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Fear, Faith & Love – Day 18

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April 4, 2020
Lent

Ten years ago my talented, visionary friends in New York City co-founded a socially engaged art collaborative called doeprojekts.org. Presently they are practicing “Mandalas for a time of Quarantine,” each day posting online a new mandala creation like the one above.

Mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle. In ancient Asian cultures, these circle shaped geometric designs were rich in symbolism. Externally, they were a visual representation of the universe. Inwardly, they are guides for meditation and prayer. In the Christian tradition, labyrinths are a kind of mandala.   But in contemporary American usage, the wordmandala can more loosely mean any circular ornament used as a tool for relaxation. Many popular adult coloring books, sold as a prescription for stress relief, feature pages and pages of mandala variations.

In the present state of emergency the small studio where I practice yoga each week is closed. The owner informed us in a newsletter with this picture in the heading:

The uncertain path and timeline of the Coronavirus pandemic is stress-inducing. If we knew when it would be over, if we knew its ultimate effect on us and our country, then even as it is unfolding we could begin to accommodate ourselves to the outcome. But we don’t have complete knowledge. And the pandemic has made clear to me that the scope of things over which I really have control is limited to just myself: what I choose to do, how I react to circumstances, where I put my energy, who it is I trust.I have always found verse 12 of I Corinthians 13 reassuring, stress-relieving.

For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

In this realm I will only ever have partial knowledge, even of myself. But there is a realm in which I am known fully by God, and loved in full.

~ Heidi Peterson
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