Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves. Our tepees were round like the nests of birds, and these were always set in a circle, the nation's hoop." –Black Elk
What is it about a circle that brings us toward wholeness? When we gather in a circle, the energy naturally shifts as intimacy forms. In circle, people face one another, which enhances communication and creates a sense of inclusiveness and connection. Circles are equalizing for without positions of power barriers of hierarchy simply disappear.
A circle encompasses one's heart center; the essence of one's spiritual light. This is the intersection where opposites converge and dualism transmutes into union. Where two halves that once perceived separately remember their origin of being One. Circles invite the sacred to manifest in the fullness and emptiness of the moment. There is great mystery to be discovered in circles. It is here that God turns around to reveal Love's radiant face.
"Ah, I have gotten the hint: There is something about circles that the Beloved likes." -Hafiz
(Note: the mandala above is one of my first, drawn with colored pencils and magic markers.The photo is a photostock image.)
~Liz Sorensen Wessel
Enjoy this lovely video called, "Circles" – A poem by Hafiz, music by Jackson Berkey
Journal of Sacred Work 
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