Labyrinth II

                                      August 31, 2013

Labyrinth II

 

I finally walked my labyrinth today.

like driving a tortuous mountain road

so convoluted

requiring total concentration

to avoid driving over the edge.

 

Walking the labyrinth clears

the mind of fears and worries and

the preoccupations that dwell upon the mind

which leave no room

for reflection, rumination, joy.

 

Meditation, a spiritual journey

far beyond all reason.

Many have taken this journey.

The pagan

 long before Jesus,

long before Moses,

long before any written word,

long before the spoken language,

experienced his spirituality,

in awe and fear

the birth of religion.

The journey continues…

 

Science,

 our study of this physical universe.

Religion,

 our understanding of our spiritual universe.

Neither negates the other,

because they are in and of

two entirely different realms.

Understanding one realm thoroughly

does not make an expert, or an authority

of the other.