Monday, October 3, 2011

Coloring Books for Adults?

First up today is another free charity website I found- www.goodsearch.com You register your favorite charity and then use this site in place of other search engines and your cause will get 1cent for every search, more if you purchase items.


The next is the importance of coloring in circles.  A mainstay of of Tibetan Buddhism is the mandala, an incredibly intricate sand sculpture, literally tapped out grain by grain. When it is completed it is destroyed in a ritualistic ceremony celebrating the impermanence of all things.  The process of creating mandalas requires extreme concentration and meditation.  When I was in college I worked in the museum and was blessed to have seen a group of monks from the Dalai Lhama's monastery create a white Tara, a healing energy as it was after 9/11.  Most of us don't have the skill or the time to work for months on a mandala, but we can color in paper ones.  I like to use colored pencils or crayola makes crayon sized markers that work great.  Be sure to start from the outside and work your way in, to relax and center yourself.  There are coloring books available but you can also find many cool designs for free online.  Use goodsearch.com to find them!  Destruction is optional.

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