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The Sand Mandala: Trying to Overcome the Suffering of Fibromyalgia

Monday, March 15th, 2010

” At the museum a troubled woman destroys a sand painting meticulously created over days by Tibetan monks. The monks are not disturbed. The work is meditation. They simply begin again”, Susan Griffin2010 136

I have recently had the honour of watching Losang Samten, a Tibetan scholar, develop (over days) and then begin the dismantling (in a few minutes) of a mandala. It was awe inspiring. P1010243It was created from sand with different colours to represent the symbolism of the mandala. This one represents the Wheel of Life with a message about how to overcome individual sufferings.

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