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Are you familiar with what mandalas actually are?
It isn't just limited to Buddhism; other belief systems touch on them too, I suppose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala
Perhaps the Sirius collection could also become a sort of sacred thing, maybe... something that reminds us of how sanctity is always present in space and its potential within ourselves. But, there might come a moment where a mandala needs to be destroyed, much like a snake sheds its skin just to keep growing. Or perhaps to head in a new direction entirely. You can tell that moment has arrived when the mandala stops being an exit from suffering or a path toward enlightenment, and instead, begins to cause suffering, binding us to a cycle of illusion or samsara. Maybe the Sirius collection is one such illusion. I guess we outgrow our own works too, eventually. We aren't at that same spiritual level anymore once we've finished them. Many writers never even look back at their old stuff, and if they do, it's almost like they feel someone else wrote it. There are times when it feels necessary to burn one's own work—not literally, I mean, but internally. Once it's written, you've already let go and moved past it, moving in a new direction, kind of like... well, forgive me, but like when you relieve yourself. And then some editor comes along and packages it all up nicely so others might buy it and feed off it. Until they get bored of it too, I suppose, and just toss it all into the river.
It isn't just limited to Buddhism; other belief systems touch on them too, I suppose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala
The visualization and concretization of The mandala Concept is One of The most significant contributions of Buddhism to Transpersonal Psychology. Mandalas are seen as sacred places which, by their very presence in the world, remind a viewer of the immanence of sanctity in the universe and its potential in his or her self. In The context of The Buddhist path, the purpose of a mandala is to put an end to human suffering, to attain enlightenment, and to attain a correct view of reality. It is a means to discover divinity by the realization that divinity resides within one's own self.
Perhaps the Sirius collection could also become a sort of sacred thing, maybe... something that reminds us of how sanctity is always present in space and its potential within ourselves. But, there might come a moment where a mandala needs to be destroyed, much like a snake sheds its skin just to keep growing. Or perhaps to head in a new direction entirely. You can tell that moment has arrived when the mandala stops being an exit from suffering or a path toward enlightenment, and instead, begins to cause suffering, binding us to a cycle of illusion or samsara. Maybe the Sirius collection is one such illusion. I guess we outgrow our own works too, eventually. We aren't at that same spiritual level anymore once we've finished them. Many writers never even look back at their old stuff, and if they do, it's almost like they feel someone else wrote it. There are times when it feels necessary to burn one's own work—not literally, I mean, but internally. Once it's written, you've already let go and moved past it, moving in a new direction, kind of like... well, forgive me, but like when you relieve yourself. And then some editor comes along and packages it all up nicely so others might buy it and feed off it. Until they get bored of it too, I suppose, and just toss it all into the river.
