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A human archaeology attempt - rediscovering my sister (2)

On February 25, 2015, Carmen shared a link pertaining to another central (albeit, sadly, her best kept secret from the public for various reasons, on which I will elaborate later), interest of her - Indian Philosophy (after all her Thesis was basically at the interface between Esthetics and Indian thought).

A reader loved this particular passage:

'Shiva’s trishul represents the three fundamental aspects of life. These are the three fundamental dimensions of life that are symbolized in many ways. They can also be calledIda, Pingala and Sushumna. These are the three basic nadis – the left, the right and the central – in the pranamaya kosha, or the energy body of the human system. Nadis are pathways or channels of prana in the system. There are 72,000 nadis that spring from the three fundamental ones.

 

The Pingala and Ida represent the basic duality in the existence. It is this duality which we traditionally personify as Shiva and Shakti. You can simply call it masculine and feminine. When I say masculine and feminine, I am not talking in terms of sex – about being male or female – but in terms of certain qualities in nature. You could say the logical and the intuitive aspect of you.'

Further in discussion: "Fiziologia mistica indiana, fundamentul practicii yoga,dar si al tantrismului sivait."

Freedom

"Leave alone whatever arises in the mind. Do not seek to change or alter anything. It is all perfect as it stands" ~Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche (ཆོས་རྒྱལ་ནམ་མཁའི་ནོར་བུ་ 1938-2018)

That could make sense in retrospect, after the fact (of practicing meditation/mindfulness). The practice (sometimes easy, sometimes hard) is illuminated and made meaningful precisely in the evanescent moment of its dissolution, that is the moment when it suddenly evaporates itself in satori, refreshing the meaning of the term the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind (i.e. yoga as featured in Patanjali's Sutra). To leave (the mind) alone is hard (and easy). Real freedom is paradoxical, hard and easy.

Below: Tibetan letter "A", the symbol of body of light (rainbow body).

 

Enjoying a coffe

At Barnes and Noble (Maumee, OH), 1/30/2021

© Mihai Caragiu

Multiverse?

In the news:  

"Did Scientists Actually Spot Evidence Of Another Universe?" (see here, and a recent arXiv paper)

There is a problem with that view, what does "other" really means. Since there are traces of "others" that can be detected, this suggests at least a "scheme" of laws that applies to "this" and all the "others" as well. Like a moduli space? In which case there is only one (albeit "generalized" of sorts) Universe.

The two university swans

In their winter retreat barn

© Mihai Caragiu

Sunset

ONU campus (that's where I live for 20+ years): a beautiful sunset, on the Green Track.

© Mihai Caragiu

A human archaeology attempt - rediscovering my sister (1)

Below I present her last uploaded picture - that was on February 25, 2015 (less than 2 months before her passing), followed by her two book recommendations (a few months after my visit to Romania, when we discussed at length about her views on Twin Peaks). Of course every such `archaeology' is incomplete - human beings are of course incredibly complex.

 

 

 

Toma Caragiu - Moş Gerilă, Moş Gerilă (Revelion 1972)

Nana in memoriam - after 10 years

10 years ago (December 22, 2010) our beloved sheltie Nana died. She will never be forgotten - her concentrated personhood will accompany our humanity, our love, our dreams and our memories forever.

© Mihai Caragiu

 

Alice Coltrane: Turiya & Ramakrishna

"Alice Coltrane (née McLeod, August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007), also known by her adopted Sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda or Turiya Alice Coltrane, was an American jazz musician and composer, and in her later years a swamini. One of the few harpists in the history of jazz, she recorded many albums as a bandleader, beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Impulse! and other major record labels. She was married to jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane, with whom she performed in 1966–67." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Coltrane)

A Peek Into the Physics Students' Lounge at ONU

 © Mihai Caragiu