People meditating upon these paintings, report things like an increased ability to recall events from their childhood, clearer thinking and a heightened awareness of their emotions.  In other words, they have experienced a deepening of their self-knowledge, leading them down to their true inner feelings.

The common denominator, of these accounts, is that the individuals in question have deepened their awareness of themselves. By doing so, they have in other words gained a greater understanding of themselves and, thus, been provided with the necessary insights into their minds. Insights, like these, are of a crucial importance for a widening and deepening of self-knowledge.

The vast majority of the meditators are using copies of original paintings, but there are also those who use original art created exclusively for them, based on their personal needs. In addition to art created to work as a means for deepening the self-knowledge of the meditator, there is also art created with the purpose of acting as a stress-relieving agent, just to point out some of the most important effects of meditating upon these paintings.

There is a difference in efficiency, between using original art and prints of the art. Prints and digital images are effective enough to be used for meditation, with good and lasting effects too.

However, it is of course a more favourable situation if you have a piece of original art at hand, being able to see and feel the vivid colours and the texture of the original painting, and experience it in its unique entirety. More particularly if the painting is created exclusively just for you, based on who you are and what you need, in order to grow as a human being.

In the latter case, one can say that the painting is a portrait of the inside of the individual, instead of an ordinary portrait of the face. As the saying goes, it is the inside that counts, which truly comes alive when meditating on a personal painting. A painting created exclusively for you, is the most powerful and efficient meditation tool of them all.

The painting La Zerola is an example of a personal painting. Read Elia Astfjord’s comments, and the owner’s review.