Suffering

The real cause of suffering is the reaction of the mind. The reaction is repeated moment after moment, intensifying with each repetition and developing into craving and aversion.

Churning of the time
Size: 24”x36”
Date: May 2018
Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Suffering begins with the beginning of life. We have no conscious recollection of existence within the confines of the womb, but the common experience is that we emerge from it crying. Birth is a great trauma.

Qun
Size: 24”x24”
Date: 22.7.2019
Medium: Acrylic on canvas

The dark night of the soul
Comes just before revelation
When everything is lost
And all seems dark
Comes the new life
And all that is needed.
Then I was enveloped by the divine lights
Until all of me became light and
A robe of honor was bestowed upon me.
The like of which
I had never seen