Comments on: Past presence

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:01:47 +0000

I thought of that same idea in my sketch pad and realized I need a lot of work mastering anatomy. Its hard drawing people handing a ball to each other. Plus I was thinking an animation would be better. Because in a static drawing there is only one ball and a long line of people.
If you like that you would really like Alex Grey. Are you familiar with his work?

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:38:29 +0000

Yeah, a certain level of connection is necessary, even if only for being appropriately oriented and relatively effective!

Speaking of inner sapling, did you see this picture over at posneg? A picture equals a thousand words, indeed…

http://posneg.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/samsara-parallelmultiversalexperientialliving-ouroburous-mandalaos/

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:13:37 +0000

The manifesto gives you an insight into his brilliant mind. One sad thing is he says “we” and its just him holed out in the woods making letter bombs in a cabin with no windows. Kind of says it all right there.

Btw, I always wondered what it would be like being a snail and traveling backwards in time by going up the spiral.

Also I think of trees. Their “inner sappling” is right inside there all the time.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:53:47 +0000

Thanks. I was kind of worried about the whole confessional aspect of it, but it felt more important to get out. The intuition was based on something similar to Tim’s #prayerchant concept…

Some combination of karma and psychology, the need to consciously relive the past in order to process it correctly. Or maybe it’s just exhibitionism though, who knows… Then again, no reason it can’t be both!

Good to know about the Unabomber though. I had no idea. His manifesto’s on my giant list-o-stuff to read, maybe I should get on that.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:58:26 +0000

Did you know the same thing happened to the unibomber? The isolation tent and whatnot as a small toddler.

I guess he never worked through it. Anyway really cool to read this.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:59:37 +0000

Oh, and the “Prayer Machine” sounds like something Tim’d be in to! ;)

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:59:03 +0000

The Dantien is actually something I’m looking into. Probably be some posts on the research site in the next few days…

I think it’s the same thing as the Hara, or at least very similar. I know at my temple they talk about building up jiriki in the hara, which I think is pretty similar. I’m planning on taking a QiGong workshop at the monastery in May, so I’ll let you all know how that goes.

By: speedbird

speedbird — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:37:20 +0000

Awesome stuff.

Interesting how Chi Gung has a similar focus for the breathing (they call it the ‘dan tien’). Except that’s performed standing up with your hands above your head (to gather chi, if I remember right).

The only thing I’ve read remotely similar to what you describe is in an odd 60′s novel called ‘The Prayer Machine’ (a riff on Wells’ ‘The Time Machine’).