When the emptiness above is filled with clouds, the clouds have been filled with emptiness even though they are still called clouds, whether in white, gray, or dark. Likewise, when emptiness is filled by the royal palm tree, the emptiness also fills it up, and still, it is called the royal palm.
Imagine the sky on a sunny spring morning, which will soon come to many of you, the sky is completely empty, clear, and fresh. It’s alive, even though there’s nothing there. Why do I say emptiness up there? Because even though there are words to call it, and our eyes can see it, we also know that there is nothing there.
Again, there is the same paradox that we talked about before. The sky is felt simultaneously as presence and absence. There is a feeling of inexplicable absence and presence, emptiness and fullness. Even though sky cannot be a perfect analogy, because it is usually regarded as something “out there,” separate from the perceiver, but if we are able to see it and realize it without being limited by such subject-object relations, that “It” is here, both inside and outside our physical form, the feelings inside and outside that come as a result of confession will disappear. The loss of feeling indicates enough that a certain level of consciousness has passed right through everything. This analogy of the empty sky illustrates the nature of consciousness. Awareness is the “it” that is here.
Different but similar, like coffee, juice, beer, cola, tea, and other drinks, if we can pull it out – filtering – to free – all the elements that make up the taste and name of the various types of those drinks, we have made it or returned it to water. Like the sky, Consciousness is empty of all forms, but forms appear and disappear in them. Like the sky, Consciousness lives with what can be called “Life,” but Life is invisible and without substance.
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I feel seeing nature it gives me peace. Emptiness, no. The emptiness within me is absence of anything else but what I focus my thoughts on at the time.
The reason why I feel peaceful about doing yoga, tai chi or pilates or even seeing nature around me is that I am focused on that and not on having to be on time or think about any problem.
I agree with you, that nature – in addition to seeing with a focus on ourselves by any activities – has given us so much, especially peace.
Nature calms me generally. It does not matter whether I watch the sky, the water, etc. In nature, I think more clearly.
A person’s closeness to nature does have a tremendous impact! You are an example of that closeness, dear friend.
What a great photo to Lets’ DO More with lol. Great message within it!
Indeed, I always try to do more, LaJenna. lol
Thanks a lot, dear friend.
Filter out the things that make taste.
Can we consider then each element of the flavor? Perhaps take pineapple juice. If the pineapple is ripe, then it sweet with the alluring flavor of pineapple. But in order to make the juice sometimes, we have pineapples that are not ripe. So there is in our juice a tart taste as well.
When our palettes have been educated we can taste the sweet and the tart at the same time. As children, of course, we spit out the juice if it is too tart. As adults, we consider that fresh.
Is that enough of a separation? Or should we return to the child=like innocence of seeking only the sweet juice?
Interesting question, Doc.
Flavor is a sensory response to nerve stimuli, while what we like from a flavor is appetite or how we perceive and associate taste. That is awareness at a certain level, like when we comment on one another is awareness at another level. When the flavoring element is removed, what remains is the “tasteless” tongue that is ready to feel other sensations, as when all the ingredients and ingredients are removed from the juice, all that remains is water. What is left if all matter, content, and elements are removed from humans?
distilling humans to the ethereal essence of what we are. Interesting question the easy answer is an amorphous reality that apparently, no longer has a taste.
That’s It is! That amorphous is part of that sky too.
This painting is really wonderful … the palm trees are the most beautiful trees for me dear friend
Thank you so much, Lado dear friend. Palm trees, they are indeed beautiful.
Palms grow in our country … they are more rare .. most of them are in the coastal area where the temperatures are higher
Yes, palm species do prefer warmer regions, dear friend.
Last year palm trees were attacked by one bug and destroyed a lot
That is very sad. Is there a kind of park office that has reserves to replace all the dead plants?
There is only to know how many years the palms are growing … they have already been planted a lot before the boom will last for many years
When I look at a dry sky it feels good since it means that there is not going to day a thunderstorm coming to slow down my workday behind the computer.
Very interesting! I don’t understand and wonder how the storm “outside” can slow your workday behind the computer…
If there is a lightning strike and loud thunder outside. It is time for me to close the computer until the storm passes since it will damage the computer big time.
I see… I often hear the warning but I don’t really understand the reason and the impact.
If a heavy thunder clap hits near the home, it feels like an minor earthquake that can damage the computer’s ability not to black out and not being able to restart.
I understand now, I am fortunate to have never experienced anything like that.
But what about thunder visiting around office buildings, do people have to stop working temporarily?
That is a good question but I think that they techno people who can repair the computers that go down to fix the problem quickly.
Reasonable opinion. Thank you for your thoughts, Dee.
You are very welcome Albert.
Sky calm me affects my mood. Sometimes I am calm if it is blue and bright…. sometimes i drives me crazy when it’s gray.
Sky… relaxing and soothing.
Apparently the sky had a similar effect on us, dear friend.
yup, as always, it does. ?
Don’t worry, I also smile like that.
I often feel a presence while observing a sunset or just looking up at the sky. Also while watching the stars, that also can bring a warm presence. It is a good thing which I always embrace. I might not be able to explain it but I know something or someone is there in some form.
Enjoying nature is soothing in addition to helping to contemplate and release everything from our minds.
You are getting clearer, and like thought, continuously filtered water will become pure.
Yes indeed, it soothes the soul. If it gets better than this, I am so ready. Thank you for your continued encouragement.
Pleasure is mine, Carol.
Ready is important affirmation after being open. Let’s enjoy this path without expecting anything.