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#4415 - Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - Editor: Jerry Katz
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Don’t Overaccessorize—A Fashion Tip For Nondualists
by Vicki Woodyard
Nondualists tend to overdress. Professing to be nondual, they
fall into the fashion no no’s that lesser mortals do. They
leave the house dripping in pointers, and I am not talking about
their manicured nails.
They tend to wear tiaras and crowns bejeweled in metaphors. This
makes them so top heavy they sometimes tumble into ice sculptures
at cocktail parties headfirst. Makes me shiver to think about it.
As a nondual fashion guru, let me give you some tips on KISS.
Before you go out for the evening, let’s say to a spiritual
soiree or sangha, look in the mirror. Oh, I know you claim
that there is nobody there, but humor me. Do you see that handful
of rings you are sporting? Take them off, take them all off. You
are married to the One.
Less is more, and your paste jewelry is preventing us from seeing
who you are.
Keep taking off concepts until you feel totally denuded. Go naked
to the party. So what if you get arrested? There is no body
there.
And last but not least. Stop with the tattoos already. Nobody
wants to read wrinkled scripture.
Vicki Woodyard
Author, LIFE WITH A HOLE IN IT
http://www.amazon.com/LIFE-HOLE-Thats-Wisdom-Awakened/dp/1609102770/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297273020&sr=8-1
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Swami Abhishiktananda: On Pilgrimage
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Advaita Vedanta.
Rumi: In Your Light I Learn How To Love
The Sufi mystic and poet, Jalalu'ddin Rumi,
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emphasis on love and the soul's yearning to be reunited with the
Beloved.
Bill Viola: The Reflecting Pool
The work of Bill Viola, contemporary American video artist, presents profound truths about the human condition through sophisticated and beautiful filmic imagery. He is particularly fascinated by water, which he uses as a metaphor for the origin of human life.
sunblue: Surface Detail
In a beautiful video made by a laser physicist turned web
developer with an interest in generative graphics programming,
Tom Beddard creates a myriad of surface details in an evolving
fractal landscape.
Francis Lucille: Eternity Now T
he first in a series of three books taken
from dialogues with Francis Lucille, Eternity Now has become a
timeless classic. Read an extract from this exquisite book.
Chuck Surface:
Unimaginable Grace
How does advaita explain this,
This Mystical Alchemy,
This wordless transmission,
Of the Heart's Desire,
From one 'apparent' form,
To another?
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