The “Unalome” is a Buddhist symbol representing the journey to enlightenment. Beginning in chaos, we move through spirals of karma as we grow in awareness, moving between the polarities of experience until we transcend the limitations of duality and realize our inherent awakened state or Buddha nature. - Zamir Dhanji (my friend and teacher)
I am not religious about anything except perhaps brushing my teeth before bed. However, I am very happy to learn from those wiser than myself. I have found there are useful teachings in all cultures and ancient works.
This symbol to me, looks like a drop of water, I like the inevitability in both organic chemistry and gravity.
It changes direction, looping this way and that, but ends up pointing to its origion.
Our bodies spend nearly 20 years accumulating their full structure, we may get to play with that for another 50 years or more. Those molecules we borrow, will return to the pool and be used again in other forms of life.
What a wonder it is to exist, for this short, exhilarating, often exasperating, always confusing time together.
Do you like the symbol?
What do you see in it?
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