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Death is of the utmost importance and is the focus of Eit-Vothiam. It is the great changer, the thing that makes sure that life does not remain static, stagnant, fixed. Continual, unchanging self-replication is a zombie-like living death of sameness and stagnation; the freshness and newness of each individual born, who dies to make way for another unique being, is eternally changing life through death. | Death is of the utmost importance and is the focus of Eit-Vothiam. It is the great changer, the thing that makes sure that life does not remain static, stagnant, fixed. Continual, unchanging self-replication is a zombie-like living death of sameness and stagnation; the freshness and newness of each individual born, who dies to make way for another unique being, is eternally changing life through death. | ||
Closing the normal eyes to hone the deatheye's vision of the world, in a special meditative position called '[[Ikvaya]]' is regarded as being a great motivator on life's path: an awareness of the reality and inevitability of one’s personal death can be a fantastic energizer, releasing unsuspected level of motivation for radical change. | Closing the normal eyes to hone the deatheye's vision of the world, in a special meditative position called '[[Ikvaya]]' is regarded as being a great motivator on life's path: an awareness of the reality and inevitability of one’s personal death can be a fantastic energizer, releasing unsuspected level of motivation for radical change. | ||
==[[Gei-Vothiam]]== | |||
Gei-Vothiam is a traditional form of meditative body painting, and is a part of Eit-Vothiam. A practitioner may paint their own body, or may paint the body of a partner or paid model. The paint is most commonly applied to the back, and sometimes the chest. The limbs and head are not used. The painting is generally representational, with landscapes or flowers being the most common subjects. There is a current trend among the refugees in the Starmourn sector to do abstract paintings instead, though this is scorned by traditionalists. As with all things in Ir-Vothiam, the paintings demonstrate that life is beautiful, but transient, and destruction should be embraced so that one may begin anew. | |||
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