The Christ’s One Hand Clapping – Enlightenment
© C J Lewis. A photograph of a ghost gum tree trunk was the inspiration for the subject matter. PhotoPlus6 for air-brushing, smudging, colouring, contrasting and sizing. I use the mouse with the smudge tool to move the colours around and into the shapes desired as I don’t have a Wacom tablet.
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I have also hand painted this in oils on stretched canvas 3’x 4’ that you can view here
Tibetan Chant for Enlightened Mind
The word Christ in Eastern terminology means the enlightened one, a vehicle of enlightenment it was not actually a part of the name of the man, that was called Jesus Christ. He was called Jesus Christ as he was Jesus, the man, who was enlightened and as such understood the energies, and therefore the process of life, in this world which is what sayings such as: “As you sow so shall you reap” and “As you give so shall you receive” and other such explanations referred to…the physics of the energies of this world.
Enlightened, enlightenment basically means the understanding, the conscious awareness, of just being and living from the higher sense of the knowledge of self, the Higher Spirit which is directly linked to the Soul, the divine God essence of All, that is above the egocentric mind-set which creates animosities when emotions run high and reactions occur to the action of not thinking what is going through one’s mind…reacting in anger to a situation that has made you feel wronged or whatever instead of seeing the emotion for what it is…a bad feeling that urges you on to create a drama in your life.
Such unconscious awareness is a form of mental dysfunction (mental illness) and causes reactions such as segregation, wars, killing, jealousies, envies etc and pits nation against nation. It’s also the cause of the many problems, both past and present, that creates suffering.
© C J Lewis, Sydney, 2008.


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Below is the photograph of a tree trunk that I looked within to create this art work.

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linaji
Excellent work!!Love the info and this piece just grabs me!
C J Lewis replied
Thanks Lina…had good fun creating this one…glad you like it :)xxoo
tkrosevear
cheers to enlightenment CJ ;) xoxox
C J Lewis replied
Thanks Tammy :)xxoo
Maximus
You always make me think Chris… ;)
C J Lewis replied
Hope that’s a good thing for you Maximus :)
Shanina Conway
Brilliant work CJ, love the dreamlike feel;)
C J Lewis
Thanks Shanina…had fun with this one…amazing what one can see in tree trunks..lol Thanks also for the fav on it…appreciated :)xx
Mike Paget
Exciting work Chris!
C J Lewis replied
Thanks Mike…a bit of fun :)
Carlos Teófilo
Magnific beautiful CJ. How are you?
C J Lewis replied
Hi Carlos…am good thanks…hope you are too :)) Thanks for your lovely comment, appreciated :)
amarica
Fantastic work…The original is awesome as well….xxxxxxxxxxx
C J Lewis replied
Thanks Ann…amazing what we can see in tree trunks :) xxxxoo
Naomi Downie
just listened to the link and then looked at all these other mantra links on youtube thanks i really needed that
C J Lewis replied
Hi Naomi…glad to have helped you find the mantra’s…very peace provoking listening to Tibetan chants :)
butchart
wow…...... talk about the spirit realm…....... your vision from the natural to the sublime is amazing and exquisite…...... no falsehoods here…. just symbolic transformation…....... bravo….......b
C J Lewis replied
Hi b…thanks…yeah, as I said I live more in the spirit realms with the occasional thought back to the physical…lol…only wish I could capture the colours I see when I sit in a park and meditate…just amazing…only trouble is it sometimes takes me a while to realise which dimension I have actually woken up in…lol…all fun though. Love to you my friend and thanks for dropping by :)
dlmorrow
In a word …... Brilliant!!!
C J Lewis replied
Thank you very much David…appreciate your lovely comment :)
butchart
i sometimes get lucky and bring the colours with me…........ :)
C J Lewis replied
Oh I bring the colours back with me…in my heart and aura…but I mean captured on film…noticed you fav’d this, so thank you…appreciated :))
Antanas
Great work, well done
C J Lewis replied
Thank you very much Antanas:)
CanDuCreations
Artistic interesting and well executed art!
C J Lewis replied
Thank you so very much Thea…appreciate your lovely comment :)x
butchart
me too…...:)
C J Lewis replied
My gosh you were quick!!!
butchart
i meant i can capture them in my work sometimes also… they are always with me otherwise…. coffee makes me quick in the morning…:)
C J Lewis replied
Ohhh….good one…I can never get the same luminosity/vibrancy of the colours I see into my work…lacks the brightness…if I try to bring up the brightness of colour on the work via the program…it just sort of fades it instead so usually take the brightness down and bring up the contrast but still doesn’t bring it to what I actually see…oh well. lol…re coffee…I keep forgetting that it’s a different time zone…11.24pm here…have a great day b….light & peace as you say :)
Barry W King
amazing
C J Lewis replied
Thank you Bear…glad you like it and thanks also for fav on it :)
Lior Goldenberg
Very interesting and creative piece!
C J Lewis replied
Thank you Lior…appreciated :)
Vasile Stan
I am so impressed CJ with your creativity and what you can “extract” from a blurry picture such as the original of this one… but what I’m even more impressed with, is the depth of your “thoughts” of higher level you put here. Wow! The reality is such that it cannot be taught, nor conveyed by any means, only experienced… and art is on of these realities.
One hand clapping for you my friend, can you hear it?
C J Lewis
The reality is such that it cannot be taught, nor conveyed by any means, only experienced… and art is on of these realities that is very true…when reading such truths a seed is sown for thought…the sub-conscious picks it up and helps people to come to the realisation of their actions, I believe both art & writing does this action to help others come to understanding at their own personal level & degree. Suffering also helps to bring people to awareness in time but it should not be at the hands of one inflicting suffering upon another…people have personal suffering just trying to work themselves out let alone being hurt in the process by another who inevitably hurts themselves by hurting another in the first instance as in the saying “as you sow, so shall you reap”...a movement of energy :)
Thank you so very much for your lovely comment…and One hand clapping for you my friend, can you hear it? yes, although I feel it more so than hear it :)
Mike Paget
Great transformation!
C J Lewis replied
Thanks Mike…am having fun on this series :)
Ushna Sardar
CONGRATULATIONS!!
C J Lewis replied
Oh WOW….thank you Ushna … very appreciated :)xx
cheywings
C J Lewis replied
WooooHooo… a double feature….thank you so much cheywings…appreciated :)
Rebecca Bryson
You written work that accompanies this piece of art is phenomenal. Your artwork is exquisite. An instant fav and congrats on your feature!
C J Lewis replied
Thank you very much Rebecca … appreciate your comment and also the fav on this one :)
calves
wow this is fantastic work Lewis!!!
Bravo!:)
C J Lewis replied
Thank you very much Alves … appreciate the fav on it too :)
grarbaleg
I love this image
however have been reading and studying of late
Christ (greek) means
anointed one
yes he was certainly aware and enlightened
yet he was anointed
Messiah hebrew anoint
beautifully creative CJ
this I like best of all the trunk work
again fabulous insite
much abundance to you
C J Lewis
anoint (CEREMONY) verb [T]
1 to make someone holy in a religious ceremony by putting holy water or oil on them
2 to make someone king or queen, especially as part of a religious ceremony:
[+ object + noun] In 751 Pepin was anointed king.
(Reference: Cambridge Dictionary online)
In the above respect, yes Christ was anointed as he was baptised by John, The Baptist … anyone who is christened or baptised has been anointed. Interesting fact is that Jewish people don’t believe JC was the Messiah … just an enlightened man … a prophet. Also virgin in Hebrew means a young bride … a woman who has been married less than 12 months is classified a virgin in the Jewish faith. Learnt these things when I shared a house with a Jewish man for 12 mths years ago. All that said: I still believe in JC and for what he stood for … love & peace in the world :)
Glad you like it … thank you … and much abundance to you too :)
Teresa P. Pelaez
Wonderful work Chris!!
C J Lewis replied
Hi Teresa, thank you … appreciate your lovely comment :)
C J Lewis replied
Just noticed you fav’d this one too … appreciated Teresa :)
Danilo Lejardi
Amazing!
C J Lewis replied
Thank you Danilo … appreciated :)