{"id":24,"date":"2008-02-18T00:55:51","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T00:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flowermandalas\/2008\/02\/fifteen-flower-mandalas-rebirt.html"},"modified":"2008-02-18T00:55:51","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T00:55:51","slug":"fifteen-flower-mandalas-rebirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flowermandalas\/2008\/02\/fifteen-flower-mandalas-rebirt.html","title":{"rendered":"Fifteen Flower Mandalas: A Re-Birthday Screensaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screensaver%20I.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/82\/import\/imgs\/Screensaver%20I.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Fifteen Flower Mandalas<\/strong><br \/>\nFifteen years ago this Thursday, I nearly bled to death in an Albany, NY, hospital. During that event, I had a near-death experience which set me on my current spiritual and artistic path. In commemoration of that upcoming re-birthday, I offer a screensaver containing the fifteen flower mandalas in the image above.<br \/>\nTo get a free copy, <a href=\"mailto:phototransformations@verizon.net?subject=flower mandalas screensaver request\">click here to e-mail me<\/a> your request with the subject line &#8220;flower mandalas screensaver request.&#8221; I&#8217;ll send you a Zip file containing the screensaver. The filename is &#8220;Flower Mandalas.zip.&#8221;  Unzip it and then double-click the extracted &#8220;Flower Mandalas.exe&#8221; file to install it as your Windows screensaver.<br \/>\n<em>NOTE: This screensaver only runs on Windows machines. I don&#8217;t have a way to create one that runs on the Mac.<\/em><br \/>\nThis screensaver is my small way of saying &#8220;thanks&#8221; to the Universe for letting me hang out here these past fifteen years. I hope you enjoy it. It&#8217;s been an interesting ride so far&#8230;.<br \/>\nMore anon,<br \/>\n&#8211; David<br \/>\nDavid J. Bookbinder, LMHC<br \/>\n<strong>Request a free flower mandala screensaver<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:phototransformations@verizon.net?subject=flower mandalas screensaver request\">Fifteen Flower Mandalas<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Discussion:<\/strong><br \/>\n<A href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/ArtandTransformation\">Art, Healing, and Transformation group<\/A><br \/>\n<A href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/flowermandalas\">Flower Mandalas Project group<\/A><\/P><br \/>\n<em>\u00a9 2008, David J. Bookbinder<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteen Flower Mandalas Fifteen years ago this Thursday, I nearly bled to death in an Albany, NY, hospital. During that event, I had a near-death experience which set me on my current spiritual and artistic path. 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