Aontacht - Volume 7 Issue 3

the Mandala.In this same workshop I referred to theMandala as an "interface" betweenconscious and subconscious mind,between the outer world and the innerplanes of experience and perception orbetween Self and the outside world."Portal" is another term I used to supportthis analogy. The act of drawing themandala opens the and allows the"interface" to occur. Interface is a goodterm because it can be used as a noun or averb and the Mandala is exactly that- itis the process (action) and the thing (orobject) through which we see a differentreality - a different view of Self.This is where the Mandala enters into the"Quantum Zone" - it is action and object,container and contained material. It is theaction by which we newelements of reality and it is also theevidence of that process. In essence itslines, colours and forms create a newreality and expunge old ones. TheMandala IS "creative destruction" ItWe LOVE bringing all these originalarticles and features, but we sure could useyour help to keep it going! Please click thebutton below to Donate through PayPal andhelp Druidic Dawn grow!Click heredestroys the old and provides the new.The creation of a mandala is evidencethat we DO create our own realitysecond by second.The mystic in me though, does not sitcomfortably with the Mandala as objectthemandala as "pretty picture" (althoughthey ALWAYS are beautiful). For me, amandala is an ACTION - a process,and behind every action is an intent.So....really, the Mandala is pureINTENT. Intentions are thoughts,therefore a Mandala is a THOUGHT.When we spin it out in the otherdirection, all we do that is creative- paint,dance, sing, write and yes THINK - isa Mandala. We stand at the centre pointasSelf and the circle around us is our everexpanding consciousness and also theexpression of Self.In a graphic mandala (the most familiarform) the lines, colours and forms are thegraphic evidence of a deeper universallanguage - EMOTION. Indeed muchof the research into the Quantum Worldhas indicated that emotion is the way inwhich we communicate with that world.It is the way we communicate with Selftoo and how we best communicate withothers.So, if emotion is the language we arespeaking, then the Mandala really occursAontacht • 16