MEANINGS AND SYMBOLS
I am just a messenger. From the dream world and beyond-the-veil come messages and meanings that I convey with the union and arrangement of symbols within the Babaylan Mandala.
Here are notes and thoughts on the symbolism, the mandala as whole, and other curiosities and items of relevance.
Don’t be afraid of the Light and Dark
Time will come, my beloved child, when you choose to not suffer where Light and Dark are dancing. The black and white lotus flowers within the mandala represent the Light and the Dark, the Yin and the Yang. When the Light and Dark dance in our lives we tend to be...
Blossom, bear fruit, shed seeds.
The Tree of Life blossoms with flowers. It bears fruits. It sheds seeds... YOU are the Tree of Life. So... How do you blossom and unfold? How are your words, thoughts and actions fruits of your life? What seeds are your planting in others life that will take root,...
More symbols within the BA-HA-LA Tree of Life
Bert placed tattooed the central part of the Babaylan Mandala onto his arm. Here is what he wrote via the FB page: Feb 14th, 2:07am Bert: 3 years na po ako nagreresearch tungkol sa image nato at ngayon nkita ko meron pang facebook page... basta alam ko lang po nung...
The 4 Elements
The Babaylan Mandala has symbols that represent the four elements... Can you see them? Feel them? These elements also represent the archetypes or power roles of the Babaylan—Healer, Warrior/Protector, Teacher/Artist, Sage/Visionary... The hidden power role is that of...
The HA baybayin the branches of the BA-HA-LA Tree of Life
The branches of the BA-HA-LA Tree of Life are shaped in the waved formed of the baybayin symbol of HA. The baybayin symbol of HA is a curved, horizontal line and can look like the waves of a river or wind. HA is the first syllable in "hangin" which means wind. The...
Spirit and Feminine/Masculine Principles within the Bahala Tree of Life
The Bahala Tree of Life is at the center of the Babaylan Mandala. It represents you and many things. It contains symbols of the Feminine and Masculine Principle, the symbol of "spirit" and also contains the symbols of Bathala/Bahala, which pertains to the name of...
A vision of your highest potential
Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey, first Polynesian explorer and female Fellow with the National Geographic Society, speaks of the wisdom of her Hawaiin indigenous village elders that is meant for her, her people and the people of the world and she shared them at a...
Sacred Numbers
When looking at the BA-HA-LA Tree of Life in the center... There are 7 leaves and 7 branches. These represents perfection of the person, enlightenment of humanity, or Christ Consciousness. 7 can also represent the 7 chakras. There are 8 cosmic orbs and 8 stars...
The hurt and the honor of one affects the all
I think the wisdom in the following words is also found in a mandala. I think the words speak of pakikipagkapwa (interconnectedness)--- “When one sits in the Hoop Of The People, one must be responsible because all of Creation is related. And the hurt of one is the...
Baskets beneath the BA-HA-LA Tree of Life.
There are baskets underneath the BA-HA-LA Tree of Life. These baskets are full of healthy, wholesome fruit. The fruit represents many things---talents that manifest in the world, service to Kapwa(fellow man, humanity), children, acts of love/kindness, and anything and...
Sayaw ng Pakikipagkapwa – Dance of Sacred Interconnection
All of our world is but a dance of energies. ~ Gerald O'Donnell Symbol explanation of the Dance of Sacred Interconnection or in Pilipino "Sayaw ng Pakikipagkapwa." The first concentric circle around the BA-HA-LA Tree of Life is about Pakikipagkapwa or Sacred...
As Above, so Below.
The fruits of the tree look like the cosmic balls on the outermost concentric circle. the flowers of the tree look like the stars on the outermost concentric circle too. Mga diwa/concepts of As above, so below... As within, so without... The macrocosm is in the...
Remember your descendants
Like the BAHALA Tree of life. You must grow strong, bloom, grow leaves, flowers and fruits. You must plant seeds, pass on something to your children, children's children, and to those generations you may never meet... You must plant seeds, the same way your ancestors...