{"id":1343,"date":"2025-01-01T18:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T02:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2025-01-01T18:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T02:32:39","slug":"1292-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"1292. Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Happy New Year, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“1292. Meditation” oil painting by Mariko Irie<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is your new year 2025 going?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was painting this cow, the cow gave off an enchantment light😊💖<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I named this painting \u201c1292. Meditation\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, I started \u201c meditation\u201d 10 minutes every morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I heard meditation activates our pineal gland (a tiny endocrine gland in the middle of your brain that helps regulate your body’s circadian rhythm by secreting the hormone melatonin). A lot of scientists and other creative people including Steve jobs did meditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was just curious what happens to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After I started meditation, I used to have distraction in my brain. Now I feelI my mind is clear. I still have thoughts come in my mind, but now they are related with what I\u2019m doing.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder what is the 5th dimension. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know we are living in three dimension world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about 4th ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I read about 4th dimension. They are too abstract to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I found this idea, I could connect to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have memories so we know what happened in the past, and we have imagination and expect so we will know the near future. That is 4th dimension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then we have power of imagination and guessing ability. People believe in their imagination for the world, and living in that world is 5th dimension. I think those who live in the 5th dimension are visionaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also I started to learn about consciousness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are things or events in this world, but if our brain doesn\u2019t recognize them, there are not existing for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we believe they are there then they are happening, they are there for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Lennon sang \u201cImagene\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine all the people<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Livin’ life in peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may say I’m a dreamer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I’m not the only one<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s imagine a peaceful, beautiful world😊💖.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mariko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#www.mariko-irie.com<\/a> #oillpainting # Sonoma ca #naturelover #artlover #california #art #fineart #californiaartgallery #northcoastartists.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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