MANDALA

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.. .. .. .. .. .. Mandala of all kinds

I do a lot of MANDALA THERAPY according to Dr. Ruediger Dahlke, a German doctor. The effects are really surprising, our local schoolchildren are usually so quiet and concentrated when they paint their patterns, it is a joy to watch them. And the smiles of old people after they painted a nice mandala is always so refreshing. Read more about it on the following link.


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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Mandala as a Haiku Topic
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In the following, I will show you some Mandala in nature.

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............................... autumn mandala -
............................... in my garden
............................... with pure joy

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enduring time
without a complaint -
teach me, round tree


Read more about the Mandala Temple here:
http://www.amie.or.jp/daruma/Takamatsu%20Daruma.html

Trees, my best friends


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The following photo is by Andy Goldsworthy.
http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/goldsworthy/gold_rowanlevs.gif

Look at his pages here:
http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/goldsworthy/see_an_andy.html

And read my introduction about him here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/1159

.. .. .. .. Thank you, Andy !



each petal
finds its place -
autumn memories


Look at his ... Stone Mandala

Look at his ... Dandelion Mandala

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。。。。。。。。。。　Tibetan Sand Mandala



.............................. bowing deep
.............................. to the flow of energy
.............................. unmoved

http://www.savannahnow.com/features/slideshows/mandala/index.shtml


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M.C. Escher was another great artist who produced many mandala-like patterns.

http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/escher/index.asp

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............................. autum dew -
............................. before daybreak
............................. miracles unfold

ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/art/M.C.Escher/Dewdrop_in_a_Leaf.gif

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. . . gravity <>
holding on to
what you have

http://www.trippystore.com/shop/images/items/po-10.jpg

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above the desk
two hands
haiku-ing each other

… Brenda

http://www.trippystore.com/shop/images/items/po-14.jpg

Here are some more haiku about Escher pictures.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/393

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Examples from The oldest Escher Collection on the Web
http://home.comcast.net/~eschermc/

M.C.Escher Gallery
http://users.erols.com/ziring/escher_gal.htm

Look at a Big Knot of Escher
http://www.pims.math.ca/knotplot/various/EscherKnot.jpg

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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. Mandalas in nature / Essay



God must have loved that circular pattern too because He put it into so many of His creations.
These pictures remind me that life is fragile and must be handled with care like the petals of these flowers...



This is a wonderful link about the subject.
http://hometown.aol.com/ramblin911/page1.html


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Time and space collide
Silence ... who's singing that hymn?
some lonely cricket

Photographs by Yao Xiang, with accompanying haiku and poetry by Issa, and others

From a great series of photos and haiku.
http://hsuyun.org/Dharma/zbohy/VisualArts/IandR/set3/photos-3.html

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eating a mandala -
some poison added
for special flavor


http://www.daifuku.net/ft-02.html

Fugu Fush Sashimi, a speciality of Japan
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fv20050225a1.htm


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Celtic Knots <> Another Way of the Mandala



no beginning
no end
the four seasons


This example is from Jos Leys.
http://www.josleys.com/Cel033.htm

http://www.pims.math.ca/knotplot/celtic/
http://www.josleys.com/creatures36.htm
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/5872/gpage1.html




http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/5872/CELTIC25.gif


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The Labyrinth, a special form of the Mandala


http://www.gracecathedral.org/labyrinth/images/laby_lctop_image.gif

jinsei no
meiro o yuku ya
fuyu no hi ni

.. .. walking the
.. .. labyrinth of destiny
.. .. this winter day


.............................. Gehen
im Labyrinth des Lebens
an diesem Wintertag

We have one walk-in labyrinth in our garden, sometimes guests come. Here you see the local school kids, I am standing in the background.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/17
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/385

This album shows us painting a walk-in labyrinth for the children the nearby town of Tsuyama. There are also many examples of worldwide labyrinths.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gabigreve2000/album?.dir=d752&.


If you got interested, read my Labyrinth .. Story.

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The ultimate mandala is probably
the circle, ensoo 円相。




...................................... o .. just one stroke
...................................... o .. just three lines
...................................... o .. just one life


.. .. .. .. .. Read my story about this circle here:
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2004/10/ippitsu-and-ensoo-one-stroke-one.html

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Here is my photo album about Mandala
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gabigreve2000/album?.dir=/2355


Some of my Mandala and Health Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/links/Happiness_and_more_001087609608/


My approach to Mandala Therapy
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2004/08/mandala-therapy.html


And then proceed to Walking the Labyrinth
Labyrinth .. Ariadne and the Honey Pot

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Mandala and Haiku, Part 02
Mandala 02

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