Maala is a Sanskrit word that means "circle". In the Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions their sacred art often takes a mandala form. The basic form of most Hindu and Buddhist mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point . Each gate is in the shape of a T. [1] [2]
In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of aspirants and adepts, as a spiritual teaching tool, for establishing a sacred space , and as an aid to meditation and trance induction. According to the psychologist David Fontana , its symbolic nature can help one "to access progressively deeper levels of the unconscious, ultimately assisting the meditator to experience a mystical sense of oneness with the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold forms arises." [5] The psychoanalyst Carl Jung saw the mandala as "a representation of the unconscious self," [ citation needed ] and believed his paintings of mandalas enabled him to identify emotional disorders and work towards wholeness in personality. [6]
I only just started to read the article, since I am in a bit of a rush this morning, but I am going to get back to it. I'm really into string theory but I never heard of this twist in it. I want to find out if Brian Greene mentions this in any of his books.
The ramifications is amazing. It would mean that these ancient faiths knew something about how the universe worked. That would just blow me away!
Quite intriguing; and to think that those ol' Hindi masters teach that by looking at the mandala in contemplation (I think, no expert) that one could reach another state of being!
I know just enough math to follow an explanation or to get myself in knee-deep. A person really should expand their horizons and maybe take a math course or two; perhaps this next semester I'll see what's up at the local university. A medical lab degree only required some math and I remeber I enjoyed math class...cut and dry ya know.
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The Wheel of Darkness
Great read by two of my favorite authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child! The mandala is a central character in this book and eery as hell.
My favorite read of theirs so far is Thunderhead . Go get it! It is so much fun!
My next favorite of theirs is Riptide .
Go and read and have a blast!
Surfer dude uses E8 mandala to construct theory of everything
I only just started to read the article, since I am in a bit of a rush this morning, but I am going to get back to it. I'm really into string theory but I never heard of this twist in it. I want to find out if Brian Greene mentions this in any of his books.
The ramifications is amazing. It would mean that these ancient faiths knew something about how the universe worked. That would just blow me away!
Quite intriguing; and to think that those ol' Hindi masters teach that by looking at the mandala in contemplation (I think, no expert) that one could reach another state of being!
This all looks like a catastrophe to me .
Maybe I should spend more time gazing at those mandalas . Better that than at Mandelas ...
LOL!
Well yeah, make sure to gaze at the correct Mandala!
That is an interesting theory and has resulted in some cool art...
The Swallow's Tail Series on Catastrophes
Very interesting ...
BTW the graph of that shape uses a quintic . Those are very messy to handle for mathematicians .
I know just enough math to follow an explanation or to get myself in knee-deep. A person really should expand their horizons and maybe take a math course or two; perhaps this next semester I'll see what's up at the local university. A medical lab degree only required some math and I remeber I enjoyed math class...cut and dry ya know.
Math is definitely a lot dryer [literally] than a medical sample ...
Now I am even more convinced that a math class would be a wise choice!
:~)