by atmara | Aug 1, 2011 | Art, Mandala Monday, Mandalas
The mandala can symbolize a variety of things including a sacred circle, the creation of a journey and it can even be used for healing, depending on the user. Mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle, it not only introduces you to your personal life’s circle but that of the universe as well. The great mandala can be found in various cultures, just as tribes throughout the planet make use of Native American mandalas in their own rituals.
While you may assume that the Tibetan mandala was the first variety ever created, the mandala from the Shaman in Native American culture is far more ancient. The center is the circle’s healing power while the four points of the circle are said to represent direction and form the sacred hoop. The Native American medicine wheel provides a good example of this.
The medicine wheel offers a link to the mind, just as any other type of mandala does. There are left, right, front, center and rear ?lobes? that act as sections as if corresponding to a map of the human brain. Each point on the medicine wheel and the great mandala correspond with specific points in the mind to provide senses of sacredness, belonging, hope and strength.
The Native American mandala is often referred to as Nagual or Tonal, the Circle of Existence for good reason. The center is meant to house the user’s superconscious mind while the outer circle houses the conscious, also known as the surface mind. This is followed by four additional circles which must be viewed before the center is reached. These four circles include unconscious (auto drive), subconscious (magical), subjective (databank) and editor and censor. It is all of these elements in your surface mind that handles your daily experiences.
You may be familiar with the dream catcher, a very popular form of Native American mandalas. These were originally created by the Ojibwa Tribe to ward off nightmares of their children by hanging them over their beds. The web would entangle the bad dreams throughout the night which would disappear before daylight. Just as the Native American mandala has four directional points, so can the dream catcher.
Sand paintings are another form of Native American mandalas. Constructed with precision, this free-form variety draws the user into its center. However, perfection is vital, if any flaws exist, the mandala can no longer be used. Once sand paintings have been appreciated, it is tradition that they are washed away in a body of water.
It is suggested that the dance shield associated with the Plains tribe’s is the ancestor to the Native American mandala. The dance shield has always been a sacred instrument used for protection, long life, survival and spiritual blessings.
The Circle of Life and Mother Earth are regarded with the highest level of respect by Native Americans, similar to many other cultures. The mandala can provide a clearness of the spirit when used in meditation as the center circle is focused on to help complete one’s journey
Article by Epouna
www.meaningofmandalas.com
Images from Wikimedia Commons
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by atmara | Jul 28, 2011 | Inspiration, TED Talks, Video
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or those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery of them from www.ted.com:
“TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”
According to www.ted.com:
At her Harvard commencement speech, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems “worth more than any qualification I ever earned.”
JK Rowling penned the bestselling Harry Potter page-turners — a spellbinding, seven-installment fantasy of wizards, warlocks and decidedly British texture that brought her from rags to riches.
If you are a Harry Potter fan or not, I think you will enjoy this witty and moving speech by JK Rowling. Chosen as Best of the Web by TED.
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.
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by atmara | Jul 25, 2011 | Healing
Today you’ll be introduced to a way to heal that is just now starting to become known — Reconnective Healing. My guess is, you may not have heard about it. And even if you have, you may not know why it’s special. However this is something important. So read on and I’ll fill you in on what it is, who discovered it, and what’s so extraordinary about it.
You may have heard about “energy healing.” Reconnective Healing is similar in that it is something that is not delivered through physical means like drugs or “hands on” therapies like massage. However a big difference is scientists are able to measure the frequencies involved with Reconnective Healing Sessions, and have found that they have never been seen before on earth. The scientists are postulating that these new frequencies, which they are able to measure for the first time, are only available now because of recent shifts in the earth’s magnetic grids. This is a historical event.
How did it start? Well, there was this chiropractor out in Los Angeles, California who had a very successful practice for about 12 years. One day his patients started telling him that they could feel his hands on their body. But this was while he was not touching them. About the same time, Dr. Eric Pearl (that’s the doctor’s name) was getting blisters on his palms while he worked. One time his palms even bleed. Not too long after this started, he started asking for help from all sorts of experts trying to find out what was going on and why people were mysteriously receiving miracle healings after leaving his chiropractic office.
Here’s what the Scientists found. The scientific research found that Reconnective Healing causes a MEASURABLE effect on DNA. And not just plant and animal DNA — but also HUMAN DNA. Further the scientists were able to measure this phenomenon over and over again, not just once. They were also able to see that with this specific type of healing, the body goes into a state of super coherence, which science has never seen before. Findings were so impressive that scientists are rewriting the laws of physics and mathematics because of it. It has received so much respected attention that even the UNITED NATIONS has taken notice.
It is interesting to note that reports from all over the world have come in from people seeing angels and other dimensional beings after or during a Reconnective Healing session. Sometimes these “beings” were experienced as physical appearances just like a person materializing. At other times, many people reported smelling the fragrance that an already deceased loved one used to wear or a sensation of that person touching them. And yet others reported hearing messages spoken to them, though no one else was there. My friend, for example, “saw” parrots flying around the room.
Let’s discuss the risks involved. No matter what we do in life there always seems like there’s a downside or at least a potential risk. Taking certain prescriptions, for example, may not mix well with other healing treatments. With Reconnective Healing however, you don’t have to worry about all that and you can rest assured it is safe. Your Practitioner does not direct what happens with the energies, there is nothing that you take and what you DO receive is coming to you from God. Some people like to call this Universal Divine or Infinite Intelligence.
If you’re curious as to how to choose the right R.H. Practitioner, the answer is very simple. If the R.H. Practitioner you go to was personally trained by either Dr. Eric Pearl or The Reconnection Staff, then they will legitimately be able to do the healing session, as well as even Dr. Eric Pearl could. The scientific research clearly proved this. However, if that R.H. Practitioner tries to add in any other healing type of modality, just know that your results will not be very good. This was also scientifically tested and proven in that the efficacy goes WAY down when the Practitioner tried to add in another modality. So make sure whoever you go to STRICTLY DOES ONLY Reconnective Healing.
On occasion you may come across someone posing as a Reconnective Healing Practitioner, when in fact they are not. However, this is not something that will fool you, because you can easily go to the official site for The Reconnection, to validate any R.H. Practitioner’s credentials.
Reconnective Healing IS new. It’s different. And it’s VERY real. I hope you gleaned a lot from this article about what it is, who discovered it and some of the many aspects that make it special. And don’t forget, respected scientists and even the United Nations have taken notice of it.
SPECIAL INTERVIEW: R.H. Practitioner Cynthia Miles was personally trained by Dr. Eric Pearl and The Reconnection Staff. On her site you can watch videos, listen to interviews where Dr. Eric Pearl discusses the Science of Reconnective Healing and read her personal story where she recounts about her hands glowing in the dark following her training. Visit => Reconnective Healing Science
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Cynthia_Miles
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