The Labyrinth

Permission to use this information granted by Dr. Dan Johnston, Ph.D
Source: Awakening Web Site and Dagali Press
http://www.lessons4living.com/labyrinth.htm

We are all on the path… exactly where we need to be. The labyrinth is a model of that path.

A labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. The Labyrinth represents a journey to our own center and back again out into the world. Labyrinths have long been used as meditation and prayer tools.

A labyrinth is an archetype with which we can have a direct experience. We can walk it. It is a metaphor for life’s journey. It is a symbol that creates a sacred space and place and takes us out of our ego to “That Which Is Within.”

Labyrinths and mazes have often been confused. When most people hear of a labyrinth they think of a maze. A labyrinth is not a maze. A maze is like a puzzle to be solved. It has twists, turns, and blind alleys. It is a left brain task that requires logical, sequential, analytical activity to find the correct path into the maze and out.

A labyrinth has only one path. It is unicursal. The way in is the way out. There are no blind alleys. The path leads you on a circuitous path to the center and out again.
A labyrinth is a right brain task. It involves intuition, creativity, and imagery. With a maze many choices must be made and an active mind is needed to solve the problem of finding the center. With a labyrinth there is only one choice to be made. The choice is to enter or not. A more passive, receptive mindset is needed. The choice is whether or not to walk a spiritual path.

At its most basic level the labyrinth is a metaphor for the journey to the center of your deepest self and back out into the world with a broadened understanding of who you are.
http://www.lessons4living.com/labyrinth.htm

Learn More about Labyrinths:

The classical labyrinth
The Chartres labyrinth
Walking a labyrinth
The threefold path
Draw a labyrinth
Build your own labyrinth
Ways to use a labyrinth

Veriditas

Veriditas is a 501c3 non profit incorporated in the State of California in 1995 by Lauren Artress. The word “Veriditas” originated with Hildegard of Bingen and means “the greening power of life”.

Our mission is to connect people to the labyrinth. Walking the labyrinth is a spiritual practice that quiets the mind, opens the heart, and grounds the body.  Our vision is that the labyrinth experience nurtures the invisible web of connections between individual destiny and service to others, the global community and the planet.