Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art"There is an old Sanskrit word, līla, 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. Līla, free and deep, is both the delight and enjoyment of this moment, and the play of God. It also means love. Līla 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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Page 31
... inner eye , the inner ear . He is not just removing apparent surfaces from some external object , he is removing apparent surfaces from the Self , revealing his original nature . The ancient Taoists spoke of one's own being while in the ...
... inner eye , the inner ear . He is not just removing apparent surfaces from some external object , he is removing apparent surfaces from the Self , revealing his original nature . The ancient Taoists spoke of one's own being while in the ...
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... inner knowing and action . Mastery comes from practice ; practice comes from play- ful , compulsive experimentation ( the impish side of līla ) and from a sense of wonder ( the godlike side of līla ) . The athlete feels compelled to run ...
... inner knowing and action . Mastery comes from practice ; practice comes from play- ful , compulsive experimentation ( the impish side of līla ) and from a sense of wonder ( the godlike side of līla ) . The athlete feels compelled to run ...
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... inner characters , a muse and an editor . These are the pilot and navigator of the last chapter , seen from a different angle . The muse proposes , the editor disposes . The editor criticizes , shapes , and organizes the raw material ...
... inner characters , a muse and an editor . These are the pilot and navigator of the last chapter , seen from a different angle . The muse proposes , the editor disposes . The editor criticizes , shapes , and organizes the raw material ...
Contents
A New Flute | 1 |
Inspiration and Times Flow | 17 |
The Vehicle | 25 |
Copyright | |
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