Meditating with Mandala
In many spiritual traditions, Mandala has been used as a tool to facilitate meditation. It helps us to quiet our minds and connect with our inner experience. Meditating with a mandala assists us in expanding our awareness of who we really are, empowers us to awaken our highest potentials, and encourages our spiritual growth. It assists us to experience being in the present moment, and presents us with an opportunity for unlimited potentials and possibilities.
Here is a brief introduction to Mandala Awareness Meditation.
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1. Choose a mandala
Spread your mandala cards on a table or a floor with mandala images showing. (or click the link for Mandala Gallery at the bottom of this page). Take a few deep breaths to relax your body and mind. Mindfully look through the mandalas with a soft gaze, and choose the one that calls out to you. Place the mandala that you have chosen in front of you (or click the mandala to expand the image), and get ready for the meditation.
2. Connect with the Mandala
Sit comfortably and gaze softly into the mandala. Open your heart and expand your awareness to perceive the color, tone, shapes, vibration, and emotion that are presented through the mandala.
3. Being with the Experience
Continue to sit quietly and allow yourself to fully experience being in the moment. If you are comfortable, you may choose to close your eyes to go deeper into your experience. Be open and perceptive to whatever is presented to you. Stay with the experience for as long as you are comfortable. When you feel done, slowly open your eyes.
4. Reflect on your experience
After the meditation, when you are ready, you may reflect on your experience by writing in a journal. Write whatever comes to you without any judgment. You may choose to draw pictures or symbols to represent your experience.
Click HERE for the Mandala Gallery.
Here is a brief introduction to Mandala Awareness Meditation.
<Mandala Awareness Meditation>
1. Choose a mandala
Spread your mandala cards on a table or a floor with mandala images showing. (or click the link for Mandala Gallery at the bottom of this page). Take a few deep breaths to relax your body and mind. Mindfully look through the mandalas with a soft gaze, and choose the one that calls out to you. Place the mandala that you have chosen in front of you (or click the mandala to expand the image), and get ready for the meditation.
2. Connect with the Mandala
Sit comfortably and gaze softly into the mandala. Open your heart and expand your awareness to perceive the color, tone, shapes, vibration, and emotion that are presented through the mandala.
3. Being with the Experience
Continue to sit quietly and allow yourself to fully experience being in the moment. If you are comfortable, you may choose to close your eyes to go deeper into your experience. Be open and perceptive to whatever is presented to you. Stay with the experience for as long as you are comfortable. When you feel done, slowly open your eyes.
4. Reflect on your experience
After the meditation, when you are ready, you may reflect on your experience by writing in a journal. Write whatever comes to you without any judgment. You may choose to draw pictures or symbols to represent your experience.
Click HERE for the Mandala Gallery.