'Clarity Yantra', digital fine art yantra image, 11 x 17", @2010 Ma Nithyananda Udaysree

Do You Sometimes Have a Hard Time Deciding What You Want?

How often would we answer ‘yes’ to this question. Our mind is made up of samskaras, engraved memories, which block the free flow of energy to think clearly and make better decisions. The more samskaras we have, the more confused we are. Sometimes there is clarity on something but then with another thing we just can’t decide which way to go.

Perhaps there is simply too much clutter in our lives, yet not limited to the physical plain. A late spring cleaning can rid us of unnecessary ‘things’, an opportunity to let go physically, mentally and emotionally making room for more clarity and easier decision making.

Clarity in Zen Art

While researching why in Zen Art there is a monochromatic color approach, I came across Sumi-e, the ancient art of Japanese brush painting, which is deeply rooted in Zen. Zen aesthetics includes simplicity and the idea of maximum effect with minimum means. Sumi-e, as explained at Presentation Zen, utilizes empty space and monochromatic strokes that range in ‘color’ from a light gray to black. The effective creation of light and dark elements in a design is fundamental to its clarity. This simply means less is more.

How to Achieve More Clarity?

Since this is a samskara related issue, meditation is highly recommended to clean up those sticky samskaras freeing us from old and no longer needed junk internally and externally. To each and everyone I point out the Nithya Dhyan or Life Bliss Meditation as the most effective meditation technique I have personally experienced for the last three years.

Another meditation technique is simply looking at a meditative piece of mandala or yantra art with a focal point such as the Clarity Art Print featured here. The technique from the Shiva Sutras is simply to look at a focal point which is represented here by the center point or bindu without blinking. Do this for five minutes, then close your eyes and start penetrating your spiritual eye located between your eyebrows for five minutes from the inside. Repeat this once. Then again look at the focal point with open eyes. After five minutes close your eyes and simply relax them. The whole meditation lasts for thirty minutes. It helps to open the spiritual eye and open your intuitive perception and clarity.

Clarity Art Print

The Clarity Art Print was created as a mandala but has a zen like feel to it. The mandala or circle appears as an aura around the two joining triangles representing Shiva, white, cosmic consciousness, and Shakti, red, the cosmic energy. The red background is stimulating and helps get you out of a low mood. The clarity comes from its simple but profound design which has a subtle effect on you while meditating on it.

It is available through my Zazzle Art Store or you can get it directly as an ongoing ‘India Special’ in support of my fall trip to India, the place where mandala and yantra art originate from.

Resources:
Clarity Art Print
Nithya Dhyan or Life Bliss Meditation
Presentation Zen

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