on art and consciousness, I think

Modern art is most inspiring to me. Zillions of artists doing their own stuff, installations or pieces of work you can’t and don’t want to explain or understand but just watch, feel, hear, taste. And the more it goes the more exciting it is becoming. Past the borders and movements and genres, it feels to me like art expression has reached at last an immense freedom, and that freedom keeps growing as we advance thru time; is it then a coïncidence that this expansion of freedom in art runs parallel to the ever more expanding of our individual and collective consciousness?

I don’t think so - at all.

And that’s what excites me the most about our times. This ever so growing awareness, consciousness - I mean, you know, one could easily state that the internet has taken on the shape of the world’s brain. I believe so. In this global consciousness we reflect and recognize our personal consciousness, project into it, correlate and constantly dialogue with it, and we are truly evolving. Definitely. If you need concrete proofs, just look 100 years back and understand how much mind liberation - through a huge quantity of various disciplines and “discoveries” whether technology, hypnotherapy, EFT, the 60’s, quantum physics, the atom bomb - has already taken place. We now talk of free trade; sustainability; animal rights; global warming, global village; the coming US presidency election is just as important for the US citizens as it is to the rest of the world; and help, that is, non-profit help organisations acting in the third world as well as self-help books and cds throughout the western world - yes, take a minute to reflect on that parallel too - have this word in common: help.

This is ultimately the road to compassion.

And that is true human spiritual evolution. Growth. Ascension. Light.

Consider, the atom bomb has made us fully aware that we had in our posession a tool that could mean the end of our civilization(s). What a burden. A necessary burden.

And we need to make the switch to 100% water fueled engines (existing for some time now) and let go of oil. Free clean energy!

Exciting times. Vibrant times.

I’m saying all of this, of course, from my comfort zone.

But guilt is the last thing, so as fear, that can help anyone.

I started on art. As I said, can’t define it, thanks God, no-one should try to define it if they don’t want to kill it. Or, ok, say you define today what you think art is, but that’s just a certain mental construct, a certain perspective you are having today, or at this moment, and that’s all. It doesn’t say anything about art. It’s a very good thing we can’t define it. Only make some and feel some; some pieces touch me, why, who cares. Modern art is so rich in contrasts and bringing things to places they usually don’t belong, and that’s what I love about it, this displacement.

And then I can never expect anything but the unexpected. And that thrills me.

That a certain sense of beauty emanates from the chaos and transcends reality.

Or just plain fun playing with various materials.

Sensorial.

There’s an old saying. “Art is useless”.

Certainly not. Without art, we’d have been erased from the face of the Earth a long, long time ago.

Even sports nowadays have reached a level you can qualify as artistic: look at Roger Federer play, for one.

And then all of a sudden you realize and notice that art is everywhere around us. In everything. In nature, in beauty, in sacred geometry. Which tells me one thing. That if we perceive it in everything, then it is more a state of mind - thus of consciousness - than a given fact. See where I’m getting at. It’s the spirit in us that drives this creative energy by letting the universal flow of energy create thru us, thru our bodies and thru our minds. And this is probably why I don’t feel we can define art, but it is something that flows, our energy, like joy, like re-creation, like discovering. Plainly being alive. Language of the universe (or multiverse?). Our universe is now proven to be non-local by the way, which means that… everything is connected (but didn’t we know this already).

Art - consciousness - spirit.

Ha!

In all expectations….

Simply: LIfE is bacK and lifE is SWEET.

So sweet.

Coïncidences (there are no coïncidences).

Back in my brotherhood-family (”Dylan is back in the picture!” ).

Theatre.

Opening up to myriads of possibles.

My heart is beating strongly. My head full of projects.

Creative mind heart and soul.

Beauty, realisation, love, care, excitment, meaning, emotional and spiritual growth.

My basis and fate just up and around the corner. I am so much back and so much feeling alive again.

Bounced back on emotional hurts which turned into large scars, through which I am creating my new way of being grounded, here, alert, energized, embracing life, embracing life, embracing life.

Learned to trust. To receive again. To give again.

What about fear? I don’t let that stuff in my house.

Remembered how to love.

To love and to nurture.

I am blessed and wish to bless.

Bliss.

:)

Thanks friends

Aurélie, Dennis, Nancy.

You render my life more beautiful.

Hope that it works both ways.

Morrissey - Suedehead

Looking for clues

I’m looking for all sorts of ways to get me out of this. Trying all sorts of activities. Afleiding. It partly works but not essentially. I’m so broken, emotionally. Can’t get out. Maybe I need to stop trying to find ways out. Cos’ maybe there just are none at all. And I’m tired of fighting this alone.

A must see

All you need is love

It’s true, nothing is closer to the truth than that. I see so many people striving to “get” things from others, unable to let love flow. I’ve been there too. So to all, young and old, parents and children, friends or “enemies”: give and let yourselves be given. Don’t fear, for fear makes you become tiny and create all forms of distress. If you have comfort and well-being, share it. Even when you’re low, you can always give.

Be loving.

Pics

Thought some time ago I should get back to visuals. It’s creative and does me good, so there a few pics, taken here and there.

Enjoy.

And if you wish to, let me know which one caught your attention in particular. For me it was “koffie verkeerd”.

self-portrait #1

self-portrait #2

self-portrait #3

terrasse #1

terrasse #2

terrasse #3

inside café #1

café inside!

inside café #2

waters

view from a bridge #1

view from a bridge #2

view from a bridge #3

view from a bridge #4

view from a bridge #5

view from a bridge #6

traffic #1

traffic #2

enseigne

view from another bridge #1

atmosphere #1

atmosphere #2

atmosphere #3

another terrasse #1

another terrasse #2

movement

perspective #1

fabric

trees #1

trees #2

koffie verkeerd

at R.E.M. concert, Westergasfabriek, #1

at R.E.M. concert, Westergasfabriek, #2

at R.E.M. concert, Westergasfabriek, #3

at R.E.M. concert, Westergasfabriek, #4

at R.E.M. concert, Westergasfabriek, #5

at R.E.M. concert, Westergasfabriek, #6

at R.E.M. concert, Westergasfabriek, #7

at Massive Attack concert, Westergasfabriek, #1

at Massive Attack concert, Westergasfabriek, #2

at Massive Attack concert, Westergasfabriek, #3

About connections

Last night when going out I met a bunch of French speaking Swiss girls. We went out until dawn and again this evening. The connection was superb. Just in two evenings I got the feeling I connected with them 100 times more than I did with my former girlfriend in one year. How do you explain this. I notice and realize more and more that language and culture are way more important than I’d realized. However hard you try, they’ll always have the last… word .

It’s an opening time for me, these days. I’m opening myself to any possibility, without prejucide. What will come will come for the best as I am aligning myself more and more completely to my true nature. The road ahead is still long and will feel more and more natural.

No more blues for me . Embrace it all. All the people I’ve known and how we connected and why, I don’t always know why, I know we’ve forged each other on the way, and the past belongs only to itself.

In the last decade or so the popularity of personal life and spiritual coaches, counselors, therapists, healers and meditation teachers has literally skyrocketed.  A primary reason, I think, is because we live in a society so geared toward encouraging distraction and developing the external that until we feel stressed to the point of having no other option, we spend little to no time trying to learn who we are. We are self-un-aware, having no real sense of who we are, what we are or where we are. By the time we get around to trying to find out, the idea is filled with such trepidation, we immediately seek professional help.

And that’s certainly understandable.  Getting to know ourselves can be scary, exciting and downright depressing all in the same moment. If we want to be able to fully embrace the very best life has to offer, however, if we truly do want to walk the Blessing Way path so that we can not only be a blessing, but experience all the abundant blessings life has to offer, we must develop a sense of self-awareness. We must connect with who we really are. We truly must.

Of course, that doesn’t mean total self awareness is going to develop overnight.  Learning to recognize the signals our inner selves give us takes practice, but the practice is easy, and when we incorporate blessing into the process, it becomes a fun, light and absolutely joyous endeavor.

That’s because blessing allows us to happily accept difficult situations whenever and however they arise. We don’t have to grit our teeth and pretend that everything is a-okay while our insides our churning and our fears are rising. We remain at peace, steadfast in our knowledge that a seed of benefit is hidden within the experience and, now germinated  by our blessing, will sprout and bloom.

Consider a minor problem. Let’s say for the purpose of demonstration, that your computer is not working as it should and you can feel your irritation growing by the second. While you know that the problem is not major, it’s still just aggravating enough to make you feel unsettled, as though you hit a minor rapid on the stream of life. You feeling out of kilter with life and not sure how to get back into alignment.

Begin by blessing the computer and accepting that the beyond the faulty work performance being currently displayed, there’s a benefit. You may not be certain yet what it is, but you can trust that it is there, just the same. This like everything else in your life deserves a GOOD label because good will come out of it.  Take a deep breath and begin making statements like, “I don’t know what the blessing is, but I know it’s here somewhere,” and in your mind’s eye, see the computer working perfectly as it should. As you do this, peace will begin to fill every cell and molecule of your body. Imagine yourself diving into the center of a deep and tranquil pool. Feel the peace surrounding you.

Now, take another deep breath, and imagine that your Inner Self, a beautiful being of radiant light and wisdom is standing beside this pool.  Ask this higher part of you, this holy and sacred Self, to disclose the reason for the computer malfunction, (or the reason for any minor problem you might be experiencing) and then listen quietly for the answer to come. It may come as a memory, a suggestion from someone else, an inner knowing or a simple hunch. Just wait and listen.

Try often throughout the day to communicate with your Inner Guidance this way. Ask and then listen. This will open up an avenue of communication between the “little” you and the big YOU. And that, my friend, is a blessing in and of itself.

Secret Rulers of the World

This is part 22 of 29. I vividly urge you all to watch all parts. Might seem long, but it is an essential tool of awareness on the world we live in. Courage.