SIX WOMANDALAS.

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 07:26 PM , Martin Law <martin.rainbowmaker@gmail.com> wrote:

SIX WOMANDALAS.

Just sitting

knowing everything

is growing.

~mrbm.

The urge to make signs in the soil. I've been doing it for millions of years in one form or another and i'm not bored.

Mandala, (sanskrit) meaning 'circle.'

Specifically a circle for focus of meditation. Common to humans in all cultures. A sacred circle.

Some mandalas are esoterically complex. Elements within them corresponding to facets of psyche or spirit. Imagine a compass for the soul. Realignment in silent contemplation. As within, so without. As without, so within.

My blood red leaved acer sapling, centre to a twelve foot diameter raised circular lawn, having languished and expired to a mere stick due to density of earth. Its place is tended as a 'soil circle', “hommage to soil for what it provides.”

Which is why i call these mandalas 'womandalas.' I made six womandalas, (a 13 letter title).

Having some affinity with amerindian medicine circles, these ones are simple and step lightly on the earth. Made in meditative attention and inner quiet, using evocative natural objects that could fall to earth anywhere. They are made facing the sun in the south west.

Try arranging a string of beads in a perfect circle on the earth. Any adjustment at one point distorts the circle at another. A primal instruction and meditation in itself.

The plain simple 'doing' without assertion is what the image bears witness to. You might call them prayer wheels. Except i'm not asking for anything, i'm acknowledging what just IS.

Centred. Attentive. Lightly on the earth. Natural without pretence. Plain. Sparing in restraint.

Honouring the female principle in abundance. A sunny day, awaiting the passing of each cloud shadow, 3/9/2013.

Total: 9. A triple triple-Goddess.

Six Womandalas.~

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              rainbowmaker~

soil circle symbol improvisations, martin law, Sep 2013