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Welcome to
The Labyrinth: A metaphor for life's journey
Please
join us for our upcoming indoor Labyrinth Walks.
Sunday, November 14, 2-4 p.m.
Please join us for our annual Fall Labyrinth walk to support the
homeless. All proceeds will be
donated to support Manna Food Drive.
Friday, December 31, 2010 6-9 p.m.
Calm
reflection and fellowship is one of the best ways to welcome the New Year. Live
piano and harp music by Meg Baker. This beautiful, candle-lit walk is always the
highlight of the year!
January 7 - 8, 2011 6 p.m. - 6
p.m.
Silent Retreat.
We will
begin with an ingathering ceremony and end with reflections and refreshments.
In between we will walk our labyrinth, read, write, meditate, take walks, do
whatever the spirit moves us to do. Some participants fast, some bring their own
food. Some bring a sleeping bag, others go home to sleep and return in the
morning. It’s wonderful (for those who like this sort of
thing!) so please consider joining us.
Date t.b.a. Please join
us for our Spring Equinox Labyrinth walk, featuring live choral music by Cedar
Lane’s own Gruppo Piccolo. If
you’ve never attended a labyrinth walk at Cedar Lane, make this your
first!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7-9 p.m.
Our annual Summer Solstice
Labyrinth walk featuring recorded music the first hour, and live drumming the
second hour. Drums and percussion instruments will be provided. You are welcome
to bring your own as well.
For information, please contact Chris Mauro at 703.847.5820 or
chris.mauro@baesystems.com.
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD
In the worship hall
- Indoor canvas path
- Walk silently, in socks
- Multiple people walk at once
- Last walking begins half hour before end time
- No charge, but donations accepted
Walk the Path
* Meditate * Seek * Pray * Celebrate * Center * Heal * Relax*
Labyrinth Websites:
The Labyrinth Society:
www.labyrinthsociety.org
Grace Cathedral's Veriditas Project, San Francisco:
www.gracecathedral.org/labyrinth/
Robert Ferré's St. Louis Labyrinth Project:
www.labyrinth-enterprises.com
Washington National Cathedral, DC: www.nationalcathedral.org/worship/labyrinth.shtml
Guidelines for Walking the Labyrinth
Please remove your shoes to protect the
life of the canvas. We have socks you may borrow if you did not bring any, and
a basket to return them to after your walk.
Silence is important throughout the walk, for your own reflection and that of
others.
Take some time before you walk to clear your mind.
Walking the labyrinth can be viewed as
a three-stage process:
* Release of distracting cares as you move toward the
center and let your mind gradually quiet.
* Receptivity to whatever illumination you receive as
you pause in the center for prayer or meditation.
* Rejoining the world with your renewed vision or
refreshed spirit as you follow the path outward again.
Move at your own pace. You may pause at any point. Go gently as you pass
others moving at a slower rate or coming from the opposite direction. Do
what feels natural to you -- some walk steadily, some cover their faces with
scarves provided, some dance, some twirl, some stretch, some stop often.
There are no
tricks or dead-ends. The path is unicursal and will lead you to the center and
back out again. The entrance is also the exit.
At the center you may sit, kneel, stand, change positions or directions, pray,
meditate, or do silent reading or writing.
You are welcome to remain in the worship hall after your walk for further
silent reflection, meditation/prayer, or journaling.
Written by C. Haaga, Cedar Lane's Labyrinth Committee, 2003
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