Committed relationships often become sweeter, deeper, and truer
under this influence.
Finances: This card shows an excellent time to make
investments, follow your instincts about them. Money should be flowing
very well. Be sure to "keep the flow going" by putting back out a little
of what you have, to a person or cause that is important to you. Share
your abundance.
Health: If you're trying to get pregnant; this is an
excellent sign that this may be forthcoming. If you're not ready to be a
parent and pregnancy is a possibility for you, this is a time when you
want to be triply careful. If you're having health issues of any kind,
ponder them from a different point of view; what is your body trying to
tell you? Consider adding some sort of naturopathic or homeopathic
approach to your health regime.
Spirituality: Your intuition may well be trying to
send you a message during this time also. It will be important to listen
closely to it now and if that requires that you make time alone, even
though there are others that need you, then making time alone needs to
be a priority. Heed any messages or warnings that seem to come to you
now through your "inner voice."
Vintage mandalas
Mystery mandala
Wheel mandala
“First thing: There is no need to survive in this world. This world is a
madhouse. There is no need to survive in it. There is no need to
survive in the world of ambition, politics, ego. It is the disease. But
there is another way to be, and the whole religious standpoint is: You
can be in this world and not be of it. “When I listen to my feelings, my
inner voice, they tell me to do nothing.…” Then don’t do anything.
There is nobody higher than you, and God speaks to you directly. Start
trusting your inner feelings. Then don’t do anything. If you feel just
to sleep, eat, and play on the beach, perfect. Let that be your
religion. Don’t be afraid then. You will have to drop fear. And if it is
a question of choosing between the inner feeling and the fear, choose
the inner feeling. Don’t choose the fear. So many people have chosen
their path out of fear, so they live in a limbo, they live in
indecision. Fear is not going to help. Fear always means the fear of the
unknown. Fear always means the fear of death. Fear always means the
fear of being lost—but if you really want to be alive, you have to
accept the possibility of being lost. You have to accept the insecurity
of the unknown, the discomfort and the inconvenience of the unfamiliar,
the strange. That is the price one has to pay for the blessing that
follows it, and nothing can be achieved without paying for it. You have
to pay for it: Otherwise you will remain fear-paralyzed. Your whole life
will be lost. Enjoy whatsoever your inner feeling is.”
― Osho, Living on Your Own Terms: What Is Real Rebellion?
― Osho, Living on Your Own Terms: What Is Real Rebellion?
Monday, June 27, 2016
Blue persian mandala
Blue persian mandala
Distemper paints on paper, photoshop
“Some nights stay up till dawn,
as the moon sometimes does for the sun.
Be a full bucket pulled up the dark way
of a well, then lifted out into light.”
― Rumi
as the moon sometimes does for the sun.
Be a full bucket pulled up the dark way
of a well, then lifted out into light.”
― Rumi
Mars
Mars
The rotational period and seasonal cycles of Mars are likewise similar to those of Earth, as is the tilt that produces the seasons. Mars is the site of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano and second-highest known mountain in the Solar System, and of Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons in the Solar System. The smooth Borealis basin in the northern hemisphere covers 40% of the planet and may be a giant impact feature. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are small and irregularly shaped. These may be captured asteroids, similar to 5261 Eureka, a Mars trojan.
Until the first successful Mars flyby in 1965 by Mariner 4, many speculated about the presence of liquid water on the planet's surface. This was based on observed periodic variations in light and dark patches, particularly in the polar latitudes, which appeared to be seas and continents; long, dark striations were interpreted by some as irrigation channels for liquid water. These straight line features were later explained as optical illusions, though geological evidence gathered by uncrewed missions suggests that Mars once had large-scale water coverage on its surface at an earlier stage of its existence. In 2005, radar data revealed the presence of large quantities of water ice at the poles and at mid-latitudes. The Mars rover Spirit sampled chemical compounds containing water molecules in March 2007. The Phoenix lander directly sampled water ice in shallow Martian soil on July 31, 2008. On September 28, 2015, NASA announced the presence of briny flowing salt water on the Martian surface.
Mars is host to seven functioning spacecraft: five in orbit—2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN and Mars Orbiter Mission—and two on the surface—Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity and the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity. Observations by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars. In 2013, NASA's Curiosity rover discovered that Mars's soil contains between 1.5% and 3% water by mass (albeit attached to other compounds and thus not freely accessible).
There are ongoing investigations assessing the past habitability potential of Mars, as well as the possibility of extant life. In situ investigations have been performed by the Viking landers, Spirit and Opportunity rovers, Phoenix lander, and Curiosity rover. Future astrobiology missions are planned, including the Mars 2020 and ExoMars rovers.
Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye, as can its reddish coloring. Its apparent magnitude reaches −2.91, which is surpassed only by Jupiter, Venus, the Moon, and the Sun. Optical ground-based telescopes are typically limited to resolving features about 300 kilometers (190 mi) across when Earth and Mars are closest because of Earth's atmosphere.
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Telepathy
Telepathy
There is no scientific evidence that telepathy is a real phenomenon. Many studies seeking to detect, understand, and utilize telepathy have been carried out, but no replicable results from well-controlled experiments exist.
Telepathy is a common theme in modern fiction and science fiction, with many extraterrestrials, superheroes and supervillains having telepathic ability.
In the late 19th century the magician Washington Irving Bishop would perform "thought reading" demonstrations. Bishop claimed no supernatural powers and ascribed his powers to muscular sensitivity (reading thoughts from unconscious bodily cues). Bishop was investigated by a group of scientists including the editor of the British Medical Journal and the psychologist Francis Galton. Bishop performed several feats successfully such as correctly identifying a selected spot on a table and locating a hidden object. During the experiment Bishop required physical contact with a subject who knew the correct answer. He would hold the hand or wrist of the helper. The scientists concluded that Bishop was not a genuine telepath but using a highly trained skill to detect ideomotor movements.
Another famous thought reader was the magician Stuart Cumberland. He was famous for performing blindfolded feats such as identifying a hidden object in a room that a person had picked out or asking someone to imagine a murder scene and then attempt to read the subject's thoughts and identify the victim and reenact the crime. Cumberland claimed to possess no genuine psychic ability and his thought reading performances could only be demonstrated by holding the hand of his subject to read their muscular movements. He came into dispute with psychical researchers associated with the Society for Psychical Research who were searching for genuine cases of telepathy. Cumberland argued that both telepathy and communication with the dead were impossible and that the mind of man can not be read through telepathy, only by muscle reading.
Friday, June 10, 2016
Meditation mandala
Meditation mandala
Distemper paints on paper, photoshop
“There is a loneliness more precious than life. There is a freedom more precious than the world. Infinitely more precious than life and the world is that moment when one is alone with God.”
― Rumi
“There is a loneliness more precious than life. There is a freedom more precious than the world. Infinitely more precious than life and the world is that moment when one is alone with God.”
― Rumi
Folk mandala
Folk mandala
Distemper paints on paper, photoshop
“Be quiet now and wait.
It may be that the ocean one,
the one we desire so to move into and become,
desires us out here on land a little longer,
going our sundry roads to the shore.”
― Rumi
“Be quiet now and wait.
It may be that the ocean one,
the one we desire so to move into and become,
desires us out here on land a little longer,
going our sundry roads to the shore.”
― Rumi
Gem mandala
Gem mandala
Distemper paints on paper, photoshop
“Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret,
and in exchange gain the Ocean.
Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor,
and in the arms of the Sea be secure.
Who indeed should be so fortunate?
An Ocean wooing a drop!
In God's name, in God's name, sell and buy at once!
Give a drop, and take this Sea full of pearls.”
― Rumi
MANDALA ON CANVAS
“Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret,
and in exchange gain the Ocean.
Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor,
and in the arms of the Sea be secure.
Who indeed should be so fortunate?
An Ocean wooing a drop!
In God's name, in God's name, sell and buy at once!
Give a drop, and take this Sea full of pearls.”
― Rumi
MANDALA ON CANVAS
Agate mandala
Agate mandala
Distemper on paper, photoshop
“You're water. We're the millstone.
You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes.
You're spirit. We're the opening and closing
of our hands. You're the clarity.
We're the language that tries to say it.
You're joy. We're all the different kinds of laughing.”
― Rumi, The Essential Rumi
MANDALA ON CANVAS
“You're water. We're the millstone.
You're wind. We're dust blown up into shapes.
You're spirit. We're the opening and closing
of our hands. You're the clarity.
We're the language that tries to say it.
You're joy. We're all the different kinds of laughing.”
― Rumi, The Essential Rumi
MANDALA ON CANVAS
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Monday, June 6, 2016
Afterlife
Afterlife
The afterlife (also referred to as life after death or the hereafter) is the concept of a realm, or the realm itself (whether physical or transcendental), in which an essential part of an individual's identity or consciousness continues to exist after the death
of the body. According to various ideas about the afterlife, the
essential aspect of the individual that lives on after death may be some
partial element, or the entire soul or spirit, of an individual, which carries with it and confers personal identity. Belief in an afterlife, which may be naturalistic or supernatural, is in contrast to the belief in oblivion after death.
In some popular views, this continued existence often takes place in a spiritual realm, and in other popular views, the individual may be reborn into this world
and begin the life cycle over again, likely with no memory of what they
have done in the past. In this latter view, such rebirths and deaths
may take place over and over again continuously until the individual
gains entry to a spiritual realm or Otherworld. Major views on the afterlife derive from religion, esotericism and metaphysics.
Some belief systems, such as those in the Abrahamic tradition, hold that the dead go to a specific plane of existence after death, as determined by a god, gods, or other divine judgment, based on their actions or beliefs during life. In contrast, in systems of reincarnation, such as those in the Indian religions,
the nature of the continued existence is determined directly by the
actions of the individual in the ended life, rather than through the
decision of another being.
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