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«Mandala (Sanskrit: "circle") in Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism, a symbolic diagram used in the performance of sacred rites and as an instrument of meditation. The mandala is basically a representation of the universe, a consecrated area that serves as a receptacle for the gods and as a collection point for universal forces. Man (the microcosm), by mentally "entering" the mandala and "proceeding" toward its centre, is by analogy guided through the cosmic processes of disintegration and reintegration.»
--from Encyclopaedia Britannica

«In his writings on mandala symbolism, Carl Jung refers to the mandala as "the psychological expression of the totality of the self". (Mandala Symbolism, p.29) Within everyone'psyche, to one degree of another, can be found the seed-center of the self surrounded by a chaotic maelstrom of issues, fears, passions and countelss others psychological elements. It is the very disordered state of these elements that creates the discord and emotional imbalances from which too many of us suffer on a regular basis. The mandala is a template for the mind, a state of peace and order, a resolution to the chaos within. In Jung's words, "The severe pattern imposed by a circular image of this kind compensates the disorder and confusion of the psychic state--namely, through the construction on a central point to which everything is related." (p.4)

This central point is the absolute seat of the self, the anchor for all the extraneous elements of your environment and psyche. I refer to your environment and your psyche as if they were separate entities, but in reality the two are inextricably linked. ...certain patterns and symbolic elements from our mont ancient origins have been enternalized and carried throught the ages, only to be unconsciously externalized in the beauty of the mandala.

It gives the psyche a safe place upon which to stand, a solid foundation upon which it can gather itself to achieve completeness and harmony. Furthermore, the central point is the rererence point for the self to identify with. Jung refers to this pattern as the "archetype of wholeness."(p.4)

This ordering effect on the human psyche is not, Jung stresses, the result of conscious reflection or cultural effort. It is a pre-existing condition of consciousness that such patterns help bring it into focus or return to an earlier, more peaceful state. This is why Jung found the mandala to be present in so many cultures and mythologies spanning the globe as well as the history of Humankind itself. It is an integral part of the collective unconscious that is share by every person that has ever lived. The mandala is an unconscious state in which all opposites come together and are united, where the polar aspects of both cosmos and personality become one. This union of opposites is the very process by which we become whole, through which we find peace.» http://www.mandalazone.com/essay-0302.html

«There is undoubtedly a common reference point at which all our seemingly individual consciousnesses are connected, and it is from this realm that the form and effect of the mandala are drawn. The mandala can be conidered a blueprint for the essential structure of our existence, and something about this structure is instantly recognized by the unconscious within us. We perceive the shape, the pattern, the elements within it and their relationship to each other, and within that sacred matrix we recognize our self and our place in the cosmos. It is an ancient and fundamental relationship from which we have strayed. The mandala is the key to recovering it.» http://www.mandalazone.com/essay-0302.html

que chaque Etre est une manifestation unique de l'Éternel Etre Énergie fondamentale qui Se manifeste en variété d'Autres Unités de Soi-meme.

«Jung also equates the mandala with the eye in form as well as spirit, stating that "the eye is the prototype for the mandala." (p.52) The eye is the part of us that beholds the univers and sees our place in it. The eye takes in light, the pure energy of the universe, and presents it to the inner spirit. It is the introduction, indeed the union, between the self and the cosmos. » http://www.mandalazone.com/essay-0302.html

«The mandala mirrors this joyous Universal harmony of which we are clearly a part; it is the very essence of serenity and contentment. It shows us-- or rather reminds us of-- the essential form of our innermost Self, because it is a reflection of the Universe as a whole, and thus an image of our own spiritual unity with the Cosmos.»
http://mandalazone.com/essay-100102.html

« It is evident that the mandala is the link, albeit a mysterious one, between our modern consciousmess and our most ancient origins.

"Their basic motif is the premonition of a center of personality, a kind of central point within the psyche, to which everything is related, by which everything is arranged, and which is itself a source of energy." (p.73)

Somewhere in the vast, forgotten reaches of time lies the answer to this wondrous mystery, but also does it lay, quiet and dormant, deep within each one of us. It is for us to rediscover, and to cherish. It is for us to hold this inexhaustible source of energy close to our hearts. Within it we will find ourselves, as well as each other.»

«I had to abandon the idea of the superordinate position of the ego. ... I saw that everything, all paths I had been following, all steps I had taken, were leading back to a single point -- namely, to the mid-point. It became increasingly plain to me that the mandala is the centre. It is the exponent of all paths. It is the path to the centre, to individuation.
... I knew that in finding the mandala as an expression of the self I had attained what was for me the ultimate.» - C. G. Jung

Mandala Quotes

     The "squaring of the circle" is one of the many archetypal motifs
     which form the basic patterns of our dreams and fantasies. But it
     is distinguished by the fact that it is one of the most important
     of them from the functional point of view. Indeed, it could even
     be called the archetype of wholeness.