Mandalas

​Mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle.

As a symbol of the cosmos or universe, a traditional mandala is a square containing a circle. The square represents earth. The circle symbolizes the divine.

The psychoanalyst Carl Jung believed that the mandala represents the Self and that drawing a mandala gives a person a sacred space to meet that Self.

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A circle can symbolize:

 Infinity, Unity, Wholeness, Divinity, Emptiness,

Fullness, Samsara – the cycle of life

I have come to see my life as a mandala. At the center I place my highest values and aspirations. There too, is the promise of clear seeing and pure wisdom. The surround of the mandala contains all the rest of life – hopes and dreams, fears and aversions, our relationships, the peace we seek and the unsettled way we often feel. Movement and Stillness. Nothing is excluded. The opportunity is to nurture awareness and notice how solid or transparent we can allow our perimeter to be, how open can we be at our center.

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