tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13655349107712170852024-03-14T01:26:02.382+00:00Visions of Reality BlogWelcome to Visions of Reality Blog featuring the musings of Barbara Rose. Owner at Visions of Reality. Visionary artist. Author. Meditator. Source for books, contemplation cards and visionary art, inspired by mother nature, sacred geometry, ageless wisdom, creative play and the subtle in-between. A SPACE... Where existence unfolds within itself... Where every vision is reality... Where wholeness... lives...Barbara Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04386704739277252447noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365534910771217085.post-2371154857416320062022-10-22T19:09:00.049+01:002023-03-17T13:58:03.048+00:00Resting Place - Musing<div style="text-align: center;"><em style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Imagine, for a moment, a place that is so safe, so secure, and so profound you can rest in </span></em><em style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">eternal peace even as you watch all that you treasure most in the world </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">crumble into nothing at your feet...</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></em><em style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em><em style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">H</span></em><em><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">ow does it feel to know... really know... </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">all that unfolds </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">before your eyes </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">is in perfect accord </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">with the natural rhythm and pulse of some great cosmic orchestra?</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em><em style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">How does it feel </em><em style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">to be so in tune </em><em style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">with this rhythm</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> you become it? </em><em style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">You know... really know... </em><em style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">you are a perfect note </em><em style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">within </em><em style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">this magical </em><em style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">song of existence... </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></em><em><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And how does it feel to know... really know... </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;">you are also the orchestrator of that song?"**</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2d2e32; font-family: Lato;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xacFvAtWDuwsoSi7fw1LAFwd1_p4v81WuigLVcj-cPeHTirmPe-QdR-aF-4tY_KATkOcH6amXSrb5dLG60K12Clutupx0J78NSwJVBDw66TL1otjqrvs9AGJqSmj6R22hliJjeKUZ_m8/w320-h226/Blueprints---RestingPlace.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Resting Place" width="320" /></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2d2e32; font-family: Lato; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Resting Place</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Guidance</b></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="text-align-center m-size-11 size-12" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(118, 86, 140); box-sizing: border-box; color: #232323; font-family: Lato; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">A shaman is said to journey between three worlds - upper, middle and lower; the upper being the realm of spirit guides, the lower - power animals, and the middle, where we live, draws upon the infinite wisdom of both the kingdom of the soul and the subtle forms intrinsic to the kingdom of nature - nature spirits, elementals etc. Knowledge, healing and guidance may be retrieved from any one of these worlds to enhance daily life, whether it be for oneself or another, on personal or collective levels.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Now look at the image above. Consciousness, symbolised by the torus geometry, rests at the centre, yet opportunity to explore two other worlds is also intimated; one above and the other below. These worlds may be likened to the three shamanic realms. However, <i>Resting Place</i> is also a container for their expression; it is both preserver <b>and</b> the sacred space wherein great cosmic forces flow unimpeded throughout all realities. It is thus, container and the contained; the real and the unreal; the singer and the song. It is a magical, experiential doorway, wherein consciousness may explore within itself, where it may face itself, where it may recognise its true nature and realise all is not as it appears.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">This vision, therefore, brings unique gifts. It is an invitation to rest in the cosmic womb of creation, to experience the wondrous space that holds all events separate and to know, <i>'really know',</i> man and universe, singer and song, are one and the same; one glorious note echoing throughout all time, all existence. Stepping into <i>Resting Place</i> presents an opportunity to fulfil the purpose to which you and all mankind were born. To be an aware, conscious, intermediary between Spirit and matter, and to know yourself as consciousness as it expresses <b>through</b> you. Remember, wherever consciousness abides, its true expression is limitless Presence. It is time to experience this directly<b> as one who knows.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGPWNHOBCWyMyaHv9DgZ3FG_NEtIysxrxr2lxWcY6zduwMjnyLy-zVfHY47fGkU0iVXhSRs1AkmoZvytP8tp4_9WoSujE14Tkq8RByE_DwfyA_BFXz0R-88PRvOG4dXpbziYJeIt3FGu7-FycnyCn8JwkZL75Lkc0IaPgmQ1rmBWl6VTFkdbopWRZ8g/s2481/Resting%20Place%20-%20Musing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2481" data-original-width="2457" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGPWNHOBCWyMyaHv9DgZ3FG_NEtIysxrxr2lxWcY6zduwMjnyLy-zVfHY47fGkU0iVXhSRs1AkmoZvytP8tp4_9WoSujE14Tkq8RByE_DwfyA_BFXz0R-88PRvOG4dXpbziYJeIt3FGu7-FycnyCn8JwkZL75Lkc0IaPgmQ1rmBWl6VTFkdbopWRZ8g/w318-h320/Resting%20Place%20-%20Musing.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Container of Worlds</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">So, would you be a magical, experiential doorway where time and space, all that is lost and incomplete,<br /> is found? Would you enter a way of being where consciousness may explore itself... where it may recognise itself in the mirror of itself... and finally see... with crystalline clarity... it is far more than that which is revealed. <i>Would you?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Lastly, there are many facets to a diamond and this musing is no different; two more are exposed through the artist's personal journey. Creation of the artwork, its place in the grand scheme of things, and assemblage of the jigsaw combine to reveal perspectives on reality that might otherwise be lost to the annals of time. They create a space wherein paradox is unveiled and where every facet of the diamond is seen to be whole. Follow the links below to find out how.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Read the artist's journey <a href="https://www.visionsofreality.co.uk/artists-journey" target="_blank">here</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Explore the subtle in-between <a href="https://www.visionsofreality.co.uk/subtle-in-between" target="_blank">here</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">**</span><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">Walk the Rainbow: Live the Way of Wholeness p.304</span></div>Barbara Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04386704739277252447noreply@blogger.com0Preston, UK53.763201 -2.7030940.591745883570226 -20.281215 66.934656116429778 14.875035