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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... fear . Buddhists speak of the Five Fears that stand between ourselves and our freedom : fear of loss of life ; fear of loss of livelihood ; fear of loss of reputation ; fear of unusual states of mind ; and fear of speaking before an ...
... fear . Buddhists speak of the Five Fears that stand between ourselves and our freedom : fear of loss of life ; fear of loss of livelihood ; fear of loss of reputation ; fear of unusual states of mind ; and fear of speaking before an ...
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... Fear of success can be as potent as fear of failure . Parents may foster this fear . They may encourage a child to excel , but only along accepted lines . The child may be haunted by fear that if he expresses himself in his own way he ...
... Fear of success can be as potent as fear of failure . Parents may foster this fear . They may encourage a child to excel , but only along accepted lines . The child may be haunted by fear that if he expresses himself in his own way he ...
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... fear of judgment , fear of failure , and frustration ; these are society's defenses against creativity . We see now that to a certain extent we can identify the mysterious spectre as the self - clinging habits of being that we reify as ...
... fear of judgment , fear of failure , and frustration ; these are society's defenses against creativity . We see now that to a certain extent we can identify the mysterious spectre as the self - clinging habits of being that we reify as ...
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A New Flute | 1 |
Inspiration and Times Flow | 17 |
The Vehicle | 25 |
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