WHAT IS HE? WHAT ARE YOU? WHAT AM I?
Do you think that you are looking at a man or a space? Or are you looking at both? This man is both. He is really the space, the feel of him is created by layers of perspex which have his shape cut OUT, so although you confidently look and see a man, you are really looking at a space which has the shape of a man. This shows how the connection between the eye and the mind operates and how quickly we name something a thing when it may not be just that thing, it may just be a name and a form on a space. So we could say that the space or the no thing gives place to the thing. The Dalai Lama in
AN OPEN HEART PRACTICING COMPASSION IN EVERYDAY LIFE says we should meditate on the NO THING to achieve compassion. It may help us to see that our perceptions of people as distinct individuals isn't the whole story of who they are and that may help us to find out who we are. This man is about to go on a journey to Philadelphia! He and his creator,
Tom Hiscocks were met by some discerning people who offered him a home. This may make a change to the garage which he has been in for the last few months. Curiously we all feel a bit sad he is going! But who, after all, is he? If you want to see more of him and his friends click on the
Tom Hiscocks. And you might also wonder if Tom Hiscocks was a meditator?
WHAT IS HE? WHAT ARE YOU? WHAT AM I?
Do you think that you are looking at a man or a space? Or are you looking at both? This man is both. He is really the space, the feel of him is created by layers of perspex which have his shape cut OUT, so although you confidently look and see a man, you are really looking at a space which has the shape of a man. This shows how the connection between the eye and the mind operates and how quickly we name something a thing when it may not be just that thing, it may just be a name and a form on a space. So we could say that the space or the no thing gives place to the thing. The Dalai Lama in AN OPEN HEART PRACTICING COMPASSION IN EVERYDAY LIFE says we should meditate on the NO THING to achieve compassion. It may help us to see that our perceptions of people as distinct individuals isn't the whole story of who they are and that may help us to find out who we are. This man is about to go on a journey to Philadelphia! He and his creator, Tom Hiscocks were met by some discerning people who offered him a home. This may make a change to the garage which he has been in for the last few months. Curiously we all feel a bit sad he is going! But who, after all, is he? If you want to see more of him and his friends click on the Tom Hiscocks. And you might also wonder if Tom Hiscocks was a meditator? 
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