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in a sacred space, outside time, the gods have "descended" to the vessels and badges. A
series of meditations, for it is already prepared, help the pupil to find the gods in his own
heart, then attend, in the form of vision, the emergence of the divinities who rush to his
heart, filling the space cosmic and are reabsorbed back into the. In other words, "makes"
the eternal process of creation and periodic destruction of worlds, which cover allows you
to penetrate the cosmic rhythms of Great Time and understand their emptiness.
Bankruptcy then the piano from samsara and ends on a transcendent piano: the "gvan
rr.isterio" Mahayana and Tantric Buddhism, the "total disorder (paravrtti) and the
transmutation of samsara at all, which is also obtained through other techniques. 11
Design on canvas, the mandala serves as a "support" for meditation: the yogi uses it as a
"defense" against mental distractions and temptations. The mandala "concentrates" the
meditator becomes invulnerable to external stimuli, we see here the analogy with the
maze that preserves the "evil spirits" or "ad-versary." mentally Entering the mandala, the
yogi comes to his own "Center" and this spiritual exercise can be understood in two
ways: 1 ) to get downtown, the yogi recovers and dominates the cosmic process, as the
mandala is the picture of the world, 2 °) but because it is a meditation, not a ritual, the
yogi can, from that " Support "iconographic, finding the mandala in his own body. There
never forget that the Tantric universe consist of an endless series of analogies,
homologation-tion and symmetry: is possible, from any level, co-nications mystical with
the other, reducing unit and finally a master.
Before studying the insertion of the mandala in the body of the yogi, say a word about the
pictures registradcif SIMILAR indotibetano outside the domain. In various civilizations
(the I Americas, Oceania, etc.). Has seen a number of figures based on circles, triangles
and mazes culto.-relation with this is evident in the case of the "magic circle" initiations
and mazes. Mandalic character also present the design & rituals of certain North and
South American tribes, which represent different stages of the Creation of the Universe.
No paddles here he began his study. Just remember that these mandala is
Professor plays as a mysterious process inte -
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ration of the subconscious, obtained through the turns possession of their sim-olos
(Mandala, p. 23). However, as the "subconscious" is not simply the cosmic
consciousness, "consciousness-dep6sito" (. Alayavijanana) their integration will
determine the psychology of Jung for what he calls the integration of the collective
unconscious.
drawn mainly when it comes to a cure. Which brings us to another kind of mandala
discovered by C. J. Jung in the paint-ings executed by some of his patients. According to
the author's hypothesis on the collective consciousness, the mandala represent deep
structures of the psyche. Consequently, desempeian a role in the central process of the
subconscious, a process that Jung called the process of individualization. Jung gave its
hypothesis after observing the following fact: in suefios and visions of several of his
patients, mandalas appeared when the individualization process was being carried to
term. The image is a mandala-pontanea corresponded to a spiritual victory in the sense
that part of the collective unconscious-that in-mensa area of the psyche that threatened
the integrity of the individual-is assimilated and integrated by consciousness
The spontaneous discovery of the mandala by subconscien-te is a serious problem: one
wonders if the "subconscious" not imitate the meeting of the processes by which the