“Art helps us to reconnect with the deepest core of our being, reminding us that there is something greater than ourselves. I believe that any art form should help liberate us, not chain us tighter to our egoic sense of Self.” ArtConsciousnessAwarenessIdentityEgoSelfishnessTranscendenceSpiritual AwarenessSpiritual Consciousness Book:In Search for Meaning Source: In Search for Meaning
“The primal need for self-expression and documentation has appeared in human beings since the dawn of humankind. Our ancestors began carving shapes on rocks more than 40,000 years ago, and now graffiti has become a popular urban medium for self-proclamation an evidence of one’s egoic identity reinforcement, an innate desire to pronounce oneself and leave a mark in the world. The wall is a sacred place. Containing layers and layers of joy and pain, it is a collective scream on the voice of humanity; it is raw, vulnerable, and real.” SufferingHumanityIdentityWallEgoSelf ExpressionGraffitiSacredness Book:In Search for Meaning Source: In Search for Meaning
“When we look up to the sky, we see distant spatial objects as small; has it ever crossed your mind that this is also how we may be perceived from other viewpoints in the multiverse? Looking up to the sky, we get to experience our own scale, our insignificance in the face of the grand forces of nature and their indifference towards our personal conditions. Yet, strangely, this experience of insignificance is not that of diminishment; but of peace, liberation, and relief.” WisdomUniverseSpaceSkyIdentityHumilityEgoLiberationTrue FreedomHuman Scale Book:In Search for Meaning Source: In Search for Meaning
“From up there, we all look the same. However, amidst this truth of unity, human beings seem to be perpetually on the quest for a solid unchanging identity. Is it important to distinguish oneself from the rest? What does one’s sense of Self mean in the universal scheme of things?” WisdomSpiritualityIdentityHumilityEgoUnityDifferentiationSelf Proclamation Book:In Search for Meaning Source: In Search for Meaning
“Ernest Hemingway was right—there is a crack in everything, and that is how the light gets in. Let warmth touch your wound; let your pain cleanse you in all its entirety.” LightPainSufferingHumanityHealingHumilityEgoTranscendenceSpiritual AwarenessErnest Hemingway Book:In Search for Meaning Source: In Search for Meaning