Mandalas and more mandalas . . .

In part to exercise my atrophying creative muscles and in part to broaden some limited computer skills, I started creating mandalas in one software, exporting them to another, playing and modifying them and then publishing them to a sister website DragonPix. Please go take a look. I welcome any and all comments (but please be gentle if you're not kind).

I spent a little time this morning Googling on what mandalas are/may be/mean to others. Here's what I found:

from Sacred Circles, Debbie Ann Brett says "Mandalas are used world-wide in Tibetan rituals, medicine wheel ceremonies, and Jungian therapy, as symbolic representations of the Cosmos as it relates to the Self. The word mandala comes from a Sanskrit root meaning enclosing the essence."

Here's another quote from Jonathan Quintin that I like:

"The word mandala arises from the Sanskrit and means sacred circle. The circle symbolizes the womb of creation; and mandalas are geometric designs that are made through uniform divisions of the circle. The shapes that are formed from these divisions are symbols that embody the mathematical principles found throughout creation. They reveal the inner workings of nature and the inherent order of the universe.
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Mandalas offer a way to engage with the inherent harmony and balance of nature. They bring the principles of nature into our field of awareness. For thousands of years, mandala imagery has served as a means to an expanded way of thinking. The images transcend language and the rational mind. They bring about a certain wisdom of universal knowledge and a deeper understanding of human consciousness."

Yes. Yes.