Lisa and I had a pretty good Indian lunch. I am getting really great at boiling Basmati rice and the packet of Dhingri Mutter. Cooking is just so fulfilling.
We have decided to celebrate President’s Day by walking a labyrinth this afternoon. My father and Lisa got into labyrinths a few years ago and it always interested me but because I was such a workaholic, I never had time. We shall see if I like it. I know one thing, I definitely need to clear my mind.
If you are interested in walking a labyrinth, you can find one near you here.
Labyrinths are currently being used world-wide as a way to quiet the mind, find balance, and encourage meditation, insight and celebration. They are open to all people as a non-denominational, cross-cultural tool of well-being.
The labyrinth is not a maze. There are no tricks to it and no dead ends. It has a single circuitous path that winds into the center. The person walking it uses the same path to return and the entrance then becomes the exit. The path is in full view, which allows a person to be quiet and focus internally. Generally there are three stages to the walk: releasing on the way in, receiving in the center and returning; that is, taking back out into the world that which you have received. There is no right way or wrong way to walk a labyrinth.
Labyrinths are cool!
And BTW, you’ve been tagged over at my blog.
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I just did a search for mazes near my abode,
and found out that most are located in colleges,
Unity and Unitarian churches, and gay churches.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Interestingly enough, in Atlanta there’s one at a Unity Church, one at a private residence and the rest are at mainstream Christian churches (one each at a Lutheran church, a Presbyterian church and two at the large Episcopal cathedral). The Episcopal cathedral has an indoor maze and an outdoor maze, so you can clear your mind no matter what the weather.