In this Buddha at the Gas Pump interview, Rick Archer presents the art (assisted by AI) of Jurgen Ziewe, who has traveled to the astral world in what he quantifies as 200 hours. What he offers between the illustrations and the commentary amounts to extraordinary insights for we mortals. Because, as I see it, what … Continue reading Jurgen Ziewe’s Spiritual Illustrations
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If You Aren’t Grokking it…
I was a popular blogger a decade ago, back when blogs meant something. So much so that I got interviewed by NYT’s and Al Jazeera Europe Live. Those days are over. The internet has gotten pretty junked up. Which means that for me to do research on the internet on a topic it takes some … Continue reading If You Aren’t Grokking it…
Art is a Method of Viewing Non-reality
Picasso There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.---Pablo Picasso
Picasso’s Dove and Learning New Things
I am always doing that which I can not do,in order that I may learn how to do it.----Pablo Picasso 1881-1973
The 10 Ox Herding Illustrations
Sometimes called: Oxherder Illustrations . Ten Bulls. Ten Ox Herding Pictures. This series of illustrations is about taming the wild calf, and the calf is the wild mind, and in the story its needs are tamed. This story originated in china in the 12th century. It ended in the disappearance of the practitioner. In the … Continue reading The 10 Ox Herding Illustrations
Escher and Taoism on One Page
Don't chase after people's approval.Don't depend on your plans.Don't make decisions;let decisions make themselves.Free yourself of concepts;don't believe what you think.Embody the inexhaustible.Wander beyond all paths.Receive what you have been givenand know that it is always enough.The Master's mind is like a mirror:it responds but doesn't store,contains nothing, excludes nothing,and reflects things exactly as they … Continue reading Escher and Taoism on One Page
Time Waits For No One at All
Just like the driftwood of a dreamLeft of the seashore of sleepJust like the words that wouldn't rhymeLost in the desert of timeTime waits for no one at allNo, not even youYou thought you'd seen it all beforeYou really thought you knew ---Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues) Image credit: Bather at the Seashore (Baigneuse au … Continue reading Time Waits For No One at All
One Seeker's Story 