joy, ease, play, spontaneity
So this month’s inquiry is “who are you in relation to joy, ease, play and spontaneity?”
I study the Diamond Approach, a contemporary spiritual path and wanted to share a quote from A.H. Almaas
What does joy have to do with the pain or no pain? Joy is different from pleasure in the sense that joy has nothing to do with pain or pleasure. We think pleasure is happiness, but it’s not happiness. Joy is happiness. Pleasure is opposed to pain; joy is not. It is possible to have pain and joy at the same time. So why block your joy just because there is going to be some pain? I’m not saying that you should push yourself to be joyful, but if it is possible for it to be there, allow it. Joy has to do with openness in the moment, with not choosing one thing over another. When there is no prejudice about what should happen, there is joy. Joy is openness to experience. There is no striving. Joy is not the result of anything. If you are yourself, there is joy. If you are accepting and are open to your experience, if you’re being yourself, you are naturally joyful because you are the source of the joy. - A.H. Almaas Diamond Heart Book 3, pg 8Art-Making Process
This month explore your relationship with joy and bring it to your art-making process. Be curious. Notice the subtle details. Open to all of your experience whatever is there is your truth in the moment. Enjoy the process of life and the joy and pain of being human.
My Art Work as Inspiration for Your Art Work
I share my artwork here to inspire you to create your artwork. It is through your art-making that you will discover more about who you are.
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| 042010-01.jpeg magazine images on paper, 2010, 12″ x 12″ |
041910-01.jpeg magazine images on paper, 2010, 12″ x 12″ |
032810.jpeg magazine images on paper, 2010, 12″ x 12″ |
You can click on an image to see a larger version within the online gallery.
I always welcome a connection with you. If you would like to share about the inquiry, art-making or other things happening in life, please feel free to contact me.
Live in the remembrance that in all of time, there will only be one you. Your greatest gift to yourself and the world is the expression of your authentic self.
-Ryl
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