I just visited the most amazing exhibit in NYC. The murals of the Lukhang Temple and the Potala Palace, Tibet. They were created in the 17 th century and kept secret for many years. The temple of the serpent water spirits. The vast landscape depicts copious images painted with ground mineral pigment, showing every aspect of human development from pre-conception through all stages and aspects of human existence on through death and beyond. There are Buddhas, Deities, humans, Demons and animals: the murals keep your eyes roving up and down and side to side, feasting on the raw, gory, beautiful pictures. They stir something deep within, foster a insatiable craving for comprehension. What were the intentions of these murals?
I was so attracted to the pictures, that I almost could tolerate leaving them and had a strong desire to see them again. I enjoyed the radical pictures of demons, and the cycles of life. The dangerous and captivating depiction of conception, birth and death. I had to research them. It was while reading about the murals that I stumbled on the reason it entranced me so much. The murals depict spiritual life joined with worldly exploits and daily tasks. They illustrate how anyone can attain enlightenment and that spiritual pursuits are not reliant upon religion or orthodoxy. There were illustrations of consciousness expansion techniques such as yoga, dreaming, visions and love making. These are mind and heart expansion practices that are available to “the everyday” human.
The cosmic vagina and it’s sacred womb, incubated the five elements. There were no Buddhas and Bodhisattvas before the creation of the five liberated ones. Universal spiritual truth arises from conscious expansion and the tasks and practices of living life. How fantastic is that concept? Through incarnation into physical form, we can attain spiritual awakening. There were no demons, no enlightened ones before the separation of the primal energies. It is through duality that we strive for oneness.
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