You can build your own labyrinth by consulting one of the websites mentioned. It can be small or even as large as 40 feet in diameter. You can print a full screen sized labyrinth from a website and trace the path with your finger. You can make one in your own back yard placing it among nature with plants and pools of water. You even can rent portable labyrinths or order finger labyrinths.
We live in a hectic paced world. The stress can be overwhelming. Terrorism, tsunamis, and hurricanes create a chaos felt deep within ourselves. The labyrinth presents a tool for us to seek peace; to bring a sense of calm by walking its circular pathways. Numerous people are on quest seeking ways to augment their spirituality. Many have found the labyrinth. It is a sacred place for one to experience a oneness with the universe.
Labyrinths are sacred places with a powerful design in which one makes a spiritual journey. It can be a potent means for prayer and reflection. An individual with a problem can walk seeking a solution. One can walk reflecting and achieving a deeper sense of prayer. A person with hypertension can walk to reduce stress. A cancer patient can walk for strength prior to chemotherapy. Families can walk it during their loved one’s surgery. Nurses can walk the labyrinth to relieve stress. All can walk to become more attuned to our spirituality. It is a path for prayer. It is about being in the present. It is integrating our spirit, our mind, and our body in God or our Higher Power.
However you decide to follow a labyrinth, by walking or by tracing one with your finger, this ancient spiritual tool can aid you in freeing yourself from the turmoil of today and achieving a moment of living in the present to connect your mind, body and spirit.