This meditation build on the same principles as the Christian Icon-contemplations and the Budhist tangha contemplations. The ressonance between a arcetypical figure painted from a high guidance, and the deeper wisdom of our mind.
The two ways to use them we recommend is written under each individual picture.
These pictures are
representations of enlightened beings, each having reached his or her goal via the path described, so this is archetypes or entities that has become one with their goal, with higher consciousness or God.
If these pictures are chosen as a basis for self development, we recommend that all pictures are used for a time, so that it is not just like-dislike that governs, but that all can do their work.
As a rule of thumb it is imperative in a meditative praxis, to build up regularity and some duration, but don’t overdo it, start for example with 5 or 10 minutes daily, sit relaxed, be aware of your spine, and work with the instruction given.
If the chakra-related instruction are used, go through all the 20 symbols, fore example over one week, so that the balance between the chakras are maintained.
The 20 Dharma Entities
The Path of Dharma
(The whole Zodiac with the 20 entities)
Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze while you simultaneously link in to your chakras one by one:
Root; Hara; Solar P; Heart; Throat; 3’eye, and reverse, 3’eye, Throat; Heart; Solar P; Hara; Root.
Dharma symbol: 1. Burning Zeal
 | Zodiac sign: Aries Chakra: Solar Plexus at the back Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze while you at the same time contemplate ‘Apply yourself! The ocre background colour has the mantra “Whatever it takes” |
Dharma symbol: 2. Grounding
Zodiac sign: Taurus Chakra: Heart at the back Contemplation: a: Look at the picture with a relaxed glaze while you at the same time in your mind contain your issue. b: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze while you simultaneously focus on opening up your base chakra. The golden line of the cross has the mantra “I am willing”. The red background has the mantra “this is it!” “full of open possibilities”. |
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Dharma symbol: 3. Balance
Zodiac sign Taurus Chakra: Heart at the back Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze while you at the same time contemplate that your soul’s journey is always balanced, that what happens to you now is balancing what you did earlier in this or another life. The pyramid has the mantra “God is Order” The background colour has the mantra “All there is!”; |
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Dharma symbol: 4. Devotion
 | Zodiac sign: Gemini Chakra: Throat at the back Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze while you open your heart. Gradually let go of everything else; look at the picture, open your heart, let go of everything else. The background colour has the mantra “When Things are good – Thou. When Things are bad – Thou”. The cross has the mantra “No Effort is too Big.” |
Dharma symbol: 5. Continuity
 | Zodiac sign: Gemini Chakra: Throat at the back Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze while you open up your body and contemplate ‘life never ends’. The background colour has the mantra “existence, ever existence”. The Golden ring has the mantra “Joy, ever- new joy”. |
Dharma symbol: 6. Dancing
Zodiac sign: Cancer Chakra: Medulla in the groove of the neck Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze while you become aware of the different rhythms in your body. Focus on the dance between these rhythms. The background colour has the mantra “When things are good – God. When things are bad – God. God, God, God.” The dancing figures have the mantra “Joy”. |
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Dharma symbol: 7. Sun Yoga
Zodiac sign: Leo Chakra: 3’ eye in forehead Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze, feel your spine, let the light shine on your darkness. The Sanskrit sign in itself has the mantra, “God” (“God” is enough as the focus and sole wording of a prayer (Sri Yukteswar)); “Bliss”. The “dot” and the “crescent moon” together on the top also has the mantra ‘God” (on a level of consciousness beyond words). The mantra for the circle is “I AM”, the last remnant of individuality The mantra for the background is “Chaos is an illusion”. |
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Dharma symbol: 8. Wisdom
Zodiac sign: Leo Chakra: 3’ eye in forehead Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze while you at the same time are open in your chakras. The mantra for the centre, “the Sun”, is: “I see Truth”. The mantra for the swan wings is “Soaring” The background colour has the mantra “Nothing else matters”. |
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Dharma symbol: 9. Compassion
Zodiac sign: Virgo Chakra: Throat at the front Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze, open your heart, give, don’t spill. The mantra for the hands are “I and my Father are One”. The background colour has the mantra “Let those who have ears hear me!”. |
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Dharma symbol: 10. Chanting (Sri Yantra)
Zodiac sign: Virgo Chakra: Throat at the front Contemplation: 1: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze, (literally!) open your mouth, only purity. 2. (a): Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze, 2. (b): Close your eyes and visualize problem and stress areas in your life; 2. (c): Chant OM into these areas while you with a relaxed gaze look at the picture. The background colour has the mantra “void (as in quantum vacuum)”. |
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Dharma symbol: 11. Cessation of breathing
 | Zodiac sign: Libra Chakra: Heart at the front Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze, feel your spine. In the pauses between breaths, where are you? The “dot” in the middle is consciousness. The background colour has the mantra “Maya, Divinely ordained maya”. |
Dharma symbol: 12. Alchemical vessel
Zodiac sign: Libra Chakra: Heart at the front Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze, feel your spine. Contemplate “The real you”. The mantra for the figure is “Love always Wins”. The background colour has the mantra”Solve et Coagula; (dissolve and crystallize (quoted from Alchemy)). |
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Dharma symbol: 13. Tantra
Zodiac sign: Scorpio Chakra: Solar Plexus at the front Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze, feel your spine. Receiving-giving, not one without the other. The mantra for the yoni is “total openness”. The background colour has the mantra “Clarity” |
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Dharma symbol: 14. Seeing
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius Chakra: Hara at the front Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze and ask yourself: What don’t you want to see? The mantra for the eye is “I see nothing but God”. The background colour has the mantra “Attachment”. |
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Dharma symbol: 15. Prophecy
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius Chakra: Hara at the front Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze and contemplate: You know what you want to know (If you don’t know it is because you don’t want to know) The mantra for the mouth is “I speak only Truth”. The background colour has the mantra “”God`s plan” The mantra for the star, Sirius, is “God is good” (regardless if what happens from a human point of view is good or bad). Another exercise for Prophecy: 1.Sit looking at the picture with a relaxed gaze, and with the focus on the mouth. 2.Gradually feel that it is yourself you are looking at, that it is your own mouth you are looking at. 3.When you feel this, follow the blue cone-shaped energy from your mouth and backwards-upwards in the back of your brain, and find Sirius. 4.The next step is to focus on the question, calm and observe whatever one previously was in doubt about |
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Dharma symbol: 16. Hearing
Zodiac sign: Capricorn Chakra: Root at the front Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze and contemplate: What colours your hearing? The mantra for the ear is “God listening”. The background colour has the mantra “Amen”. |
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Dharma symbol: 17. Longing
Zodiac sign: Pisces Chakra: Hara at the back Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze and contemplate: What are you longing for? Where is it? Do you want it? The mantra for the figure is “You are your goal”. The green and the red colour are complimentary colours to each other. The background colour has the mantra “Neglect”. |
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Dharma symbol: 18. Meditation
Zodiac sign: Pisces Chakra: Hara at the back Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze, open your spine The mantra for the figure is “Unspeakable Truth”. The background colour has the mantra “Nothing is not contained”. |
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Dharma symbol: 19. Repentment
Zodiac sign: Pisces Chakra: Hara at the back Contemplation: Look at the picture with a relaxed gaze and contemplate: O’ God, it is in your hands if what I did was good or bad. The mantra for the centre of this entity which is identical with the Crown chakra, is “The vow of the Bodhisattva”. The background colour has the mantra “The Lords Prayer”. The 1000 spokes each has a ‘mantra’ chosen from one of ones main problems. The vow of the Bodhisattva: Living beings are without number: I vow to row them to the other shore. Defilements are without number: I vow to remove them from myself. The teachings are immeasurable: I vow to study and practice them. The way is very long: I vow to arrive at the end. Here from George Appleton: The Oxford Book of Prayer The Lords Prayer: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Here from George Appleton: The Oxford Book of Prayer |
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Dharma symbol: 20. Suffering
Zodiac sign: Pisces Chakra: Hara at the back Contemplation: Whatever your suffering, look at the picture with a relaxed gaze while you feel your suffering. The mantra for the figure is “Conscious Bliss”. The background colour has the mantra “Illusion of distance” |
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