Chapter 2: Reconciliatory Longing—A Condition of Our Human Being (2.1) Vincent van Gogh, Wheatfield with Crows, 1890 Listen to audio file (2.2) Conscious Awareness in Relation with Infinite Wholeness I (2.3) Cathedral of Chartres, a. north transept windows, 13th century; b. south transept windows, 13th century (2.4) Kasimir Malevich, White on White, 1918 (2.5) Carl N. Schmalz, a teacher’s value chart. (2.6) a. Hans Hoffman, Sommernachtstraum, 1957 ; Mark Rothko, untitled, 1961; c. Giorgio Morandi, Still life, 1956. (2.7) Bosch-Gallery, museum installation, Prado, Madrid, Spain. (Opens in new tab) (2.8) Hieronymous Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights, ca. 1500-10, exterior (2.9) Hieronymous Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights, ca. 1500-10, interior (2.10) NASA, Earth from Space, 2002 (2.11) William Anders, Earthrise, 1968 (2.12) a. William Anders, Earthrise, 1968; b. NASA Earth from Space, 2002 (2.13) Bruges, Belgium, early morning (2.14) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child indicated (2.15) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child Indicated (2.16) Bruges, Belgium, Golden Hand Street, Madonna and Child (2.17) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child indicated (2.18) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child, sublimated (raised to the lintel of a doorway) (2.19) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child (2.20) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child (2.21) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child (2.22) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child (2.23) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child (2.24) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child (2.25) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child (2.26) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child (2.27) Bruges, Belgium, Madonna and Child (2.12) a. William Anders, Earthrise, 1968; b. NASA Earth from Space, 2002 (2.2) Conscious Awareness in Relation with Infinite Wholeness I (2.28) Contradictory Epistemologies (2.29) Embracing Contradiction (2.30) Collaborating Epistomologies — ars and scientia. (2.31) Eruditio — higher learning. (2.32) Sapientia, (Wisdom) (2.33) Conscious Awareness in Relation with Infinite Wholeness II Return to Contents Chapter 3: Focused Attention and Open Awareness—Rembrandt van Rijn