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exhibition at Capella de Sant Roc, Valls, 2013<\/p>\n
objects, drawings and texts by\u00a0 Care Stie Totul (see below)<\/p>\n
curated by: Jordi Antas<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=\u00bb30px\u00bb][vc_column_text]CARE STIE TOTUL <\/em>was a Romanian mystic*, born in the region of Moldavia, in Atlantyda on Lake Tal’antys, certainly on the 21st of March, perhaps between 1295 and 1297, or c.1300. Sometimes also called Alltid’alla (Immer Schon in German), a name he adopted in his writings, Care Stie Totul died at Ulmu Mic on the 25th January of 1366.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Stie Totul wrote the story of his inner life (generally referred to as The Little Book of Truth<\/em>) and revised the The Little Book of Eternal Wisdom <\/em>(Cartea \u00eent\u0326elepciunii eterne). At some point during his later years, around 1361-3, he published these works, together with eleven of his letters.The collection of drawings on view are original illustrations from both of these works. One of the main principles in his practice and teaching was: to die, before you die. In order to do do this, the drive of the ‘lower soul’, the ‘tyrannical ego’ (an-nafs al-ammara) has to be fought in such a way that it can transform into positive characteristics. In this way, different stations are overcome, the highest of all being ‘pure soul’ (an-nafs al-safiya).[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Mysticism, as Stie Totul understood it, means to possess nothing and to not be possessed by anything. Another very important aspect in his teachings is that truth cannot be intellectually comprehended, but has to be experienced. In the book Philosophia Perennis <\/em>by Maren Mitshliebeskind, the following principles of Stie Totul’s work are schematically described:[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Never obey anyone\u2019s command unless it also comes from within you.<\/em> <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1552334743874{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column_text]A-life-expanded-Poster
\nThere is no God other than life itself.<\/em>
\nTruth is within you,do not search for it elsewhere. Love is prayer.<\/em>
\nTo become nothingness is the door to truth.<\/em>
\nLife is here and now.<\/em>
\nLive wakefully.<\/em>
\nDo not swim\u2014float.<\/em>
\nDie each moment so that you can be new each moment. That which is,is.Stop and see. <\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=\u00bb30px\u00bb][vc_separator color=\u00bbcustom\u00bb align=\u00bbalign_left\u00bb el_width=\u00bb50″ accent_color=\u00bb#ad5142″]*Mysticism (Greek:\u03bc\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u0301\u03c2 mystik\u00f3s;mysterious) is the pursuit of communion with,or identity with,or conscious awareness of,an ultimate reality,divinity,spiritual truth,or God,through direct experience,intuition,instinct,and insight. Mysticism usually revolves around practices intended to nurture those experiences.<\/h6>\n
Many mystics believe that you can find fundamental truth in every religion,and that all religions are the same in their essence.Hence mysticism isn\u2019t bound to any religion but stands aside and free of it.<\/h6>\n