You might enjoy this video about an artist who continued his career as an artist even after he became totally blind--and creates beautiful paintings. This shows that we can do anything when we align our will with a higher purpose. So think twice when you are feeling sorry for yourself, feeling defeated, feeling like the world is against you. Even if the world is against you, it does not matter--not if you are not against yourself.
Blind painter Sargy Mann: Painting with inner vision - BBC ...
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Sargy Mann has been painting all of his professional life, first as a teacher and later as a professional artist. In ...More here:
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Very amazing. I just saw the video - and it's still working inside of me... to accept that this is not only about a very special person (which he probably is) but about you and ME. Where is it that I declare something in my life not possible for me? -Oh, I could see some things if I dare looking ... oooops... It needs courage to look more closely.
ReplyDeleteThis is about what I do not let happen in my life. Very dark forest... I'd like to let some light in.
The Most present thing on my mind is about "work" - and that I don't let me find the work I love and go for it. Of course there is more, though.
I will stay with this for awhile.
Thanks for sharing!
And thank YOU for sharing, Petra. I always find your comments thoughtful and moving. I like this sentence: 'Where is it that I declare something in my life not possible for me?'
ReplyDeleteYes, Judy, and I have been asking myself that question (in different ways) ... it seems these declarations are deep down and intense because the fog is not lifting easily.
ReplyDeleteI know I am scared... what it would mean if really, concerning myself, everything was possible to me.
And then, also, I can see myself trying to get out of the responsibility by staying in this question.
And then I feel Bad about that in One way or the other - and the game is on again.
Feeling it over now, I'd say... I'm scared. Ok, can the 'real me' be scared? No.
So, who is it that declares something in my life not possible for me? Sure, Ego. Always on top.
Soooo, what does that mean?
Lighten up! At this moment, I choose not to listen to it.
Thank you for listening!
(I didn't plan to write this, it just happened and I decided to post it anyway.)
You describe quite well the process of the ego -- which is designed to keep you down. Awareness is everything.
ReplyDeleteFear is a vibration of the ego. Ego likes this vibration because it feels like it is has a real life (it doesn't). Knowing this, you can see that we are haunted by ghosts -- we live in a haunted house -- and it is our own mind. The ghosts of Halloween are nothing compared to the ghosts of thoughts that haunt us, leaving us scared and trembling.
Watch the ghosts and you will see they are not real. They have no life. They are not life. They are just thoughts masquerading as life.
See what is NOT real, and what IS real becomes apparent.
hey. this video of sargy man touched me very deeply. as he just did it. and while looking on my own, that I have the possibilities and not enough courage to realise my dreams. I know, in this moment, for me its not the time to decide now, but I will keep this man in mind and I hope, I will remember his lesson in the right moment. so at first I say thanks to all your lessons and espacially for this little film.
ReplyDeleteThat is the point -- remembering the lessons in the moment you need them -- which is why we are on a spiritual path in the first place ... so we can learn to think in new ways.
ReplyDeleteHello ginger, you made it to the open classroom !
ReplyDeleteSuper, wellcome. And so far you got 'only' the daily messages. As far as I remember your 'real' lessons will start next year.
All the best to you.
Yes, Monika, new lessons begin for new students on January 8, when the new semester starts in the New Year of 2015 -- and so everything will be new!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing. I need this inspiration right now. To create even when you cannot see the results of your creation--wow. To overcome the darkness of being blind. This is a symbol for me of what I have to do. Especially right now I am feeling trapped by darkness, but it is the darkness of my thinking. I am not physically blind, but I am blind just the same. Blinded by ego.
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