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Art Is Meditation
“I have learned that the point of life’s walk is not where or how far I move my feet but how I am moved in my heart.”
Anasazi Foundation — The Seven Paths: Changing One’s Way of Walking in the World
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Mindfulness is paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally, to the unfolding of experience moment to moment. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
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What is envy?
- No acceptance of good in the other.
If we accept good, it becomes inspiration.
What is anger?
- No acceptance of what is beyond our control.
If we accept, it becomes tolerance.
What is hate?
- Non-acceptance of people as they are
If we accept unconditionally, it becomes love.
— A Shaman Speaks
Art is a means to wake up to the inner or outer world. We live with a very narrow focus, really. Real things are happening just outside our consciousness and we try to go forward as if they didn’t exist. Meditation is a way to let things into your awareness that you ignored or excluded. The more those things threaten your sense of yourself, the more defenses you build against them. Allowing them to…
