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detail from 'Kundalini Rising'

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detail from the 'Yogi'

'You are perfect;
You are Nothing -
Nothing's perfect'.

Reducto ad absurdum!

But it precedes an introduction to the wisdom of Don Juan to Carlos Castenada:

'We learn to think about everything,' he said, 'and then we train our eyes to look as we think about the things we look at. 'we look at ourselves already thinking that we are important. And therefore we've got to 'feel' important! But then when a man [or a woman] learns to 'see', he [or she] realises that he can no longer think about the things he looks at, and if he cannot think about what he looks at everything becomes unimportant.' - don Juan to Carlos Castenada.

'Seeing is for impeccable men [or women].
My benefactor said that when a man embarks on the paths of sorcery he becomes aware, in a gradual manner, that the ordinary life has been forever left behind; that knowledge is indeed a frightening affair; that the means of the ordinary world are no longer a buffer for him; and that he must adopt a new way of life if he is to survive. The first thing he ought to do, at that point, is want to become a warrior, a very important step and decision. The frightening nature of knowledge leaves one no alternative but to become a warrior.' - don Juan to Carlos Castenada.

'Become indifferent to your death. Upon learning to 'see' a man or woman becomes everything by becoming nothing. A man or woman who sees has, no longer, an interest in his or her fellows. 'Seeing' has already detached them from absolutely everything they knew before.'  

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SmugMug > keywords > yogi > The Dream of the Blue Duck (evolved out of the Devil's Bridge)

I originally started painting Ponte di Diavolo and that can be seen in the Tuscany gallery as '13 of Diamonds' Bridge'. Then i thought of a story from the 'Song of Waitaha' about the Dream of the Blue Duck and the Italian bridge evolved into a stream, a whio (blue duck) endemic to Aotearoa (NZ) and a yogi. You will note another chakra above the sahasrara - this is called the 'gate' chakra and is activated by both the ajna and sahasrara. You won't find this in many texts on the subject, either Eastern or Western, as the new 'tech' for its operation is only be downloaded now. See 'School - Scrolls and Boxes of Wisdom' gallery for much more.

acrylic, gouache, oil, glitter, collaged trees and collage of Yogi on paper

300mm x 210mm

Kaitiaki: Callum [whom i miss dearly]

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Shaivite sadhu drinks from his human skull bowl. A picture of Shiva can be seen behind him. Although the practice of taking all of one's food and drink from a human skull is rare nowadays, certain sadhus, particularly the Aghori sub-sect, still hold to it as a daily reminder of human mortality and as a challenge to transcend the duality of life and death. The Aghori sub-sect was founded by Brahma Giri, a disciple of Gorakhnath and are strict
followers of Shiva. These ascetics remain naked and often wear a rosary made of bones around their neck and carry a human skull in the left hand and a bell in the right hand. Their sectarian tilaka, forehead mark denotes unity of the Hindu triad. Generally, they are recruited from the lower castes.
Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Yogi Prinz as wrestler "El Oso"
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Yogi Prinz as wrestler "El Oso"
Photo by: HappyTails-Houston • see photo in gallery

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