Mandala Chakra: Awaken the One within (Revised 2017)

ISBN-13: 9780615689029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 114 str.

Laural Virtues Wauters

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Mandala Chakra is a guided journey of self-discovery and wholeness. The seven-chakra system serves as an internal map as you travel through through seven perceptual states. Written words and 49 hand-drawn mandalas guide you on an epic adventure of reconnection and inner awakening. Concepts such as nature's archetypes, sacred geometry, platonic solids, world belief, consciousness and infinite oneness come to life as you see how they are held within us. The words "mandala" and "chakra" are Sanskrit (ancient language of India) words meaning circle or wheel. Circles represent both the infinite world they contain and the beginning point of creation. The concept of a chakra or "cakra" originated when Hindu yogis sensed invisible wheels of energy within their energy/subtle body during deep meditation. The word yoga means, "to yoke with spirit." Yogis toned vocal sounds (mantras) to improve their flow of life force energy (prana) through channels (nadis) within their subtle body. As they chanted, they sensed how different mantras helped them reach various levels of consciousness. These mantras evolved into visual yantras or circular geometric drawings used for meditation. This practice gave way to the creation of personal mandalas as a tool for daily meditative practice. As the popularity of yoga grew, unique mantras, yantras and mandalas were created for each chakra. They provided a visual way for people to connect their emotional/energy body with their physical body. As one practices this process you can see how emotions are held within the body. During the mid 20th Century, Swiss psychoanalyst, Carl Jung (1875-1961) was working to understand the separation of the conscious and unconscious self. He saw how the traumas of war and abuse of power had created a sense of separation between the psyche and the soul. He pioneered radical new ways to view the human psyche. Jung felt that the psyche was "by nature religious," which sought the meaning of life and death. He believed that the human psyche individuated or separated the self from the soul, in search of its unique purpose or path in life. Yet, during this quest, the psyche's ultimate goal was to feel whole. When Jung experienced circular images during his dreams he felt compelled to draw them. He sensed they were helping him heal his trauma caused by WWI & WWII. Jung was curious about what these mysterious circles meant and from where they originated. Fascinated by their ability to tap into his unconscious, he discovered that he was subconsciously connecting with the mandalas of India. This inspired Jung to develop his theory of archetypes and their impact on the collective unconscious. He saw trees as the archetype of the psyche's journey toward wholeness and mandalas as the archetype of wholeness itself. Fascinated by the number seven, Laural learned how it was seen as sacred based on the: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. Early astronomers identified them as "Heavenly Lamps" or "Seven Sages." This inspired the creation of a seven-day week held within a solar year. As lunar and star calendars were displaced, their wisdom became a mystery that was forbidden to understand. When the fear of knowledge shut the door to learning, the mind disconnected from the soul and its own true nature. Laural studied the cross-cultural stories of the Tree of Life and began to see how the wisdom and the wounds are held within us. Laural believed that by merging ancient wisdom with science and Jungian psychology, she could create pathways for the psyche and soul to reconnect as one. Sensing that everything was interconnected, Laural drew seven series of seven mandalas that captured the archetypal wisdom held within the subconscious self. She has visualized a way to connect the dots by creating a journey within for awakening ones personal consciousness as well as the collective soul. For more information: www.mandalachakra.com