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Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas David J. Bookbinder If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. - Jack Kornfield Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. - Georgia O’Keeffe What does seeing clearly mean? It doesn’t mean that you look at something and analyze it, noting all its composite parts; no. When you see clearly, when you look at a flower and really see it, the flower sees you. It’s not that the flower has eyes, of course. It’s that the flower is no longer just a flower, and you are no longer just you. - Maurine Stuart The earth laughs in flowers. - e. e. cummings Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas A Meditation By David J. Bookbinder Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas Copyright © 2014, David J. Bookbinder All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any infor- mation storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without prior written permission of the author. David J. Bookbinder, LMHC 85 Constitution Lane Danvers, MA 01923 Email: david@ Phone: 978-395-1292 Websites: /columnists/flowermandalas /flowermandalas Credits: “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters” was written by Portia Nelson. The description of the chöd practice was adapted from Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict , by Tsultrim Allione. “Forgiveness Meditation” was written by Jack Kornfield. “Personal Craziness Index” was adapted from A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps , by Patrick J. Carnes. Printed in the United States of America. Typeset in Adobe Garamond Pro and Calibri. For my teachers: Linda Kuehl, who started me writing, Herb Mason, w