This was a blast. Thank you. I’ve had something similar meditating… I felt like my head was missing. It was beautiful. Lasted weeks. Love your art style and your voice. Ore of this please 👏👏👏
If it's all right with you, I'm going to show this to my neuroscience students. This past week we just looked at a couple of Jeff Warren's mini-comics.
Nothing will convince you like your own experience. If you want visions, miracles, guidance and truth, it's meditation that produces that. Prayer is talking to the Divine. Meditation is LISTENING. It's quick and direct. Jesus said over 40 times to "Meditate and pray." It's woven throughout the Hindu religion, and Buddhism as well. I knew many Muslims who meditated when I lived in New York. New Age is based on it, and it's also highly experiential.
There was one Jehovah Witness student in my class during grade school. He was the only one who didn't say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning with the rest of us. He was ostracized by all of the kids who didn't know anything about religion, we just knew he was different and that made him odd and not one of us. It's a sad thing to do to a kid.
Thanks for sharing this story. Yes, I lived many such ostracisms. Both from the outside and from the inside. It's a double bind situation. And many who leave this religion suffer from trauma of various kinds that take a lifetime to heal.
On the other I am grateful to have lived through it as it taught me hard to learn life lessons I may not have learned otherwise.
Maybe. I thought about it a lot. About why this happened and I can only conclude that I don’t know. All I can do is the best I can with the experiences I’ve had. The metaphysics of it all will have to be for someone else to figure out.
Thanks for sharing this comic! I may not necessarily believe in time travel, but I can certainly relate to leaving behind a restrictive religious environment. Both versions of the comic were good, but I noticed the mobile version edited out the blank panels and the footnotes. Was this on purpose? Either way, great stuff! Thanks again.
Yes, I removed the blanks in the mobile version as they looked like unloaded images. I felt that they didn't work without the immediate context of the full page.
Ulysses, good job! Being a meditator myself I find the topic super interesting. I guess these panels are just the teaser, haven't got into the time travel per se.
Meditation is the last frontier and the first frontier too. The last frontier because our mind are the last refuge, although they're being assaulted and invaded every day as we know. The first frontier, because wherever you go, there you are! With your breath and your thoughts and your body, as usual. Seemingly no escape, and then you discover... meditation.
More could be said about the different kinds of meditation and the various experiences one can have. But for basic liberation basic mindfulness practice as presented by Gautama, anapanasati, the straight up watching the breath, the whole breath, and nothing but the breath so help you God! is safe and sound and simple.
So I will follow this especially if I don't have to pay for it! Ha ha. I like.
This was a blast. Thank you. I’ve had something similar meditating… I felt like my head was missing. It was beautiful. Lasted weeks. Love your art style and your voice. Ore of this please 👏👏👏
Thanks Tiberius! I will be publishing a new comic soon!
Music to my ears! 🙏
If it's all right with you, I'm going to show this to my neuroscience students. This past week we just looked at a couple of Jeff Warren's mini-comics.
https://jeffwarren.org/everythingelse/illustrations/the-wheel-of-consciousness/
https://jeffwarren.org/everythingelse/illustrations/ascending-the-jhanas/
Sorry for the delayed replay. Yes of course you can show any of my comics anywhere.
Meditation is most definitely where the divine becomes experiential!
That's a very interesting way to put it!
Nothing will convince you like your own experience. If you want visions, miracles, guidance and truth, it's meditation that produces that. Prayer is talking to the Divine. Meditation is LISTENING. It's quick and direct. Jesus said over 40 times to "Meditate and pray." It's woven throughout the Hindu religion, and Buddhism as well. I knew many Muslims who meditated when I lived in New York. New Age is based on it, and it's also highly experiential.
There was one Jehovah Witness student in my class during grade school. He was the only one who didn't say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning with the rest of us. He was ostracized by all of the kids who didn't know anything about religion, we just knew he was different and that made him odd and not one of us. It's a sad thing to do to a kid.
Thanks for sharing this story. Yes, I lived many such ostracisms. Both from the outside and from the inside. It's a double bind situation. And many who leave this religion suffer from trauma of various kinds that take a lifetime to heal.
On the other I am grateful to have lived through it as it taught me hard to learn life lessons I may not have learned otherwise.
No doubt that your soul decided it was the quickest and best way for you.
Maybe. I thought about it a lot. About why this happened and I can only conclude that I don’t know. All I can do is the best I can with the experiences I’ve had. The metaphysics of it all will have to be for someone else to figure out.
I loved this, catching up with my mailbox and I'm so glad I caught this. I really do love your explorations with your comic art. Keep going.
Thank you Natalia, there are big plans for Comics Odyssey in 2024!
Thanks for sharing this comic! I may not necessarily believe in time travel, but I can certainly relate to leaving behind a restrictive religious environment. Both versions of the comic were good, but I noticed the mobile version edited out the blank panels and the footnotes. Was this on purpose? Either way, great stuff! Thanks again.
Thanks, Devin!
Yes, I removed the blanks in the mobile version as they looked like unloaded images. I felt that they didn't work without the immediate context of the full page.
Ah. Good thinking!
Ulysses, good job! Being a meditator myself I find the topic super interesting. I guess these panels are just the teaser, haven't got into the time travel per se.
Meditation is the last frontier and the first frontier too. The last frontier because our mind are the last refuge, although they're being assaulted and invaded every day as we know. The first frontier, because wherever you go, there you are! With your breath and your thoughts and your body, as usual. Seemingly no escape, and then you discover... meditation.
More could be said about the different kinds of meditation and the various experiences one can have. But for basic liberation basic mindfulness practice as presented by Gautama, anapanasati, the straight up watching the breath, the whole breath, and nothing but the breath so help you God! is safe and sound and simple.
So I will follow this especially if I don't have to pay for it! Ha ha. I like.
Hi Su, thanks for sharing your thoughts! The time travel is indeed there, I promise. Devil's in the details, so to speak!