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Sri Yantra

Tantric practices such as the construction of and meditation on Sri Yantra help refine thoughts and feelings by stimulating peace, harmony and order within ourselves. Sri Yantra is a projection of the male and female energies intersecting in the cosmos to create the phenomenal world. Focus on the bindu or central point promotes union between the Aspirant and the Divine and frees the consciousness from its limitations. The bindu then represents the seed of entire universe which is beyond time and space; the end and the beginning from which all things are manifested. Sri Yantra works as a uniting force to link the mind with the abstract and to help achieve a higher state of awareness in which individual being and universal being are one.

Sri Yantra

The Sri Yantra is one of the most significant pieces of visual art to emerge from Ancient India. There are many speculations as to its age and meaning. Its beauty is undeniable and attempting to produce it will reveal the artistry of the geometry. It has been estimated by some to predate the pyramids and connections have been drawn between it and the sacred sound OM, its angles have been compared with the geometry of the great pyramid and its proportions have been compared to the structure of Indian music.

Simply sitting and gazing at the centre of the piece is enough to generate a sense of calm and relaxation as the almost holographic nature of the lines begins to become apparent. It is often used as an aid to meditation.