Re kindergarten art. More later, maybe.
Hilary Barrett:
"To see is not to focus on some specific thing, but to witness everything that comes into view, with open awareness like a heron seeing a lake.
In the ritual, the everyday world is washed off – and then there is a breathless pause. It is not yet time to make the offering, but only to watch for what comes, 'like a presence', into the space. In ordinary life, also, you can pause before falling automatically into the next step of the process, and see what is present before you respond. Into this space between actions comes truth, its presence as unmistakable as a great person's aura. You need only watch for it as it comes."
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