Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Art: recording celestial realities

For the most part, contemporary artists no longer seek inspiration in the higher realms of consciousness. They amuse themselves by manipulating words, sounds, colours and forms and by creating all kinds of combinations. Because they demonstrate a great deal of imagination and originality, people look and listen, but they do not feel transported. And yet some of these artists even claim to be mystics. Well, no, they have no real spiritual criteria.

Those of you with an artistic vocation must be very clear about one thing: before you create, you must strive to rise within yourself into the purity and light, in order to 'photograph' or 'record' celestial realities. Only by doing so will you bring to earth reflections of the harmony and intelligence of the world above.

-Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov


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