Ocean of Thought

Can art be of importance without meaning? Must “good” art convey the zeitgeist of the times in which it was created? Does “depth of meaning” correlate directly to “goodness” of art?

A definition of terms here would be of value but the terms in question are so based on individual and subjective opinion that the defintions would be questioned.

Abstract painting, particulary the nonobjective painting of many artists since the 1940s is arguably devoid of meaning. In fact many artists want it that way. They prefer to see purely compositional factors, the tenets of design as the measure of their works. Does this relegate them to the level of design, not truly “high art.”

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The sage philosopher, Alan Watts, in his book ‘ the joyous cosmology ‘ states ‘ consciousness peers out from a centre which it cannot see - and that is the root of the matter ‘ .
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A certain woman had been trekking with a tour group in the Carpathian mountains of Eastern Europe. They were scheduled to spend the night in a hostel, and when they had settled in the woman was totally surprised and delighted to meet an old friend with whom she had grown up in a small Midwestern town in America.
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Written when the author stayed in Frankfurt, “The Sufferings of Young Werther” (1774) is one of Goethe’s well-known works. The epistolary novel analyzes the tragic love of Werther to the pretty but unattainable Lotte. Goethe’s literary works were great and eclectic, involving collections of poetry, novels, plays and research works. It is a tragic tale, wonderfully written, about a young man who turns besotted with another man’s woman – Lotte, and cannot disguise his feelings. Goethe’s first literary hero “Werther” surpasses “Hamlet” and commits suicide as a consequence not just of his sufferings but also of his goodness and of his own conception of freedom. He becomes free of his sufferings and sacrifices himself for Lotte.
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It’s all a miracle, when you come to think of it.

All of it.

Billions of years ago, out of nothing, a universe evolved from a sound. The vibration of this “big bang” still continues to expand.

A planet evolved out of the masses of dead planets that would support life. As far as we currently know, no other planet in our galaxy supports life. There are rumors of space visitors but few of us have ever seen them, or their magnificent ships. It’s all hearsay, and since pictures can be doctored and governments tend to suppress things in a reflexive way, the more we think about it, the more confused we get.
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Dr. John Demartini, THE SECRET, and Transforming the World A One on One Interview Part I

On November 2nd Dr John Demartini appeared as a panel guest on The Larry King Show called “Beyond Positive Thinking.” In a highly simplified explanation the panel discussed how people could truly alter their reality through techniques presented in the world-wide film phenomena, The Secret. Saying that these techniques are based upon true science and not fantasy, the panelists discussed the notion that each person has the scientifically proven ability to alter their physical, mental and emotional reality in order to manifest their own desires. From curing diseases, finding soul-mates, the perfect job to attaining wealth, no aspect of one’s life is beyond the capacity of the mind, with the help of the Universe, to manifest its desires. The show was a success; a second show was presented on November16th and subsequent shows on the same topic have been planned.
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Life has a way of working itself out. In the process of living your life, things have a way of resolving themselves.

Another way of saying this is “ask and receive.”

This works on the idea of getting answers from the future, rather than the past. You see, using the information from the past is what created the problem in the first place. You cannot solve a problem from the same level it was created in.
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This summer a couple of friends and I ate at a small hobby farm turned part-time restaurant located in the way-out boonies. They make pizza and bread in a brick oven and that’s all—pizza and bread. They are wildly popular. Their hours of operation are Tuesday evenings only and it’s BYO everything: beverages, tables, chairs, plates, utensils. They don’t advertise and there’s no sign pointing the way. It’s all word of mouth and you pretty much have to know where you’re going to find the place.
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Have you noticed that more and more people have stopped thinking? Its as if they have surrendered their minds to the mass media hysteria and Television Set. But why has this happened. It is truly amazing how many folks simply repeat the words and comments from the Television News with really now personal views of their own. Well of course they will tell us that these are their personal views, but really they are only adopted from what was on the Television.
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What if everything we know about history is false? What if indeed even the Holy Text of the Bible was all wrong? What if Time Travel were possible and what if you were working with a group of scientists who discovered how? What would you do, where would you choose to go in time? What if it were not safe and you had to send a robot first to observe and then see if you could retrieve him later back into the present period? What if the paradox was broken and you discovered time is all one? What if indeed?
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