Mandala Research Paper

Palisade is wine country where “Life tastes good here all year long.” is their slogan. They are known for being some of the best peaches in Colorado. This is a quaint little town in a thriving rural community, due to the land and the people that support the community. There are strengths and needs just like any rural area but they are sustaining quite this community with diverse economic strategies.

Ruta Sepetys was born into a half Lithuania and half American family. During her school years in Michigan, Ruta says that she went to a school with “…gray tile floors and had amazing teachers who inspired me.” Later, in college, Sepetys began studying to be an opera singer, but changed paths and continued in the field of International Finance. Then, two weeks after graduation, Ruta moved to Los Angeles and began a job in the music industry.

Kamala Elementary is school were as you reach the end of eighth grade you notice that your teachers are talking about eighth grade promotion. And you wonder what that is, well It's a fun activity were if you promote by meeting the right requirements you get certain privileges that other students who aren't promoting dont. To meet these requirements you need to pass all your classes with a “C” or better. But don't think it's just about getting good grades, it's also about staying out of trouble, if you get in serious trouble you have the chance not to promote. Your teachers may also decide if you deserve to promote or

I am sending this official mail to you as our last four days verbal communication regarding Tracking check list has not been worked. Please make this your priority tomorrow, because it very important to handle the tracking part before quarter end starts.

Lakilah Bobi Thomas, known simply as Bobi, is an American singer and songwriter from Atlanta, Ga. Bobi who crafts moody heartened alternative pop with shades of R&B, Hip-hop, and began singing her first words at around age two! Growing up in a musically inclined family it wasn't long before she realized it was something she did not want to live without. She participated in many talent shows and joined her first girl group at age eleven.

Shivangi came to America with a hope and goal of becoming a doctor. She had struggled to learn english however after hard work she was on her path to success. Shivagni explained to me that along her journey to where she is today is due to the connections she had made. Even though she is the vice president of millsaps masala and does multiple jobs around campus, she still makes time to guide new underclassmen to ensure everyone can prosper. She is the type of leader to make mistakes and own up to them so others will not follow in her same footsteps.

The mandala provides a religious experience through visualization and are often employed to dissociate a human from their ego and the egotistic perceptions humans tend to cling to. Creating a mandala takes a lot of time and

The first Nazi concentration camp was built in March, 1933. Named Dachau, it opened in the grounds of the abandoned factory near the north eastern part of the town Dachau. According to the article, “searing memories of Nazi Germany’s First concentration camp,” by Soraya Sarhaddi Neison, “The original plan was to house 5,000 political prisoners,” However, an “SS leader Henrich Himmer extended Dachau’s mandate to forced labor, the prisoners of war.” This states that the camps didn’t start out as deadly as it came to be. However, survivor, Max Mannheimer, states “Dachau was less evil than other camps I experienced.” So, the camp was indeed deadly but not as deadly than the other

Siddhartha Gautama was born around 566 – 486 BCE to a royal family in the village of Lumbini in present day Nepal according to The Buddha. He had a normal life growing up, marrying and having children of his own. “Then one day when Siddhartha went outside the royal enclosure where he lived. When he went outside he saw, each for the first time, an old man, a sick man, and a corpse” ("The Buddha"). Siddhartha had a revelation when he saw these men that no matter what happens in life sickness, age, and death are inevitable for all human beings. After this revelation he decided to leave the wealthy life and become a holy homeless man. As he travels his eyes are opened to the sufferings of this cruel world. Siddhartha tried to escape inevitable fates of life by studying with religious men, following a life of self-denial and discipline, and even meditating but could not

Siddhartha Guatama founded the fourth most popular religion in the world, Buddhism. In order to establish a religion that walked the middle ground between hedonism and asceticism, Siddhartha searched for perfection and enlightenment through fasting and meditation. However, before reaching enlightenment, he lived a completely different life. Hermann Hesse encompasses and describes the spiritual journey of Siddhartha Guatama in his novel Siddhartha. Influenced and aspired by his own personal life, Herman Hesse portrays the individual’s struggle to enlightenment and awakening through love and wisdom.

The archives found in the area depicts that the people of the Ur district worshiped many Gods. However, it can be deduced that the major God that the people of Ur worshiped was the Nanna or the Moon God. As mentioned above, the city of Ur was divided into two areas, namely, common district and the sacred place. The sacred place has a large monument or massive brickwork which is called the temple of Sin or the god of the moon. This monument was erected by the king of Ur about 4000 years ago. The temple was made in a series of platforms, one platform on top of another. The people of Ur assumed that the God lived at the third platform. In the common district, there were a large number of marketplaces, schools, libraries, homes and conveniences.

Everyone gather around me there is somethings that I need to tell you and I hope you will listen and obey my rules okay here they come. If religion is made front of or talked bad about then those people will be hanged, farmers must grow crops every year and if the farmers take the some of the crops and hide it then they will be arrested and pt in jail, If you have any babies or kids under the age of ten then food will be half price of so they can afford food for their kids. If any one steals they will be stoned for there crimes. If any one has babies or kids under the age ten then food and water will be half price off.

This message from what I read about the fortunes means you are going to do good in the future. The four fortunes say “You are a talented story teller.”, “Congratulations! You are on your way.”, “You are a person of another time.”, “Now is the time to try something new!” These positive encouraging messages I thought were trying to per sway the viewers that you’re going to be something great in the future. Also, the princess in the middle also shows that you’re going to be well known and well respected. Also, the artist shows a lot of flowers and weeds. It could mean that since you have beautiful flowers you will have a beautiful wife. Further, the weeds could be roadblocks that are going to occur in your life and the flowers will over grow them. This could also mean that you can overcome anything as you become more mature and age more. I can relate to this piece of art work by it giving me inspiration and a message of you are going to be great in the future, keep working hard and anything you set your mind to you will

The beliefs and symbols illustrated in my mandala are positioned in a way that they connect to each other. The first Hindu belief is Brahman. I put the symbol of Brahman on the bottom of the mandala to show that it “controls” and “connects” to the other four beliefs. Next, the belief of multiple gods will be placed on the right side of Brahman because he is one of the many gods that the Hindus believe in. On the other side of Brahman will be Dharma because they both have to do with balancing society and the universe. On top of Dharma will be Karma. I will put it in this position because Dharma affects your Karma. If you follow rules then your Karma will be good, and if you don't follow the rules then your Karma won't be as good. Lastly, Samsara will be placed next to Karma and Dharma. Samsara would be placed next to these beliefs because your Karma is what you will receive or be like in your next life. Dharma connects to Samsara because the release called Moksha will be achieved if you follow certain spiritual and ritual practices to have a good relation and personal experience with Gods. There are many other ways that all these beliefs connect to each other, but the ways I just talked about relate to the illustrations I have drawn on the mandala.

The theme of my mandala is Biblical. The leaves represent the Garden of Eden, and the many triangles represent the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost). This says a lot about me as a person, as I was raised in a family with very strong Christian beliefs. I grew up going to church every Sunday, and prayed regularly. To this day I am a very strong Christian and volunteer throughout my church. I help with VBS, run the sound system during the worship service, and am the Sunday School secretary. Church has always been an important part of my life and will continue to be as I age. I find the Bible to be very fascinating, and incorporated parts of it into my mandala.