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The Cornerstone of Esoteric Christianity
by Rev. Carol E. Parrish-Harra, PhD, Dec 13, 1998
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The Christian community needs to ask, "What happened to the biblical reference to the Christ within, the hope of glory?" In the ancient mystical teachings we learn that the "second coming" will be a perfected consciousness of love-wisdom such as the Christ possessed. This vision for humanity is the cornerstone of esoteric Christianity.
Esoteric Christianity, with its transformational techniques, is little known to many. Some of its principles are often discovered through metaphysics, new thought, or mystical, agnostic, or other approaches. However, they are in danger of being distorted or glamorized, even over-simplified when taken out of context.
Historical creeds of all religions have some aspect deeply preserved until the aspirant is prepared or experiencing little-understood spiritual phenomena. At that point, the adage, "When the student is ready, the teacher appears, truly seems to work." Someone will reach out and, if only for a brief time, guide the one in need across troubled waters to safety.
To begin to explain Esoteric Christianity requires boldness, audacity, and tenacity. It can be endless in definition because it transforms the experiencer and the experience redefines the faith. However, as contemporary Christians find themselves needing a greater personal sense of intimacy (not dogma or doctrine) with their spiritual Source, this recognizable route to God gradually emerges, expanding our spiritual experiences.
A major challenge for many is whether esoteric, or mystical, Christianity, as some call it, involves God or Jesus. Esoteric Christians believe Master Jesus, the Christ, pointed followers to the Father, as he affirmed he "and the Father are one." The symbology of Oneness is important to esotericists as they lift their thinking to identify with Soul, rather than personality. I am the Soul affirms this new identity.
A major adjustment is to learn to live "as a soul having a human experience," rather than to relate so strongly with personality stuff. This ability to shift identity is a major effort of transformation: "Know Thyself." The concept of the mystical body of Christ focuses our soul identity to Oneness and aligns Esoteric Christianity to the kabalistic concept of Adam Kadmon, the heavenly human.
Another consideration is that each of us is one brain cell in the mind of the planetary being or in the life we share. We recognize thoughts as things and that each of us either blesses or pollutes our setting. Mindfulness is an attribute we seek to build, as we strive toward higher consciousness in the midst of daily living, believing we are to be the hearts, hands, and minds of God as we integrate with the Christ, teacher of angels and of humanity.
"New Age," having become a catch-all phrase, originally carried the meaning of seeing an expanded vision of the higher Plan. Jesus brought in the then-new Age of Pisces, perceiving his work and sharing a new perspective with his disciples, which, indeed, called them out of their old system. He challenged them to know God, the Father, in innovative ways, to move from just fulfilling the letter of the law to living by the spirit of the law.
Without negating the commandments of the Old Testament, he laid upon them the great commandment to love God and to love the neighbor as the self. Here the consciousness of the disciples had to shift to realize that mere obedience was not enough. Their master stretched them to loving hearts, loving hands.
The great commandment expands all of us beyond comfortable personality boundaries and into the energy of the soul--Lots Of Vital Energy. Then we bring our attunement Earthward from the higher dimensions into the world around us, acting upon it to bring transformative influences to daily life.
We expand the Christian vision by fulfilling it on a one-to-one basis. Spiritual laws and the love of Christ form the foundation upon which we carry out our part of the Christ mission. Consider Mother Teresa and those left behind in her order when death came, those upon whom the mission now falls. They took it upon themselves to align with her vision and continue to fulfill it. As contemporary Christians, we are to keep the vision alive, expanding our love-wisdom until the true fruit of this world religion blossoms.
Only enlightened ones can point direction to the holy; we admire, appreciate, and listen to the saints and sages, the teachers and masters who have found the way. Their wisdom may be just what we need to advance on our own path. In the esoteric tradition is a saying, "Only a lighted flame can pass on the light." Oral traditions used to pass teachings from a wise one to a devotee, who then lived accordingly; in due time, s/he would become responsible for passing the teachings on to others.
Fears around mystical moments, hard-to-grasp experiences, or phenomena often caused the wise one, the shaman, or the astrologer to be suspect. Persecution kept those with access to such wisdom quiet, guarding what they knew. The Inquisition murdered thousands of women who were the healers and visionaries of their people. Call it magic or folk wisdom, it cost them their lives.
Because we often fear that which we do not fully comprehend and because religious fanaticism runs high, people with broader ideas often limit what they share. This self-protection keeps concepts from being distorted by those who do not realize deeper meanings which may come through meditation and inner contact.
Yet at troublesome or pain-filled moments, all of us call out to the heavens: "Why?" "Is this all there is?" We invoke divine help, and doors often open at such power-filled moments.
Ten Points of Importance
Ten points of importance come to mind as I attempt to define an infrastructure of thought that fits most esoteric Christians:
l. Life has a reason and a purpose. Esoteric teachings offer an overview of this Great Life and its purpose. This set of teachings is called cosmology.
2. All life is sacred, especially human life: Remember ye are gods. The cosmos is seeking to expand us into divine beings--a major difference to many other approaches. Self-actualization, self-worth, self-unfolding of potential--all are part of the message. It does not mean we do not err but that we are in essence divine and are to embrace the struggle of transformation.
3. Humanity is never left without dialogue with the higher worlds. From the most ancient prophets to modern, inspired ones, the will of the Creator is broadcast (my term) through the ethers to those who would hear. Perceived by listening ones, all world religions have developed out of the necessity to respond to the message and the knowledge derived from it. Each world religion donned an outer form, a manner in which it could be presented. This explanation became the cloak of its revelations.
4. Spiritual law consists of many definitive messages from the higher world to assist us to conform to our vision of the higher will of the Father-Mother, the Divine, the Source--whatever vocabulary fits the perception. The Ten Commandments, the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-fold Path, the Koran, the Popol Vuh, even the Beatitudes fit this idea, if we accept that Master Jesus as the Christ was instructing his disciples in his yoga, or yoke. These words share a common root word, yug, which means "union." Indeed, Jesus's prayer was that we would come to be one with him.
5. Each denomination, holy order, or religion develops its vocabulary, and these concepts and terms may be confusing to others. Each system abounds in mystical realities, and this veil has to be penetrated to reveal and grasp the subtler inner teachings. Esoteric symbols teem with great meaning, with profound truths awaiting discovery and insight. Great teachings contain the story of the soul and the universe, and as teaching myths and parables preserve truths uncovered by preceding teachers or wise ones, they await our readiness for their revelation.
6. Master Jesus is accepted as the historical Christ. The long-awaited Great One created such a state of alignment to the heavenly world, his vehicles--body, emotional nature, and mental equipment--were of such holiness that the Great Lord Christ, who had never incarnated, could descend into the body of Jesus to live through his prepared nature. From the baptism on, Jesus is the Christ, the Wayshower, the Elder Brother, Son of God and Son of Man, or fully human and fully divine, which is our transformational goal. We are to realize the Christ consciousness as well.
7. The message of the Christ was preparation and how-to's. Disciples were to dedicate themselves to living by guidelines appropriate to their understanding of his instructions. By doing that, he explained to the disciples, they would be visited by the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, advocate of the Lord. They would find themselves visited by certain phenomena and gifts that would stretch them, lifting them into another level of relationship to the Holy. These gifts, like fruit on the vine, are to be harvested and revered for the bounty they bring.
8. The emphasis of the message of the Christ is to live as the Wayshower Jesus did--loving and caring, open to the mystical reality wherein we become one with the Father-Mother Creator, Giver of Life. In this mystical relationship we give birth to the Christ-Within, the hope of glory. We discover the central truth of all religions that focus on the inner nature as the fulfillment of life. The Christ-Within is the goal. We are to be obedient children as we begin our quest to come into alignment with the path of life, but we are to grow into spiritual maturity wherein the inner nature can be one with the Christ, the Higher, the Holy. The goal for the Esoteric Christian is to become Christed--whether called "enlightenment" or "salvation."
9. This goal permeates the life of the serious disciple with a dedication which often astonishes many. A life of self-discipline, understanding, discernment, prayer, and meditation is typical. Other practices may include: tithing, dietary disciplines, fasting, healing, dream study, intuition, silence, visualization, and service. Each one seeks to know higher will and to accommodate it within the framework of one's lifestyle.
10. Additional points of information:
* Not all esotericists are Christians, but all are aware of spiritual law.
* Groups vary from quiet and dignified to very flamboyant, but all recognize the importance of group life.
* Some believe in reincarnation, others do not, but all ponder it.
* There is a distinct interest in on-going life, other dimensions and phenomena that are confusing or uncomfortable for some--angels or devas, life-after-death, visions, and friends in spirit all hold interest.
Esoteric Christianity affirms healing of planetary life and all that this might mean. It does not see such wonders as "miracles"--just universal spiritual laws at work which are not yet comprehended. We learn to live in a mystical attunement to the Lord Christ, allowing the Plan to work itself out through us as it will.
REV. CAROL E. PARRISH-HARRA, Ph.D., is the founder of Sancta Sophia Seminary (1978) and Sparrow Hawk Village (1981), a spiritual community in the foothills of the Ozarks, near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. After a near-death experience in 1958, she began an earnest search for a new perception of spirituality. Today, she is a master teacher of teachers, international lecturer, and author of ten books. The latest of these are Adventure in Meditation--Spirituality for the 21st Century, each of three volumes earning the Athena Award for Mentoring, and The New Dictionary of Spiritual Thought, containing 1100 concepts of today's most important Western and Eastern esoteric and spiritual concepts. One review stated, "No other reference book today provides the clarity and depth of insight into the timeless wisdom teachings, going beyond intellectual understanding to touch the innermost heart and soul."
Carol ParrishRev. Carol E. Parrish-Harra, Dean
Sancta Sophia Seminary
Sparrow Hawk Village
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Tahlequah, OK 74464 USA
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In the past editions of the Spirituality segment of the Sovryn Technica Newsletter, we’ve thus far discussed:
What I mean by “spirituality” and how it contrasts with what is conventionally known as “religion”.
The importance of documenting your spirituality and making it (and yourself) “portable” and thus censorship and catastrophe-resistant.
Why spirituality can be useful to you to survive, outlast, and outmaneuver the authoritarian-rich civilization we exist within — regardless of whether you’re a mystic, atheist, or some other type of believing practitioner.
If you haven’t read the Spirituality segment in the past three issues, I highly recommend you do for context. But now I want to discuss the foundation of spirituality; whether it be your own spirituality, a spirituality you’ve adopted, or really any form of spirituality you may encounter.
That foundation — and this is true 99% of the time (I take 1% off for the Discordians) — is axiomatic. Meaning: the foundation is some kind of axiom(s). That one thing that you consider to be completely true and self-evident that exists without question and is the basis of what of your “spiritual” belief. This can be a book, or it could be an experience that you had — you saw a god, or a mystical polar bear (believe me, I’ve heard that story) and it changed your perceptions of the universe. It could even be you; as in, you are your own god and your own axiom. Frankly, it could be a mixture of all of these things, but without some kind of axiomatic foundation, you have no cornerstone to build your mental temple upon that allows you to simultaneously encapsulate and expand your spiritual self. You need something you know to be true that you can test any future knowledge or experience upon, because knowledge, spiritual or otherwise, is merely justified true belief. With spirituality being such a personal experience, you can’t always rely on the correspondence theory of truth, so your axioms take the place of correspondence with others.
Need an example? Alright, I’ll be vulnerable and open with you.
My axiom is a book. Well, more actually, a collection of books that gets called a “book”. And no, despite what I’m sure you’ve figured already are my Jewish proclivities, it’s not the Tanakh. My axiom is the Book of Radiance, more popularly known as the Zohar. While I won’t get into a treatise on the Zohar here (I assure you, I will in the future, but it will be a multi-issue series), I share this with you to let you know where I’m coming from, what I use as the crucible and test of knowledge and experiences that I encounter, and what I build my mental temple upon.
Now, before you start saying that the Zohar is this or that, let me assure you, anything you go and read on Wikipedia or on some Christian website does not express the reality of information or nature of the existence of this true “book of books”. As someone who has read everything from The Urantia Book (fascinating stuff, by the way) to the Tao Te Ching (excrement), I have never read anything like the Zohar that is essentially an entire universe within itself (though some sci-fi — such as by Olaf Stapledon — certainly gives its best effort). And it covers much more than spirituality: ahead-of-its-time scientific knowledge, health, history, sex, advanced technology, and more. Again, I’ll tell you more about it in the future, but suffice it for now to tell you that it’s the book I hang my spiritual “hat” on.
NOTE: Though I consider the Zohar to be “axiomatic”, I’m not inferring that what you consider axiomatic is somehow wrong if it happens to be something else. I’m not even saying the Discordians are wrong for essentially being “anti-axiom” (an oversimplification, certainly). I don’t have to disprove what you consider to be axiomatic. The very nature of an axiom is that it is self-evident, which means that a false axiom will disprove itself. Just keep your mind open to your axiom falling apart before your eyes. I always do.
You don’t have to “hang your hat” on the Zohar, but the fact remains that in your spiritual exploration and growth, you will need something (again, even if its just belief in yourself and the feedback your six senses — yes six, at least — give you). Without an axiom you may think that your beliefs are just more adaptable, but the truth is actually the opposite: even the most adaptable creature needs a wall at its back, or a firm footing, or just a parachute to successfully engage the greatest threats and challenges presented by the objective universe at any given moment. That’s just Survival 101.
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The Cornerstone, the last brick of the Prophets ﷺ
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "My similitude in comparison with the other prophets before me, is that of a man who has built a house nicely and beautifully, except for a place of one brick in a corner. The people go about it and wonder at its beauty, but say: 'Would that this brick be put in its place!' So I am that brick, and I am the last of the Prophets." Qaala Rasul Allah (saw)
Matthew 21:42-45 EASY:-
“Jesus said to them, ‘I am sure that you have read this in the Bible: “The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building. The Lord God did this. And we can see that he did something great.” I tell you this. Because you do not believe in me, God will take his kingdom away from you. He will give it to people who show that they obey him. When a person falls on to that stone, it will break his body into pieces. When that stone falls on top of someone, it will destroy him completely.’ The leaders of the priests and the Pharisees heard what Jesus said in his stories. They knew that he was speaking against them.”
Psalms 118:25-26 EASY:-
“Lord, save us now! Lord, make us do very well! The man that comes in the name of the Lord will be blessed. We bless you from the house of the Lord.”
Luke 13:35 EASY:-
“So listen! Your great house will now become like a wilderness with nobody in it. I tell you this. You will not see me [Jesus Christ] again until the day when you say, “Great is the man who comes with the authority of the Lord God.” ’”
Quran 1:1:-
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ
In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy!
Quran 2:89:-
وَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمۡ كِتَـٰبࣱ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقࣱ لِّمَا مَعَهُمۡ وَكَانُوا۟ مِن قَبۡلُ یَسۡتَفۡتِحُونَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُم مَّا عَرَفُوا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦۚ فَلَعۡنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ
And when there came to them (the Jews), a Book (this Quran) from Allah confirming what is with them [the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)], although aforetime they had invoked Allah (for coming of Muhammad Peace be upon him) in order to gain victory over those who disbelieved, then when there came to them that which they had recognised, they disbelieved in it. So let the Curse of Allah be on the disbelievers
[Muhsin Khan and Taqi-ud-Den Al-Hilali Translation]
Al-Qur'an al-Kareem
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Hebrew translation:
93. וְכָאן כָּתוּב וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב, שֶׁעַד עַכְשָׁו לֹא הִתְבַּשֵּׂר. מִנַּיִן הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ? אֶלָּא וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב, שֶׁרָאָה אֶת כָּל דַּיָּרֵי הָאָרֶץ שֶׁהוֹלְכִים לְמִצְרַיִם וּמְבִיאִים תְּבוּאָה. זֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב.
94. רַבִּי יִצְחָק אָמַר, בֹּא רְאֵה, דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ זָכָה לְהִתְחַבֵּר עִם הָאָבוֹת, וְיָרַשׁ אֶת מְקוֹמוֹ בְתוֹכָם. זֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּה.
95. רַבִּי יֵיסָא וְרַבִּי חִזְקִיָּה הָיוּ הוֹלְכִים מִקַּפּוֹטְקִיָּא לְלוֹד, וְהָיָה עִמָּהֶם יְהוּדִי אֶחָד שֶׁמַּחֲזִיק נוֹד שֶׁל יַיִן. בְּעוֹדָם הוֹלְכִים, אָמַר רַבִּי יֵיסָא לְרַבִּי חִזְקִיָּה, פְּתַח פִּיךָ וֶאֱמֹר דָּבָר אֶחָד מֵאוֹתָם הַדְּבָרִים הַמְעֻלִּים שֶׁל הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁאַתָּה אוֹמֵר כָּל יוֹם לִפְנֵי הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּדוֹשׁ.
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Zohar Miketz
Genesis 42:1
“וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב כִּי יֶשׁ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב לְבָנָיו לָמָּה תִּתְרָאוּ.”
“Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
#93
It is written “Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt” and the Zohar asks how did Jacob sees that when he didn’t have the Shechna with him after losing Joseph. The explanation is that Jacob knew that when he saw the other people of the land go to Egypt for food. It wasn’t with the support of the Holy Spirit that he temporarily lost.
#94
Rabbi Yitzchak says that King David had merits to connect to the patriarchs and have a place among them.
Psalms 118:22
“אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּה.”
“The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.”
#95
Rabbi Yessa and Rabbi Chizkiya were walking from Kaputkia to Lod and with them a jew carrying a vessel of wine. Rabbi Yessa asked Rabbi Chizkia to share one of the beautiful studies that he had with Rabbi Shimon.
Continued in the next DZ
Lesson;
“The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.”
The Zohar references ‘The Stone’ as the ‘Drinking Stone’ that the world was founded on. See Daily Zohar # 3209 – Vayetze – The stone of the house of God.
The stone is the aspect of Malchut that doesn’t have a light of its own. It’s also the aspect of David, the humble king of Israel. He connected to the Patriarchs that represent the three-column, Right for Chessed, Left for Gevurah and center for Tiferet. He gave us the tools to connect and draw the Light of the three columns to Malchut. These tools are the Psalms that we include in all our prayers.
In the future, the children of Israel that are ignored and disrespected like a simple stone would be the ‘Chief cornerstone’ for the whole world because the Light would shine from Israel to all directions of the world.
Governor Phil Murphy signs an executive order requiring that all internet service providers wanting to do business in NJ adhere to the principles of net neutrality in Newark, New Jersey on Monday, February 5th, 2018. OIT/Governor's Office.
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The Pilates Approach of body conditioning called the group of muscles in our center or the core, likewise called the “powerhouse”. This includes our abdominal area, lower back, hips and butts. Inning accordance with Pilates, all energy required for the exercises begin with the powerhouse, then streams external to the extremities. The physical energy is then put in from the core to collaborate one’s motions. In this method, a strong and powerful structure is built on which to rely in everyday living.
While Pilates draws from a variety of varied workout designs, bringing the concepts of yoga, Greek and Roman perfects and Zen together, there are generally particular judgment concepts that are intrinsic to the Pilates Technique of body conditioning. These concepts are the ones that bring all those suitables together under the Pilates name. These consist of focusing, concentration, control, accuracy, breathing and streaming motion. Let’s have a look at these concepts one by one.
The Pilates Technique of body conditioning, established by the famous German nationwide Joseph Pilates, normally follows thoroughly set out concepts based upon a sound philosophical and theoretical structure. It is thought about throughout the world as a type of workout, there is really much more to the Pilates Approach of body conditioning than its being a workout. It is not simply a collection of workouts however a technique, established and fine-tuned over more than eighty years of usage and observation.
Concentration
Under this concept, the Pilates Approach of body conditioning needs you to focus on exactly what you are doing, all the time. Together with this, you need to likewise focus on your whole body. As soon as you begin actually to focus and focus to your body, you will discover a motion which might have appeared basic in the beginning glace, however really rather intricate.
Control
On its the majority of fundamental, the Pilates Approach of body conditioning teaches total muscle control. Careless and haphazard motions are not consisted of in this technique. Rather, extensive concentration is needs so that you will be in control of every element of every motion. It is essential to keep in mind that this 3rd concept does not just use to the big movements of limbs, however likewise to the position of fingers, toes and head, even the degree of arching or flatness of the back, the turning in or out of the legs, and the rotation of the wrists.
Accuracy
Every motion associated with the Pilates Approach of body conditioning has a function. Therefore, every guideline is seriously essential to the success of the entire. As exactly what lots of professionals frequently state, to leave out any information is to desert the intrinsic worth of the Pilates Technique of body conditioning. The primary focus here is on doing one exact and ideal motion, which might ultimately end up being force of habit and be rollovered into daily life as economy and grace of motion.
Breathing
Complete and extensive inhalation and exhalation become part of the Pilates Approach of body conditioning. Pilates, in the very first location, saw required exhalation as the secret to complete inhalation. Breathing should be done with concentration, control and accuracy. It ought to be appropriately collaborated with motion.
Fluidity
The Pilates Approach of body conditioning is carried out fluidly. There is no fixed, separated motion for that out bodies do not naturally work that method. Grace of movement should be highlighted over speed. Eventually, Pilates motions must feel as fluid as a waltz or a long stride. As exactly what the Pilates Approach of body conditioning keeps, evenly established muscles are the trick to excellent posture, natural grace and flexibility.
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I chose this image for the principle of design: unity because the image flows together and combines all the shapes into one image.
Illustration to accompany the 10 Principles post at my That's Right Design & Culture Blog: thatisright.blogspot.com/2010/01/10-principles.html
Rolls-Royce’s automotive principles are precise and conclusive, directed to continuously build opulent vehicles that satisfy the souls of their eclectic class of wealthy owners. From American mattress distributors to Middle Eastern Princes to Japanese artists, the ideological beliefs, business savvy and success of each customer is as diverse as the convergence of people and cultures in New York City. For this reason, the British purveyor of finely-crafted machines from Goodwood, England, always reinvents itself and influences the planet with stately chariots such as the breathtaking Wraith Black Badge, which we recently experienced for a long weekend in my hometown of Silver Spring, MD.
Against the grim backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, chief executives of 110 companies in Thailand have pledged to advance gender equality in business by implementing the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). The event was hosted by WeEmpowerAsia, a UN Women programme funded by and in partnership with the European Union. Read the full press release: unwo.men/tGyn50BFura
Date: September 30, 2020
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Photo: UN Women/Siraphob Werakijpanich & Tanasin Pheankusol
Against the grim backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, chief executives of 110 companies in Thailand have pledged to advance gender equality in business by implementing the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). The event was hosted by WeEmpowerAsia, a UN Women programme funded by and in partnership with the European Union. Read the full press release: unwo.men/tGyn50BFura
Date: September 30, 2020
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Photo: UN Women/Siraphob Werakijpanich & Tanasin Pheankusol
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Millbrook, New York
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Innisfree is a public garden of approximately 200 acres, blending Japanese, Chinese, Modern, and ecological design principles in Millbrook, a rural area roughly in the center of Dutchess County, New York. Innisfree’s distinctive sloping, rocky landscape, which forms the literal and visual foundation for the garden, is set within a natural bowl wrapping around the 40-acre Tyrrel Lake. This bowl, with no other signs of human intervention visible beyond the garden, creates a profound sense of intimacy and privacy at Innisfree that is one of its defining characteristics. A product of postwar ideas in American landscape architecture, Innisfree merges the essence of Modernist and Romantic ideas with traditional Chinese and Japanese garden design principles in a form that evolved through subtle, sculptural handling of the site and slow, science-based manipulation of its ecology. The result is a distinctly American stroll garden organized around placemaking techniques used in ancient Chinese villa gardens and described as “cup gardens.”
Innisfree, one of the largest intact modern designed landscapes in America, is the masterwork of Lester Collins (1914-1993), a seminal figure in American twentieth century landscape architecture. Lester Collins, fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, was one of the most sought-after designers and influential educators of his generation. Innisfree’s design reflects the philosophies and practices that guided Collins’s approach throughout his career, integrates innovative, sometimes truly groundbreaking horticultural and environmental engineering practices, and embodies the distinctive characteristics of postwar Modernist landscape architecture.
Innisfree began as the private estate of Walter and Marion Beck, who started initial work on the garden during the early 1930s. Starting in 1938, they continued its development in collaboration with and under the direction of Lester Collins. In 1960, following the deaths of the Becks and pursuant to their wishes, Collins transformed Innisfree from a private estate garden into a substantially larger, more nuanced public garden. He ran the public
garden while continuing to gradually develop and transform the landscape until his death in 1993.
Innisfree demonstrates Collins’s focus on the experience of people in the landscape; his ability to respond adroitly to the particularities of site and program; his approach and aesthetics as a Modernist; his scholarly understanding of landscape history, particularly of Romantic, Chinese, and Japanese gardens; and his innovative use of scientific and engineering principles to develop an environmentally and economically sustainable landscape. Innisfree has long been a mecca for designers from all over the world and it is now attracting similar attention from the global horticultural
community.
The primary features of Innisfree’s design are its principal cup gardens (loosely understood as garden rooms), Tyrrel Lake, and the Lake Path. Collins used the unifying features of the lake and lake path to integrate the many cup gardens into one dynamic experience in the natural landscape. The cup gardens vary in form, scale, and materials. One is an organically shaped meadow bisected by a wildly meandering stream and dotted with sculptural rocks and specimen trees. Another is a bog garden that has been carefully but lightly managed so that a new plant community emerged to play a particular aesthetic role. One more still is an elaborate complex of rock terraces stepping down a slope, each with its own vocabulary of design, materials, and mood.
Throughout the garden, there are themes and motifs that recur in varied forms. There is a dynamic tension between what appears to be natural and what appears to be cultivated. At a macro scale, this is evidenced by the entirety of the garden itself emerging from apparent wooded wilderness. Undulating, almost surreal natural topography is echoed in the rounded forms of clipped trees and constructed berms. Tall, straight pine trunks are mirrored in a 60’ high fountain jet. Naturalistic bogs are discreetly cultivated while areas that look like traditional planted beds are allowed to evolve and change like native plant communities.
While there are some exceptional horticultural specimens at Innisfree, the vast majority of the plants are native or naturalized. Instead of labor-intensive maintenance to strictly adhere to a fixed planting plan, plants are encouraged to find locations where they thrive just as they do in the wild and then gently edited for aesthetics. Sometimes this is achieved simply by allowing plants to self-sow; sometimes by sowing seed or moving plants in from elsewhere on site to increase a successful population; sometimes by limited hybridization to develop strains that are more ideally suited to specific local conditions. As a result, the overall plantings at Innisfree have an unstudied visual character punctuated by a handful of carefully placed, carefully sculpted trees.
There is also a deliberate choreographing of human perceptual experiences throughout Innisfree. Collins paid particular attention to these ideas. Scale ranges from massive to intimate. Spaces are open and bright, or tight and shadowy. Surfaces vary in material, texture, slope, and sound. Water changes form, scale, and sound. Design and planting details are dense or spare.
Another important motif at Innisfree is sculptural landforms. Collins began to clear trees to reveal the undulating glacial landforms. Collins felt that “land shapes, both natural and man-made…separate but also knit together sequences of cup gardens. Just like the sculptural rocks, these land forms are permanent design features in the garden, for they do not grow and their health is not subject to vagaries.” In the 1970s and early 1980s, Collins created dramatic berms in the garden to echo and emphasize the natural landforms.
In the nearly 70 years since Innisfree opened to the public, the garden has delighted and captured the imagination of experts and non-experts alike. Garden lovers, landscape writers and critics have sought to capture the unique aesthetic qualities and unusual design sophistication of Innisfree in various descriptive terms.
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Top left is a conception balance with the thought of corporation(like McDonald) is everywhere and taking over nature.Top right is a display of harmony the color blend of the sky leading to bright sun and the darken trees bring a good look of harmony. Upper left middle is a demonstration of movement it was a 30 shot burst and me doing a one handed handstand really fast.Upper right middle is a display of Rhythm its a old picture of my dance crew in Arizona and its repetition of the girls holding down the guys in a row. Middle photo was my input on Unity as a dancer its a connection to make a dance and me and my best friend were one to make the dance and i feel that's how it demonstrates Unity.Bottom left middle is illustration of Emphasis everything is the same color but the distortion of the graffiti on the wall draws the viewers eyes(no I did not do the graffiti) . Bottom right shows the principle of variety , as everyone was admiring the beautiful cloudy sunset i took the chance to get a shot of multiple people and a shot of variety. Lastly the Bottom photo is my input on contrast I found a beautiful purple flower and bloomed out the contrast than lowered the saturation of the surrounding to make it pop even more.
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Authors: Burnet, John, 1784-1868
Subjects: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
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