2024 August ”The Ordeal”

The Mandala Lady,

Download and color the August 2024 Mandala of the Month

For 2024 I embarking on “A Journey Into Joy”…you’re welcome to come along with me. Each month I’ll be leading us through a modified version of the hero’s journey, as professed by Joseph Campbell.

My quest for this year is to work through all that is keeping me from my joy. I know it’s there and I intend to uncover it, one month at a time, once and for all.

Step 8 The Ordeal This marks the greatest test thus far. We may face a major hurdle or obstacle which causes us to hit rock bottom. It’s a pivotal moment in our journey. It’s time to face our greatest fear, it’s time to overcome our weaknesses and step into the title of hero.

Translating this to our journey into joy, this is the moment where we go into the “belly of the beast” of that which is blocking our joy, to face it directly, and challenge its hold on our joy. We have the skills, we know what to do, now is the time to put it all into action…it’s time to put down the self-help books and apply what we’ve learned.

THE PROCESS

I’ll be coloring this mandala once a week throughout the month, l as a way to address “the refusal” in the different areas of my life that I wrote about for Step 1 (health, home, “The Mandala Lady”, and my purpose). I’ll be posting my colorings along with “my refusals” at the MandalaoftheWeek.com.

AN INVITATION

I invite you to color along with me this year on “A Journey Into Joy” with all of my “Mandalas of the ___” (day, week, month, year). If you’re interested in a more self-exploration approach to coloring, check out my “Coloring Mandalas as Meditation”.

Feel free to share your colorings on social media with the hashtag #2024MotM. I’d love to see them.

You can also follow along on IG, Threads, and Facebook (@TheMandalaLady)

Blessings,

Maureen,
The Mandala Lady
bringing sanity to an insane world through the art of mandalas

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My Mission: connecting with our Inner Light in delightful, inspiring ways For me, creating mandalas is more than just coloring pretty patterns in a circle. I do it because my spiritual evolution and creativity require it of me. My mandala designs come about within an active meditative state, connected with my higher self, my spiritual guides and nature spirits. Together, we bring into form, mandala art the allows me to re-connect with my own inner peace and joy, letting me explore and expand my own creative spirit to however far and in whatever direction I want to take it. As part of my own spiritual journey, I encourage, and hopefully inspire, others to explore their own creativity, to help them re-connect with their own inner peace and joy. As a means to that end, I make all of my mandalas available for people to color. Why should I have all the fun?

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