![]() ![]() Electronic Art Show & HYPErview (1997), Takung (2004) & co-founding E-Art ASEAN Online (2000) & co-member of artscience pioneering initiative through 'Alami' series. He was involved in designing pioneering programs in UNIMAS, UMS & USM, including final year showcases such as CIPTA & RINTIS curating milestone exhibitions such as the 1st. Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia Hasnul is an Assoc. Our contemporary living condition can be a fertile field for the lower mind to unveil its many faces. ![]() Despite its practical use in our day-to-day survival, it can be destructive if left unchecked on both personal and societal levels. The working of the reptilian mind is commonly referred to as the ‘beast within’ or earthly gravitational pull in several spiritual traditions. ![]() It sees the world in a very narrow, separated and selfish way. It seeks to blame, defeat, control, dominate and manipulate whoever taken as the ‘threatening others’. It strikes back at competitions and perceived threats. It seeks immediate self-serving gratifications through materialist rewards to feed a selfish and separated sense of self or ego. It gives a warning of an impending danger or catastrophe, to decide whether to fight or flight. It senses danger and immediate physical threat. ![]() What is the lower consciousness or lower mind? Neuroscientists would refer to this part of human brain as the reptilian mind. Art in this case, can be taken as a channel that may spark neural pathways towards a higher state of consciousness full with pro-active take on today and future prospect, possibility, promise, potential, change and transformation, in short – of getting high. This range of experiences is traditionally achieved through relaxed contemplation, mindfulness, meditation, fasting, chanting, prayer and for some, pilgrimage. Higher consciousness is commonly referred to as levitation or creative life force in several spiritual traditions – chi, reiki, prana, semangat. They give us the universal and inspiring feeling of empathy, universal love, oneness, connectedness, wholeness and selfless-ness or egoless. Higher consciousness or higher mind, according to my reading as a non-scientist, refers to active neural activities that take place within the higher part of our brain called neo-cortex or the higher brain. (Photo: standing in front of Jeganathan's masterpiece in his recent solo exhibition at the National Visual Art Gallery of Malaysia) ![]()
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