Albert Herdianto Widjojo
This stretch of land will probably be torn apart
until its skin which full of life then hidden by water
then this lovely soul
the ball person will align itself
in a short break
wrap itself in a thick boiling cocoon of clouds
maybe just a hundred million years or billions
to get rid of the acute pain that is difficult to heal
by gaping wounds in flesh and blood
from the skin to the heart of this loving person
due to the dramatic stories of the creeping bugs
who have planted the root of the ego tree
and fertilize themselves with fine roots of selfish
be a predator for any creature for its interests.
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Or, can we begin to love and respect him sincerely
A little more sincere than just saying the words?
or indeed the bugs can only act solely for the sake of interest for them self?
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Illustration by Albert Herdie – Digital painting from part of The Land of Confusion Series – Break.
Your photo captures your message. I agree with your comment about the ego and the spirit.
Thank you for your views and appreciation, LaJenna
Very interesting post …. you have a lot of talents
I just love to share something inside my head, Vidocka.
Real art – you draw your friend
Thanks a lot for the compliment, Lado
I am very happy to open your posts and read them
I am so glad you like it, my friend. Thank you once again.
I say we begin to show a lot more love and respect.
I also see the same symptoms, hopefully, will continue like that…
the center cannot hold, eh?
Whatever happened, the center will hold but not the bugs.
and what rough bug, its hour come round at last
skitters off to Jerusalem to be born?
Some people come with messages, but not everyone wants to listen to their messages, right? Even those who say close to the messenger. Or like us, spiritual beings in the flesh that are hijacked by the ego.
You don’t think that the ego is a part of the spirit? Or did you think the flesh misleads the spirit?
The ego is not part of the spirit… It is a great wall that blocks spiritual awareness. The wall is there to make us forget who we really are and where we came from, so we can learn or…
so then you differentiate between the spirit and consciousness?
Did I’ve said that above?
Meat has consciousness, the mind has consciousness, emotions have consciousness too, spirituality also has consciousness. Which awareness do we usually recognize? Which is rarely recognized because it is difficult to recognize or realize? Then who separates it all?
Hopefully, this test doesn’t give me a bad score, O my Guru Zen.
The flesh has instinct, but I don’t think that is the same as consciousness. Even a comatose body still has reflexes, but not awareness…
Is hunger, pain due to injury etc. not an awareness in your opinion?
I would classify them as stimulus
Wow… Cool. You have separated consciousness with stimulus and response, brother. Suppose what I have mentioned above is merely a stimulus that has nothing to do with awareness, but don’t you feel your body?
What about the pleasant feelings of a massage? Or when you get goosebumps? when feeling comfortable sitting on the couch rather than on a rock, or when tears run down the cheeks, or maybe satiety after eating? Feeling cold and shivering? What about the feeling of heart palpitations?
How do you know the source stimulus is external or internal? How do you identify that the itchy part is your leg and not the head?
Is awareness not a condition in which an individual has complete control over internal stimuli or external stimuli?
I think, you as a painter and Zen master, the time when you are separated for a moment from your body’s awareness is when your focus flows completely on painting or meditation activities.
Btw, have you never talked to your body part? Heart, stomach, legs, etc.?
Everything you’ve called out falls under the heading of stimulus. Whether the stimulus comes from a limb or is imagined is academic to the mind, as it still experiences the sensation