No 21 - Nurturing Buddha Nature: How Compassion and Creativity Blossom Together
- Joanne Farley-Webb
- Sep 14, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 18
Buddha Nature lies quietly within each of us, waiting to be seen—an untouched and over flowing river of wisdom, compassion, and stillness. When we combine the creative process with mindfulness, we get to work with a deeper side of ourselves. We release the grip of perfection and control, and instead, our blank canvas becomes a meeting ground, a space where the soul reveals itself in its purest form.
The paintbrush is part of our heart song and inner galaxy where we merge with the present moment.
No longer achieving, but simply ... being. Every line and colour, our true nature unfolds, free from grasping, free from fear. In this space, we discover that creation is not separate from the sacred; it is the sacred speaking through us.
“When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.”—Rumi
In focusing on the process rather than the outcome, we invite patience, gentleness, and a deep recognition of our interconnectedness with all life. Like meditation, painting asks us to sit with what arises, each thought, emotion, and sensation, witnessed without clinging. In this practice, we return again and again to the simple beauty of presence.
The moon’s shadow...In still water beneath it, No ripple stirs — Jīnchō
Or as Attar once whispered: “If you open your heart, the world will rush in.”
In this way, art becomes a mirror, a quiet reflection of our own Buddha Nature. It reminds us that the path to awakening is not something to be sought, but something that is already here, waiting for us to simply notice.
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