Agnya - Light

Ledoux, Eye Enclosing the Theatre at Besancon, France, 1847.

Each of the chakras is made up of a different element. Light is the element for the Agnya Chakra (Brow Centre) which governs vision. In this slightly surreal engraving from the 17th century the image of the interior of a circular theatre appears apparently reflected in an eye, yet strangely the ray of light streaming through the oculus in the theatre's dome extends outside the eye.

Heart

Greg Spalenka, US Artist

Trimurthy Elephanta

Elephanta Temple

Digitally restored image of the damaged statue of the Trimurthy at Elephanta Island near Mumbai in India. Trimurthy means 'triple image', the three faces represent three aspects of the Supreme Self, perhaps the creative, sustaining and renewing aspects.

The Soul

Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa

The fascination we have had with this painting is due to the gaze of the goddess-like lady which has an expression perfectly balanced between joy and profoundity. It was not all that common for a figure in a painting to engage the viewer so directly, at the time da Vinci painted her. As we gaze at her, the Self seems also to gaze at us. It is an incredibly soothing image which takes one into a state of thoughtless awareness. Italy is the soul of the world, and the Mona Lisa is a depiction of that soul. The subtle serpentine river in the background suggests the nadis or channels that flow in the subtle body within the soul. With the over-reproduction and parodying of this image, it is easy to overlook the revolutionary nature of this work for its time.

Feminine Holy Spirit

Image of a Feminine aspect of the Trinity, flanked by Father and Son, in a medieval church.

The Net of Indra

For more text and images see:
http://ownerlessmind.blogspot.com/2008/11/net-of-indra.html

The Black Stone - Left Heart (Spirit/Self)

Sacred ovoid Shiva lingam stone from the Narmada river in India.

For text and more images see:
http://ownerlessmind.blogspot.com/2008/11/black-stone.html