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Category: Perceptions

  • Dance & Evolution of Consciousness

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    Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. – Angela Monet

    Dance of Shiva is what scientists call the dance of particles as they arise and disappear out of “quantum” foam.

    Sacred Dance and the Mystery of Presence
    presence in the body–
    –the emergence of sensation,
    appreciation of life itself,
    awareness of form and weight
    and place in space
    presence in the feelings–
    —the emergence of a longing for Being,
    conscience, compassion,
    relation to rather than isolation from others;
    and all of Great Nature
    presence in the mind–
    –the emergence of the nature of awareness,
    seeing, insight, awareness of self,
    awareness of pattern
    and therefore meaning
    Self-remembering and the deep mystery of Being

    Movements, an integral part of George Gurdjieff teachings, are designed to harmonize our thinking, feeling and moving; refine and develop our attention; and deepen our presence.

  • Divine Love

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    Divine love is golden white, white for light and golden for love. It is typically experienced as an ocean of golden light… – A.H. Almaas

  • âkâsha – mahâkâsha

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    According to ancient Indian tradition the universe reveals itself in two fundamental properties: as motion, and as that in which motion takes place, namely space. This space is called âkâsha (Tibetan: nam-mkhah) and is that through which things step into visible appearance, i.e., through which they possess extension or corporeality. As that which comprises all things, âkâsha corresponds to the three-dimensional space of our sense-perception, and in this it is called mahâkâsha. The nature of âkâsha, however, does not exhaust itself in this three-dimensionality; it comprises all possibilities of movement, not only the physical, but also the spiritual ones: it comprises infinite dimensions.

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  • Mind

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    The nature of the mind is emptiness, and the subtle consciousness that perceives that emptiness is the heart of the mind. – A.H. Almaas

  • Perceptions of Reality

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    In 1675 Gottfried Leibniz discovered the mathematical principles of calculus, independently from the earlier discoveries of English scientist Sir Isaac Newton. Leibniz also invented a calculating machine and is considered a pioneer in the development of mathematical logic. In Leibniz’s philosophy, the universe is composed of countless conscious centers of spiritual force or energy, known as monads. The universe that these monads constitute is the harmonious result of a divine plan. Humans, however, with their limited vision, cannot accept such evils as disease and death as part of a universal harmony. Leibniz’s philosophical works Monadology (1714) and New Essays Concerning Human Understanding (1703) influenced 18th-century German philosophers Christian von Wolff and Immanuel Kant.

    We are a way for the universe to know itself. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return. And we can, because the Cosmos is also within us. We’re made of star stuff. – Carl Sagan

    Art is the lifelong cultivation of a condition of ecstasy and wonder. – Glenn Gould

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  • Extropy

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    Extropy, according to the official Extropian Principles, is “a measure of intelligence, information, energy, vitality, experience, diversity, opportunity, and capacity for growth.” Extropianism, then, is “the philosophy that seeks to increase extropy.”

    The principles themselves are five in number: Boundless Expansion, Self-Transformation, Dynamic Optimism, Intelligent Technology, and Spontaneous Order. They make up the handy Extropian acronym: BEST DO IT SO!

    Innumerable suns exist; innumerable earths revolve around these suns in a manner similar to the way the seven planets revolve around our sun. Living beings inhabit these worlds. from On the Infinite Universe and Worlds, Giordano Bruno, 1584

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