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Mandala's 

Mandalas 

 

A mandala is a drawing contained within a circle. The word is believed to be derived from two Sanskrit  syllables, manda, meaning essence and la, meaning container. Mandalas are universal images found in every human culture and in nature. They are the rose windows of cathedrals, and other forms of sacred art. They are found in the Tibetan and Indian cultures and they are widely used in Native American rituals. They occur abundantly in nature from atomic structures to flowers to galaxies. The drawings and paintings are widely used as a process of meditation and healing, e.g., the sand paintings done by Buddhist monks. 

 

A mandala is a work of art created without any particular plan or design in mind. The maker simply follows inner impulses, improvising. The result is a creation with personal, as well as universal, symbolic meaning. People are baffled when I tell them that I can’t draw. Making a mandala is an unconscious, strange and beautiful, even mystical process. I begin with one or several basic shapes and the mandala then creates itself. The result consistently filled with symbolic meaning and, like it or not, a window into my soul.

 

Drawing mandalas or coloring pre-drawn mandalas is amazingly relaxing, meditative and increases the ability to remain focused.

 

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