Behold

“Behold” (20″ x 20″) $1,444 CAD

During a remarkable week of online meditation and celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Swami Kriyananda—direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and founder of my Ananda spiritual community—two distinct painting visions arrived almost simultaneously.

Joined by thousands of fellow celebrants around the world, I found myself immersed in meditation, music, inspiration, and a profound sense of shared devotion.

It was one of those weeks when the boundary between spiritual practice and creative expression seemed to dissolve.

Both paintings were centred on the Flower of Life.

Rather than choosing between them, I worked on them side by side throughout the week, moving back and forth as layers dried.

Although they shared the same sacred geometry, they gradually revealed two very different invitations.

This first painting became Behold.

The Flower of Life has fascinated people for centuries.

Formed from evenly spaced, overlapping circles, it appears in art and architecture across cultures and has become one of the most recognized symbols of sacred geometry.

Mathematically, it emerges from the simple repetition of a single circle.

Spiritually, many see it as expressing the interconnectedness of all life.

The beautiful almond-shaped forms created where the circles overlap are called the vesica piscis—a shape that has become a familiar thread throughout my work.

As I painted, I found myself contemplating not only the beauty of the geometry but what it seemed to be quietly expressing: the mystery of the One becoming the many, while never ceasing to be One.

Harmony Within the Chaos

Before the geometry appeared, the canvas was already alive.

Layer upon layer of vibrant mark-making filled the surface—release, curiosity, play, energy, movement, intuition, and joy.

Rather than covering those layers completely, I allowed them to remain visible through every vesica piscis. The pattern doesn’t erase the beautiful chaos beneath it; it reveals a deeper harmony already present within it.

That feels true of our lives as well.

What often appears random or fragmented may simply be part of a much larger pattern we cannot yet see.

Then, almost as an afterthought, a tiny meditator appeared at the bottom of the composition.

At first glance, you may not even notice her.

That was intentional.

She’s built from sections of moulding paste that rise nearly a quarter of an inch from the canvas, giving her a tangible, physical presence. Yet parts of her dissolve into fields of tiny dots, hinting that we’re never only physical.

We exist somewhere between form and energy, between what can be touched and what can only be sensed.

Standing before the vast Flower of Life, she isn’t overwhelmed by its immensity.

She’s in relationship with it.

Perhaps that’s what contemplation really is.

Not stepping outside the movement of life, but becoming still enough to perceive the deeper pattern flowing through it.

We spend so much of life trying to understand.

To analyse.

To solve.

But sometimes the most profound response isn’t to explain the mystery.

It’s simply to stand before it with an open heart.

To behold.

If Behold speaks to something within you, I invite you to explore more photographs here in my online gallery.

Like contemplation itself, the painting continues to reveal new details the longer you spend with it—from the textured meditator to the vibrant layers shining through the sacred geometry.

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