From thinking to awareness
by Edinburgh artist Mike Heseltine.
The figures above my head represent my thinking state, full of anxiety, fear, suffering and confusion. It is the world of form. The image of a praying figure to the right is taken from a tomb. The tomb is a place of stillness, with no form or thinking. It is simply awareness of itself. Perhaps the present moment? The drawing depicts a moment of transition when the figure (me) lets go of thoughts and becomes still, like the stillness of a tomb. Thoughts are replaced with an awareness behind my thoughts.
When I enter a cathedral, I like to play a game with myself. I watch to see if the architecture or the spirituality of the place dominates my feelings. I have recently realised that what I have been doing is moving my sense of being from an identity based in thought, to an awareness of thought. This simple shift brings me into the present moment.
The joy was never about the cathedral, but about moving from thinking to awareness.
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