The Mandala

According to psychic color authorities Nancy Ann Tappe, Barbara Bowers, and Pamala Oslie a person's spiritual, mental, and physical colors should be worked into the mandala's pattern. The colors represent things that a person learns while on Earth, as he progresses through his various reincarnations or evolutions.

Barbara Bowers describes the personality spectrum colors as red, orange, yellow, magenta, physical tan, mental tan, green,nurturing tan, loving tan, blue, lavender, violet, crystal, and indigo. Each has its own "intrinsic value...unique strengths and weaknesses and each color has a purpose in exploring the dimensions of being human."

One of three approaches can be used for meditating on a mandala:

Attempt to recreate the image in your mind's eye by looking at the design for a few minutes then close the eyes, and recreate its image. If the image is lost, concentration on the design is repeated.

The next method is to stare down the mandala, without actually taking in the design.

The last method is to look at the image, making mental note of color, design, form, shape, and size. This last method is the favored one in Western cultures.

According to Vedic legends, after a person has meditated on his mandala, it cuts in and locks on to the meditating object thus infusing its pattern into that person. The infused object sort of experiences a rebirth and is guided, or controled by the cosmic force present in the mandala. It has been called by some an apocalyptic 666 relationship.

Mandalas are used in most rituals in Tibet. They are also used in medicine wheel ceremonies, and in Jungian therapy. For some people, and entire cultures, they are important tools to be used in times of stress, making them a reality anchor. Whenever one feels stressed out, he simply meditates on his mandala, and his stress is relieved.

But, don't we ALL have our own mandalas? Our own Manderleys? A cocoon? A place of serenity, order, harmony, and beauty that affords to us a place of refuge from the stresses of daily living? A Shangri La where we, as occupants, feel safe, secure, and relaxed?

In Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca readers were immersed in the world of Manderley--its beauty, opulence, and serenity. It was a special dwelling place which, in some respects, resembles the properties of a mandala. It is my opinion that Du Maurier had mandala in mind when she named one of the most famous houses in literature. Simply change

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