“Everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening. From this point of view, awakening is right at your fingertips continually.” - Pema Chödrön
Creation of Mandala – The geometric designs date back to times still unknown. Holding a great significance in Hindu and Buddhist cultures, it is believed that as we start observing a mandala and drive our focus from the outer layers to the centre focal point, the cosmic energies tend to collaborate to transform one's state of pain of any kind into one of joy and bliss.
From a modern clinical and psychological perspective, studies prove that meditating with Mandala designs successfully enhances the working of our immune system, reduces stress levels, lowers blood pressure, and promotes healthy sleep. Moreover, it is classified as one of the most effective art therapies to ease depression and psychological healings by reinstating positivity and mindfulness.
How does it work?
Meditation has a lot to do with Concentration – the power to focus one’s complete attention. Observing a Mandala design, creating one or even colouring one, are the three ways by which one can get involved.
It holds the power to attract one’s awareness, immediately directs our attention to the centre of the cluster of hypnotic patterns. The aesthetic designs and symmetrical shapes also help ward off any negative thought by keeping our mind absorbed in a way that all other thoughts get blurred just like the patterns blur out when we focus on the centre of the mandala design.
Similar to a candlelight meditation, gazing upon the visually attractive mandala artwork makes the mind as calm and still as the surface of a millpond. That being fulfilled, we attain higher levels of consciousness – the state of being aware and responsive to the surroundings.
As we experience a fast-paced life, meditation using a mandala design helps pause the mind chatter, eliminating the disengagements, letting our creative and spiritual mind slowly and gradually take power over the analytical mind. That being said, we start to create a balance and thus develop the ability to make ourselves resilient and get enlightened by our own true identity.
The representation of infinite wholeness through a mandala design brings to the fore the everlasting relationship we possess with the infinity, not limited to just our mind and physical body.
With increased consciousness, peacefulness, and connections, one awakens to a newer version of our own self with refurbished energies, illuminated mind, and a pure conscious, ready to face the world with patience, grace, and candour.
should be a good tool to achieve mindfulness..