Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art"There is an old Sanskrit word, lîla, which means play. Richer than our word, it means divine play, the play of creation, destruction, and re-creation, the folding and unfolding of the cosmos. Lîla, free and deep, is both the delight and enjoyment of this moment, and the play of God. It also means love. Lîla may be the simplest thing there is--spontaneous, childish, disarming. But as we grow and experience the complexities of life, it may also be the most difficult and hard-won achievement imaginable, and its coming to fruition is a kind of homecoming to our true selves."--Introduction, page 1. |
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... bring creativity into religion . The mystic or visionary attitude expands and concretizes art , science , and daily life as well . Do I believe what " the Man " tells me , or am I going to try things out for myself and see what's really ...
... bring creativity into religion . The mystic or visionary attitude expands and concretizes art , science , and daily life as well . Do I believe what " the Man " tells me , or am I going to try things out for myself and see what's really ...
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... brings to the work a different set of strengths and resistances . We provide both irritation and inspiration for each other - the grist for each other's pearl making . We need to remind ourselves here of what is obviously true but not ...
... brings to the work a different set of strengths and resistances . We provide both irritation and inspiration for each other - the grist for each other's pearl making . We need to remind ourselves here of what is obviously true but not ...
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... brings it to life . In a sense we bring it amphibiously to the surface so it can walk around visibly ; and people will recognize something familiar because they've got their own fish , who are cousins to your fish . Those fish , the ...
... brings it to life . In a sense we bring it amphibiously to the surface so it can walk around visibly ; and people will recognize something familiar because they've got their own fish , who are cousins to your fish . Those fish , the ...
Contents
A New Flute | 1 |
Inspiration and Times Flow | 17 |
The Vehicle | 25 |
Copyright | |
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