2017-191: 4 Mandala Meditation Stones

I felt a bit ambitious today. Earlier this year I worked on four mandala meditation stones without finishing them. Like little puppies wanting attention, these four stones caught my eye. What could I do? They seem much happier now that they’re done.

btw: for all the updates to these stones, I used a variety of gel pens (some are visible in the background); I used acrylic paint for their foundation.

So here they are in alphabetical order:

Andromeda Mandala Meditation Stone

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1 – it begins here

2 – add blue spirals

3 – add white spirals and “stars” within black hole; add yellow highlight to blue spirals

4 – add green metallic “leaves”

5 – add black shadow and detail lines

6 – add light blue dots to mandala

7a – completed stone: bottom view

7b – completed stone: right side view

7c – completed stone: top & left side view

MMS Andromeda: 7d – completed stone: overhead view

7e – completed stone: backview

Andromeda inspires us to explore new worlds, to boldly go where we have yet to go…in both our inner and outer worlds. Looks like a great place to visit.

Forgive Mandala Meditation Stone

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1 – I begin here

2 – add dark and light greens, and gold dots

4 – add dark and light blues, and silver dots

5 – add orange and hot pinks with bronzy highlights

6a – completed stone – front view

6b – completed stone – right side view

6c – completed stone – top view

6d – completed stone – left side view

6e – completed stone – overhead view

6f – completed stone – back view

Except for Love, the idea of forgiveness is probably one of the most challenging one we face throughout our lifetime. We are under the misguided notion that if we forgive someone we are condoning what they are doing or did.

Understand that the idea of forgiveness is for ourselves. For without it, we hold on to and perpetuate our own suffering, often without the person who “caused us the harm” even knowing anything OF our suffering.

To take it a step further…when we truly forgive on all levels (body, mind, and spirit), we ultimately end up forgiving ourselves for making the initial decision (often unconsciously or by habit) to take on the suffering in the first place. whew! breathe through that one.

Even today I need to forgive myself for messing up the numbers in the “Forgive” photos. 🙂

I Yam What I Yam Mandala Meditation Stone

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1 – I begin here

2 – add yellow highlights to inner flower and its dots

3 – tone down the green with a lighter green

5a – completed stone overhead view

5b – completed stone right side view

5c – completed stone top side view

5d – completed stone left side view

5e – completed stone back side view

I grew up watching Popeye cartoons and Popeye often said “I am what I am” however when he says it, it sounds more like he’s saying “I yam what I yam”. IYWIY reminds us that in order to move forward we need to know where we are; to accept who and what we are in this moment. From there we create a clearer view of what needs to happen next. All the while, though, IYWIY encourages us to stop taking ourselves so seriously…and eat your spinach!

The Path Mandala Meditation Stone

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1 – I begin here

2 – add copper lines inside and black lines outside the while gold section

3 – add black shadow lines on ‘sun flower’

4 – add white highlight lines on ‘sun flower’

5 – add yellow dots around and in the ‘sun flower’

6 – add dark purple dots and lines around and in the ‘sun flower’

7 – add yellow lines to gold section

8 – add white sketch of mountains in copper section

9 – add green lines to mountains and yellow outline to copper section

10a – completed stone bottom view

10b – completed stone right side view

10c – completed stone top view

10d – completed stone left side view

10e – completed stone overhead view

10f – completed stone back view

I’m regularly asked during readings “am I on the right path”? “The Path” stone asks us to let go of the idea of “right” or “wrong” paths. We are on the path that we are on. If the path we’re on is less satisfying then let’s say another path, then change the path. Ultimately, though, our path is the exploration of this dense human experience, in this 3d/time/space holodeck.

In the end, know that all “paths” lead to “Rome” (enlightenment)…some people take the thruway while others take the longer, more scenic route. It ours to choose.

About the Mandalas of the Day:

I post a variety of in-progress art for that day which can include mandalas from the Mandala of the Week, the Mandala of the Month, the Mandala of the Year, or the Mandala Meditation Stones.

Happy Coloring!

joyfully, Maureen
www.TheMandalaLady.com

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