It has never really been a city that has drawn me, though I have a friend who fantasizes about moving there. But, a casual comment on FaceBook (yes, I am on FaceBook) sent me Googling labyrinths+islam and I found this very interesting link. (Clicking through leads to all sorts of interesting pages.)
The comment I was making to my friend was "You don't have to be Xian to use labyrinths and you don't have to be NOT Xian to use them. I love that this a truly inclusive spiritual tool." and it occurred to me that I have walked labyrinths with Christians, Pagans, Jews, Buddhists and atheists, but I have never seen Muslims mentioned in connection to labyrinths. So, I looked for them.
And a "universal truth" seems to be that people who are into them are into them, no matter what their beliefs.
I created a Santa Rosa Labyrinth © (designed by Lea Goode-Harris) in my back yard in 2006 with the help of my son and two girlfriends (one toted rocks, the other talked me through toting rocks). My teenager did the lion's share of rock moving. My husband did the greater part of the mowing and weed eating. In Spring of 2010, my patient husband had the whole thing mulched and we replaced the rocks. It is available for walking by anyone in the area who needs the use of the space.
0 comments:
Post a Comment