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Reverse Meditation

Oct 2025

Meditation is not a way out of reality — it’s a doorway into it.

To reverse the mind is to see clearly: good and bad, joy and sorrow, are not separate. They arise together, completing each other within the same field of awareness.

This is the view of emptiness — where wholeness appears through contrast, and clarity is born from confusion.

In this space, we stop searching for comfort and start seeing truth. Meditation no longer becomes a refuge from life, but a way of meeting it fully — raw, luminous, and real.

Chapter 1 Suffering = Pain x Resistance

Chapter 2 Meditation is not an escape from pain or reality; instead, it's a doorway into it.

Chapter 3 Conditional vs Unconditional

Chapter 4 Near Enemy

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"Darkness is the candle"

“Death is a forced openness” - Andrew Holecek

“The knocking on the wall of the space of consciousness was my own heart beating” - Alan Watts

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Found a sentence from my journal, not sure if it’s original or from someone. But here you go.

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Everything you experience is the fruit of your intention.

From a Buddhist perspective, all actions grow from intention. This means intention is the seed, and actions are the medium that connects your inner world with the external world. Intention gives you a sense of purpose; it’s the anchor that grounds you in what you truly want. A clear intention is similar to a goal, but not the same.

A goal is a fixed outcome, something solid and result-focused. Intention, on the other hand, is about the idea of the experience. It can express itself in many forms, all coming from the same root. A goal is more restrictive, while intention is flexible and continually evolving.

For example: “I want money” is a fixed goal, not an intention. Intention is internal; a goal is external. A goal can be lost once it’s achieved, but intention keeps growing and shifting with you. Intention requires clarity about who you are and alignment with your true needs and wants. Even if you say “I want money,” if it’s coming from the perspective of “intention” instead of “goal”, your focus is actually on the deeper want, not on the money itself. The money can still come, but you are less attached to the statement.

Setting intentions grounds you and puts you on a sustainable path that aligns with your growth. Setting goals, however, can be tricky when you’re not yet a master of understanding yourself. Sometimes goals are misunderstandings in disguise. In other words, the goals you set might not actually be yours. You were “told” to want them, taught to believe “this is me” and “this is my goal.” In fact, not necessarily.

Check out the website for the complete experience of reverse meditation. Link in bio.

“we can bring contraction onto the path and use it to accelerate our awakening.

As Zvi Ish-Shalom says, “Any experience of contraction can be a portal to deeper states of Being and expansion.”!

If we continue to capitulate to the force of our contractive habits, we’ll continue to practice samsãra. But if we use those same contractions as an invitation to open instead of close, to expand instead of contract, our unconscious practice of samsãra transforms into the conscious practice.”
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A Breathing Record

A visual way to understand my breathing pattern. When my chest feels tight, I take a big breath in and hold it for as long as I can until I can’t anymore. I notice it pushes the oxygen up to my head, and my body feels out of control and suddenly drops. It makes me realize that I haven’t really been breathing properly. So I made this drawing with my eyes closed to explore how deep and shallow breathing actually feel to me.

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Be like water.
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Compulsive thinking emphasizes speed, which prevents things from being fully expressed and experienced — see the previous post.

Reverse meditation is about reversing our habitual ways of thinking and doing, transforming and reconstructing the meaning of painful experiences. Note that it’s not an easy process — emotions will shift back and forth, so be patient, know it takes time, and don’t give up.

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The faster the mind moves, the more solid and continuous things appear. Slow it down, and the gaps in reality emerge, revealing its pixelated nature. The deeper we look, the less solid, lasting, and independent things become.

A speedy mind glosses over reality’s discontinuities, stitching them into a seemingly continuous whole—the world of mere appearance. Differentiated by varying appearances, this becomes the commonly accepted reality.

“Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep”
Book by Andrew Holecek
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“the deeper you look into things the less you find. Conversely, the less you investigate, the “more” you find — the more things appear to be solid…

Those who don’t bother to look closely at things continue to see the world as more solid, lasting, and independent. They remain asleep. Those who do bother to look are the ones who see through this trinity of false appearances and wake up…

Seeing reality, which is synonymous with seeing emptiness, is in one sense about seeing less. Things are less solid, less lasting, and less independent. If you see no-thingness (emptiness), that’s the very best seeing.

Quote from “Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep”
Book by Andrew Holecek

Art by @_coarty
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I’ve been in situations myself where the list could go on and on. In fact, our unique personalities can often be a combination of coping mechanisms when awareness is not present. Without awareness, things can swing to the extreme and lose balance, causing us to become out of touch with ourselves—disconnected from our current state by reacting in an automatic way.

The concept of a “near enemy” is like a wake-up call, making us realise just how many items we might be able to tick off the list. But it all comes down to the essential question: is this simply a habit, or is this truly how it is now?

It’s important to see that the “near enemy”can also be the “near fried.” In truth, the line between the two is created within us. The key to understanding is to see the full picture—to allow the duality to exist at the same time—until the mind and eyes become non-dual and open.
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From the book:
Reverse Meditation: How to Use Your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom
by Andrew Holecek @andrewholecekauthor

Art： @_coarty
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CONDITIONAL = inherent limitations in being the human body experience. Duality
UNCONDITIONAL = Emptiness, openness, non duality

From the book:
Reverse Meditation: How to Use Your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom
by Andrew Holecek @andrewholecekauthor
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“If we’re not careful, meditation easily slips into a form of escape, and the meditative path turns into just another version of our comfort plan… If we only associate the meditative mind with silence, stillness, and comfort, we’re missing the point of authentic spiritual practice.”

To comment on Holecek’s text above: anything has a neutral quality; meditation itself is not inherently a good or bad, peaceful or bustling experience. The experience of meditation is defined by the individual who’s experiencing it and is determined by how the tool (or meditation) is used. If the individual is open and aware, anything can eventually be turned into a tool of meditation. Nondual mind

“Follow your bliss,” by Joseph Campbell, is a partial truth — we’ll just get blissed out.

From the book:
Reverse Meditation: How to Use Your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom
by Andrew Holecek @andrewholecekauthor
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A classic law and [Suffering = pain x resistance]; the suffering equation mentioned in Holecek’s book “Reverse meditation”

The idea of pain comes from the amount of contraction we’ve built up in the past as a way of defense. As we grow, the more ‘solid and rigid’ we become. A way to eliminate pain and suffering is to reverse our automatic, habitual response mechanism—in other words, to use the opportunity of pain to open instead of contracting more. Meaning opening into the authentic instead of contracting away from the authentic.

“It only feels painful because of the contrast. If you weren’t so frozen, the defrosting wouldn’t hurt.”

From the book:
Artwork: @_coarty
Reverse Meditation: How to Use Your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom
by Andrew Holecek @andrewholecekauthor
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Meditation is not a temporary escape from reality; instead, it’s a doorway into it. Reverse the way you perceive the world and your own emotions — it’s a perspective that comes from the view of emptiness.

Recently been into this book by Andrew Holecek, who also wrote Dream Yoga. Some thoughts to share:

“Nurture your meditation by destroying it.” — Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche

This is an explicit way to help us visualize how things manifest in a relatively destined way when they become substantial in this dimension — a dimension built on duality, what we call “reality.” But the heart comes from a place of oneness, or emptiness, that can only manifest both at the same time — meaning good within the bad, bad within the good, are not separate — they arise together.

It’s a different way of seeing — one that shows how oneness/wholeness and completion arise through the merging of yin and yang. Yet we tend to focus on searching for what feels good and safe, which, consciously or unconsciously, pulls us away from reality.

Meditation, in turn, reverses our mind — turning it back onto reality with clarity.

Some quotes:

“Instead of “waking up,” it’s more about “waking down.”
Instead of transcendence, it’s more about “subscendence.”
Instead of trying to get out, it’s more about getting in.”

“The reverse meditations give us the opportunity to relate TO our mind instead of FROM it.”

From the book:
Reverse Meditation: How to Use Your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom
by Andrew Holecek @andrewholecekauthor
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For true meaningful experience
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「世界是落在我們認知範圍呈現出來的影相」By Huei-Kai Shih
Photo by @victorhawkart
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“Not to know the equality of appearance-emptiness
And get attached to appearances alone is delusion
But to get attached to emptiness alone is delusion too If you know the equality of appearance-emptiness
There’s no need to get caught up in or give up phenomena
Those appearances and emptiness
What you must do is rest in the spaciousness Of the equality of appearance-emptiness.” ( Khenpo Rinpoche)

Translated and arranged by Jim Scott, Tegchokling, Boudha, Nepal, 2010.

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A quote that can’t be understood but to be experienced. From the book “Death; An Inside Story: A book for all those who shall die” by Sadhguru (2020)
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16/08/24: A Drawing Session

We began the drawing session with messy charcoal and explored how drawing can reflect our perceptions and limitations, as well as how we interpret others’ current perceptions of life through their spontaneous creations. It was an intriguing exercise—simply encouraging the person (who represents many who feel reluctant to draw) to draw and allowing the process to unfold.

We observed how our emotions and state of mind transitioned from one point to another, with the drawings visually representing these transitions. The process revealed that the drawings could hold deep meaning and reflection for the person creating them. Sharing thoughts and perceptions about each other’s work sparked insights and reactions, making the experience a reflective journey for both of us. Some observations felt insightful, while others felt deeply personal or habitual.
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Death exists for this body. “When we look back, at the time of death, the experience of this life seem like a dream.” (Kandi Rinpoche)

When you see through and not buying into the thoughts and feelings this mind creates, there’s the state of Nonduality. That’s the nature of you that never dies, because you recognize you are no longer just the form but expressing through this physical form (body), you can never die, it’s only the death of this current expression and experience.

“Recognize them [thoughts] instead for what they truly are, merely experiences, illusory and dreamlike”

Holecek, A. (2016). Dream yoga: Illuminating your life through lucid dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of sleep. Sounds True.
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“Try to see how you solidly your experiences- how you solidify your pain, your happiness, your joy - and how these experiences become so important to you that you can’t even sleep at both…” （Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche）

“If we solidify any experience, the result is Samsara, sleep and suffering. If we soften the contents of our mind, the result is Nirvana, awakening and the end of suffering.” (Andrew, H, 2016)

Reference：
Holecek, A. (2016). Dream yoga: Illuminating your life through lucid dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of sleep. Sounds True.
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Magritte’s five paintings in a series titled The Literal Meaning. The words can seem as literal as they appear, leaving the audience to imagine the rest to complete the creation. However, for those who don’t read the same language, the meaning can feel as far from literal as possible. Interestingly, this can make interpretation even more challenging, making the work feel not literal at all. His pieces explore the manipulation of words in relation to our imagination, becoming even more intriguing once we understand their meaning.

Image 1: The literal meaning
Le sens propre 1929 oil on canvas | The Menil Collection, Houston |1980-09 DJ

The words forêt (forest) and salon (living room) appear in organically shaped frames that lean against an interior wall. The precise lettering, reminiscent of a schoolchild‘s cursive handwriting, is large enough that the words can be appreciated as visual forms rather than just elements of language. (NSW ART GALLERY)
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All time favorite.

“The knocking on the wall of the space of consciousness was my own heart beating” - Alan Watts
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The Scary Faces in Tibetan Buddhism serves as a powerful tool to neutralize duality and help understand emptiness.

Intense emotions, such as fear, can be utilized to penetrate beyond physical forms—the external representations of reality. It is important to recognize that the essence behind every perceivable expression is inherently neutral, including concepts like “life and death.” Each expression conveys a particular message that can have an impact. Depending on how it is used, scariness can facilitate a deeper understanding of Buddhist teachings on Emptiness. An example is Yamantaka, the “destroyer of death” deity in Vajrayana Buddhism. (Drawing by @_coarty, 2022)

It feels like when we often define ourselves and get defined by a certain role we’re in, the definition of our role becomes what we believe we are. But are we really our roles? Certainly not.

Yet, such definitions influence how we perceive ourselves and others. There’s natural separations created by [definition and name]. The more names we create, the more fragmented the world seems to become.

Often, we unconsciously align our self-definition with how others define us. This is how a “comfort zone” begins to form, making us feel more “solid” and inflexible. But without a trained awareness, our decisions often rely on the roles we believe in, which may not align with what we truly want.
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Meditation is habituation to openness in a more colloquial sense, and in a deeper level it is habitation to emptiness; to the nature of reality (Andrew Holecek, 2023).

The relational interpretation of
Emptiness = Openness = Nonduality = Oneness

Reference:
The video titled [Nonduality Discussion with Andrew Holecek & Rover Thurman] by Tibet House US Menla
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Tibetans do not suppose that wind or water power will assist them to reach Nirvana…The prayer-flags and prayer-mills, set up by people with mantras constantly on their lips and in their hearts, testify to a sort of spiritual exuberance, to a longing for the whole universe to be full of sounds and symbols inspired by the Dharma with even the wind and the water contributing to the auspicious mantric dance.

“Where everything exists in the mind, what is the difference between words that are spoken and words that flutter in the breeze?”

By John Blofeld (The Way of Power, 1970)

Music: The Perfecfion of Wisdom by Nawang Khechog
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Sand mandala（壇城沙畫） is a Tibetan Buddhist practice that reflects to the Buddhist root teaching on [Impermanence of physical forms of life]. The process of the sand mandala practice includes creating, sustaining, destroying and returning, symbolizing birth, growth, illnesses and death respectively and following the natural sequence of a life cycle.

The ritual of destruction and return following creation is highly ceremonial and deeply symbolic. There’s a specific sequence in the process of destruction, even the deity syllables are removed in a specific order (Wheel of Time). Gradually every part of the mandala is destroyed and blended in with the others, symbolizing unification or the merging of all elements into a single entity. The sand is then gathered into a jar, wrapped in silk, and released into a river, symbolizing the return of purified material energy to its original place.

The final stage of returning is also known as the “Transfer of Merit” in the Buddhist vocabulary. By ending this way suggests a sense of completeness.

Image：
Lyon College. (2024, March 6). Tibetan Buddhist monks to construct mandala sand painting at Lyon College March 6-10. Lyon College.

Reference：
Bryant, Barry; Yignyen, Tenzin; Samten, Lobsang; Chogyen, Pema Lobsang; Gyaltsen, Dhondup Lobsang; Lhundup, Jamphel; Migyur, Tenzin; Legdan, Tenzin; Gyaltsen, Lobsang; Kirti Tsenshab; Moldow, Deborah; Durgin, Gregory (2003) [1992]. ”X et. seq.“. Wheel of Time, The: Visual Scripture of Tibetan Buddhism (2nd ed.). Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications.
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Each realm within the reincarnation cycle represents a distinct angle through which the universe is viewed, or a distinct angle through which the universe is experienced. Attaining Buddhahood or Nirvana is to transcend these seemingly divided views, merging them into a unified awareness that encompasses the collective perspectives of all six realms. Oneness is depicted through many layers in this image; the idea of emptiness represents this unified awareness—this oneness.
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Do nothing, but do it very well.
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Without “Dao,” “De” is hypocritical. “Dao”(The Way) and “De” (Virtue) have long been separated today; only “De” that aligns with “Dao” is truly unified with the universe, embodying a wondrous form of “morality” like the starry sky. (Wei Zhang, 2018)

Dao as source, similar to the orange patch at the center of the painting, while De as manifestation, represented by the lines radiating outward, they complementary. Dao represents the underlying principle of the universe, often seen as an eternal, formless force that governs all things and the source of everything. While, De manifests Dao in the world, De represents Dao, encompassing action, character, and behavior.

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没有“道”的“德”是虚伪的，“道”与“德”在今天已经分离很久了，只有合乎“道”的“德”才是真正与宇宙合一、如星空般神奇的“道德”。到了王阳明的时代，“道”已经失落，“德”也不再真实，因此他提出“知行合一”，意在让“德”回归“道”的本源，两者共同前行。 (張維，2018）

The art work above is by the Chinese artist and Buddhist practitioner (Pure Land Buddhism) 申偉光 (Shen Weiguang):
申偉光2015作品6號 180cm x 140cm
Shen Weiguang, Work No. 6, 2015, 180 cm x 140 cm

Reference：
Chen, J. P. (Ed.). (2019). 糾結與超脫：申偉光油畫作品評論集 [Entanglement and transcendence: A collection of critiques on Shen Weiguang’s oil paintings].
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By merging the parallels and drawing a circle around the cycle of life and death, it may be the author Shaun Tan’s way of suggesting that things continue like the reincarnation cycles in Buddhism and will only “stop”once you recognize that you’re in the cycle.

Shaun Tan said“Dog imagines the bond between humans and dogs as ongoing cycle of death and rebirth through different places and time, from prehistory to the present and future.” (Shaun Tan, 2020)

Credit artworks:
Dog(2020) by Shuan Tan @shauncytan
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A Tibetan painting with a Prajñāpāramitā sūtra at the center of the mandala

Prajñāpāramitā
般若波羅蜜多
Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom
ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ་
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All Buddhas Are Departed From All Forms：

凡所有相，皆是虚妄。
若见诸相非相，则见如来。

All that have forms, all are imaginations.
If seeing all forms as not forms, then seeing the One.

Image:
KS Vincent Poon. (2019). Diamond Sutra 金剛般若波羅蜜經金剛經翻譯英譯 Translation. Vincent’s Calligraphy. http://www.vincentpoon.com/diamond-sutra.html
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The Diamond Sutra: Forms exist when we use the language of this reality; being sick or healthy are also forms that don’t truly exist. Ultimately, all forms return to what Buddhism calls Nothingness.

Similarly, duality exists, as we have never doubted. We are instinctively like to differentiate things; sometimes, this isn’t something we feel we can control, nor is it a matter of choice or the mind. The world is a vast container, consisting of infinite variations of being, but we struggle to experience these as ONE because we are so easily influenced by the dominant narratives of society. In other words, we are too close to and accustomed to social norms. It’s almost impossible to suddenly flip the table and understand this concept.

However, we can practice seeing things as a whole—not through spiritual bypassing, but by diving deeper in some unescapable experiences and exploring the possibilities to a maximum extent. This might offer insight into understanding the Buddhist teaching that “all forms are just imaginations.” (The Dimond Sutra)

This practice can also help gradually dissolve fear and biological traumas. Start by pondering the idea, take it slow, and gradually “experiment”with it in real life, approaching it as if you can see yourself as a performer. You may find that things begin to flow more easily, and you’ll start to grasp the idea of “all forms are just imaginations.” (The Dimond Sutra). You can space out each experiment for as long as you need (when you feel ready). In the future, you may find yourself revisiting the same experiment for deeper understanding and insights.

1. All Buddhas Are Departed From All Forms：

凡所有相，皆是虚妄。
若见诸相非相，则见如来。

All that have forms, all are imaginations.
If seeing all forms as not forms, then seeing the One.

Image:
KS Vincent Poon. (2019). Diamond Sutra 金剛般若波羅蜜經金剛經翻譯英譯 Translation. Vincent’s Calligraphy. http://www.vincentpoon.com/diamond-sutra.html
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光是清明，而黑暗是「缺乏清明」的光。
Light is a symbol of clarity. And dark is a symbol of lack-of-clarity.

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REPOST of the previous post:

The Clear-light mind in Buddhism

We often think the highest state of consciousness is the state of awakening, which is a state exists “outside”, and in Buddhism is called 「the clear-light mind」. Clear refers to clarity and “Light” is synonymous with “awareness”. The “light” here is not an illuminating phenomenon shows in our mind, it’s a “nondual awareness or reflectively aware wisdom” (Holecek, A. 2016)

Art:
何德來 Ka Tokurai
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To observe the “extras” in your life — extra emotions, actions and thoughts.

The world is driven by a simple force, but over time, much has been added due to human desires, making the world seem complicated. This phenomenon confuses us and makes us almost incapable of seeing through or even recognizing these extra layers, blinding us from finding the roots.

觀 (Guān)
觀 means to observe and absorb with full concentration. It’s considered an effective “silent treatment” for a cluttered mind. The Buddhist term “to observe” in Pali is Vipassanā, meaning “clear seeing.”

This practice allows for maximum flexibility in our current lifestyles, meaning we can continue living as we are physically while cultivating a new “habit” within. We can observe anytime and anywhere. When the intention is set properly, this practice will slowly lead you to manifest a different physical reality. The mechanism begins with a shift in the mind, then to a choice, and finally to a physical experience.

To observe is to allow cluttered thoughts to surface from the depths. Recognizing and seeing them with greater clarity can break the illusory boundaries within. As these boundaries stretch, you begin to identify the “extras” in your life—extra emotions, actions, and thoughts—and become more in tune with the truth.

Some extra note:
Each of us is not just one being; each of us is a spectrum of beings. Yet, all of us and these manifested beings share the same root and come from the same place—a place of nothingness or emptiness, as termed in Buddhism, or oneness.
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“There is the sun, there is the moon, there are stars, and there is the Earth. This absolute existence. Absolute and completely harmonious communication, and the source of life. Is the universe that the human intellect perceives. On this Earth, even though the lands may be divided into numerous pieces. In the end, all the nations in the world, originating from the same source, will become one.“ - Ka Tokurai (Hsinchu, Taiwan）

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有太陽，有月亮，有星星，有地球
這樣絕對存在
絕對完全和諧的交流
才是人類知性感受的宇宙
是生的源泉
在此一地球國土雖七割八裂
然世上眾國同一源出終將合一
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何德来（台灣新竹）

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Exhibition:
吾之道：何德來回顧展
Keeping to My Path: A Retrospective of Ka Tokurai
at Taipei Fine Arts Museum
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The relationship between FREE WILL and DESTINY

This is the extension of the previous post “If your mind is not free, you will never be free physically. You will always be imprisoned by your thoughts and beliefs.” (Spalding. T. L).

Let’s imagine what’s the most ideal world for you? And what’s your most ideal life like? Observe your thoughts because they reflect your cognitive capacity. Is your imagination more of a traditional one? Or is the ending of your imagination “perceivable”?

If the ending is “perceivable,” this means you prone to choose an ultra safe but rigid path, not entirely because you want to eliminate risks also it’s because your level of cognitive capacity has restrained you from making opportunities visible to your sight. Therefore, the infinite possibilities become invisible to you.

FREE WILL exists and it doesn’t. It exists in relative to your mind or within the context of your mind, in the meantime it doesn’t exist because your mind is not really free. To give an example, when there’s this situation a problem just can’t be solved, the solution can never appear unless you drop the problem and come back to it later. Not because you choose to ignore it, but rather to relax while unconsciously allow your mind to stretch on the side ( sleeping and dreaming too). And the solution will suddenly become visible to your sight (a whimsical thought or message from dream).

FREE WILL and DESTINY seem to be the enemy, but they actually have just about the same nature with different capacities. In other words, free will is an illusion of a destined mind.

In fact, FREE WILL doesn’t make you free but you can liberate from moment of recognition, where you’re capable to see the numbers of opportunities, being able to recognize the limitations are relative to these opportunities and allow the expansion. The surprises will arrive in the best time.
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A delayed message from July 2024

From “You Can Free Yourself from the Karma of Chaos” by Spalding. T. L (2017)
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Seeing the split eyes as a whole face.

“Everything which arises out of the unconscious has a top and a bottom, an inside and an outside,” Carl Jung

Art: “It Welled From the Rock” 2019 by Mary Herbert
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Another word for ignorance

Ignorance is like the ceiling of a room that we don’t normally recognize or care about.

The “painfully unimportant” things get magnified for no reason when we’re in the same room for too long.

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A four year old child says “You can tell how old someone is because when they get older their voice gets darker.”

The child’s description of something invisible is so interesting. The drawings above were the children’s depictions of their own voices. Some are colorful and fluid while some are drier accompanied with a lot of blank spaces.

Most adults show resistance in drawing as they always think they can’t draw. What that actually mean is that they don’t see drawing the way children do. Drawing is just as talking. It’s a way to express and show to yourself what you are like or what emotions that are reflected on the drawing. Because drawing freely without any external references means your inner voice and the hidden self will be exposed fully.

Through each brush stroke, each movement, each pattern, each color and the combination of all. Each trace that’s left on the paper has a link to your deeper consciousness to some extent. Therefore draw like a child again, you will be surprised what drawing can do overtime.

Reference:
Goodsir, K. (2024). How Great Questions Invite Thinking. [online] KGlearning. Available at: https://www.kglearning.com.au/post/how-great-questions-invite-thinking
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“How does light look when left entirely to itself?… Absolute darkness!… without an object on which the light can fall, one sees only darkness. Light itself is always invisible. We see only things, only objects, not light” - says the physicist Arthur Zajlnc

About the Clear-light mind

We often think the highest state of consciousness is the state of awakening, which is a state exists “outside”, and in Buddhism is called 「the clear-light mind」. Clear refers to clarity and “Light” is synonymous with “awareness”. The “light” here is not an illuminating phenomenon shows in our mind, it’s a “nondual awareness or reflectively aware wisdom” (Holecek, A. 2016)

The concept of reincarnation refers to the infinite creations of our dual awareness in various consciousness forms.

References:
Zajonc, Catching the Loght, 2.
Holecek, A. (2016). Dream yoga: Illuminating your life through lucid dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of sleep. Sounds True.
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Sometimes we might not see the meaning of things right away but be patient and believing that they’re the necessary strokes for a unique and complete painting.
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Our perception decides how much freedom we have and how flexible we can get. In fact there’re infinite ways to live as our mind is ever-expanding. Many of us living feeling trapped as if we believe we have no other options. As the philosopher Evan Thompson says“Real is the name we give to certain stable ways that things appear and continue to appear when we test them”. On the other hand, how we associate instability with insanity (Holecek, A. 2016). When your vision becomes fragmented, the world becomes fragmented to you.

Like the post we shared one month ago, “What happens if the next morning you wake up, you realize no one has ever existed but you”, how would you see yourself and the world?

When we’re in a “stable” or the “same” environment for long enough, our perception becomes fixed and will soon begin to shrink. Such inflexible and impenetrable reality reflects an un-evolving consciousness and fixated perception. In this impenetrable state, life is predictable, goals can be planned and without much surprises.

Holecek, A. (2016). Dream yoga: Illuminating your life through lucid dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of sleep. Sounds True.
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The upsurging spiral of life: From one to separation to collision, then back to one.

Two versions of Tree of Knowledge series (1913-19-15) by Hilma af Klint. Hilma used 8 colours depicting the spiral of merging; from separation to collision, then to one.

Hilma’s use of colors depicts a multidimensional world. Such as Yellow: Masculine
Blue: Feminine
Green: Oneness/ The unity of two
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Peter Birkhäuser’s last painting titled Lynx (1976), he painted it shortly before his death.

Lynx is related to “lux” meaning light. He’s used his lifetime to show his belief of “the solitary light glows from the deepest depths of darknessis what makes it a truly remarkable source of light”(Eternalised, 2022)

The imagery from this painting draws out intense emotions of pain and resistance. Because he was in the hospital bed surrounded by electric sparks where fear of not being able to escape haunted him badly. Meanwhile, in such extreme state of darkness, there’s array of light glows from the inside out. Lighting up the surroundings, making the pain visible, which is depicted as a scary monster. And now he’s seeing a full picture, with a sense of knowing. Even the picture still appears to be the same picture of suffering, everything on the inside flipped, towards light…

Reference:
Eternalised, 2022. The Dream Artist Nobody Knows About

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A beautiful quote that illustrates the undoubted dual nature of the materialist world.

“If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well.”- Rainer Maria Rilke

Art:
Demon and Angel with Tamara’s Soul by Mikhail Vrub
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Pearl Oyster by Mikhail Vrubel 1904

“I did not intend to paint any “sea princesses” in my “Pearl”. I wanted to convey the drawing with all reality from which the game of pearl is constructed, and only after when I did several drawings with pencil and charcoal, I saw these princesses when I started to paint with colours.” - Mikhail Vrubel

Drawing is a process of self-discovery and self re-alignment, using hands as the extension of the mind to connect the consciousness to the state of awareness. The process is always considered rather important to the author as it evokes deep personal experiences in relation to the drawing. While the end product becomes a portal for audiences to peep into the author’s personal experiences, mysterious and holds infinite possibilities.

Pastel gouache | Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Russia
Mikhail Vrubel is a Russian painter born in 1856, a modernist artist.

Quote source:
Дмитриева, Н. А. (1984). Михаил Врубель. Жизнь и творчество. Moscow: Дет. лит. р. 143.
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