I’ve been trying to capitalize on all the moments when I feel the worst and to use those triggers as signals to sit on the cushion. It hasn’t exactly been easy but it has definitely began to shift my experience.
Aside from a direct experience-which is the catalyst for expression-the concept of a mystical or religious experience can only be expressed through the language of creativity. Think about the parables of Jesus or the poetry of Rumi or the endless verses of Hari Krishna...
Life, as I see it, is a creative process that has no more or less meaning to it than what we are willing to assign it. To say that something has meaning is to say that we, as a partner involved in a relationship with the object or situation we are observing, have seen...
Truly good art has the ability to elevate our powers of perception and transport us beyond our limited ways of thinking. It can move us in ways that are totally unpredictable and that defy logic. Art speaks to a part of our being that many of us never even knew existed...
