Stylistically, this piece was inspired by many different lineages of sacred art from around the world.
The influence behind this painting include the majestic stained glass work from Medieval Christian cathedrals, to the ancient Hindi Pattachitra art, to the epic Tibetan Buddhist mandalas and Thangka paintings, to the sacred Navajo sand paintings, and to the archaic Aboriginal rock art.
I’ve really enjoyed the process of absorbing these various traditions of sacred art, and blending their influence with my own intuitive painting style.
And I also loved playing with the universal language of the mandala, and all of its encoded wisdom and architecture.
In a certain way, I feel like I can barely even take credit for the art that comes through me anymore.
The more I deepen into my intuitive work, as well as my creative work, the more I am becoming hyper aware of a Higher Intelligence that utilizes me as an instrument, Whose vision, wisdom, love and knowing reach far beyond the scope of my limited personality self.
So, this piece feels like it has almost initiated me into a new paradigm of self-understanding, where I am feeling that what comes through me, I can’t attach myself to, because there’s a sense that it’s not coming from ‘me’, but rather a Greater Universal Mind that each and every single one of us are intimately connected with.
And so the intention behind this painting is to give honor and reverence to this Greater Intelligence (God), who is the True Artist behind this work.
I actually believe the true purpose of all sacred art, is to give praise.
So for me, this piece is a visual acknowledgement of this same Self, in which we all share.
And as a collective, I believe that the greatest revelation of our age will be the acknowledgment and discovery of this one shared Universal Mind (God), that intelligently orchestrates and organizes all things.
Working as a professional intuitive, one of the consistent things that I notice every time I tune to “read” someone, is that there is this overwhelming sense of a Higher Intelligence that is working through the seemingly “random” experiences of one’s life.
So in a reading, it often feels as if I am communicating with this underlying Intelligence, and that my purpose as an intuitive, is to help close the gap between this underlying Intelligence, and the conscious mind of the client.
And the more I see this, the more I realize that none of us are who we think we are.
Most of us identify with the “top” layer of self – the conscious mind, which is full of its own judgements, projections, conditionings, and ideas about the way we think things should be. And the conscious mind thinks that it’s “in control” because it assumes the authority of fabricating an “I” around itself.
And then a few layers beneath that, is the Deeper Self (aka Higher Self), who is intrinsically connected to the workings of a highly intelligent shared Universal Mind (God).
So, this Deeper Self is the part of us that is really moving and orchestrating the circumstances of our lives, and the conscious mind is merely responding to the Deeper Self’s movements and impulses.
We can understand the relationship with the various parts of ourselves through the metaphor of a surfer and a wave.
The wave is the Deeper Self, moving flows of energy as part of a larger ocean, and the conscious mind (personality self) is the surfer who is navigating and riding the flow of the wave.
What we experience as being “in alignment” is a harmony between the various layers of self, where the personality self is working in accord with the intelligent movements of the Deeper Self.
So being “out of alignment” is when the personality self is working against the movements of the Deeper Self.
Now, this “Deeper Self” is part of a shared Universal Mind (God), just as a wave is part of an ocean. And all of our Deeper Selves work in perfect accord with one another, like an elaborate set of interlocking mandalas, as part of a larger geometric expression of Light.
And I believe that as we acknowledge the presence of this shared Universal Mind, we can learn how to sensitize ourselves to Its messaging and movements, through deepening our awareness of intuition, so that we can consciously live in accord with It.
And when we learn to live in accord with It, then we learn how to live in harmony with all of Creation, because this is the same Intelligence that pulses through the cycles of Nature, that sing the stars into the sky, and that gives emanation to the rising and setting of the Sun.
So, once again, I feel like I can barely even take credit for my art anymore… because it really doesn’t feel like it’s coming from “me”.
Maybe it comes “through” me… but it is not “of” me…
It comes from this one shared Intelligence that works through each and every single one of us, and that orchestrates the mysterious unfolding of our lives.
In the center of the mandala is a set of figures holding hands, with golden chords extending from their heads joined by One Golden Being. This represents this One Universal Intelligence that we all share.
Within the outer petals extending from the mandala, there are scenes representing phases of our journey in connecting with this Higher Universal Mind.
There are 4 different scenes, within 4 different colors, repeating 4 times to represent the 4 seasons of Nature.
The first scene is in the orange petal, depicted by 2 beings giving praise to a tree. This represents our necessary reconnection with the Earth and the natural world, as a preliminary step to sensitizing ourselves to this Higher Intelligence.
The second scene is in the green petal, and is depicted by a being with a tree halo coming from their head. This represents the phase where our consciousness starts to blend with the consciousness of Nature itself.
The third scene is in the yellow petal, with two teal trees and one dark purple tree in the center. There is no human figure in this scene, because it represents the phase of purification, when our consciousness becomes cleansed and undone of all of our fabricated human beliefs and conditioning.
The fourth scene is in the blue petal, where we see a figure with a golden being coming from the head, with arms outstretched with tree branches, representing the clear and established connection with our Higher Self, and the Greater Universal Mind.
And these 4 scenes repeat 4 times, reflecting the cyclical moments of Nature.
And this process is portrayed within the structure of a mandala, which is a universal symbol reflecting the architecture of Light, and structure of this shared Universal Mind.
So this painting was created in honor of the One from whom all art arises, and is a visual acknowledgement of this same Self, in which we all share.