Lobsang Rampa in “Lobsang Rampa in “Chapters of Life” makes up a very poignant story of a
scientist that studied the behaviour of fleas.
He thought he could correlate the behaviour of fleas’ psychosomatic
patterns with that of blood. After much expenditure and time, he trained a
medium- sized flea to jump over a matchbox every time he said, “Go”. Then when
the flea had the idea, the scientist pulled off two more of the flea’s six
legs. “Go”, he said. The flea jumped again, and was able to repeat the
performance although not so successfully as before. The scientist grunted with
satisfaction, and pulled off two more of the six legs. “Go”, said the
scientist. Feebly the flea did so, and the scientist nodded his approval.
Reaching for the flea he pulled off the poor creature’s last two legs.
Unfortunately now that the flea no longer had legs the scientist could shout
endlessly and the flea would not move. The scientist, after many tries, nodded
his wise old head, and wrote in his report, “A flea’s hearing is in its legs.
When it loses two legs it cannot hear so well and so does not jump too high.
When it loses all six of its legs it becomes completely deaf.
“The art of living requires the
ability to be and think creatively. Creativity is an unlimited natural resource
that we all have. It is the one unlimited natural resource that often is
underestimated and underutilized, except during our childhood. Creative Minds
are capable of conceiving projects and suggesting innovative solutions in all
branches of collective fabric. This concerns all the aspects of our everyday
life: from the practical objects of common use to the complex components
of a physical and mental habitat. Creativity can lead towards responsible
social transformation. Throughout the integration of different artistic forms
like music, visual art, theatre, literature, dance, photography, and design,
with humanities, scientific and social disciplines like sociology, economics,
philosophy, and politics we can contribute towards a new concept of global
civil society. The study of visual arts enhances and expands a person's
field of perception and awareness. Our scientist above, studying fleas, could
have come to a more reasonable conclusion had his Field of perception been
stimulated to include lateral thinking through the delving into visual
arts.
Art is the most sensitive and comprehensive expression of human thought.
The time has come for the artist to take the responsibility for connecting
every other human activity, from economy to politics, from science to religion,
from education to behaviour. Albert Einstein in his famous quote says, “The
most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of
all true art and science”.Chapters of Life” makes up a very poignant story of a
scientist that studied the behaviour of fleas.
He thought he could correlate the behaviour of fleas’ psychosomatic
patterns with that of blood. After much expenditure and time, he trained a
medium- sized flea to jump over a matchbox every time he said, “Go”. Then when
the flea had the idea, the scientist pulled off two more of the flea’s six
legs. “Go”, he said. The flea jumped again, and was able to repeat the
performance although not so successfully as before. The scientist grunted with
satisfaction, and pulled off two more of the six legs. “Go”, said the
scientist. Feebly the flea did so, and the scientist nodded his approval.
Reaching for the flea he pulled off the poor creature’s last two legs.
Unfortunately now that the flea no longer had legs the scientist could shout
endlessly and the flea would not move. The scientist, after many tries, nodded
his wise old head, and wrote in his report, “A flea’s hearing is in its legs.
When it loses two legs it cannot hear so well and so does not jump too high.
When it loses all six of its legs it becomes completely deaf.
“The art of living requires the
ability to be and think creatively. Creativity is an unlimited natural resource
that we all have. It is the one unlimited natural resource that often is
underestimated and underutilized, except during our childhood. Creative Minds
are capable of conceiving projects and suggesting innovative solutions in all
branches of collective fabric. This concerns all the aspects of our everyday
life: from the practical objects of common use to the complex components
of a physical and mental habitat. Creativity can lead towards responsible
social transformation. Throughout the integration of different artistic forms
like music, visual art, theatre, literature, dance, photography, and design,
with humanities, scientific and social disciplines like sociology, economics,
philosophy, and politics we can contribute towards a new concept of global
civil society. The study of visual arts enhances and expands a person's
field of perception and awareness. Our scientist above, studying fleas, could
have come to a more reasonable conclusion had his Field of perception been
stimulated to include lateral thinking through the delving into visual
arts.
Art is the most sensitive and comprehensive expression of human thought.
The time has come for the artist to take the responsibility for connecting
every other human activity, from economy to politics, from science to religion,
from education to behaviour. Albert Einstein in his famous quote says, “The
most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of
all true art and science”.
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