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Tomare–the new peace sign for the 2010′s?!

Tomare–the new peace sign for the 2010′s?!

Submitted By: jgy 6 January 2010 821 views View Comments

Tomare–the new peace sign for the 2010′s?!

Tomare with radiant center, by Joanne G. Yoshida

Tomare with radiant center, by Joanne G. Yoshida

How does a symbol become a universal symbol?

Like the peace sign and the smiley face.  How would one read a peace sign before having the knowledge that it is a peace sign.

If you don’t know Japanese what would this sign mean to you?

And if you know Japanese and know it is derived from a stop sign painted on the road for cars, could you look at it a-new, with fresh eyes, and see it as meaning START?

Stop and find your center.

Let your energy radiate out from your heart.

JGY

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  • Tzivia said:

    To me it looks like a key of some sort (in fact a symbol like this showed up in a dream I had)! And it is a key … to living in the present moment … to living fully!

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