All great transcendental art is not merely symbolic or imaginary: it is a direct invitation to recognize and realize a deeper dimension of our very own being. In the eternal trinity of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, art, while it can be good and true, has always staked out the domain of the Beautiful.

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"I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today."

- Ken Wilber

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"One of the things youre supposed to hold and be able to develop is divine pride, and learning to distinguish that from egoic pride is extremely imrportant, and once you actually figure that out thats graduation."

- Ken Wilber

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"The purpose of truly transcendent art is to express something you are not yet, but that you can become."

- Ken Wilber

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"All great transcendental art is not merely symbolic or imaginary: it is a direct invitation to recognize and realize a deeper dimension of our very own being."

- Ken Wilber

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- Ken Wilber

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- Herman Melville

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"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

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