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Friends on the path – Surrender
Friends on the path came together yet once again. This time they meet at the dawn of the anxiously anticipated Dec 21, 2012, a day rife with prophecies, colourful expectations and an unusually intense planetary alignment. The “end of the … Continue reading
Heissa
This is one of the altar pieces of the Parish Church St Wolfgang, Austria. The artist is Michael Pacher (ca 1430 – 1498) and this beautiful scene is complemented with a traditional Christmas carol from the area. Its a shepherd’s … Continue reading
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Apocalypse
This is Giotto’s Last Judgement. Just look at it and see what this is all about. Fire and brimstone, the purification of the soul and the alchemical reaction. Here is the traditional interpretation: The top part shows Heaven, with Jesus … Continue reading
Still, still, still
This is a detail from a ceiling fresco in Vienna – angels bringing the Christ Child from the heavenly father to the earth. And this is one of my favorites. …a carol traditionally sung in churches at the nativity Still, … Continue reading
Winged bringers of joy
A Giotto angel…one of his wondrous, birdlike creatures. Maybe this is how people saw them in the early 14th century ? Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o’er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous … Continue reading
The earliest moon of wintertime
Another nativity by the visionary Giotto.- This one, from the early 1300 is clearly showing the advent from the traditional Byzantine treatment to features of the early Renaissance. The nativity is a scene from a fresco in Assisi. Nobody painted … Continue reading
The unified view
Walt Whitman. The humanist expressing the unified view. I Celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean … Continue reading
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Rejoice
The 3rd Sunday of Advent is the Gaudete Sunday and a rose-coloured candle is lit on the advent wreath. (A proper advent wreath has 3 violet and one rose coloured candle) Gaudete means “rejoice” … When I looked for suitable music, … Continue reading
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A conscious unity with reality
Adyashanti’s beautiful enquiry on the art and wisdom of non-doing Enjoy
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The Living Room 