Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Grout Backsplash Travertine Joints And Holes

The Karman necessity or freedom?

This evening I returned from a conference. Title "The psychological significance of Karman. Argomento impegnativo. Devo dire, e chi mi conosce lo sa, che diffido sempre delle trattazioni semplicistiche in seno a concetti e ad argomentazioni che appartengono a culture "altre". Troppo spesso prendiamo a prestito concetti che non contestualizziamo dandone una nostra chiave di lettura e, quel che è peggio, senza dichiararlo. Da qui nascono i chakra aperti e chiusi, le auree luminose e nere (neanche fossimo tutti delle lucine di Natale!).
Non dico che non ci sia un patrimonio di conoscenza nelle culture che ho definito "altre", io stessa ricerco da anni su questo sentiero, mi piacerebbe che non fossero però trasformate in fenomeni da circo. Ci siamo talmente abituati a questo modo di inventare che ci crediamo well ...
Well the discussion tonight, I must say, was not bad. But it left me puzzled the final revisions. Most of the audience was absolutely focused on the past, the pain of the past and had to pull in not only their own cause, not just the two most recent past life, but also of the ancestors and the ancestors of the ancestors. Here ... the myth of Western karma. Our way of doing absolutely freudianissimo retrospective on everything, let's face it, weep for him. But try to ask one east of the past (I speak of course of an Oriental, somehow, is close to the wisdom traditions because even the myth of East I would have something to say!) will tell you that the only time worth living is the here and now.
So what? Maybe we should do, if I may, a bit 'of order and clarity to this karma.

Every culture since the dawn of time, has created his own personal myth about the death in an attempt to respond to a painful event or, even better, to find any educational purpose of pain in human life. I would like to present here a song that moves me always written by a great scholar of Indian myths and that is very close to my feeling: : "... maybe I just congenital affinity with the Hindu myths, aroused in me spontaneous attraction. However I found that I could understand the death of my father in terms of Hindu mythology about death and evil ... I came to think first and then to feel in harmony with the theory of karma. The theory of karma tells us that we have lived other lives, that our soul had other bodies. But how can we feel, as well as intellectually accept the reality of these other lives, if we fail to remember it? ... Remember something that we can not remember a distant past, thanks to the power of invisible traces left in our souls by those events, the Indians call these tracks scents (vasanas). The theory of karma tells us that we have lived lives that we can not remember and therefore can not hear. The essays can imagine the lives of others, and so live them, and the essays are rare. But for those of us who lack the imagination that allows you to feel the infinity of time in our lives, it may be possible to perceive the infinite space of our human lives. Again, the Indian texts tell us that we are bound to karmically all the other people in the world: they are us ... then I heard that all the things you want or do you want to be there in 'eternity had been there forever and ever, since there was human life on Earth. They were like beautiful rooms in which anyone could enter, and when I had not been unable to get in, yet would still be there. They were part of the time, and although they could not be part of me for a long time, a part of me would always be in them. Something I would stay in the things that I loved, like the smell or the smell of pipe that tell us that someone else has already been in that room before us ... Maybe, since they are not Hindus, this is the closest approach that I granted the belief that I can remember of my previous lives: remembering the lives of others as my life. And maybe it's a close enough. " From" The myths of others, "Wendy Doniger

Well, tonight I leave you wishing you good night but I will continue with a few thoughts more on the next post.

know your opinion, of course, I am very interested.

Simona


Grout Backsplash Travertine Joints And Holes

The Karman necessity or freedom?

This evening I returned from a conference. Title "The psychological significance of Karman. Argomento impegnativo. Devo dire, e chi mi conosce lo sa, che diffido sempre delle trattazioni semplicistiche in seno a concetti e ad argomentazioni che appartengono a culture "altre". Troppo spesso prendiamo a prestito concetti che non contestualizziamo dandone una nostra chiave di lettura e, quel che è peggio, senza dichiararlo. Da qui nascono i chakra aperti e chiusi, le auree luminose e nere (neanche fossimo tutti delle lucine di Natale!).
Non dico che non ci sia un patrimonio di conoscenza nelle culture che ho definito "altre", io stessa ricerco da anni su questo sentiero, mi piacerebbe che non fossero però trasformate in fenomeni da circo. Ci siamo talmente abituati a questo modo di inventare che ci crediamo well ...
Well the discussion tonight, I must say, was not bad. But it left me puzzled the final revisions. Most of the audience was absolutely focused on the past, the pain of the past and had to pull in not only their own cause, not just the two most recent past life, but also of the ancestors and the ancestors of the ancestors. Here ... the myth of Western karma. Our way of doing absolutely freudianissimo retrospective on everything, let's face it, weep for him. But try to ask one east of the past (I speak of course of an Oriental, somehow, is close to the wisdom traditions because even the myth of East I would have something to say!) will tell you that the only time worth living is the here and now.
So what? Maybe we should do, if I may, a bit 'of order and clarity to this karma.

Every culture since the dawn of time, has created his own personal myth about the death in an attempt to respond to a painful event or, even better, to find any educational purpose of pain in human life. I would like to present here a song that moves me always written by a great scholar of Indian myths and that is very close to my feeling: : "... maybe I just congenital affinity with the Hindu myths, aroused in me spontaneous attraction. However I found that I could understand the death of my father in terms of Hindu mythology about death and evil ... I came to think first and then to feel in harmony with the theory of karma. The theory of karma tells us that we have lived other lives, that our soul had other bodies. But how can we feel, as well as intellectually accept the reality of these other lives, if we fail to remember it? ... Remember something that we can not remember a distant past, thanks to the power of invisible traces left in our souls by those events, the Indians call these tracks scents (vasanas). The theory of karma tells us that we have lived lives that we can not remember and therefore can not hear. The essays can imagine the lives of others, and so live them, and the essays are rare. But for those of us who lack the imagination that allows you to feel the infinity of time in our lives, it may be possible to perceive the infinite space of our human lives. Again, the Indian texts tell us that we are bound to karmically all the other people in the world: they are us ... then I heard that all the things you want or do you want to be there in 'eternity had been there forever and ever, since there was human life on Earth. They were like beautiful rooms in which anyone could enter, and when I had not been unable to get in, yet would still be there. They were part of the time, and although they could not be part of me for a long time, a part of me would always be in them. Something I would stay in the things that I loved, like the smell or the smell of pipe that tell us that someone else has already been in that room before us ... Maybe, since they are not Hindus, this is the closest approach that I granted the belief that I can remember of my previous lives: remembering the lives of others as my life. And maybe it's a close enough. " From" The myths of others, "Wendy Doniger

Well, tonight I leave you wishing you good night but I will continue with a few thoughts more on the next post.

know your opinion, of course, I am very interested.

Simona


Sunday, May 10, 2009

Mountains Piano Biffy

read together? Young and old spirits

Yes, after the small bibliography of the psychology of women, I dusted off some of the issues particularly dear to me.
Well, it started a period of more feminine than usual. At least on our blog ... it is clear people are not excluded: first, because when we talk about women we refer to a psychological aspect that both share half of the sky, according to still understand why, even remotely, what influences the mind of women is not for you I guess just a goal!
If you began to leaf through "Goddesses in women" have begun to acquire the so-called dee "Virgin" where virginity is not something physical, but psychological: Artemis, Hestia and Athena are a type of woman (or that part of the psyche of the woman) who is "one in itself." A woman who may have family, partner, children, but that always finds itself in its center, the ability to draw their lifeblood, their resources by itself.
Just today I must say that my Estia so powerfully present in me gave me great satisfaction! And that's why I went to meet some 'dee' virgin 'in India.
The first one that I decided to meet tonight is the ultimate warrior goddess: Durga. Gladly write you today because I know that there are many Durga (Kali sometimes!) Following this blog.
Durga is a strong female warrior.
In the Hindu religion , Durga is a form of Shakti, the feminine energy of the universe . It is represented as a woman riding a lion, with many arms and hands that wield different types of weapons and carry out various mudras (symbolic hand gestures).
In one of the versions of the myth (as we know the Hindu mythology is pretty vast and complex) as a warrior goddess Durga are the demon Mahishasura.
Mahishasura could not be defeated by any man or god, and under what rule the roost powerful unleashing terror in heaven and on earth.
Thus from the mouths of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and other lesser gods who created Durga flames went out.
Like Athena, she was born as adults and beautiful.
Above fights ... coming to defeat the demon in a way that we will see in the next post (if you already know the ending does not ruin the other please!).
Durga's figure is really beautiful and timely. It is to be a characteristic of women are frequently denied or hidden socially. A force and energy that connect the women in his native element: Earth. A woman who opposes their "power", used for defense of life, arrogance and violence for its own sake. Whitmont in his "The smile of the lioness" (in the bibliography!) Writes: "The most ancient gods of war and destruction were female ... These archaic goddesses had power and love and war. They were attributed to both the chastity as sexual promiscuity, both the maternal tenderness as a bloody destructive power. But they were not interested in conquest or territorial expansion: these were male obsessions. Rather, these goddesses controlled the cycle of life in all its phases: birth, growth, love, death and rebirth ... ".
Durga There are so many to this day: women (and men, the Goddess in their lives) fighting for the environment, human rights ... has recently disappeared just the one who had been christened the "new Durga: Vananda Shiva, Indian physics has given the world his work in defense of Earth against the exploitation of the arid and aggressive corporations. The wonderful documentary "The goddess wound" is about her, Durga and considered the real Indian women responsible for the Earth and its fruits.
This link with Earth was lost in the West, but in the past was very much present among us. Even among us there are Durga (even if we feel closest as Artemis, Athena, Hestia ...). We also have a responsibility to this land. Whitmont Because as he says: "Clearly, today the life in danger, again need to control God. In the depths of the unconscious, the ancient Goddess is coming back: to be recognized and honored ...".
This week the site will find a practice dedicated to Durga, who is a good omen ... Meanwhile Durga means if any ... if you let her talk about the Goddess ... the blog was born for this.
A hug
Simona

Mountains Piano Biffy

read together? Young and old spirits

Yes, after the small bibliography of the psychology of women, I dusted off some of the issues particularly dear to me.
Well, it started a period of more feminine than usual. At least on our blog ... it is clear people are not excluded: first, because when we talk about women we refer to a psychological aspect that both share half of the sky, according to still understand why, even remotely, what influences the mind of women is not for you I guess just a goal!
If you began to leaf through "Goddesses in women" have begun to acquire the so-called dee "Virgin" where virginity is not something physical, but psychological: Artemis, Hestia and Athena are a type of woman (or that part of the psyche of the woman) who is "one in itself." A woman who may have family, partner, children, but that always finds itself in its center, the ability to draw their lifeblood, their resources by itself.
Just today I must say that my Estia so powerfully present in me gave me great satisfaction! And that's why I went to meet some 'dee' virgin 'in India.
The first one that I decided to meet tonight is the ultimate warrior goddess: Durga. Gladly write you today because I know that there are many Durga (Kali sometimes!) Following this blog.
Durga is a strong female warrior.
In the Hindu religion , Durga is a form of Shakti, the feminine energy of the universe . It is represented as a woman riding a lion, with many arms and hands that wield different types of weapons and carry out various mudras (symbolic hand gestures).
In one of the versions of the myth (as we know the Hindu mythology is pretty vast and complex) as a warrior goddess Durga are the demon Mahishasura.
Mahishasura could not be defeated by any man or god, and under what rule the roost powerful unleashing terror in heaven and on earth.
Thus from the mouths of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and other lesser gods who created Durga flames went out.
Like Athena, she was born as adults and beautiful.
Above fights ... coming to defeat the demon in a way that we will see in the next post (if you already know the ending does not ruin the other please!).
Durga's figure is really beautiful and timely. It is to be a characteristic of women are frequently denied or hidden socially. A force and energy that connect the women in his native element: Earth. A woman who opposes their "power", used for defense of life, arrogance and violence for its own sake. Whitmont in his "The smile of the lioness" (in the bibliography!) Writes: "The most ancient gods of war and destruction were female ... These archaic goddesses had power and love and war. They were attributed to both the chastity as sexual promiscuity, both the maternal tenderness as a bloody destructive power. But they were not interested in conquest or territorial expansion: these were male obsessions. Rather, these goddesses controlled the cycle of life in all its phases: birth, growth, love, death and rebirth ... ".
Durga There are so many to this day: women (and men, the Goddess in their lives) fighting for the environment, human rights ... has recently disappeared just the one who had been christened the "new Durga: Vananda Shiva, Indian physics has given the world his work in defense of Earth against the exploitation of the arid and aggressive corporations. The wonderful documentary "The goddess wound" is about her, Durga and considered the real Indian women responsible for the Earth and its fruits.
This link with Earth was lost in the West, but in the past was very much present among us. Even among us there are Durga (even if we feel closest as Artemis, Athena, Hestia ...). We also have a responsibility to this land. Whitmont Because as he says: "Clearly, today the life in danger, again need to control God. In the depths of the unconscious, the ancient Goddess is coming back: to be recognized and honored ...".
This week the site will find a practice dedicated to Durga, who is a good omen ... Meanwhile Durga means if any ... if you let her talk about the Goddess ... the blog was born for this.
A hug
Simona