Mandalas ("circles" in Sanskrit) are sacred symbols used for meditation, prayer, healing, and art therapy. Clinical studies have shown Mandalas can have several healthy effects: boosting the immune system, reducing stress and pain, lowering blood pressure, promoting sleep, and easing depression.
"[Mandalas] are archetypal manifestations of higher consciousness" (Dr. Deepak Chopra, quote from: Divine Forces by Paul Heussenstamm).
Imagery is a form of meditation that helps exercise the brain's right side, which processes imagining and feelings; while the brain's left side is specialised in logical thinking and analysis. Mandala meditation will bring your brain's two sides in harmony and will create a different state of mind where Alpha waves are predominant.
Spiritual healing through meditation, on the other hand, deals with the acceptance of pain and suffering. One meditation technique derived from Buddhists in Tibet emphasizes the acknowledgement of one's problems and pain. The only way to fully let go of pain is to first experience it in its fullness. Pleasure and pain are both fundamental aspects of the world, and one cannot have the former, without having the latter.
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