|
Circle
of Unity and Spiritual Diversity
Each
spoke in the circle was designed by either a student or myself, with
symbols and colors representing her or his spiritual perspective.
The center of the circle, where all the spokes meet in a common point,
often includes terms agreed upon by the whole class as reflecting spiritually
sensitive social work practice, such as: knowledge, reverence, acceptance,
harmony, understanding, compassion, diversity, and empathy. The
circumference of the circle encompasses each of our spiritual perspectivessignifying
the mutual respect and synergy among us within the group as a whole. |
This "circle" is the result of an
exercise I developed for the MSW diversity selective course: Spiritual
Aspects of Social Work Practice. The exercise concept
is inspired by Christian church rose pattern windows, Hindu and
Buddhist mandalas, and Indigenous medicine wheels. The original
circle patterns are from Everyone's Mandala Coloring Book, volumes
1-3, by Monique Mandali, 1994, and 1997, Mandali Publishing, Billings,
Montana. It is also possible to design your own mandalas using
mandala drawing software. |
|