« … It took me no time at all to notice that this nothing, this hole where a head should have been was no ordinary vacancy, no mere nothing. On the contrary, it was very much occupied. It was a vast emptiness vastly filled, a nothing that found room for everything – room for grass, trees,…
Catégorie : 1 – Pratique de la Vision du Soi
« … And what I found was khaki trouserlegs terminating downwards in a pair of brown shoes, khaki sleeves terminating sideways in a pair of pink hands, and a khaki shirtfront terminating upwards in – absolutely nothing whatever ! Certainly not in a head. … » « … Je découvris deux jambes de pantalon camouflé conduisant à une…
« … For once, words really failed me. Past and future dropped away. I forgot who and what I was, my name, manhood, animalhood, all that could be called mine. It was as if I had been born that instant, brand new, mindless, innocent of all memories. There existed only the Now, that present moment and…
« … What actually happened was something absurdly simple and unspectacular : I stopped thinking. A peculiar quiet, an odd kind of alert limpness or numbness, came over me. Reason and imagination and all mental chatter died down. … » « … Il se passa quelque chose d’absurdement simple et non spectaculaire : la pensée cessa. Un calme…
« … The fact that I happened to be walking in the Himalayas at the time probably had little to do with it ; though in that country unusual states of mind are said to come more easily. However that may be, a very still clear day, and a view from the ridge where I stood,…
« … It was eighteen years ago, when I was thirty-three, that I made the discovery. Though it certainly came out of the blue, it did so in response to an urgent enquiry ; I had for several months been absorbed in the question : what am I ? … » Proposition : « … Cette découverte advint…
Reprise en ce début 2026 d’un « chantier » ambitieux, dont des résultats partiels et pas suffisamment satisfaisants avaient déjà été mis en ligne en 2023 … « The best day of my life – my rebirthday, so to speak – was when I found I had no head. This is not a literary gambit, a witticism designed…
Pour la première fois à Paris, une grande rétrospective est consacrée à Maurits Cornelis Escher, le « mathémagicien ». Cet explorateur acharné de la perspective, de ses lois et de ses mirages, a réalisé de très nombreuses œuvres, mais, dans le cadre de la Vision du Soi selon Douglas Harding, je ne propose ici que son extra-ordinaire…
« Questo spazio puo essere tuo » Publicité … pour un espace publicitaire disponible mais pas seulement, remarquée récemment en Italie ! Le lien avec la Vision du Soi selon Douglas Harding m’a immédiatement sauté aux yeux – plus exactement à l’œil unique que « Je Suis » ! La puissance expressive du mot « spazio », ce poing fermé avec…
Encore un vieux brouillon assoupi qu’il était plus que temps de finaliser. Impossible en effet de ne pas relayer cette « Reflection 415 » de l’ami Richard Lang : The Simple Truth « Because people want something elaborate and mysterious, so many religions have come into existence. Only those who are mature can understand the matter in its…