25-082 An Attitude of Curiosity

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MotD 25-082 An Attitude of Curiosity — after. painted front side of Puzzle Piece No. 316 with colors of green, brown, yellow, and beige

An Attitude of Curiosity

This week we focus on the concept of having an “Open Mind”. Today’s MotD encourages us to be curious about our thoughts, emotions, reactions, likes, dislikes, and so on. By being curious, it takes the inner critic out of the picture. Now our inner explorer gets to play…it’s the part of us that’s excited about traversing our hidden inner terrain…it’s curious about what it will find.

BTW…Curiosity” is one of my two core values. I often catch myself starting a sentence with “I wonder what would happen if I …?” or “What if I …” or “That’s interesting…”.

For instance, this year’s Mandalas of the Day resulted from asking myself: how could I combine the Mandalas of the Day with one of the seven Archangel paintings? And what you’ve been seeing for the last 81 days is the result.

And when it comes to my inner world, I’ve learned that changing the point of emphasis on the questions I ask myself—especially about my self-sabotaging behavior—changes my inner critic into my inner explorer.

So, instead of asking myself “Why do I DO that?” (self judgment, shaming), I can ask “Why DO I do that?” (curiosity). It changes the whole perspective of the question. Now I’m curious—yeah, why DO I do the things I do? It opens my mind to inner exploration so I can discover (and heal) the answers.

How about you? Are you open to being curious about your inner world?

BTW…Here’s the before…the front and back view of today’s puzzle piece and the pretty ceramic box that holds all my numbers from which I randomly choose each day’s puzzle piece number:

MotD 25-082 An Attitude of Curiosity — before. back side of Puzzle Piece No. 316
MotD 25-082 An Attitude of Curiosity — before. back side of Puzzle Piece No. 316

Peace & Blessings,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady

Creating Mandalas 🔆 Awakening Inner Harmony

ABOUT THE 2025 Mandalas of the Day

Throughout the year, I’ll be building one large (48”x48”) Tibetan-styled Mandala one piece at a time…one puzzle piece at a time, that is. The mandala design and the reversed puzzle side were printed on artist-quality watercolor paper. The forward facing puzzle side was printed on a 48”x48” wood panel.

Each day, at random, I’ll be painting in watercolors one of the 365 watercolor puzzle pieces, that by the end of the year will become Archangel Mandala #4. Read more about the Archangel Series. The word/message for each piece will be inspired by Melody Beattie’s book “52 Weeks of Conscious Contact”.

Ultimately, the message of this mandala is about how we are all uniquely part of the one.

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My Mission: connecting with our Inner Light in delightful, inspiring ways For me, creating mandalas is more than just coloring pretty patterns in a circle. I do it because my spiritual evolution and creativity require it of me. My mandala designs come about within an active meditative state, connected with my higher self, my spiritual guides and nature spirits. Together, we bring into form, mandala art the allows me to re-connect with my own inner peace and joy, letting me explore and expand my own creative spirit to however far and in whatever direction I want to take it. As part of my own spiritual journey, I encourage, and hopefully inspire, others to explore their own creativity, to help them re-connect with their own inner peace and joy. As a means to that end, I make all of my mandalas available for people to color. Why should I have all the fun?

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