MAHALO PRAYER RUG

Mahalo is the word Hawaiians use to express gratitude.
Weaving this rug gave me a new understanding of thankfulness.
Now I will give you the legend of this "Mahalo" prayer rug:
The footing is red. It represents the molten earth. Above
it there's a purple line. That's the mantle of the earth. It's
being cooled by the shining big sea waters that fell from
the lightning rain. The shape of the water implies the
lightning.
Above the water are three tail feathers representing
Patience, Faith and Mercy. They're the pregnant
Thunderbird's tailfeathers. Beneath her outstretched
wings are the Sun and the Moon. She nurtures them
and helps them maintain their ancient trails thru space.
Her heart is bursting with gratitude, and she raises her
heart in Thanksgiving, that she is able to perform her
mystical duty properly.
Above the aspirations of the mother Thunderbird, the
vibration of MAHALO bursts like a fountain. As it reaches
the letter ("O"), the Self falls prostrate before the
ancient glyph representing the Creator.
Cradling it within it's arms, the
created being prays,
worshiping the Great Spirit thru the
precious Om symbol of the Hindu Sanskrit scriptures.
Above the ancient Name, the All Seeing Eye watches Itself
thru It's manifest universe and life forms. It watches and
allows It's Perfect Nature to reflect, for us to see and know
what It's Nature is evolving to become.
Above the All Seeing Eye and Lightning Rain,
an orange-yellow line represents the entrance into the
Sun Planet.
We enter into the Sun honoring the beloved Creator and
Sustainer of all life. The yellow fades into the white hot
interior where we see the Watchers eyes penetrating thru
the glare of the Sun.
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva record our passage thru
Earth Time, and evaluate our heart's intention. They give
us these two Mantras:
God bless everyone, everywhere, always.
God bless us, each and every one.
The above is a drawing of a prayer rug I made last year.
Now I'm unable to add my pictures, I added a photo of it still on the loom. But the red is so bright, it doesn't show up well in photos.
This rug goes above the Om glyph
and into the Sun Planet which doesn't show on the drawing. but it shows in the photo.
I made the drawing while designing the rug
to check the colors.
There is some descrepencies in the colors shown
in the drawing with the actual weaving.
But it's close enough.
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