Mystikka

CONTROL (Osho)

Mystikka — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:56:00 GMT

Control

Controlled persons are always nervous because deep down turmoil is still hidden. If you are uncontrolled, flowing, alive, then you are not nervous. There is no question of being nervous - whatsoever happens, happens. You have no expectations for the future, you are not performing. Then why should you be nervous?

To control that mind, one has to remain so cold and frozen that no life energy is allowed to move into your limbs, into your body. If energy is allowed to move, those repressions will surface. That's why people have learned how to be cold, how to touch others and yet not touch them, how to see people and yet not see them. People live with clichés - "Hallo. How are you?" Nobody means anything. These are just to avoid the real encounter of two persons. People don't look into each other's eyes, they don't hold hands, they don't try to feel each other's energy, they don't allow each other to pour - very afraid, somehow just managing, cold and dead, in a straitjacket.

Osho Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 5

Commentary:

There is a time and a place for control, but if we put it in charge of our lives we end up totally rigid. The figure is encased in the angles of pyramid shapes that surround him. Light glitters and glints off his shiny surfaces, but does not penetrate. It's as if he is almost mummified inside this structure he's built up around himself. His fists are clenched and his stare is blank, almost blind. The lower part of his body beneath the table is a knife point, a cutting edge that divides and separates. His world is ordered and perfect, but it is not alive - he cannot allow any spontaneity or vulnerability to enter it.

The image of the King of Clouds reminds us to take a deep breath, loosen our neckties and take it easy. If mistakes happen, it's okay. If things get a little out of hand, it's probably just what the doctor ordered. There is much, much more to life than being "on top of things."

Adventure (Osho)

Mystikka — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:43:00 GMT

Adventure

Zen says truth has nothing to do with authority, truth has nothing to do with tradition, truth has nothing to do with the past - truth is a radical, personal realization. You have to come to it.

Knowledge is certain; the search for personal knowing is very, very hazardous. Nobody can guarantee it. If you ask me if I can guarantee anything, I say I cannot guarantee you anything. I can only guarantee danger, that much is certain. I can only guarantee you a long adventure with every possibility of going astray and never reaching the goal. But one thing is certain: the very search will help you to grow.

I can guarantee only growth. Danger will be there, sacrifice will be there; you will be moving every day into the unknown, into the uncharted, and there will be no map to follow, no guide to follow. Yes, there are millions of dangers and you can go astray and you can get lost, but that is the only way one grows.

Insecurity is the only way to grow, to face danger is the only way to grow, to accept the challenge of the unknown is the only way to grow.

Osho Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 7

Commentary:

When we are truly in a spirit of adventure, we are moving just like this child. Full of trust, out of the darkness of the forest into the rainbow of the light, we go step by step, drawn by our sense of wonder into the unknown.

Adventure really has nothing to do with plans and maps and programs and organization. The Page of Rainbows represents a quality that can come to us anywhere - at home or in the office, in the wilderness or in the city, in a creative project or in our relationships with others. Whenever we move into the new and unknown with the trusting spirit of a child, innocent and open and vulnerable, even the smallest things of life can become the greatest adventures.

Intensity

Mystikka — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Intensity

Zen says: Think of all the great words and great teachings as your deadly enemy. Avoid them, because you have to find your own source. You have not to be a follower, an imitator. You have to be an original individual; you have to find your innermost core on your own, with no guide, no guiding scriptures. It is a dark night, but with the intense fire of inquiry you are bound to come to the sunrise.

Everybody who has burned with intense inquiry has found the sunrise. Others only believe. Those who believe are not religious, they are simply avoiding the great adventure of religion by believing.

Osho Zen: Turning In Chapter 10

Commentary:

The figure in this card has taken on the shape of an arrow, moving with the single-pointed focus of one who knows precisely where he is going. He is moving so fast that he has become almost pure energy. But his intensity should not be mistaken for the manic energy that makes people drive their cars at top speed to get from point A to point B. That kind of intensity belongs to the horizontal world of space and time. The intensity represented by the Knight of Fire belongs to the vertical world of the present moment - a recognition that now is the only moment there is, and here is the only space.

When you act with the intensity of the Knight of Fire it is likely to create ripples in the waters around you. Some will feel uplifted and refreshed by your presence, others may feel threatened or annoyed. But the opinions of others matter little; nothing can hold you back right now.

The Creator

Mystikka — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:46:00 GMT

The Creator

There are two types of creators in the world. One type of creator works with objects - a poet, a painter, they work with objects, they create things. The other type of creator, the mystic, creates himself. He doesn't work with objects, he works with the subject; he works on himself, his own being. And he is the real creator, the real poet, because he makes himself into a masterpiece.

You are carrying a masterpiece hidden within you, but you are standing in the way. Just move aside, then the masterpiece will be revealed. Everyone is a masterpiece, because God never gives birth to anything less than that. Everyone carries that masterpiece hidden for many lives, not knowing who they are and just trying on the surface to become someone.

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it. God himself has created you; you cannot be improved.

Osho Ah, This! Chapter 1

Commentary:

The Zen master in this card has harnessed the energy of fire and is able to use it for creation rather than destruction. He invites us to recognize and participate with him in the understanding that belongs to those who have mastered the fires of passion, without repressing them or allowing them to get destructive and out of balance. He is so integrated that there is no longer any difference between who he is inside and who he is in the world outside. He offers this gift of understanding and integration to all those who come to him, the gift of creative light that comes from the center of his being.

The King of Fire tells us that anything that we undertake now, with the understanding that comes from maturity, will bring enrichment to our own lives and to the lives of others. Using whatever skills you have, whatever you have learned from your own life experience, it is time to express yourself.

transform breakdowns into breakthroughs (Osho)

Mystikka — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:16:00 GMT

Breakthrough

To transform breakdowns into breakthroughs is the whole function of a master. The psychotherapist simply patches you up. That is his function. He is not there to transform you. You need a meta-psychology, the psychology of the buddhas.

It is the greatest adventure in life to go through a breakdown consciously. It is the greatest risk because there is no guarantee that the breakdown will become a breakthrough. It does become, but these things cannot be guaranteed. Your chaos is very ancient - for many, many lives you have been in chaos. It is thick and dense. It is almost a universe in itself. So when you enter into it with your small capacity, of course there is danger. But without facing this danger nobody has ever become integrated, nobody has ever become an individual, indivisible.

Zen, or meditation, is the method which will help you to go through the chaos, through the dark night of the soul, balanced, disciplined, alert. The dawn is not far away, but before you can reach the dawn, the dark night has to be passed through. And as the dawn comes closer, the night will become darker.

Osho Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen Chapter 1

Commentary:

The predominance of red in this card indicates at a glance that its subject is energy, power and strength. The brilliant glow emanates from the solar plexus, or center of power on the figure, and the posture is one of exuberance and determination.

All of us occasionally reach a point when "enough is enough." At such times it seems we must do something, anything, even if it later turns out to be a mistake, to throw off the burdens and restrictions that are limiting us. If we don't, they threaten to suffocate and cripple our very life energy itself.

If you are now feeling that "enough is enough," allow yourself to take the risk of shattering the old patterns and limitations that have kept your energy from flowing. In doing so you will be amazed at the vitality and empowerment this Breakthrough can bring to your life.

Aloneness (Osho)

Mystikka — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:43:00 GMT

When you are alone you are not alone, you are simply lonely - and there is a tremendous difference between loneliness and aloneness. When you are lonely you are thinking of the other, you are missing the other.

Loneliness is a negative state. You are feeling that it would have been better if the other were there - your friend, your wife, your mother, your beloved, your husband. It would have been good if the other were there, but the other is not. Loneliness is absence of the other.

Aloneness is the presence of oneself. Aloneness is very positive. It is a presence, overflowing presence. You are so full of presence that you can fill the whole universe with your presence and there is no need for anybody.

Osho The Discipline of Transcendence, Volume 1 Chapter 2

Commentary:

When there is no "significant other" in our lives we can either be lonely, or enjoy the freedom that solitude brings. When we find no support among others for our deeply felt truths, we can either feel isolated and bitter, or celebrate the fact that our vision is strong enough even to survive the powerful human need for the approval of family, friends or colleagues.

If you are facing such a situation now, be aware of how you are choosing to view your "aloneness" and take responsibility for the choice you have made.

The humble figure in this card glows with a light that emanates from within. One of Gautam Buddha's most significant contributions to the spiritual life of humankind was to insist to his disciples, "Be a light unto yourself." Ultimately, each of us must develop within ourselves the capacity to make our way through the darkness without any companions, maps or guide.

the best way of leading people is to let them find their own way

Mystikka — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:22:00 GMT

"i don't know what is best for me or you or the world.

i don't try to impose my
will on you or anyone else.

i don't want to change you or improve you or
convert you or help you or heal you.

i just welcome things as they come and
go. that's true love.

the best way of leading people is to let them find their
own way."

-Byron Katie
A Thousand Names For Joy

(Thanks Samboga Kaya for posting this quote for me to pass on)

...psychedelic pulsations...

Mystikka — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:30:00 GMT

Artist and animator, Miss Lucky Lulu is one of the coolest and most talented peeps I have had the pleasure of working with on MetaCreative Magazine. Sometimes for fun, she takes my artwork and turns them into pulsating GIFs. This is what she did with my recent psychedelic piece 'Magic Cubes.' I wanted to pass it on and share our collaboration with you. Her comment to me when she released the animation was 'Nobody boxes Mystikka in' and that is the message behind the image... :-)

A master in Zen is not simply a teacher (Osho)

Mystikka — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:27:00 GMT

A master in Zen is not simply a teacher. In all the religions there are only teachers. They teach you about subjects which you don't know, and they ask you to believe because there is no way to bring those experiences into objective reality. Neither has the teacher known them - he has believed them; he transfers his belief to somebody else.

Zen is not a believer's world. It is not for the faithful ones; it is for those daring souls who can drop all belief, unbelief, doubt, reason, mind, and simply enter into their pure existence without boundaries. But it brings a tremendous transformation.

Hence, let me say that while others are involved in philosophies, Zen is involved in metamorphosis, in a transformation. It is authentic alchemy: it changes you from base metal into gold. But its language has to be understood, not with your reasoning and intellectual mind but with your loving heart. Or even just listening, not bothering whether it is true or not. And a moment comes suddenly that you see it, which has been eluding you your whole life. Suddenly, what Gautam Buddha called "eighty-four thousand doors" open.

Osho Zen: The Solitary Bird, Cuckoo of the Forest Chapter 6

Commentary:

The central figure in this card sits atop the vast flower of the void, and holds the symbols of transformation - the sword that cuts through illusion, the snake that rejuvenates itself by shedding its skin, the broken chain of limitations, and the yin/yang symbol of transcending duality. One of its hands rests on its lap, open and receptive. The other reaches down to touch the mouth of a sleeping face, symbolizing the silence that comes when we are at rest.

This is a time for a deep let-go. Allow any pain, sorrow, or difficulty just to be there, accepting its "facticity." It is very much like the experience of Gautam Buddha when, after years of seeking, he finally gave up, knowing there was nothing more that he could do. That very night, he became enlightened.

Transformation comes, like death, in its own time. And, like death, it takes you from one dimension into another.

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I love everything by Osho and wanted to pass on this worthy message to you today... Blessings!

Mystikka

My psychedellic artwork, animated.

Mystikka — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:43:00 GMT

I was lucky enough to have my artwork animated by my friend Lucky Lulu. I hope you enjoy them:

Also, visit my main KEEN listing to check out the latest issue of MetaCreative Magazine - FREE - In a whole new viewing application! :-)

Missed Opportunities

Mystikka — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:47:00 GMT

What you think of as 'missed opportunities' are simply opportunities to travel in a different direction...

If you got what you thought you wanted, you may not have wanted what you got once it became yours...

The only real success in life is happiness. When we are focused on getting, we can never have enough. First, we want a bigger house (or a better job), then we want a maid to clean the house (or different coworkers, better hours, or better pay), then we don't like the maid we get (or the boss we get), and so on and so forth. Happiness does not come from superficial success, worldly status or achieving materialistic gain...

When you can be happy regardless of external circumstances, you are successful. If you define success by what other people think of you, then you are not thinking for yourself. People pleasing and approval seeking leads to a path of insecurity, no matter who you are, what you do, or how much of their approval you can temporarily muster up for the time being...

Peacefulness, true happiness (the kind that isn't fleeting) and humble confidence are part of the same package...

The most wonderful moments are the ones where you spontaneously give something of great meaning and help to another person without expecting anything in return. When you give without thinking about 'getting a blessing' or 'creating good karma' and give ONLY for the OPPORTUNITY of BEING a blessing, you will become blessed beyond measure.

These are a few thoughts that are on my mind this morning...

Mystikka

a thought on strife.

Mystikka — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:15:00 GMT

'Strife repels blessings, forgiveness attracts them.'

-Mystikka

New Art

Mystikka — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:45:00 GMT

Here is the 'animated' version of my new art, 'Aquarian Melody':

Thanks for checking out my art!

another reason giving is better than getting...

Mystikka — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:13:00 GMT

"I used to only set goals for what I want to achieve, receive, manifest, and accomplish. Now I set goals and my focus on the gifts I want to give. With my sights set on giving, I magnetize all that I need from the universe to take the next step, and each step after that. I love watching how life supports those who support life."

-Scott Kalechstein

Metaphysically infused art and culture for Winter 2008

Mystikka — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:11:00 GMT

MetaCreative Magazine is a FREE quarterly PDF magazine featuring metaphysically infused art and culture.

You can download Winter 2008 PDF of MetaCreative Magazine on this page:

MetaCreative Magazine Winter 2008 Issue

- In This Issue -

Mystikka – Concept/Production
Pamela Kritner - Layout/Design

Art:

Chris Varthalamis - Cover
Scrollsaw Art - Dave Danchuk
Orphic Art - Rachel Cox
Fantasy Art - Sue Miller
Abstract Art – Anastasia Pellerin
Lucid Play Publications – Tantra Bensko

Articles:

New Years Resolutions – Your Opinions
Advice for Marketing Your Self-Published Book – G.L. Giles
Express Yourself – Cristin AKA Mystic Wonder

Music:

‘The Individuals’ Take Time 4 Hemp - Casper Leitch
Seattle band comes Out From Underneath for "Webcast" – Amy B. Taylor
The Mary Dream – Sometimes Girl

Poets:

Christopher Michael Smith
Ryan Sise
zed mizar
Edward Namerdy aka Dharmacist
Roylene
Elbe

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