- The Making of a Devotee - Ch 3
Mara attacking the Buddh-
One may learn, when swept off one's feet by the breathtaking contour of an exquisite face, automatically to bow in praise before the Sculptor who has structured bone and flesh so artfully. Don't fall for the evidence, but for what's behind it. This is turning lust into ojas, drive into constant remembrance, love into Love, and beauty into Beauty. The trick is to this habitually, automatically.
- So interesting a thought, that Maru and other forces can take on a form to interface on Earth - and we wouldn't know any better unless it is revealed to us. -- by observation and looking for what is behind it
- The Homunculus and art being a visual representation of the senses, attractors, and meaning --> Shoorsaini painting, with the wilderness outside (stream and mountain)