Look At It
Our focus this week — Aug 13-19: “Be Not Afraid”
Today’s MotD: Look At It. We’re encouraged to look at the fears that keep us from living the life of our dreams. Fears such as: not being good enough, no one wants to hear what I have to say, no one wants to buy what I have to offer, no one love me, no one cares, and so on. The first three I listed are ones I’m chipping away at. Those last two were me channeling Winnie the Pooh’s friend, Eeyore.
While yesterday we were taking a peak at fear, acknowledging its existence, today we’re going to really look at it (them). For instance, how about the fear of not being good enough. We can use Byron Katie’s 4-question system called “The Work” to process through it.
- “Is it true ?”: is it true that I’m “not good enough”? is it true that I feel that way ? yes, at lot of times I feel that way.
- ”Can you absolutely know that it’s true ?”: can I ABSOLUTELY know that it’s true that I’m “not good enough” ? Well, it depends. While I might not be good enough to be a rocket scientist or brain surgeon, I know I’m good enough at drawing and painting mandalas. At the moment I’m not good enough at drawing people the way I’d like to but that’s only because I need to practice more…it’s not so much as a belief as it is a lack of not making it a priority to practice.
- “How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought ?”: How do I react ? I cringe. I judge/criticize myself. I tend to go down a rabbit hole of self-deprecation which keeps me down there unless I catch myself, and talk myself out of the hole.
- ”Who would you be without that thought ?”: As far as my art is concerned, I’d be someone who would stop hiding, try new things, pursue new styles and techniques, put my art out in the world more…someone who would believe that her mandalas have value and that people are eager to experience them and/or buy them.
Anyway, that’s one way to look at our fears. We can also journal with our fears—as if carrying on a conversation with them. Hypnotherapy can help. Read the book “Feel the fear and do it anyway” by Susan Jeffers, PhD. And so on.
How about you ? Do you take the time to actually look at your fear(s) ? Are you open to processing through your fear(s) ? Would doing a process like “The Work” or something like it seem like a viable option for you ?
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:
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.
Mandala of the Day 