Natural Mandalas: 30 New Meditations to Help You Find Peace and Awareness in the Beauty of NatureThe route to serenity is through nature—and through these richly designed mandalas. With great originality, they break away from the traditional Eastern format, which typically depict the divine architecture of the Cosmos: instead, they reconnect us with Earth, and essential experiences of self-awareness, simplicity, and harmony. In-depth instructions explain how to meditate on the images, and why the particular patterns draw us in so intensely. Choose from mandalas of The Fertile Earth (Two Trees from One Root, A Diamond’s Light); Sky, Weather, and Myth (The Unicorn, Golden Apples); and Animal Life (Gazing at the Tiger). They’re beautiful to look at, and profoundly peace-giving. |
Contents
THE FERTILE EARTH | 53 |
Out of the acorn | 58 |
Natural mandalas 62 Cherry blossom | 63 |
The red rose | 66 |
The chrysanthemum | 71 |
Two trees from one root | 74 |
A world of leaves | 79 |
Pagodas pool and | 82 |
Peony in a field | 85 |
The lotus and the pine | 88 |
A diamonds light | 92 |
A garland of flowers | 95 |
Flowing with the stream | 98 |
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acorn alchemy ANIMAL associated attune awareness beauty bird BLOSSOM breathe bring Buddhist central centre cherry clouds colour consciousness Contemplate created cosmos creatures cultures cycles dala deep denoting divine elements energy enlightenment eternity experience eyes feel FERTILE EARTH fire flow flower focus forest garden gaze haiku harmony HENRY DAVID THOREAU Imagine immortality infinite inner insights inspiration INTRODUCTION intuition inverted tree Kabbalist landscape leaf leaves life-force longevity Look lotus magic mandala meditation mind moon mysterious natural mandala natural world nature's ourselves outer circle pattern peace peony perfection petals phoenix pine plants purity RAINER MARIA RILKE RALPH WALDO EMERSON relax represents roots rose sand mandala selfless sense SERPENT shell snake soul spiritual square stone circles swan symbol TAO TE CHING Taoist Think Thoreau thoughts Tibet tradition Transcendentalists transience unconscious mind UNICORN UPANISHADS Ursa Major visualize WEATHER AND MYTH wisdom Zen gardens