25-357 What We Gain

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Mandala of the Day 25-357 What We Gain — after. painted front side of Puzzle Piece 284 with colors of red, orange, pink, purple, and blue

What We Gain

Our focus this week — Dec 17-23: “Meditation”

Today’s MotD: What We Gain. With regular meditation, whether we do it for five minutes a day or 30, we gain greater insight about ourselves and our day-to-day lives. We have the potential to become calmer and more mindful throughout our day. We notice more quickly when we become stressed. And with that we know how to reset to a calmer state more quickly. As problems arise we learn how to regulate our thoughts and our bodies better so that we can address them from a place of calm rather than chaos. Why would we begrudge ourselves the benefits of meditation ?

Therefore, we’re encouraged to meditate not only for what we gain while we meditate but also for the calmer, more mindful state we gain and can better maintain throughout our day.

And all we have to do, at a minimum, is to just stop—and breathe deep for a few moments. Surely we can spare a minute or so throughout our day—the return on investment is worth it!

How about you ? Can you stop what you’re doing right now to focus on your breathing for 1 minute ? Can you allow yourself to calm yourself for just a moment or two ? Can you give yourself the gift of peace, even for 30 seconds—especially this time of year ?

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:

Mandala of the Day 25-357 What We Gain — before. front side of Puzzle Piece 284

Peace & Blessings,

Maureen
The Mandala Lady

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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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