Lifting the Veil

sometimes my life situation tries to draw me back:

behind the veil

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I pick up my Copper Wire Knitting

Or listen/read a few "words" from Eckhart Tolle...

Byron Katie

{Krishnamurti...

Osho, perhaps...Nisargadatta}

Marite

Diane

Gangaji

(i, actually, don't "read" Gangaji, anymore because it Is She who helped me get the ball rolling; her Play, "The Diamond in Your Pocket" resides deep in the Heart of)

Me

...the Veil Is Lifted

("my") mission is: Being the Awareness of Love...Universal Love
...through wire + fibers + found objects(etc) that Are knit into sculptural Open Vessels

transmutation light vessels

I have to say that I rarely give much "thought" to the pieces that manifest themselves before my Eye(s) and in my hands

What happens is this: Intuitively an "idea" or "thought" arises after the piece has been created and (sometimes) I live with the form for awhile... literally the idea Comes to me, through me

I reCall having different "thoughts", in mind, before a piece takes shape...
but I never intentionally create according to "thoughts"; You can say that the form that is manifested from the Intuition Is intentional, and completely spontaneous!

So, this is what happens:
I knit in an automatic fashion (as most knitters, except those who follow a pattern) making changes to the stitches as I go, "randomly" so to speak

And when I shape the final form the essence inherent in it comes out, "appears" Naturally.

"my art" springs forth, bubbles up, arises from the Heart-mind
Where I Am at the Center in my creativity
The non brow spiritual Essence of this bridge between hand and Heart is the most "Mundane" and Miraculous in combination, in concert, in unity, in OneUnnamed, Unknown

i can't tell anyone what to do
what to think
what to say
what to feel.
when you restrict a Child,
in any manner (except immediate safety)
they will respond by ultimately doing the action anyway
either compulsively,
intuitively
or in rebellion to the restriction... in secret

Their inner compass directs them
not you or i.
They will go toward pleasure,
not pain,
every time

A Response

I don't think most people know that they are pretending... when you talk about this it implies a conscious "effort" to portray the aspects you talk of. People are unconscious of the way they "act". In other words, I say that the act of "thinking" is the basis of the pretense. It is just that one cannot do anything to stop pretending. We don't know what, how or why a person "wakes up to reality" and another does not. I sense it is a matter of evolution.

I think it is extremely important that people realize that no one is better or lesser than an other.
The simplest way to come to this is to see how in your own life you have never done anything that effectively changes your life situation. Yes, things will change, but they change naturally. It is like struggling to float on water... the more you try to float the more you sink... but when you let the water hold you, when you trust the water, you float.

This is similar to what Byron Katie talks about. Life happens; once a situation occurs you can't go back and change it no matter how hard you think about it. You can't argue with what IS.
This is really difficult to understand with the mind, because, in a sense, the mind has its own agenda. It wants to overthrow, overrule your reality. Because it has become overworked and in a sense, mad (as in 'crazy'). And even, this "error" of the mind (collective mind) serves a purpose. It is pushing us In to the Now. In to the field of Now. We are All "going" there in diverse ways, as humans express the diversity of Life. All One massive festival of Life.

Don't ask why, because no one knows.

Re-Wired

The awarness of be-ing comes about and thus You Are Aware

Can You See that It is not a matter of "ask and you shall receive"?
The "asking" is In-herent is Our Be-ing-ness.

When the mind becomes quiet ("finally") You Are Open-ness
You give in this state of Presence...automatically!
And, again, the Beautiful Paradox (seemingly)...
In this Gift that You Are is the Present You Receive, Al(l)Ways!!
Infinitely Present

I have "dropped" beliefs, concepts, etc. about Life (and punctuation marks)
And realize that it "happened" because I investigated 'a thought' as just a thought.

EveryOne comes to this realization, at some point.
But I can't really tell You about it
I can't make You understand
I can't explain 'myself'
I can't help You

The paradox is: in Being Aware, the Awareness of Being "comes about"

Byron Katie makes a CLEAR POINT:
(i "paraphrase")
You cannot "drop" an idea or judgment BUT when You recognize that it is (absolutely) POINTLESS to argue with "WHAT IS"
THEN,
the judgment or 'idea about someone or something' WILL DROP YOU!!!

this is truly wonderful, this IS!