Tuesday, January 31, 2012
BEYOND AWARENESS
THE GURU TOLD THE DISCIPLE
KNOW YOUR MIND
THE DISCIPLE
SAID
WHICH ONE ?
We live in a world of duality. One implies the other. Hot and cold, love and hate, night and day, etc.
Probably the mind is the same way.
I drove cab for years at night. My thoughts were often anywhere but on the driving, yet I managed to drive successfully. It's like there's an automatic pilot that takes over routine jobs which frees up the other mind to wander.
I often wondered who was driving the cab while I was taking a nap.
Monday, January 30, 2012
AWARENESS
AWARENESS...!!!
What does that mean ?
I watched a documentary titled "Beyond thought".
At the end people were asked this question....
IS AWARENESS AWARE OF ITSELF ?
Good question ....but what could be defined as a "trick" question.
Buddist teach by way of what are called "koans".
Questions that are designed to make you think (How scarry is that?) as a way of leading you into enlightment.
One of the more familiar is the queston, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
Well, it takes two hands to clap, therefore one hand can not make a sound. So some might answer,
the sound of silence. This in and of itself is a contradiction because sound and silence
can not exist together.
They are contradictory terms. Sometimes called
an "oxymoron".
an "oxymoron".
If you went back to the monks and told them this, they would say, that's not the answer. Why? Because the object of the question is to make you think.....and think...and think.
Gate, gate, parama gate
Beyond, beyond.
Hit the pipe again, things are startin' to get interesting.
Now back to the question...
....is "awareness" aware of itself?
First let us deal with two concepts, awareness and conciousness. Are they seperate or the same? What
is concious awareness?
Awareness is not enity. It is a concept. Only an enity can have concious awareness.
Therefore the question of can awareness be aware of itself is not a legitmate question..
...only a trick question
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
SHORE THING
....even tho it was late afternoon on a cold winter's day, I decided to go for a walk along the Asbury Park shore.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
DOUG Z
AND
Bangs Art Gallery
HAD AN OPENING ON
1/21/12
The "Harmonic Convergence" is on
12/21/12
JENNA LOCH
caught my eye
Jenna's art
Jenna with mom & dad
Thursday, January 19, 2012
SICA
SICA
The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art
Is the new kid in town having just come from
the cultural wasteland of Long Branch
According to Tri city News.
The show was to unviel twelve pieces chosen by
the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce for their
monthly postcards promoting
1st Saturday.
ALF assures you it was a "political process"
The French have a word, posuers which I believe
translates into posers. The English equivelant would be pretenders. You find them at every opening.
Sucking ass with their platitudes while
swilling down glasses of free wine.
swilling down glasses of free wine.
Saying "awesome work" doesn't cost a penny.
Can I have another glass, please.
Can I have another glass, please.
One of my local favorites, Angie Mason wasn't there but her work was. I first enecountered her at the "Tragicaly Delicous" show at Parlor Gallery.
Angie is imaginative. Her work is both well
designed and well done. Catch her if you can.
Dear me...!!!
...guess who's horney..??
No opening is complete without a
tall, leggy, good looking blonde
...not everyone appreciated
LAURA MONZO
I liked her...!!
The Shore Institue of Contemporary Art
The sum of Their Parts
Dec 3, 2011/Feb 24, 2012
610 Cookman Ave.
(732) 482-4641
Friday, January 13, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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