The summer is great - I love it best of all. The almighty sun and floating on water. Busy times, too. My summer book right now is Deepak Chopra "The Book of Secrets". He has astounding insight. The ideas of science & spirituality are not separate. His concept is at a molecular level all cells embody our highest aims - a higher purpose, communion, awareness, acceptance, creativity, being, efficiency, bonding, giving and immortality. He says the world is in us, we are not in the world.
Deepak Chopra says we are taught to follow a set of habits and beliefs that totally disregard the mystery of life. These beliefs include -
There is a material world.
The material world is full of things, events and people.
To find out who I am, I must explore the material world.
He says this set of beliefs is binding and allows no room for soul searching or the soul.
I find there is much to think about while I read this book. My basic philosophies differ in some regards. My thoughts include more of a symbolic approach - a scene like what you are looking at, dreaming, or art translates thoughts whereas words are relatively a new concept, an offshoot of pictures, and words do not express my being. Words are communication - and limited. Some people communicate well with words, some people are better with other ways.
The Book of Secrets is amazing, thought provoking & I really enjoy reading it. My perspective is once again changing and I think it's a learning experience.
This painting with the blog is 'Morgan Le Fay' by Frederick Sandys
