Paul Laffoley, The House of the Self, 1971
1971
- Medium
- Oil, acrylic, vinyl lettering on canvas, painted wooden frame
- Dimensions
- 4 × 49 cm
- Status
- For Sale
- Price
- On request
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-986205
Subject_ On the Lawn of the Spiritual Abode. Symbol Evocation_ Homage to Ramana Maharshi, the Great Seer. Comments_ According to Vedic astrology, the first house is the House of the Self. My painting The House of the Self describes the soul’s arrival into life on Earth as a physical body—or the becoming of the ego—reflected in the Crystal Mirror that is behind everything. The parts of the body correspond to the five senses, the five elements, and the five lams of the chakras. Below the images of the five parts of the body is an abstract grid that represents the mind’s ability to think mathematically—or the Number Intellect—number and mathematics being what abstraction is all about. The Number Intellect arises from the Soil of Sisu, or the perseverance of the rational mind. The Eye of Transcendence in the upper mandala, above a lotus leaf, is awakened by destiny. If you are asleep, the only thing that will wake you up is destiny, the ultimate wake-up call.
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