Mandala means “circle” in Sanskrit (an ancient Hindu language)
Symbols are drawn, sketched or painted in a circular frame.
Throughout the world Mandala art is a process of self expression.
You can use it for spiritual transformation or personal growth.
Many cultures and religions use the mandala as a tool for meditation, to heal with or to connect to earth energies and the wisdom of nature.
The mandala appears in all aspects of life: the celestial circles we call earth, sun, and moon, as well as conceptual circles of friends, family and community.
The "circle with a center" pattern is the basic structure of creation that is reflected from the micro to the macro in the world as we know it.
It is a pattern found in nature and is seen in biology, geology, chemistry, physics and astronomy.
On our planet, living things are made of cells and each cell has a nucleus -- all display circles with centers.
The crystals that form ice, rocks, and mountains are made of atoms.
Each atom is a mandala.
Within the Milky Way galaxy is our solar system and within our solar system, is Earth.
Each is a mandala that is part of a larger mandala.
Flowers, the rings found in tree trunks and the spiraling outward and inward of a snail's shell all reflect the primal mandala pattern.
Wherever a center is found radiating outward and inward, there is wholeness--a mandala.
How to create a mandala ?
When creating a mandala you always start from a central point within the symbol which radiates a symmetrical design.
We can fill in the circle with special images that have come to us in deep relaxation, or meditation. (its being able to return back to yourself, find piece and relaxation, a state of inward awareness)
Our mental patterns are reflected in the specific forms and structures that emerge within the circle.
Our feelings are reflected by our use of color.
The mandala is a door, a way to get to the soul. From the surface reality a Mandala is just a painting with a centre, from a soul level you have a chance to see inside yourself, the vast universe that lies within.
We teach you how to get in contact with your own soul through the mandala.
We teach you how to create a mandala. How to let the soul create it.
What Chakras are?
There are 7 major chakra points in our body. Energy points, vortexes or disk which allow energy to flow in and out of the body.
Red Chakra, base chakra: connection to the earth
Orange, sacral, beneath the navel: creativity, sexuality, strength
Yellow chakra: Solar plexus: personal power, where we radiate our inner glow
Green chakra, heart chakra: emotional centre, where we feel love, passion and understanding, powerful healer, loving ourselves is the foundation of happiness
Blue chakra, throat chakra: communication, self expression and sound
Indigo, brow, third chakra: concentration
Purple, Crown chakra inspiration, imagination, promotes positive thought patterns.
It is said by Tibetan Buddhists that a mandala consists of five "excellencies":
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The teacher
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The message
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The audience
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The site
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The time
An audience or "viewer" is necessary to create a mandala. Where there is no you, there is no mandala.
Namaste
I bow to you. The gesture is an acknowledgment of the soul in one by the soul in another.
