“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love is the answer. How many times have you heard that? It’s a truth, but getting to love and forgiveness can be a curvy road. Judgments, justified or not, are major culprits.
“There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so,” says Prince Hamlet. He was one soul-searching fellow. (Maybe that’s why Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies.) Wise words, yet he landed into ill fortune. He lacked tools.
In matters of the healing heart, techniques and classes can be of assistance. Techniques presented at Paul Kaye’s Introduction to Meditation and Sound, A Deeper Experience, held at Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens (PAL&G), can offer such assistance. My experience is these techniques help me create peace of mind. Labyrinth walks (designed using sacred geometry) also help me unwind my disturbing beliefs.
As one who has led guided labyrinth tours for over four years, I often see smiles appear on visitors walking the labyrinth. People tell me of the comfort they experience here. Part of the healing may come from a sort of pampering that takes place at PAL&G. Not the champagne and mani-pedis sort, but by taking time out and opening ourselves to up to our inner core--it’s as if heaven bestows blessings and healing. An hour or two walking the labyrinth and gardens, or steeping in a meditative sound bath, are opportunities to put aside Facebook. It’s a time to remember how we are cherished and adored by higher beings. The experience lingers after the gates close behind us.
Poet, William Wordsworth wrote, “Trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy!”
It’s nice to know that during our short stint on planet earth there’s a place where we can re-member ourselves to that glory.