This mandala serves as a process; for that reason it has specific color suggestions, however you are free to use your own choices.
The center flower-type design represents your birth. Red, the color for life, is suggested for the center. As you are coloring it, and throughout the mandala you will want to get in touch with your thoughts and feelings about your birth. Many people discover surprising and unusual facts during this time. Often a re-creation of your birth as you are coloring is helpful.
Sometimes during this process one may find that he/she was unwanted or even a bit premature to the wedding date. If this happens you will want to deal with it until you can realize the insignificance of either event. After all, you chose your parents, the conditions under which you would arrive and live, and when to arrive. If you set it up to be premature, illegititimate or unwanted then those are the conditions you needed to work through in this lifetime.
This realization puts the responsibility squarely on ourselves; it,’ ‘S not a matter of blame or right or wrong, but merely how it is! You now have the assistance of your superconscious to work through these matters with the conscious and subconscious.
You will want to work on your own sex and sexuality during this mandala. Your feelings about being a woman or a man may surface; your femininity or masculinity. I suggest you examine the role-models who influenced your present feelings and actions of sexuality.
You may become aware of your ability to relate with the opposite sex and the same sex. You will be getting in touch with issues that may have been long buried. In fact, you may prefer they stay buried. It’s your choice, but I assure you the freedom that comes with this release is unbelievable.
The part of the mandala coming from the center, and including the “wheels” is the “life” phase. The color coming from the center to the “wheel” design is pink as it has to do with your birth and four areas of your relationships:
1. YOURSELF — You will continue with the above suggestions in these areas as they apply.
2. YOUR PARENTS — as pertains to your birth; were you wanted, welcomed and loved; everything in this area of your relationship with your parents. You can ask them about this as you meditate while coloring the mandala.
Talk with them concerning their feelings about becoming a parent; were they happy, fearful — all those things that will help complete your birth experience. This is vitally important to your readiness for the Promised Land.
3. YOUR ROLE AS A PARENT — if you are a parent recall your thoughts and feelings about becoming a parent. You may have never thought about it before, you just did whatever had to be done.
This is a vast unexplored area that I suggest you examine at great length. Be honest with yourself and with your children. You may wish to have a communication process with them; perhaps in person to share your honest feelings. It will be one of the greatest kindnesses you’ll ever do for them! It will open the door for their freedom as well as your own. Its an ongoing process with adult children.
You may find it difficult to be honest with yourself in this process. After all, who can honestly admit to themselves, let alone their kids, that they really weren’t ready to have a baby. In fact, maybe didn’t even want them. The truth is that on the subconscious level they know. I’ve done processes with people where I communicated with their subconscious, and the true feelings came out. Many, many of them, at some time, recalled their experience in the womb — and the truth came out, often to their surprise. You see, the subconscious knows on a feeling level; and also remembers — that’s its function. If you haven’t learned to communicate with your subconscious, you would be ahead to do so!
4. YOUR RELATIONSHIP AS IT PERTAINS TO YOUR SEXUALITY (MASCULINE OR FEMININE) WITH OTHERS — this concerns your ability to relate with others in the areas of sexuality. This does not necessarily mean sexually, but, of course, this is included! Those who have worked with this session have been able to unravel astounding tangles in their male/female relationships. However, it’s such a Pandora’s box that most would prefer to leave buried to fester and ferment within the body storage tank and pay the price of disease and illness. It’s worth opening the lid, so push through.
Because I was coloring mine at Christmas time. I chose to color the wheels red with green blocks (which can be blocks you have to break-up or blast-out). I consider this to be a Christmas (Christ Mass) mandala whenever it’s colored as it deals with the birth of the Christ or the second birth (re-birth). You may wish to use yellow and/or pink for the inner parts of the flower-type design within the wheel and the inside of the wheel. These deal with “Life.”
The cross or X” across the center of the center circle represents the crucifixion or “crossing-out” of the negativity and things no longer part of your new life. It also represents death. You may choose whatever colors you wish that are meaningful to you; perhaps russet or silver or gold. I chose gold with yellow tips. This can also be symbolic of any last “cleaning-up.”
The large sunburst-type design at each tip of the cross represents the resurrection (lifting-up) of the whole self–physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. The color for this is yellow for the outer pie-shaped sections, with gold for the inner diamond design. It’s important for these colors to be used in this segment as well as the outer “shutter-type” part of the design to be gold, because they resemble wings which are symbolic of the lifting-up of the whole person. You will know when this happens; you’ll feel a change come over you. You may have a desire to change your outer image in some way to symbolize what has happened on the inner.
The three-section sunburst on top of the four-section one represents the Ascension. This is colored the opposite of the lower one — the inner design is yellow and the outer is gold. This makes a spectacular mandala and you’ll see why those colors are used in these two areas; they truly create an illusion of upliftment. This also represents the Promised Land or the fulfillment; freedom and unlimited supply, symbolized by Jesus in His Ascension. For us it’s the total merging of the three-selves into the Christ-self.
Jesus told us we can do anything He did. Some have accomplished this Transformation in this lifetime. We can too. This is the time when the caterpillar sheds its cocoon, spreads its wings and flies! When we reach this level of unfoldment we too will fly.
The remaining design (between the sunbursts) is very special. It’s symbolic of the manger scene! It’s the rebirth; or birth of the Christ. The green from the wheel designs form part of the base or cradle/manger in which the Christ Child is born; or in which the new birth occurs. It represents Strength or integrity, responsibility, conviction. Along with the blue for Faith which includes agreement, commitment, belief and trust the complete foundation is formed. You will notice it’s resting upon the base of our entire life!
Out of the Strength and Faith the Power (communication/appreciation) is formed and encircles the manger and Christ Child. The leaf-like base for the new budding life is light blue for the creativity (Imagination) that has prepared the place (consciousness) for the new birth. The bud-type design represents the “I AM” or Christ birth. It can be gold (Understanding) or pink (Love). Life is born anew!
The large area around the sunbursts represents reincarnation. Red is the suggested color. You may find that the red in this area will be a different, lighter shade than in the wheel; even if you use the same color!
A light pink (different than the one used inside) surrounds the outer rim of the mandala representing eternal life in God (Love) the Allness that is–The ultimate union!
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