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Dreamwork
Journal Keeping
Labyrinth
PERSONALITY TYPING:
Enneagram
Myers-Briggs
Prayer and Meditation
Spiritual Direction
Illness and Healing
A labyrinth is a
pattern with a purpose, an ancient tool that speaks to a long forgotten
part of us. Lying dormant for centuries, labyrinths are undergoing a
revival of use and interest. They offer a chance to take "time
out" from our busy lives, to leave schedules and stress behind.
Walking a
labyrinth is a gift we give to ourselves, leading to discovery, insight,
peacefulness, happiness, connectedness, and well-being.
Robert Ferre, St. Louis Labyrinth Project
The labyrinth path (because there are no choices in direction to be made)
naturally fosters introspection, and is a metaphor for our spiritual
journey;
many twists and turns but no dead ends.
Lauren Artress, Worldwide Labyrinth Project
The Labyrinth makes things transparent. It helps you to see what is
stopping
you, blocking you.
The Rev. Lauren Artress, Worldwide Labyrinth Project
There is a strong connection between the labyrinth and earth energies,
reestablishing a long-lost rapport with nature and with the feminine. The
turns of the labyrinth are thought to balance the two hemispheres of the
brain, resulting in physical and emotional healing.
Robert Ferre, St. Louis Labyrinth Project
There is a reason why labyrinths have been passed down through the ages,
used all over the world in myriad cultural contexts. They are truly
archetypes,
based on the earth and the movement of the planets and the solar system.
So
are we, but we have forgotten that. Labyrinths awaken in us ancient
memories, joining together that which is scattered (re-membering),
restoring our balance, organizing our chaos. They embrace our ceremonies
and rituals, speaking to us through intuition and creative inspiration.
Labyrinths reduce our stress, reorder our priorities, and lead us to
ourselves. We are Divine beings. The closer we get to our Self, the closer
we get to God. Pierre Teillard de Chardin wrote of the "omega
point," that point that we discover
by going within, at which All That Is becomes revealed to us. Hence,
walking a labyrinth is a sacred act.
Robert Ferre, St. Louis Labyrinth Project
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The InSpirit
Labyrinth is a 32-foot 11-circuit labyrinth, a replica of the Chartres
Labyrinth, laid in the floor of Chartres Cathedral about 1201.
We do workshops and retreats around the Labyrinth experience. It
is also available to bring to your event. We also have a number
of hand labyrinths available for those unable to walk the labyrinth.
Walking the
Labyrinth is a meditative way to spend time with God. It is an
ancient spiritual act of pilgrimage symbolizing one's walk with God or
journey through life. The Labyrinth is an ancient
archetype found in all religious traditions in various forms around
the world. The current Labyrinth movement is a rediscovery of a
long-forgotten mystical tradition.
Labyrinths differ
from mazes in that there are no choices. There is only one path
so there are no tricks to it and no dead ends. The path winds
throughout and can be a mirror for where we are in our lives; it can
touch our sorrows and our joys. You are invited to walk it with
an open mind and an open heart. You may also walk it with a
question in mind or as intercessory prayer for another.
LINKS
The World Wide Labyrinth Project
Grace
Cathedral Labyrinth
The
St Louis Labyrinth Project
See also
Dreamwork
Journal Keeping
Labyrinth
PERSONALITY TYPING:
Enneagram
Myers-Briggs
Prayer and Meditation
Spiritual Direction
Illness and Healing
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