Virgo - Nature bestows forms to the beings

14 June 2026, coloured pencils and photo work

In order to incarnate on Earth and gain experience, we need a body with all the equipment required for human life. It is a highly specialised vehicle, shaped according to Eastern wisdom from the five elements, the senses and the mind. We have a body and a personality and we express ourselves through this form. In reality, we are the soul.

We did not create our form ourselves. Out of love for living beings, Mother Nature creates these forms out of the elements. When the purpose of the form has been fulfilled, it is fitting to return it to its source and the elements dissolve back into the earth.

Shambala recommends that we consciously prepare for sleep by gratefully offering the mind and body with its elements to the reservoir of nature, and to do likewise at the end of life. This nightly ritual prepares us for our death.

To depict Nature, the Mother of the World, I used a white statue of Quan Yin, who is revered in the Far East as a deity of mercy. Her head is surrounded by the moon. In her lap she holds a large water lily as a symbol of the unfolding of forms.

The background is designed with a photo of the view from out of a tunnel on the Stockhorn in the Bernese Alps as a symbol of matter. The dots glowing in the darkness are from a field of stars indicating the souls taking on forms and casting them off again.