This Mandala was created by Phyllis Wilcox, an active member of the Shy Drager Support Group.Bob Summers Hello, Susan and I would like to share an idea with all of you 883 Miracle Fans . Why don't we use the month of March each year as "Multi Systems Awareness Month". The first day of Spring falls during this month, a time of renewal or rebirth. It seems to be a fitting time of year to reflex and dream big about our role to promote awareness and raise money for the much needed research. There are Fans on this Miracle page from around the world. There is a saying, "little things make big things happen!" This is one positive thing that we can all do together. We could wear purple ribbons or something that is purple which will bring attention to OUR CAUSE!
I'm for anything that is purple. I found the following meaning for purple:
Purple is the color of good judgment. It is the color of people seeking spiritual fulfillment. It is said if you surround yourself with purple you will have peace of mind. Purple is a good color to use in meditation. Purple has been used to symbolize magic and mystery, as well as royalty. Being the combination of red and blue, the warmest and coolest colors, purple is believed to be the ideal color. Most children love the color purple. Purple is the color most favored by artists. Thursday's color is purple.
A flower that I think would be good is the Purple Passion flower. One reason is because it a complex flower that is almost alien and that's how MSA is complex and alien. There is more to this flower then you see. Much like MSA. It is a vine but it's tendril take hold and it won't dislodged. It has blotchy purple & white coloration of the coronal filaments . Which remains me of how the brain is becoming with the neurons being attacked. The flower is beautiful , but below it's surface it is poisonous. Which is how the patient are, they look fine on the outside but the inside is poisoned by MSA.
I had one of these growing on the side of my house. I had to take it out because it was taken over everything much like MSA does
The Yahoo Groups MSA Shy Drager group ended up choosing the Purple Passion Flower after much discussion. One of the members, Phyllis Wilcox, co-compiler of this booklet, designed a mandala of the flower. Here is a description of the mandala in Phillis’ words:
Mandalas are used by many cultures to represent the passage of time as cyclical. Examples are that day follows night follows day as the planet turns, and the four seasons repeat as the Earth orbits. The center of the mandala can represent the beginning of life or the heart-center of each person's spiritual body. Most all life begins with a seed and grows outward from that tiny beginning. Thoughts start as a spark of insight and grow from there and feelings blossom and grow.
In the MSA Passion Flower Mandala art the twelve large purple spikes are the numbers in a clock. The teal triangles are the hours in a day. The white circle is the endless cycle of year following year and the points along the circle are the months. The middle is birth and the turquoise and purple border could be seen as the end of life. All of the shapes and colors in the artwork were taken from the petals of the flower and of course, altered. I used Corel Paintshop Pro to create this art. I really liked the idea someone suggested that it be called a "Compassion Flower.
Ribbons are available from the following source: when you go to the website you go directly to the ribbon chosen.
MSA Awareness magnetic ribbon for automobiles:
http://www.supportourribbons.com/custom-ribbon-magnet/299726/MSA-AWARENESS
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