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RAB
(Realization)
Rab bandey vich aivey vasda,
Jinve kapde vich roo
Aape
aap noo waja maarey
Aap
kare hoo hoo
Baba Bulleh Shah
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| Kadam |
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Tu
(Reach)
Tu khush hai ke tujhko haasil hai
Mai khush hoo ke mere hissey mein nahi
Sahil
se bhi maujain uthti hai
Khamosh
bhi toofan hotein hai
Hazrat Zaheen Shah
Taaji
In a private collection.
Singapore.
Pahunch Gaya
(Arrival)
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Pahunch gaya hoo
Dare yaar tak mukaddar se
Varna
Sab mere sajde idhar udhar hote
Hazrat Shah Niaz
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Says Geeta, “In Jogia Dhoop, I have picked up some of these pearls of Mohd. Hazrat Mohani, Baba Bulleh Shah, Hazrat Shah Niaz, Hazrat Zaheen Shah Taaji, Baba Farid and Rumi
as the inspiring force. For example some of the thoughts born of Baba Bulleh Shah has such an intense and immense depth and
beauty that it strikes a chord. It emerges from the same base as of a true Zen master or a singing shepherd of the hills who
has only innocence to offer in his prayers.
The treatment is delicately graded . The succession of hues, one dissolving into another
suggests the Kalam resounding, appearing and fading into space. In these paintings, calligraphy is imprinted as a murmur.
Jogia Dhoop – the saffron sunshine – a sunshine of discovery, of joy – is
a celebration of the Sufi movement as much as an exhibition of paintings.
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JOGIA DHOOP March, 2004 A series of Calligraphed paintings Based on Sufiana Kalam GEETA VADHERA JOGIA
DHOOP copyright © 2004 - Geeta Vadhera – geetavadhera@hotmail.comSufiana Kalam – The words of the Sufi sages- Simple words - for everyone to understand. There isn’t any pretension
here – these words come direct from one heart and invite you to take a leap from the circumference to your very
center – your core being. The circumference (The capacity) and the center (is the essential start point) between
the outer and inner world, between mind and no mind, between matter and consciousness. This bridge between the two is
the basic value system that emerges from within. The self could be enclosed, encapsulated, till we experience, explore
or come out , giving life to life. Getting close to the basic satya of consciousness and then it takes off from there,
it happens-it’s the Joy of Baba Bulleh Shah, the profoundness of Hillaj Mansoor- the simplicity of Baba Farid.
Not living like walking graves but most meaningfully existing is to be next to life. The whole joy is to identify –
and experience the transparency within. Concentration illuminates illusions and the true nature of reality appears ,
emerges which is the ultimate experience of profoundness. Their poetry the Sufiana kalam be it in Urdu, Punjabi,Hindi,
Sindhi or Saraiki it has layers and layers of pealing. The pealing off – process of the very self (JO KUJ ANDAR
TAINDA O SAB TAA DE ) – empty out your self as much as you can. This understanding could be easy to a child and
difficult to a sage..
There is no temple other than existence itself first. Whole is what is holy, and this whole journey is like back home.
From the point to the point. Its sublime- Its not a journey from here to there but on the contrary it is from there to here.
We are invited to go from “Then” to “Now” – where there is a meeting of moment to the
soul. Beyond the physical surface or the objective information, lies the Real , the transformation which clearly defines
that the knower is bigger than the knowledge . knowledge is the first contact. It can explain, analyse Christianity
, Hinduism , Buddhism But it can not produce a Buddha or a Jesus.
Wisdom is not knowledge but it is the Insight the clarity,
the basic value system which brings profoundness. To Know is to know all. To Know is to Be because then the knower and
the known are no longer separate. The knower is the known the seer is the seen the observer is the observed. The Arabic
word ‘Nafs’ means total freed self, Sufi self and it also means a pure basic breath which is such a basic
truth. Beyond physical reality and physical time and space there is this all-encompassing self or the greater self,
which is inseparable from cognition. I seemed to stand outside of my limited self. Moving backwards, forwards and experiencing
entirety within.
In Jogia Dhoop, I have picked up some of these pearls of Mohd. Hazrat Mohani , Baba Bulleh shah, Hazrat Shah Niaz, Hazrat
Zaheen shah Taaji, Baba Farid and Rumi as the inspiring force. For example some of the thoughts born of Baba Bulleh Shah
(1680-1757) The 17th century legend born in Kasur (now a part of Pakistan) has such an intense and immense depth and
beauty that it strikes a chord. It emerges from the same base as of a true Zen master or a singing shepherd of the hills who
has only innocence to offer in his prayers.
A search for this innocence, this silence is the source of the flowing
music in my works- created in multiple tones of lilac, grey or dusky dusty siennas fading in time. Sometimes a spread
of movement inspired by the Raag Vistaar of (Indian music) or a small couplet, a bandish of a ghazal – the flow
of tones into space is behind the visual experience of the paintings. The treatment is delicately graded . The succession
of hues, one dissolving into an other suggests the Kalam resounding appearing and fading into space. The potential of
the oils and the fluid transparency is a medium handled closely enough to the selected mood of the works.In these paintings,
calligraphy is imprinted as a murmur . the sound-resounds. Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), speaking of a spiritual encounter
with Rembrandt,says, “It moved me deeply , The flow of colour has dark and dissolve approach which has effect
of antiphony (Purely musical term) It evokes the sound within me.” JOGIA DHOOPI rejoice and dedicate this series of
Sufi works to those pure movements which created these paintings.
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These paintings are from the Jogia Dhoop Collection, a selection of paintings based on the Sufiana Kalam.
Sufiana Kalam – The words of the Sufi sages- Simple words - for everyone to understand. There isn’t any
pretension here – these words come direct from one heart and invite you
to take a leap from the circumference to your very center – your core being. The circumference (The capacity) and the
center (is the essential start point) between the outer and inner world, between mind and no mind, between matter and consciousness.
This bridge between the two is the basic value system that emerges from within. The self could be enclosed, encapsulated,
till we experience, explore or come out , giving life to life. Getting close to the basic satya of consciousness and then
it takes off from there, it happens-it’s the Joy of Baba Bulleh Shah, the profoundness of Hillaj Mansoor- the simplicity
of Baba Farid. Not living like walking graves but most meaningfully existing
is to be next to life. The whole joy is to identify – and experience the transparency within.
Concentration illuminates illusions and the true nature of reality appears , emerges which is the ultimate
experience of profoundness. Their poetry the Sufiana kalam be it in Urdu, Punjabi,Hindi, Sindhi or Saraiki it has layers and layers of pealing. The pealing off –
process of the very self (JO KUJ ANDAR TAINDA O SAB TAA DE ) – empty out your self as much as you can. This understanding could be easy to a child and difficult to a
sage..
There is no temple other than existence itself first. Whole is
what is holy, and this whole journey is like back home. From the point to the point. Its sublime- Its not a journey from here to there but on the contrary it is from there to here. We are invited to go from “Then”
to “Now” – where there is a meeting of moment to the soul. Beyond the physical surface or the objective information, lies the Real , the transformation which clearly defines that the knower is
bigger than the knowledge . knowledge is the first contact. It can explain, analyse Christianity , Hinduism , Buddhism But
it can not produce a Buddha or a Jesus. Wisdom is not knowledge but
it is the Insight the clarity, the basic value system which brings profoundness. To Know is to know all. To Know is to Be
because then the knower and the known are no longer separate. The knower is the known the seer is the seen the observer is
the observed. The Arabic word ‘Nafs’
means total freed self, Sufi self and it also means a pure basic breath which is such a basic truth. Beyond physical reality
and physical time and space there is this all-encompassing self or the greater self, which is inseparable from cognition.
I seemed to stand outside of my limited self. Moving backwards, forwards and experiencing entirety within.
In Jogia
Dhoop, I have picked up some of these
pearls of Mohd. Hazrat Mohani , Baba Bulleh shah, Hazrat Shah Niaz, Hazrat Zaheen
shah Taaji, Baba Farid and Rumi as the inspiring
force. For example some of the thoughts born of Baba Bulleh Shah (1680-1757) The 17th century legend born in Kasur (now a
part of Pakistan) has such an intense and
immense depth and beauty that it strikes a chord. It emerges from the same base as of a true Zen master or a singing shepherd
of the hills who has only innocence to offer
in his prayers.
A search for this innocence, this silence is the source of the flowing music in my works-
created in multiple tones of lilac, grey or dusky dusty siennas fading in time. Sometimes a spread of movement inspired by the Raag Vistaar of (Indian music) or a small
couplet, a bandish of a ghazal – the flow of tones into space is behind
the visual experience of the paintings.
The treatment is delicately graded . The succession of hues, one dissolving into an other
suggests the Kalam resounding appearing and fading into space. The potential of the oils and the fluid transparency is a medium
handled closely enough to the selected mood of the works.In these paintings, calligraphy is imprinted as a murmur .
the sound-resounds. Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944),
speaking of a spiritual encounter with Rembrandt,says, “It moved me deeply , The flow of colour has dark and dissolve
approach which has effect of antiphony (Purely
musical term) It evokes the sound within me.”
I rejoice and dedicate this series of Sufi works to those pure movements which created these
paintings.
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(C) Geeta Vadhera, 2005, 2006,2007,2008
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