Description: The Emerald Mandala is a spiritual shelter, a sanctuary of sorts. It is a harmony of words and rhymes to take you to far away inner places. Inside you will find fables, prayer, dilemma, and intentional absurdities. Angelic advocates wait to take you on wings widespread and destined for the heavens. Love is discussed, insights appraised, mind and spirit explored. The Emerald Mandala is a journey from which you will return changed, maybe ever so slightly, but changed nevertheless. It will likely provoke you. It may touch your heart. It might leave you mystified or confused, but it will certainly leave you in better thought. Within these emerald walls, we will explore ourselves together, we will challenge our beliefs to see if they endure, and we will pray and hope for similar providence. I ascribe my poems to no particular religion or doctrine. I seek God by any means left to me. There are as many paths back as there are rays of the sun. Join me now and let us ignore our differences, embrace our alikeness, and seek together that we may end up as One. Let the Emerald Mandala transport us beyond the worldly bonds that seek to contain and diminish us. Let it be our mutual conveyance to set our direction, side by side, to the road Home. About the Contributor(s): J. Michaels is a lifelong student of the human mind and spirit. He has written books in non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. He has authored two other collections of spiritual poetry titled The Poet's Quill and Common Ground and a novella titled Treasure of the Mind. He is the founder of The Greybeard Society, a fellowship that promotes the sharing of wisdom in all forms. He lives in full view of the glorious Rocky Mountains in Colorado with his wife and granddaughter. Mr. Michaels may be contacted at J@greybeardsociety.org or visit the GBS website at www.greybeardsociety.org.