The actual design Mandala is representative of the Fe/Male, Yin/Yang elements; the conditions of attraction/repulsion and eventual collusion of opposites. The twelve chambers that comprise the Mandala are of course indicative of the twelve astrological houses and are also a reminder of our twelve original strands of DNA as are also depicted on the snake/helix/kundalini motif and also honouring the role of the Vagus nerve as core pathway for all heart/body communications. These phallic serpentine DNA spiralling spermatozoa are in deliberate union and contained within the female curves as engraved upon each of the house chambers and Archetype card and are together moving towards the centrifugal womb as an act of cosmic consciousness. The sexual overtones within the design are obvious and intentional alluding to the point of conception, our terrestrial beginnings and the need to consciously integrate and to express our fecund earth nature. However we are not limiting ourselves to a preoccupation in discussion about sex; the concept is in regards to our sensual nature and contact with our own organismic wisdom. It is reference to a state of being; the awareness of unity within one’s self as opposed to the act of doing in relation to sating specific carnal appetites. These symbols speak of sanctity, of wholeness and completion, of beauty, truth and integrity, of having confidence in our innate ability to ‘stand-under’ these personal qualities. This is not to disqualify our lustful animal nature or an attempt to nullify expression of our most basic desire or to acknowledge it by way of concession, condescension or compromise. Most modern day neuroses may be directly linked to the inability to fully surrender to the body’s natural inclinations and desires, processes and responses. The womb as pivot point (of the Mandala) can quickly revert to become ‘Head of the Hydra’ offering stern warning against the continuation of keeping our sensual nature disembodied. When aroused from slumber; in our root Chakra at the base of our spine – nervous system – the Kundalini serpent requires of us complete honesty when dealing with the most potent of forces that is our libido. Expression of such primal and vital energy is not to be abused, taken lightly or for granted. We are talking here of nothing less than our creative potential which is to treated with the utmost reverence and care with the squandering of this living essence to possibly result in seeing it turn into venom to strike and poison the unconscious squanderer.
Times Square – or elsewhere
Karl Jung – who first introduced the notion of synchronicity circa 1920’s defined it as an “acausal connecting (togetherness) principle,” “meaningful coincidence”, and “acausal parallelism” – meaning that events can hold or give meaning if they occur coincidentally with no obvious or causal relationship.
An easily interpreted example would be: a bolt of lightning strikes your grandmother’s favourite tree on the day of she dies – that’s synchronicity – where one aspect of the event appears to be related to the other but there’s no verifiable evidence, no material cause that can prove this.
In order for us to be involved in synchronous events we need to be(come) active participants – a real contradiction – to actively get out of the way. We can improve the likelihood of such events occurring in our lives firstly via a willingness to entertain the existence of such and secondly by ensuring we are ‘present and conscious’ – i.e. ready for inclusion into these seemingly random meaningful chance happenings. It matters little if you happen to be dodging pedestrian traffic in Times Square or you are the lighthouse keeper on Maatsuyker Island the requirement is always the same: the imperative is that we reside within the NOW as often as we can. The external environment is then bound – by the nature of synchronicity – to provide all the other elements. This is not to discount the Fool archetype – who looks to be completely oblivious to any responsibility or cares – just daydreaming and bumbling his/her way through life with all life’s necessities simply arriving via some invisible force – providence. The Fool’s attitude and approach to life and living: i.e. with apparent exemption from the stressors that are part of everyday life for the most of us – need to be emulated/adopted. But how – how do we become blissfully unaware of the potentially stressful laden events and able to relax away from anxiety to where we can allow the visitation of a synchronous event? The answer in theory – like most of these existential conundrums is simple? We can relax when we know we have done our best – done all that we can – and this knowing arrives not as an intellectual understanding but as ‘a feeling’ a sense.