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Tibetan Monks: create a sand mandala in London

Tibetan Monks UK Peace Tour

The purpose of the Lelung Dharma Trust’s Shide-Peace project is to promote peace throughout the world. In order to raise awareness of this mission, the Lelung Dharma Trust has brought a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Monastery in South India to the UK. While they are here they are performing a number of sacred activities. One of these is the creating of a sand mandala which I was privilege to witness in St. James’s church in Piccadilly, London.

Buddhism is of interest to me as it promotes a way of living for greater peace and happiness. It considers human behaviour and how we might individually improve our personal behaviour to make the world a better place. It is not about someone else doing something but each of us individually taking responsibility for our own behaviour and in so doing contribute to the whole.

Tibetan sand mandalas are an ancient art form of Tibetan Buddhism. Mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘cosmogram’ or ‘world in harmony.’

More generally, a mandala can be both a spiritual and a ritual geometric symbol or map in the Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism or Shintoism religions. In modern, western use ‘mandala’ has become a generic term for a diagram that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically – a cosmic diagram that shows us our relationship to the infinite.

Mandalas can be created by individuals to symbolise their journeys through life. Mandalas can also tell a story of where an individual has been. In come cases they will reveal the individual’s path in life.

The Soul Maps I use have a strong correlation with mandalas, possibly because my main Spirit guide is a Tibetan monk. It is therefore with interest and thanks I watched the Drepung Monastery creating a sand mandala in London. Take a look yourself and see what you think. Click here

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Soul Map: 7 steps to understanding you and your life

Examples of Student Soul Maps

Need a soul map?

For Alison Wem, that realisation came in the early hours as, newly widowed with children and a demanding job, she confronted her anguish – and found a space of calmness and route to strength, love and guidance.

Follow 7 easy-to-do steps to create your soul map, a route to your ‘inner you’– your sub-conscious mind, higher self or soul, depending on your beliefs.  Gain insight into who you are and where your life is going. Identify who is on this journey with you and how you are helping each other with learning life lessons.

You have already taken the biggest step, which is to find out about your ‘inner you’. You are now just seven simple steps from creating your own soul map, the route back to your ‘inner you’.

You have already taken

the biggest step – deciding to

find out about your ‘inner you’.

1.  Find a quiet space where you will not be disturbed.

2.  Choose a template from the selection below. Choose the one that pleases you the most. Then go to Free Your Soul Family templates and download and print it. It is the starting point for creating your own soul map.

                    

3.  You are the circle in the middle. The other circles are people who are important in your life and may be helping you with the life lessons you want to learn. Think about whom they may be and where you would place them in the circle. Do you have an inner circle of supporters? If so, place these individuals in the circles nearest to you.

4.  Think about the colour that would represent you the best. Colour your circle with water colours, chalk, felt pens or acrylic paint. All are easy to obtain in the high street. You want the colour to be rich and vibrant, so be careful not to use too much water with the paints.

5.  Do the same for each of your family members.

Example of a Soul Map; a visualisation of you, your soul family and your life

Before you start to colour your soul map, ask yourself,

“What is the message that I should hear at this moment in my life?”

6.  Relax and enjoy colouring this picture of you for you. Feel the calmness start to come in.

7.  Your message will arrive in the next few days. It may come in some unexpected ways – as a knowing, a dream, a phrase on the radio echoing a thought or a billboard picture or words jumping out at you. Be alert so you are able to receive your message when and how it chooses to arrive.

If after a while you are unsure whether you have received your message correctly, repeat the question again while you are reflecting on your soul map. Wait to see what answer you get. If the message is the same as the original one, it is highly likely you received it correctly. This is not a process to rush. Take your time to receive your message.

Go to Free soul map template and create your soul map.

Book an appointment with Alison Wem for intuitive life guidance, creative therapy or mediumship.  Available face-to-face or via Skype depending on location.

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Weekend workshop

Weekend workshop for calmness and relaxation

Wondering what to do next weekend?  Come to a Your Soul Family workshop and paint a soul map which represents you and your life.  Already painted one based on a template?  Come and try our exercises to design your own template.  Feel the calmness come in as you paint.

Life is a journey of discovery.  Your Soul Family helps you to review where you are in your life, identify the life lessons you may be learning and who is helping you with them.

Workshop includes a guided meditation, exercises to help understand you and your family, materials for painting and a reflection on your soul map.  No artistic skills are required.  Beautiful surroundings on a barge moored on the Thames, 10 minutes walk from Clapham Junction.

Saturday 29th July, 10.30am to 4.30pm SW11  Book here      weekend workshop booking