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A Bedouin sits by his fire
Who am I? he asks the embers
Touch me and find out, comes the answer

The man turns around and says to his camel
I have been out here too long –
I am having a conversation with a pile of burning dung…

The camel blinks stupidly;
no one can tell what a camel is thinking
The Bedouin shrugs and turns back to his fire
Truly, If I touch you, I will know who I am?

No, cracks the fire. But you will know two things…
Curious, the man asks – what two things?
You will know pain and you will know you are not pain

How stupid, grumbles the man
Indeed, says the fire
You have been confused for a long time.

~Grace Gibson

Sri Yantra Mandala Meditation

The secret key to using Yantras in meditation is Resonance. The process of Resonance is established by mental focus on the image of the Yantra. As long as the mind is tuned into the specific mood associated to that Yantra, the energy flows, but when the Resonance is stopped, the energy disappears.

Instructions for Shri Yantra Mandala meditation:

  1. Hang the Shri Yantra mandala on a wall facing North or East, placing the center of the Yantra at the level of your eyes.
  2. Adopt your favorite posture or, if you want, sit on a chair maintaining a straight spine.
  3. Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth, but do not force at all, just let the breath flow normally.
  4. Look into the center of the Yantra, trying to blink as rarely as possible; you don’t want to look at the particular details of the Yantra, just keep your sight right in the center and observe the whole Yantra at once.

This exercise should last at least 15-30 minutes every day; the experience will be indescribable.

After at least seven days of Shri Yantra Mandala meditation you will be able to tap into the same yantric energy even without a Yantra (at the beginning you may fix your sight on an exterior or imaginary point or evoke the Yantra with your eyes closed)

When executing this technique it is recommended that we maintain a state of aspiration and intense longing for experiencing the beatific energies of the consciousness.

In superior phases the shri Yantra Mandala absorbs the practitioner’s complete attention, and he can no longer tell if the Yantra is within himself or if he is within the Yantra; this is the state of nonduality.

The yantra image in this post can be enlarged (click on it) copied, and printed, and then used for this meditation.

Credits and Links:

  • Lotus Mandala by Sasha Tovstik found here

Sri Yantra Mandala

The Holi Sri Yantra, also known as Sri Chakra, is a very important symbol of the Hindu philosophy known as Tantra. It is composed by nine triangles of different size overlapping with one another.

The upper side of the diagram symbolizes Shiva and the masculine, while the bottom part represents Shakti, the Feminine divine also depicted in the Yoni Yantra Mandala.

The Sri Yantra portrait the expansion of the universe starting from the center of the mandala and describing the union of feminine and masculine energy.

This Mandala is a great visual aid to reach higher states of consciousness and deep meditation.

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Hypnotic Healing Mandala

This hypnotic healing mandala has been specifically designed as desktop wallpaper. The purpose of this mandala is for grounding. So often, when we are working at our computers for long periods of time, we loose our “groundedness” and become “spaced out”. The colors and the words on this mandala image bring a feeling of stability and connectedness.

To download, click the image to enlarge it. Then right click the image, select “save picture”. Save the picture to your “My Pictures” folder. To set it as wallpaper, open your “My Pictures” folder, right click on the mandala image and choose “set as background”. Enjoy!

Mandala Art by Shirley Gibson

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