The Pipes of Peace

Green Labyrinth by Sarri at Deviantart.com

Interestingly, Ella set Labyrinth as the topic at the Thursday Think Tank today. Only yesterday, up at the hospital in our town, a labyrinth was opened to the public. Today I went back and walked it alone, and simply WAS, with the path, the sky, the birdsong and the breeze. The ancient symbol of the labyrinth goes back a good 3500 years. Walking the path in a meditative state is said to  promote calm, insight, connection, healing, hope, peace, personal growth and transformation. Today, I was too exhausted to gain much beyond simple appreciation for the fact of its existence  in my town. That was enough for today.

I enter the labyrinth from the East,

and circle it towards the West. 

I set myself in harmony

with the ancestors,

invoking help

from all the Four Directions,

aligning myself with

the earth, the sky, the sea, the air,

and with all its inhabitants,

each one with its sacred right

to be here.

I circle, the way my thoughts 

can sometimes circle.

As in life, I end up where I started out.

Sometimes I get confused

and retrace part of the path,

and that's okay.

It is all

Traveling.

May every footfall

on this path

bring peace.

One step, I breathe peace in.

Another step, I breathe peace out,

sending compassion

to all the struggling beings

of the world.

May each footfall

plant me more firmly

on the path of peace.

In my mind

the pipes of Peace 

are playing.

May their melodies

be carried

on the breeze,

to each of the Four Directions,

to every son and daughter's heart

that longs for peace,

till the planet is encircled, 

blanketed,

enveloped,

encompassed,

sustained

by only Love.