Das Gedankengebäude (The Building of Thoughts)

       Nothing is as real to us than this moment in our familiar body.  The structure in this painting is the framework of the progress we make traveling through life, similar to our advancement  in school from one class level to the next. The bottom floor represents the subconscious realm of our mind, a reservoir of desires, fears and accomplishments, sometimes covered up but still very much a part of our psyche.  The furnished room on the second level represents the obsession of some to possess material things.  Yet because this type of gratification is on a surface level, it is never enough and leaves the feeling that something is still missing. The flower of life dominates the third floor.  In its center is the floating stone, a reminder that we are always subject to the universal laws which some interpret as “good or bad luck”.  This is also the stage of awakening and enlightenment, a midway point where we begin to realize that there is more than the physical.  The soaring mountain peaks represent the attainment of spiritual awareness after surmounting obstacles and the mastery over earthly things.  Since the earth is like a university where we can exercise our free will, it is a teaching ground where we can test our ideals, practice the universal laws and eventually advance to higher levels of learning.  The portal in the sky indicates the passageway to these other realms and the expansion of consciousness.
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                                            (The original painting is from the private collection of Tyler Burnett of Prineville, Oregon.)

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