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‘The Journey Back’ by Eddie Aitken

February 29, 2016
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red skirt girl, Wed Nov 02, 2011,  2:42:55 PM,  8C, 8996x11712,  (4+280), 150%, Default Settin,  1/30 s, R65.0, G50.2, B64.0

red skirt girl, Wed Nov 02, 2011, 2:42:55 PM, 8C, 8996x11712, (4+280), 150%, Default Settin, 1/30 s, R65.0, G50.2, B64.0

 

The journey back to your own true self
Is not paved by comfort and untold wealth,
But by finding the universe’s Great Law,
Looking inside, and clearing what you saw!

 

Eddie Aitken is a director and trustee of Zhen Shan Ren Arts (UK), a UK registered charity showing the artworks of The Art of Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truth, Compassion, Tolerance) International Art Exhibition around the UK to enrich local communities

Featured Image: “Entering the Divine Realm with Purity” by Xiaoping Chen. Description: This artwork expresses the true state of the body of a Falun Dafa practitioner in her cultivation, and her experience of utmost purity while in meditation. The young child with a pure heart easily sees the truth in the other dimensions through his celestial eye.


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