Up Down And Everything In-between

“Then, suddenly, my consciousness was lighted up from within and I saw in a vivid way how the whole universe was made up of particles of material which, no matter how dull and lifeless they might seem, were nevertheless filled with this intense and vital beauty.”

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Aldous Huxley

The mind wants to land, to fixate, to hold a concept, but the only way you can be really free is by not fixating. That’s part of true maturity, and it’s one of the hardest things for spiritual people who have had true and powerful revelations to go through - to accept the degree of surrender needed to literally let go of all experience and all self-reference. Even in great revelations, there is almost always something that wants to claim, “I am this.” Every time you claim, “I am this”, you just claimed another sense perception, thought, emotion, or feeling.

Adyashanti (via davejwatson)

Margot Robbie by Camilla Akrans 2018

Lady Absinth (1901) - Ferdinand Keller

La femme a une puissance singulière qui se compose de la réalité de la force et de l'apparence de la faiblesse.

- Victor Hugo

易

by Song Jue, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Album leaf; ink on paper

太極圖

Engraving by Robert Fludd from his book Utriusque Cosmi, 1621