"Contemplating and creating mandalas.... can help heal our sense of
spiritual and psychic fragmentation,
manifest creative energy and optimism and reconnect us to our essential Being." Judith Cornell in Mandala.
Mandala means simply circle. The circle is a symbol of wholeness and harmony, a
connection to the source of all life which is held sacred in many cultures and faith traditions.
They may be found in windows in Churches and Cathedrals and often feature in forms of sacred art.
Mandalas are found everywhere in human culture especially where awareness of unity
is understood and celebrated. They occur abundantly in nature from the infinitely small as in
atomic structures to the infinitely large as in galaxies. They are widely used for meditation and healing
Many mandalas occur in nature in an infinite variety of forms; flowers, plants, stone formations.
Mandalas offer a path to healing and transformative powers through art, light and sound.
Mandalas will help you to discover your creative potential, illuminate your intuition and sense of self.
Carl Jung said that a mandala symbolizes "a safe refuge of inner reconciliation and wholeness."
It is "a synthesis of distinctive elements in a unified scheme representing the basic nature of existence."
Jung used the mandala for his own personal growth.
You can use the mandala for your own growth. Take a sheet of paper,
draw a circle then within the circle place symbols, colours, shapes - draw your feelings or symbols of
whatever is happening in your life. Go to the beach and create mandalas out of shells, rocks, sea glass or driftwood.
Once you start making Mandalas you will start to recognise them more and more in everyday life.
