Form your own personal mandala

Up to this point you should have picked three values and three feelings that depict how you view yourself. These six indices make up your self (small "s"), the person whom you consider yourself. If you picked them with true conviction and honesty they will reflect how you react in everyday situations. In essence they are why you do what you do. Using these six indices you can put together your own personal mandala ('mun-du-la') and use it to become the witness of the self.

                             Your Personal Mandala
Put a check mark beside your values and feelings listed below..
Then write your values and feelings on the mandala provided below that. For example, if you picked aesthetics for the way you find pleasure, write aesthetics on the petal labeled pleasure. Write your name in the center of the mandala. The mandala represents your self.

                       Values                          Feelings
              
               Way of Being                       Pleasure
                ___Unique                          ___Aesthetics
                ___Special                          ___Stimulation
                ___Importance                    ___Novelty
                Relationships                      Comfort
                ___Belonging                     ___Relaxed
                ___Acceptance                   ___Security
                ___Intimacy                       ___Peace of Mind
                Doing                                  Fear
                ___Achievement                ___Loneliness
                ___Competence                 ___Nothingness
                ___Control                         ___Helplessness

On the next post we will talk about how to use your mandala to understand why you do what you do and how it relates to your true Self.