The labyrinth at Simply Being integrates the chakras into its winding path. The association with the chakras adds a further dimension to the experience; providing the opportunity to be aware of something different on each path as an aspect of the intention to walk the seven paths.
A labyrinth is a powerful archetype representing Wholeness. It is an ancient universal symbol found in many sacred cultures of the world. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. Walking the labyrinth is a metaphor for the journey to the centre of your deepest self and back out into the world with a broadened understanding of who you are. You enter a labyrinth to find yourself.
The labyrinth is a gateway between Heaven and Earth. By surrendering to the winding path one’s soul finds healing and wholeness.
Walking the labyrinth is a journey into the centre of our own being, a quest for wholeness, and the subsequent return to our divine source.
The winding pattern of any labyrinth also represents the circulation of vital energies within our bodies. To traverse the labyrinth is to bring into one wholeness all parts of our being.
A labyrinth symbolically brings heaven to earth through your walking it. Walking the labyrinth is a walking meditation.
In the Middle Ages, walking a cathedral labyrinth was a substitute for going on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Not everyone could make the long and arduous journey to the Holy Land, so walking a labyrinth in a church was a devotional activity. It is a metaphor for life’s journey. It is a symbol that creates a sacred space and place and takes us out of our ego to “That Which Is Within.”