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Quote from the great Bruce Lee - Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
The light came through the window,
Straight from the sun above,
And so inside my little room
There plunged the rays of love.
In streams of light I clearly saw
The dust you seldom see,
Out of which the nameless makes
A name for one like me.
All busy in the sunlight
The flecks did float and dance,
And I was tumbled up with them
In formless circumstance.
From Love Itself by Leonard Cohen
1. I, the pure, stainless and infinite Consciousness beyond maya, look upon this body in action like the body of another.
2. The mind, the intellect, the senses, etc. are all the play of Consciousness. They are unreal and seem to exist only due to lack of insight.
3. Unmoved by adversity, a friend of all the world in prosperity, without ideas of existence and non-existence, I Live free from misery.
4. Inactive am I, desireless, clear as the sky, free from hankering, tranquil, formless, everlasting and unmoving.
5. I have now clearly understood that the five elements, the three worlds and I myself are pure Consciousness.
6. I am above everything ; I am present everywhere ; I am like space; I am that which (really) exists; I am unable to say anything beyond this.
7. Let imaginary waves of universe rise or fall in me who am the ocean of infinite Consciousness ; there is no increase or decrease in me.
8. How wonderful that in me, the infinite ocean of Consciousness, waves of jivas (individual souls) rise, sport for a while and disappear according to their nature.
9. The world which has come into existence on account of my ignorance has dissolved likewise in me. I now directly experience the world as supreme bliss of Consciousness.
10. I prostrate to myself who am within all being, the ever free Self abiding as inner consciousness.
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Yoga Vasishta Sara - SELECTED VERSES - Meditation on the Self
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Painting by Nicolas Poussin
Magelang/Yogyakarta/Central Java/Indonesia (Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple and the world's largest Buddhist temple. The temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome. It is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa.
Built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty, the temple design follows Javanese Buddhist architecture, which blends the Indonesian indigenous cult of ancestor worship and the Buddhist concept of attaining Nirvana. The temple demonstrates the influences of Gupta art that reflects India's influence on the region, yet there are enough indigenous scenes and elements incorporated to make Borobudur uniquely Indonesian.
The monument is a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The pilgrim journey begins at the base of the monument and follows a path around the monument, ascending to the top through three levels symbolic of Buddhist cosmology: Kāmadhātu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). The monument guides pilgrims through an extensive system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the walls and the balustrades. Borobudur has the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world.
Borobudur was constructed in the 9th century and abandoned following the 14th-century decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java and the Javanese conversion to Islam...)
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"The Dark is formless and Invisible.
It Invades the body like a Plague,
an Unseen Visitor...
Yet those it Taints become... Sinful!"
# 09
Music recommendation:
BBC Sherlock (Series 2) Soundtrack -17- Prepared To Do Anything
Only
That Illumined
One
Who keeps
Seducing the formless into form
Had the charm to win my
Heart. --Hafiz
Light pours through stalks of grass in the shadow of the St. John's Bridge, Portland, Oregon
Lighthouse writing, as in "Sakte Fart" or "slow down" in Norwegian
Alesund Harbor, Alesund, Norway
Jeremiah 4:23
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.
Tight and formless thinking, or, Don't you know it's dark outside? (2010)
Museum Beelden aan Zee in The Hague presents an exhibition that brings the work of British visual artist Ryan Gander (1976) and French painter and sculptor Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) into dialogue. Since 2008, Gander has been working on a conceptual series in which he reinterprets Degas' world-famous sculpture Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans (1880-1881) and places it in a contemporary context. With his sculptures, Gander frees Degas' fourteen-year-old dancer from her pedestal and places her in various scenarios. The exhibition at Museum Beelden aan Zee showcases Gander's series of 22 ballerinas for the first time, and moreover, in direct connection with Degas' famous sculpture.
The Exhibition: June 20, 2025 - January 4, 2026
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning
www.youtube.com/watch?v=513Oc7kKgaY
In principio Dio creò il cielo e la terra. Ora la terra era informe e deserta e le tenebre ricoprivano l'abisso e lo spirito di Dio aleggiava sulle acque.
Dio disse: «Sia la luce!». E la luce fu. Dio vide che la luce era cosa buona e separò la luce dalle tenebre e chiamò la luce giorno e le tenebre notte. E fu sera e fu mattina .
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning
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L'ANGOLO DELLO SPIRITO
MEDJUGORJE INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE MESSAGE 2013- SEPTEMBER -2
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Based off of Betobeto-san , a formless specter that is only recognizable by the telltale sound it makes – the “beto beto” sound of wooden sandals clacking on the ground.
Built for Bio-Cup 2022. Thanks to T-Bone for the idea.
Emerging from the formlessness between the end of winter and the start of spring, leaves and branches add new structures — signs of life.
About the process
I made this image with a Kodak Ektagraphic FF 102mm f/2.8 slide projection lens that I converted to M42 mount. I have called these lenses "Ektoplasmars" sometimes and it is a way to find other images made with them.
— Theodore Tollefson @thetollart
Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument consists of six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.
A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside a perforated stupa.
Built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty, the temple's design in Gupta architecture reflects India's influence on the region. It also depicts the gupta style from India and shows influence of Buddhism as well as Hinduism. The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path around the monument and ascends to the top through three levels symbolic of Buddhist cosmology: Kāmadhātu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). The monument guides pilgrims through an extensive system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the walls and the balustrades. WIKIPEDIA
B is you...
Those three young Tibetan monks were climbing the staircase leading to the Mahabodhi Temple, the place of Gautama Buddha's attainment of nirvana (Enlightenment), in Bodh Gaya (बोधगया), in the Indian state of Bihar.
I could feel a state of happiness everywhere, it was a perfect day...
In every culture numbers have a meaning, I was wondering what would number Three means in Buddhism and I saw those words from Rev. Jnana, a Zen Dharma Teacher, as he was evocating the role of numbers in communicating the dharma in a teaching titled “BUDDHISM IN THE NUMBERS”.
“The number Three invokes the “Three Refuges” in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, known as the Triple Gem or the Triratna.
Three is the triloka or the “Three Worlds” or the “Three Realms” of existence which are the Desire Realm, the Form Realm and the Formless Realm.
All Buddhas manifest themselves in “Three Bodies” or the Trikaya: the Truth Body, the Body of Bliss and the Emanation Body.
There are “Three Roots of Evil”, namely greed, hatred and delusion.
All negative states of consciousness are ultimately grounded in one or more of these.
The “Three Characteristics of Existence” are suffering (dukkha), impermanence (anitya) and no permanent self (anatman).
Most of the above teachings are found within the “Three Baskets”, or the Tripitaka, of the traditional Buddhist canon.
Not to ignore Zen, there are the “Three Pillars of Zen”: the constituent elements of teaching, practice and enlightenment.”
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"Lady,
In swirling cloak of crimson,
of burnt orange and saffron,
You ride the winds of morning.
The scent of burning leaves fills the air;
the Second Harvest draws near.
Solitary once again You embody balance -
You are an archetype of the Self -
consummate, remote.
I long to follow as You seek the
formless wilderness
with never a thought to the cost.
You are the bright flame of morning,
impelling and unrestrained.
Bless me with Your passion."
- Galen Gillotte, Mabon Morning Prayer
The first rain of autumn finaly came to Southern California today... Anyway, thanks a lot for your visits, comments, invitations and awards, my friends...!
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32.) Chaos- the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
"Never was harmony more perfect than that between the chos of her mind and the chaos of the world without."
-Return of the Native , Thomas Hardy
In reality only the Ultimate is. The rest is a matter of name and form. And as long as you cling to the idea that only what has name and shape exists, the Supreme will appear to you non-existing. When you understand that names and shapes are hollow shells without any content whatsoever, and what is real is nameless and formless, pure energy of life and light of consciousness, you will be at peace -- immersed in the deep silence of reality.
The world and the mind are states of being. The supreme is not a state. It pervades all states, but it is not a state of something else. It is entirely uncaused, independent, complete in itself, beyond time and space, mind and matter.
It leaves no traces. There is nothing to recognise it by. It must be seen directly, by giving up all search for signs and approaches. When all names and forms have been given up, the real is with you. You need not seek it. Plurality and diversity are the play of the mind only. Reality is one.
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Excerpts from I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj
I Am That is a compilation of talks on Shiva Advaita (Nondualism) philosophy by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, a Hindu spiritual teacher who lived in Mumbai. The English translation of the book from the original Marathi recordings was done by Maurice Frydman.
Painting by Van Gogh
Prambanan is the largest and most beautiful Hindu temple complex in Indonesia. It is the masterpiece of Hindu culture of the ninth century. Prambanan is a collection of massive Hindu temples (candi) built by the Mataram Kingdom, rulers of central Java and conquerors of the Sailendra Dynasty.
A temple was first built at the site around 850 CE by Rakai Pikatan and expanded extensively by King Lokapala and Balitung Maha Sambu the Sanjaya king of the Mataram Kingdom. It is dedicated to the Trimurti (Trinity of the formless supreme God), the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Preserver (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Shiva).
The complex is laid out in the form of a mandala, and features the towering, broad spires that are typical of Hindu temple architecture, and represent Meru, the holy mountain where the gods live. Originally there were 240 temples in the complex but many of them have deteriorated or been looted leaving just scattered stones. The Prambanan temple complex consists of three zones; first the outer zone, second the middle zone that contains hundreds of small temples, and third the holiest inner zone that contains eight main temples and likewise, eight small shrines. The three main inner shrines are dedicated to Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Keeper and Shiva the Destroyer.
Diptych images taken with the Pentax 17.
I had a few fails were I misjudged the distance and the photos were out of focus and I'm still trying to get used to the framing for the in-between focal distances. Overall, I'm very impressed with the camera and the sharpness of the lens. All of the diptyches were unintentional, which made them more delightful.
Film stock: Kentmere Pan 100
ISO: 100
Format: 135
Camera: Pentax 17
Lens: 25mm F3.5
Digitised: Plustek 8100
Developer: 510-pyro @20degC 1:500 semi-stand 60min
Goddess Durga of 2012 of our Association - 'South Madras Cultural Association' - Chennai, India.
At the Sea beach - just before immersion, with traditional rituals to bid a goodbye.
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Durga, in Sanskrit means "She who is incomprehensible or difficult to reach." Goddess Durga is a form of Sakti worshiped for her gracious as well as terrifying aspect. Mother of the Universe, she represents the infinite power of the universe and is a symbol of a female dynamism. The manifestation of Goddess Durga is said to emerge from Her formless essence and the two are inseparable.
The celebrations of Durga puja have references in Indian literature from the 12th century. Earlier the festival was performed only by the rich and powerful people like kings and feudal lords, but today the entire community celebrates Durga Puja.
Celebrated in month of Ashwin of the Hindu calendar (September / October), Goddess Durga (also referred to as "Maa Durga") is worshipped along with her four children - Kartik (The Protector), Ganesh (who symolizes prosperity), Lakshmi (who symbolizes wealth) and Saraswati (who symbolizes knowledge). Her four children complete the manifestation of Goddess Durga.
On the last day of the ten days of the puja, Goddess Durga who represents ‘shakti’ or power, kills the demon Mahishasura and thereby reinstates the triumph of good over evil.
The tenth day, Vijaya Dasami, marks the triumphant ovation of the soul at having attained liberation while living in this world, through the descent of knowledge by the Grace of Goddess Saraswati. The soul rests in his own Supreme Self or Satchidananda Brahman. This day celebrates the victory, the achievement of the goal. The banner of victory flies aloft. Lo! I am He! I am He!
It is on this day, the last and the tenth day, this picture was taken during / after the traditional ritual to bid a goodbye.
Proyecto 365 - Día 67: Be Water my Friend
“Vacía tu mente, se amorfo, moldeable, como el agua. Si pones agua en una taza, se convierte en la taza, si pones agua en una botella se convierte en la botella, si la pones en una tetera se convierte en la tetera. El agua puede fluir o puede aplastar. Se como el agua. Amigo mío, el agua que corre nunca se estanca, así es que hay que seguir fluyendo”. Kiaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Bruce Lee
strobist info:
Veamos... Cocina patas arriba porque estoy solo casa que sino.... :)
Vaso de agua y hielos sobre un tapete negro que consigue ese efecto de sombras sobre el agua
Plancha blanca para fondo
Plancha blanca para techo
YN460 hacia el fondo desde la derecha a mínima potencia
YN460 hacia el techo desde la izquierda a mínima potencia
Lanzamiento de hielo desde el lado izquierdo con la mano izquierda
Mando remoto en mano derecha
Paciencia... mucha paciencia. Total disparos 53 :)
Este proyecto es para mejorar mi técnica fotográfica, tus comentarios/críticas serán muy bienvenidas!
Poseo otro perfil de flickr www.flickr.com/photos/1000io donde iré subiendo otras fotos fuera del proyecto.
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Project 365 - Day 67: Be Water my Friend
Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless. Like water. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend!
Bruce Lee
strobist info:
Kitchen topsy-turvy because I'm alone at home so I can :D
Glass of water and rocks on a black rug
White frame in background
White frame in roof
YN460 to background from right 1/64
YN460 to roof from left 1/64
Drop rocks from left side using my left hand
Remote in my right hand
And patience... a lot of patience. A total of 53 shots
This project is to improve my photographic technique, your comments are very welcome!
I have another flickr profile www.flickr.com/photos/1000io where I will upload more photos out of the project.
"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
~ Bruce Lee
Strobist: AB1600 with 60X30 softbox camera right. Triggered by Cybersync.
Remembering the day when she came to the form and the day when she was immersed in water to be formless. We need to have her within; for she’ll keep coming in form and formless to guide us all along.
under the skies that transcend billions of universes,
the outsized elephant-room of questions & secrets;
deepak ` the lightwriter's canvas broach in open.
we read our dread, Who if I cried out would hear me?
mind the stillness-mat viz; feelings get encroached; at
first, you praise their dress, then you get ash-dressed.
'ours' keeps breaking - ourselves, within our perimeter.
bully / pulpit alters us; diminishes sickle consciousness.
betwixt the micro spaces of conversation / correctness,
a certain static silence had enshrined in - just all over.
harbinger of tenuous assumptions kept on ossifying
into the experiments with musts, doubts, turncoats.
approvers bare intimacy that bears inching eyes;
and when one is completely inside one's perfidy,
a cover-up mindset suborns a hushed horizon —
pretends - the decisions had been difficult. 'yes'
— deserts us in a forgetting curve that reminds us,
of sti-ff-ness between us, culturing the same sky.
take over air consternates us-sets dreams on fire.
formless hubris viz debris, give themselves to gust
to be e'er scattered betwixt this/that; bedraggled.
zeroing in, insecurity at the heart of human constructs
the displaced shoes let you see, the surface of yore.
a long haul to dig and find, the great heart of our past.
no spin here, to foresee, real ground under our feet.
unchopping a tree, perched on wasteland, silences..
a thousand mile stare, ensouls thousand silhouettes:
anagram—breathy.ed each other to the bridging truth;
and learnedness, endlessly multiplied with curtain call.
where e g /oquence isolates honest assessment, not
being one of their chiliad/st.ic quarters isn't isolation.
not a diminishment, if being exercised more fully -
- truth's episodic memory is tender and unwavering;
ongoing procedure of days - = - simply transformative,
to rain align, all the absorbed moments of illumination.
bathed in light, friendships bear holistic temperament
alert, alert, alter! “after the game is before the game”.
tales shine in via our window of thousand caresses,
where you are sewing a blouse that feeds the spine.
tender paws & sky-ball inside, dashing out of a conch;
over tears-coasts, the white expanse, so kind & clear.
coconut chirping an intrinsic and glorious awakening.
rose dew here, and trouble talk lies beyond the map.
the truth is made real through servitude in affection.
psithurism of intimate revelations recalls clutched keys;
the key did turn. everywhere you turn is full of wonder.
awed to see - the shift inside, shifts deep garden state!
how did a blackbird of the milky way land up here,
that joy glistens in the kaleidoscopic, tent•i•er eyes.
how else to truly trace this landscape of provenance,
a cat following a radiant butterfly to the ringing bells.
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India ▪ that is Bhāratam
a quiet 'photo meditation' and a poem
to read in the quiet of your days.
and share as we gather around what we love.
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* The italicized line is by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Asia, Indonesia, Jawa Tengah, Magelang, Borobudur, Tourists (cut from B & T)Shown here is the top of the Borodubur with its central and surrounding stupas. And of course some tourists.
Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple and the world's largest Buddhist one. It consists of nine vertically juxtaposed platforms topped by a central dome. The temple is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa.
It was designed in Javanese Buddhist architectural style, which blends the Javanese indigenous cult of ancestor worship and the Buddhist concept of attaining Nirvana. The temple shows the influences of Indian Gupta style.
It guides the visitors through an extensive system of stairways and corridors with many narrative relief panels on the walls
and the balustrades. Borobudur has the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world.
Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year, Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path around the monument and ascends to the top through three levels symbolic of Buddhist cosmology Kamadhatu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness).
More about its history: After its construction in the 9th century it was abandoned following the 14th-century decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java and the Javanese conversion to Islam. It was ‘rediscovered’ in 1814 and since then preserved through several restorations. The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
(Based upon info here)
Information about our gettting there and our stay is with the previous post: here.
(Kodak Gold 100 film - Kodak print, scanned with Canon MP610)
This is number 27 of a series of scans - the Les Années Argentiques album here and the and numer 8 of the Indonesia 1995 album here
Appreciation Week - Day 6: Idyllic
You know the saying: home is where the heart is. After all the exploring and wild adventures, it's always wonderful to have a cozy home to come back to at the end of the day (=
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Understanding what we are going through is like fantasy, like a flame, like vanity, like an echo, like a dream, like a shadow, like transition.
It is like an image in the mirror or the moon in the water, which appear to have a form but cannot be touched, therefore, these are formless.
When we see these beautiful fleeting sparks, we chase after them. In the end, they are nothing but illusions.
鏡花水月
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Color toned with Once Upon a Time from @the.colorlab
Background: Taken in a hot tub, blend with AI generated by #midjourney
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Circle
The circle is a universal symbol with extensive meaning. It represents the notions of totality, wholeness, original perfection, the Self, the infinite, eternity, timelessness, all cyclic movement, God ('God is a circle whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere' (Hermes Trismegistus)). As the sun, it is masculine power; as the soul and as encircling waters, it is the feminine maternal principle. "It implies an idea of movement, and symbolizes the cycle of time, the per petual motion of everything that moves, the planets' journey around the sun (the circle of the zodiac), the great rhythm of the universe. The circle is also zero in our system of numbering, and symbolizes potential, or the embryo. It has a magical value as a protective agent, ... and indicates the end of the process of individuation, of striving towards a psychic wholeness and self-realization" (Julien, 71).
With the number ten, symbolizes heaven and perfection as well as eternity. In Jung, the antithesis of the square (lowest state of man who has not achieved inner perfection), standing for the ultimate state of Oneness, with octagon in between. Circle of Necessity: birth, growth, decline, death. Defense against chaos, formlessness. Related to Yin and Yang.
All busy in the sunlight
The flecks did float and dance,
And I was tumbled up with them
In formless circumstance. ~ Leonard Cohen (Love Itself)
St. Peter's Square (Vatican City)
The circle symbolizes T'ai Chi which is formless and above duality.
Here it is manifesting itself as the progenitor of the universe.
It is divided into yin (the dark) and yang (the light) which signify
the negative and positive poles.
Pairs of opposites, passive and active, female and male,
moon and sun.
(from "Il ballo del potere" F. Battiato)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface ... (Genesis 1)
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“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
~Bruce Lee
Almighty God Uses His Word to Save Man - "The Main Purpose of God's work in the Flesh" (Music Video)
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1. God comes into flesh for the main purpose to make man see God’s practical deeds. He realizes the formless Spirit in the flesh so that man can touch and see Him. In this way, people made complete by Him can be those who live out Him. They are ones who are gained by Him, and ones who are after His heart.
2. If God only spoke utterances from the heavens and didn’t practically come to earth, man would never know God. They would just convey God’s deeds with hollow theories, but would never have God’s words as reality. God comes to earth to set an example and serve as a model for those He will gain. In this way, man can come to know God, touch God, and see God in a practical way. And only in this way can he truly be gained by God. God comes to earth to set an example and serve as a model for those He will gain. In this way, man can come to know God, touch God, and see God in a practical way. And only in this way can he truly be gained by God. And only in this way can he truly be gained by God.
from “You Ought to Know That the Practical God Is God Himself” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
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“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
- Bruce Lee (Martial Artist, Hollywood Actor)
Pandanon Island Getaway
Bohol, Philippines
April 19, 2009
EXPLORE 04.23.09 #84
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Idol of Goddess Durga of our Association - South Madras Cultural Association -2014.This photo was snapped at the Sea Beach, sometime before immersion of the idol of Goddes Durga into the sea.
This is the time we feel empty in our mind; a sudden heavyness in our heart, strike us. We have to wait one more year for our Mother to be present amongst us again for another five days. This is endless wait !
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Durga, in Sanskrit means - She who is incomprehensible or difficult to reach. Goddess Durga is a form of Sakti worshiped for her gracious as well as terrifying aspect. Mother of the Universe, she represents the infinite power of the universe and is a symbol of a female dynamism. The manifestation of Goddess Durga is said to emerge from Her formless essence and the two are inseparable.
The celebrations of Durga puja have references in Indian literature from the 12th century. Earlier the festival was performed only by the rich and powerful people like kings and feudal lords, but today the entire community celebrates Durga Puja.
Celebrated in month of Ashwin of the Hindu calendar (September / October), Goddess Durga (also referred to as "Maa Durga") is worshipped along with her four children - Kartik (The Protector), Ganesh (who symolizes prosperity), Lakshmi (who symbolizes wealth) and Saraswati (who symbolizes knowledge). Her four children complete the manifestation of Goddess Durga.
On the last day of the ten days of the puja, Goddess Durga who represents ‘shakti’ or power, kills the demon Mahishasura and thereby reinstates the triumph of good over evil.
The tenth day, Vijaya Dasami, marks the triumphant ovation of the soul at having attained liberation while living in this world, through the descent of knowledge by the Grace of Goddess Saraswati. The soul rests in his own Supreme Self or Satchidananda Brahman. This day celebrates the victory, the achievement of the goal. The banner of victory flies aloft. Lo! I am He! I am He!
It is on this day, the last and the tenth day, this picture was taken in Chennai during / after the traditional ritual to bid a goodbye.
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Nebula Garden | Digital / Light, Functional, Sculpture
Artist: Claudia Cuesta and Bill Baker
Location: 135 West 2nd Street (Lower Lonsdale), North Vancouver
History: Spanning 40 feet, “Nebula Garden is a series of formless liquid masses that shift and change with atmospheric conditions.
The colours diffuse and move as they juxtapose in relationship to one another.” Expressing the relationship between the cosmos and nature.
Nebula garden is meant to evoke an emotional response from the onlooker of peace and curiosity and a celebration of the universe and the natural world.
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"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day."
The Bible, 1. Mose 1, -5
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"Am Anfang schuf Gott Himmel und Erde. Die Erde war noch leer und öde, Dunkel bedeckte sie und wogendes Wasser, und über den Fluten schwebte Gottes Geist. Da sprach Gott: »Licht entstehe!«, und das Licht strahlte auf. Und Gott sah das Licht an: Es war gut. Dann trennte Gott das Licht von der Dunkelheit und nannte das Licht Tag, die Dunkelheit Nacht. Es wurde Abend und wieder Morgen: der erste Tag."
Die Bibel, 1. Buch Mose 1-5
Almighty God Uses His Word to Save Man - "The Main Purpose of God's work in the Flesh" (Music Video)
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1. God comes into flesh for the main purpose to make man see God’s practical deeds. He realizes the formless Spirit in the flesh so that man can touch and see Him. In this way, people made complete by Him can be those who live out Him. They are ones who are gained by Him, and ones who are after His heart.
2. If God only spoke utterances from the heavens and didn’t practically come to earth, man would never know God. They would just convey God’s deeds with hollow theories, but would never have God’s words as reality. God comes to earth to set an example and serve as a model for those He will gain. In this way, man can come to know God, touch God, and see God in a practical way. And only in this way can he truly be gained by God. God comes to earth to set an example and serve as a model for those He will gain. In this way, man can come to know God, touch God, and see God in a practical way. And only in this way can he truly be gained by God. And only in this way can he truly be gained by God.
from “You Ought to Know That the Practical God Is God Himself” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
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Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-centuryMahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang,Central Java, Indonesia. The monument consists of six square platforms topped by three circular platforms and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.[1]A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues each of which is seated inside a perforatedstupa. It is the world’s largest Buddhist temple,[2][3] as well as one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world.[4]
Built in the 9th century during the reign of theSailendra Dynasty, the temple was designed in Javanese Buddhist architecture, which blends the Indonesian indigenous cult ofancestor worship and the Buddhist concept of attaining Nirvana.[4] The temple also demonstrates the influences of Gupta art that reflects India's influence on the region, yet there are enough indigenous scenes and elements incorporated to make Borobudur uniquely Indonesian.[5][6] The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path around the monument and ascends to the top through three levels symbolic of Buddhist cosmology: Kāmadhātu(the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). The monument guides pilgrims through an extensive system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the walls and the balustrades. Borobudur has the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world.[4]
Evidence suggests Borobudur was constructed in the 9th century and abandoned following the 14th-century decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java and the Javaneseconversion to Islam.[7] Worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in 1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, then the British ruler of Java, who was advised of its location by native Indonesians. Borobudur has since been preserved through several restorations. The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by theIndonesian government and UNESCO, following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[4]
Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year, Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesakat the monument, and Borobudur is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction.[8][9][10]