Original GWV bicycle wheel logo
I have been working on a logo for the GWV. Maybe this will work. What do you think?
While working on a GWV logo that would embrace Christianity without rejecting Buddhism I examined a few cross ideas. Then, this cross that has a circle in its center could be incorporated into the chakra motif which is common in Buddhism to represent the Noble Eightfold Path.
GWV cross + 8-fold dharma wheel, with a lotus in its center for the opening of the heart chakra, with a classic dharma wheel inside of that, which is small and not too offensive to the fundamentalists who are known for burning mystics at the stake.
I was not so fond of the all of the lines and circles. I just wanted to incorporate the cross into the 4 Noble Truths, and Noble Eightfold Path.
Here I down play the Hindu-Buddhist aspect, and emphasizing the Christian component.
This is an attempt to develop a Western Buddhist Dharma Wheel, which has the cross incorporated into it.
Because the GWV wishes to emphasize that, while no religion owns the religious experience, all religions attempt to provide a set and setting for the religious experience. So, last night, and this morning, I developed a Coexistence Logo to honor that.
Here is the same logo as above with some color added to it. Color really helps it to stand out.
Explanation of the GWV's Coexistence Logo. There a numerous variations of the Coexistence Logo. Some of them emphasize political parties, some of them imbed homosexuality, and some of them emphasize the Abrahamic religious, while deemphasizing the Asian religions.
The GWV is all about leading a disciplined, rigorous self-aware, contemplative life that is dedicated to cultivating the religious experience. We are also all about accepting that all religions have a context for the religious experience, and in most cases their progenitors were contemplatives who became mystics; however, all religions aggressively market their products and services in competition with other religions, which means in most cases they have lost sight of the contemplative life, and thus religious experience.
Therefore, the GWV chooses not to emphasize homosexuality, not that we are homophobic, but sexual orientation is simply not an issue for a religion that emphasizes discipline. We do not care what your preferences are. We would prefer that you, as a follower of the GWV, will simply engage in discipline and safe-sex practices.
