'Face' Articles
We live in a world of faces and we react almost exclusively to them, but what is there behind the face? You do not have a face. There is no face that is yours. The face of your mother is the face of the earth mother herself. The fact that anything can have a face is a deep mystery, but your ideas of face are not the same as what the eye reveals to you. When you accept that faces are not enough, then you see the mystery behind any face.
Why is there a face at all? Why is it that this appears to me? When you ask yourself this then you can see spirit more than faces.
“To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul” Mahatma Gandhi (Indian Philosopher, internationally esteemed for his doctrine of nonviolent protest, 1869-1948)
“His face bespoke his soul” Voltaire (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)
Spirit Remembers
My topic today is sort of complex for its actual simplicity. I chose the word “face” because it was one idea that has many faces or facets. We all have many faces. In the fullness of ones life we have many forms of self image, changing opinions about our place in the world and our relationships to the people in it, and the most common reason why anyone acts out in a relationship is to “save face”. It’s even called “frontin” in street lingo. A front is a face. We live in a world of faces and we react almost… Seek More
Free The Spirit In Second Life
Why do faces become masks? We get attached to them as our identity, because we have an idea. Idea = identity, and we feel we must have this. Supposedly, it’s not only the only way we can relate, it comes to be seen as the only way we can function. Yet, do any of these ideas make anyone function any better? Do they ever heal a broken heart? Or renew love between estranged partners? No. These ideas are usually half baked at best, and by the time one accepts that they must drop an old identity, it’s too late to… Seek More
Be Who You Are In Truth
In special operations teams, those small para-military groups that act as deniable agents of the powers that be, there is always a member that serves as the teams “face”. They act as the visible agent of an otherwise invisible group, and are usually well trained in techniques to control their identity both as data and as a rememberable event, like the “Men In Black” some people have reported contact with. They are masked groups and this is necessary for their intent, for the “spirit” of why their group exists. As I pointed out earlier, masks can serve either the purpose… Seek More
Real Self
Today we talk about faces. Face as an aspect of reality. Face, is that a military command? It is a military command, and everyone is to some degree militant. When we seek to save face, what are we seeking to preserve? Ourselves? The visage? The image? The reputation? Our ego? The fear of exposure to another self within? Image of ourselves. Yes, an image, an illusion. There is a self, but there is a big difference between the real self and the illusion of self that is the ego. Why should I preserve anything? I am. Very valid point. When… Seek More
Faces Are Not Enough
Humanity as a species are primarily visual animals, that is why I chose face as a topic. When with people, what do you see? The body. Sure, I see the body before the soul. Do you see the body, or do you see what you think the body is? Is the idea of the body you have the same as what the body is? My inner self feels beyond, but images cover this sensation. Images are not a boundary, but a benchmark. The delusion is that something is “only thus”. It isn’t that our senses deceive us. It’s that we… Seek More
Wisdom Of Face
If I call you child, I am right to do so. If I call you crone, I am right to do so. If I say you are as old as the hills, I am right. If I say you were born yesterday, I am right. We are never born. We are always born. Both are true, as it is also true that we will never die, but are always dying. We call the face of death ugly, but praise the beauty of a new born babe. They are the same face. For myself, I am possessed of a weird neurological… Seek More
