Future studies are needed to confirm the usefulness of such a non-invasive retinal microvascular approach to obtain a better stratification of cardiovascular risk and its prognostic relevance. At the core of this wisdom is the Platonic adage Beauty is the splendour of the True which expresses the primordial intimate and inalienable relationship between the Real and the Beautiful.

The vasculature of the eye, although some peculiarities do exist, shares many features with the vasculature of the heart and is often exposed to the same intrinsic and environmental influences.

Others have notes that this book was daunting and challenging and I would agree, as the author is extremely intellectual. The conscious circle consists of others beyond venerated saints; it also includes wisdom schools and communities of servants helping to purify the world of toxins and reading the signs of the times. In this two-part interview, Cynthia Bourgeault speaks with Encountering Silence hosts on her practice of silence, and thoughts on navigating through the particular challenges of our current times. These retinal veins, however, are often dilated by high retinal venous pressure (RVP) induced by local vasoconstriction at the level of the ONH. How can we “live the laws of the next world” and become the “strange attractors” of wisdom to which others can gravitate?

At times I found myself rolling my eyes; at times I found myself caught up in a luminous, wondrous, loving unknowability. g. with insulin) or vasculitis (with steroids) and the elimination of risk factors for arteriosclerosis (such as reduction of BP in systemic hypertension) are the gold standards. As mentioned above, flicker light-induced vasodilation of the retinal vessel arteries and veins may give important functional information about the vascular endothelium. If rather than seeing these words as beads on a chain we see them as balls on a Christmas tree, we might better understand how each of these precious cosmoses is beautifully and uniquely artificed to bring forth some specific aspect of the divine longing to be known.Structural changes in small resistance arteries and left ventricular geometry in patients with primary and secondary hypertension. The main causes are arteriosclerosis and emboli (originating from the carotid artery and the heart) or vasculitis such as giant cell arteritis. Other interesting reports evidenced structural retinal changes as an early indicator of the presence 28 and severity of coronary artery disease. Schuon’s writings have been consistently featured and reviewed in a wide range of scholarly and philosophical publications around the world, respected by both scholars and spiritual authorities. Left: A relatively cool eye of a subject with vascular dysregulation in relation to a normal control (middle left).

Flicker light-induced vasodilatation in the retinal artery may be a valuable additional tool in this respect, particularly as it has been shown to be endothelium- and NO-dependent, however, independent from sympathetic innervations. The activated form of gelatinase B/matrix metalloproteinase-9 is associated with diabetic vitreous hemorrhage. World Wisdom features a series titled "The Writings of Frithjof Schuon", which includes many new editions of classic books by Schuon in new translations and with additional materials. If a cold airstream blows towards the eye, cold receptors in the sclera induce an increase in choroid BF.Fortunately, there are also gems within that even someone completely outside of the esoteric (Gurdjieff etc) realm , like myself, could discover. A brilliant synthesis that both situates the imaginal world and gives it more meaning that it has previously had… [Bourgeault] is a true representative of the Western spiritual tradition. If glaucomatous damage occurs or progresses despite an IOP in the normal range, vascular factors are most often involved.