Since primeval times, mandalas were used as basic symbols for practicing concentration and meditation, personal and spiritual growth, protection and healing. There are various techniques of meditation with mandalas, as there are different religions, cultures, philosophical and artistic contexts.
We all have a wish to be in peace with ourselves. This dream is not out of reach. Peace and love can be achieved regardless of what is happening around us. We just need to learn to concentrate on the source of love, peace and joy in our hearts. As a result, we begin to see that all this serenity was always there in our hearts, we just forgot how to keep this connection alive. When meditating with mandalas, the darkness gradually disappears, the light in us manifests, and we become the creators of our reality, which is also the main purpose of life.
The Swiss psychologist C. G. Jung used mandalas to describe the symbolic representation of the human psyche, the essence of which is unknown to us. He emphasised that these symbols are to be used to strengthen the inner being and to stimulate deep meditation. Looking at mandalas gives us serenity; a feeling arises which tells us that life has been given a new sense and place. The mandala has a double effect: it maintains the psychological order and restores it when gone.
He defined the mandala as a “representation of the unconscious self” and used it for identifying the emotional disturbances and for restoring the wholeness of the personality.