The Painting Takes on a Fairy Tale Power of Splendor

With close, careful attention, the haystack disappeared and all that remained was a world of color which was no longer limited by preconceived forms. The painting took on a fairy tale power of splendor. In just the same way, when we look closely at what we call self, at this mind and body, the conventional notion, the conventional idea, the conventional image we have of self, just like haystack, disappears. We go from the concept from the idea of self. When we are looking, feeling being with our experience, in the same way that kindinski was looking at that painting, we drop down from the level of concept to the level of direct experience of what's actually