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Nature of Mind, Panel 4, By Alex Grey

In this very special art gallery, we take a close look at Nature of Mind—an extraordinary piece of art by Alex Grey, one of the world’s most renowned and widely-recognizable integral artists. Nature of Mind consists of seven beautiful panels, set in a sculpted gold-leaf frame, and uses the symbols of Dzogchen to evoke the universal story of the spiritual path—leading from darkness to illumination to transcendence, and finally to non-dual union.

In Alex’s words:

In Dzogchen texts various symbols distinguish between the conceptual dualistic “mind” and the self-liberated, non dual “nature of mind”. The thoughts of the dualistic judging mind are symbolized as clouds that arise and dissolve in the open vastness of the skylike nature of mind. The mirror is also a potent tool for illustrating this distinction. The mirror reflects all things, beautiful or horrible, and the dualistic mind gets caught up in the reflections, judging what it likes and dislikes, becoming emotionally charged about relatively inconsequential matters. The Dzogchen teachings advise us not to identify with the passing reflections but to recognize that our true nature of mind is the mirror’s infinite capacity for reflection. —Alex Grey

excerpted from http://integralspiritualexperience.com/?p=287

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