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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... speaking in Snaggletooth's old , humorous , high - pitched voice . Snaggletooth told us to calm down , not to worry ... speak better and more clearly than we bumbling humans could manage to . We soon began call- ing her Snaggletruth ...
... speaking in Snaggletooth's old , humorous , high - pitched voice . Snaggletooth told us to calm down , not to worry ... speak better and more clearly than we bumbling humans could manage to . We soon began call- ing her Snaggletruth ...
Page 52
... speak person- ally to each one of us even across considerable gaps of time , space , and culture . The Sufis also speak of a related experience , samä , which means dancing yourself into ecstasy . In this state , body and mind are so ...
... speak person- ally to each one of us even across considerable gaps of time , space , and culture . The Sufis also speak of a related experience , samä , which means dancing yourself into ecstasy . In this state , body and mind are so ...
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... speaking before an assembly . Fear of speak- ing before an assembly sounds a little silly next to the others , but for the purposes of Free Play it is the central one ; let us extend it as " fear of speaking up , " " stage fright ...
... speaking before an assembly . Fear of speak- ing before an assembly sounds a little silly next to the others , but for the purposes of Free Play it is the central one ; let us extend it as " fear of speaking up , " " stage fright ...
Contents
A New Flute | 1 |
Inspiration and Times Flow | 17 |
The Vehicle | 25 |
Copyright | |
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