River mandala
This is a photo of the reflection of overhanging oak tree branches on ripple patterns on the river that were created by droplets of rainwater dripping off of the branches. I mirrored and copied the photo twice to make it a two axial symmetrical mirrored image. The intriguing detail in the patterning of this river mandala is best seen when the image is enlarged to full screen.
In Tibetan Buddhism, and Jungian psychology, the symbolism of a mandala is viewed as visually expressing concepts about the nature of reality. Looking at this mandala image derived from forms in nature, I see a matrix of polarities that flare out into a bio-electro-sphere; the orb of a planet reverberating with the conscious energies of two-axial cosmic energy fields; the experiences of the existential sacred polarities of dying and being born; human consciousness and perception manifesting in the being polarities of the psyche: feeling and knowing, sensing and intuiting; or on the vast scale of the universe, the parameters of reality manifesting as the cosmic dualities of time and space.
Looking at the pareidolia suggested by this mandala image, I see on the horizontal axis that there is a fierce onrushing Aztec sacrificial bird deity, its three-clawed wings spread wide, and on the vertical axis, a turban-wearing wizard presides at the top of the totem pole-like column of interlacing entities. And at the center of the mandala image, there seems to be a singularity vortex that like a blackhole, is sucking, or cycling matter out of the dimension of existence. or material reality.
The double bilateral symmetry of the mandala structure suggests the mystical concept expressed in the axiom, or aphorism, As Above So Below, that is, the oneness and interconnectedness of all reality. The symbolism of a mandala visually represents the concept that consciousness is an attribute or dimension of the material universe, permeating creation on all scales, from the molecular to the cosmic, with the human scale being the midpoint in that vast continuum of dimensions, and human consciousness being the mystic central fulcrum mediating the connection between higher and lower spiritual dimensions.
River mandala
This is a photo of the reflection of overhanging oak tree branches on ripple patterns on the river that were created by droplets of rainwater dripping off of the branches. I mirrored and copied the photo twice to make it a two axial symmetrical mirrored image. The intriguing detail in the patterning of this river mandala is best seen when the image is enlarged to full screen.
In Tibetan Buddhism, and Jungian psychology, the symbolism of a mandala is viewed as visually expressing concepts about the nature of reality. Looking at this mandala image derived from forms in nature, I see a matrix of polarities that flare out into a bio-electro-sphere; the orb of a planet reverberating with the conscious energies of two-axial cosmic energy fields; the experiences of the existential sacred polarities of dying and being born; human consciousness and perception manifesting in the being polarities of the psyche: feeling and knowing, sensing and intuiting; or on the vast scale of the universe, the parameters of reality manifesting as the cosmic dualities of time and space.
Looking at the pareidolia suggested by this mandala image, I see on the horizontal axis that there is a fierce onrushing Aztec sacrificial bird deity, its three-clawed wings spread wide, and on the vertical axis, a turban-wearing wizard presides at the top of the totem pole-like column of interlacing entities. And at the center of the mandala image, there seems to be a singularity vortex that like a blackhole, is sucking, or cycling matter out of the dimension of existence. or material reality.
The double bilateral symmetry of the mandala structure suggests the mystical concept expressed in the axiom, or aphorism, As Above So Below, that is, the oneness and interconnectedness of all reality. The symbolism of a mandala visually represents the concept that consciousness is an attribute or dimension of the material universe, permeating creation on all scales, from the molecular to the cosmic, with the human scale being the midpoint in that vast continuum of dimensions, and human consciousness being the mystic central fulcrum mediating the connection between higher and lower spiritual dimensions.