a land of Tibet

I haven't yet completed a lot more on the sculpture of Tara Drolma as there's been much to do in the Grove now that the spraying has begun! In the meantime we could learn more of gems in Tibet again. Actually, you might wonder why soaking the gems in water would be useful. It has to do with the remarkable shamanic property water has; it can absorb energy and preserve the "memory" of the energies it contacts within it's structure! Gems are worn as ornament in lots of ways in Tibet! Tara Drolma might have worn them in the usual ways we know. She might also wear them as pearl ornamented coils or large eggs sized polished coral, jade, amber and turquoise rounds in her hair, as a simple polished peices of turqoise hanging from a piece of string as earrings or as even as strings of gems hanging over her forehead! Her mani wheel could be ornamented with them, as could her prayer bells, or her vessel for carrying water. The color of gems is often used to balance the colors she might encounter frequently in her day in buildings or in her clothing. Turquoise and Zhi are thus helpful to balance the dark red often found travelling in the Tibetan world.

This is on a small bridge that passes over the lake there. As I mentioned Ananda is a wondrous place! The energy of the master and the practitioners pervades it with a wondrous calming energy and there are spots where it is particularly distinct. And there are spirit trees of course!


	Through My Eyes * I haven't yet completed a lot more on the sculpture of Tara Drolma as there's been much to do in the Grove now that the spraying has begun! In the meantime we could learn more of gems in Tibet again. Actually, you might wonder why soaking the gems in water would be useful. It has to do with the remarkable shamanic property water has; it can absorb energy and preserve the "memory" of the energies it contacts within it's structure! Gems are worn as ornament in lots of ways in Tibet! Tara Drolma might have worn them in the usual ways we know. She might also wear them as pearl ornamented coils or large eggs sized polished coral, jade, amber and turquoise rounds in her hair, as a simple polished peices of turqoise hanging from a piece of string as earrings or as even as strings of gems hanging over her forehead! Her mani wheel could be ornamented with them, as could her prayer bells, or her vessel for carrying water. The color of gems is often used to balance the colors she might encounter frequently in her day in buildings or in her clothing. Turquoise and Zhi are thus helpful to balance the dark red often found travelling in the Tibetan world. Here's a picture from our outreach travelling from Ananda! This is on a small bridge that passes over the lake there. As I mentioned Ananda is a wondrous place! The energy of the master and the practitioners pervades it with a wondrous calming energy and there are spots where it is particularly distinct. And there are spirit trees of course! please click here to continue... * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje.