The Dance of the Labyrinth

Life is so rich and full right now...the deep inner journey in February has sourced the seeds that are coming forth, even through the snow and cold.  Feeling so blessed.

Yesterday we walked the New Moon, New Month, New Opportunities Labyrinth Walk at the Gaiam Labyrinth in Louisville.  This has to be my most favorite labyrinth in Boulder County.  It is an 11 circuit labyrinth that has a very earth, feminine quality to it, and at the same time, has a singular. masculine stone standing in the middle.  It reminds me of an ancient circle of stones with its balance and integration of the masculine and feminine energies.

Here are some images from yesterday's magical, mystical walk.

Untouched, mystical Gaiam Labyrinth, March 1st, 2014

This special labyrinth has a sacred geometric symbol at its threshold - the seed of life.  I first connected with this symbol on my 2012 pilgrimage in France from St. Jean Pied de Port through the foothills of the Pyrenees to the city of Auch.  My Pilgrim Sister, Beebe, and I encountered this symbol many times - on church entrances, gate posts, and synchronistically, on Beebe's necklace. 

Seed of Life on upper right hand side of door frame

Seed of Life on bottom of stone post

Seed of Life embedded in Beebe's chest from her necklace!

The Seed of Life contains the patterns of creation as they emerged from the void, out of nothingness and everythingness at the same time.  Out of that centerpoint, thoughts and ideas emerge through our passions and desires to become something.  It is from here that all creation originates and emerges from our desires.

Seed of Life symbol at threshold of Gaiam Labyrinth, March 1, 2014.

My Flower of Life necklace above the Seed of Life symbol at Gaiam Labyrinth, February 2013.

The dark moon was at 1 am, so all day yesterday we were informed by the potent powers of the new emerging moon.  Also the first day of the new month, it was the perfect opportunity to open up to, invite and receive what desire is asking to come through us, right now at this time.  We walked with powerful questions such as "What is asking to come through me right now?  What seed, what desire I am seeking that is seeking me?  What is wanting to be birthed through me?  After all, as Rumi says, "what we seek, is seeking us."

Walking the Labyrinth under the auspices of the March 1st New Moon

Walking with the questions "What is asking to come through me right now? What seed, what desire I am seeking that is seeking me?

As all six of us walked the labyrinth, allowing our intentions and the questions to walk us, I was struck by the dance we created as we walked.  Every time I walk a labyrinth with a group of people I am in awe of the spontaneous dance that is created by each of us as we weave in and out along the pathways.  At times, I would walk along side by side, parallel paths.  At other times, I would approach some one at the same time that our paths would curve away from each other.  Sometimes, we would approach and look each other in the eyes, acknowledging our fellow pilgrims.  At others, we would walk with our eyes averted, each in our own world on our own journey.  Ah.  The sacred, unrepeatable, unique dance of the labyrinth.  It is a gift in and of itself.

A view to the south of the Gaiam Labyrinth. Notice the vertical silhouette of the standing stone in the middle.

We stood together in silence in the center of the labyrinth, each of us standing in a petal of the inner rose.  We then walked out and continued our sacred walk into the open space to the north of labyrinth.  We asked to receive a gift from Nature that would symbolize and hold the desire we received in the labyrinth.  We took a "secret" path that took us out of the park, over a wooden stile and into a small woods.  We then came out on to a lookout over Boulder Valley.  No longer protected by the trees, the cold breeze blew through us and we actually invited this element to open up a new space that would become the sacred container to receive, and cultivate the seed of life.  We returned to the labyrinth, and walked it again.  Leaving our gifts from Nature at the threshold surrounding the Seed of Life symbol, we walked this time to plant the seed, commit to its growth and cultivation. With this sacred walk, we planted the seeds of Integration, Faith, Being Seen, Beauty, Release, and Cultivation.  We spoke it aloud, knowing that we had received a potent seed of creation, with the power of an oak tree. 

The Seed I received - much to my surprise - was to "Cultivez mon jardin!" - to actually cultivate a vegetable and flower garden next to the labyrinth in my yard.   I am to be the farmer of the heart and of my desires...and create and cultivate a Seed of Life Garden!

10/16/2023

I have just received an email from the creator of the Seed of Life Garden image that I used to let me know that her image is copyrighted, and if I wish to continue using it, that I can discuss this with her.  I am choosing to remove that image for now.  It is an image that has inspired me over the years.  Interesting timing as I have actually created a new website at www.venusspiralpath.com and am using this website solely as an archive for my blog posts and past creations.  www.venusspiralpath.com


What are you seeking?  What is seeking you?  What is needing to you step in and allow yourself to know that you are the only person who can bring this seed to life?  That you are its container, and that through you, and only you, this unique seed can become the beautiful flower that it was meant to be.  I wonder's what's possible for our world, our lives as we each step in and receive the Seeds of Life and live our lives to nurture and create these seeds?  How beautiful will your flowers be?!

The Seed of Life

The Flower of Life