Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Response to cd, assignment #4
I am responding to cd's comment about question #6, labyrinths. I agree with her wondering what would be in it and how it would help our schools. I think this section of Pink's writing where he talks about the importance of labyrinths was hard to understand and I was not able to grasp the importance of it either. Perhaps because I have never done one, it is hard for me to understand how this can be almost a "spiritual experience" in which creates meaning in one's life. I guess I will just have to try one to see the effects it really has on the brain and see how much it "engages my left brain in the logical progression of walking the path, the right brain is gree to think creatively."
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The section on labyrinths was also difficult for me to comprehend. I think this is a perfect example of how we sometimes need to EXPERIENCE something to understand it, instead of just reading about it. I have never visited any labyrinths, but am curious now to see what it is all about. I kept thinking of a comment I hear my husband make to our 11 yr.-old son when he asks how much longer until we "get" to somewhere we are headed: "Life is a journey, not a destination." I think this is part of what the labyrinth is about....you aren't trying to physically arrive at a destination; you are just merely experiencing the pathway as you ponder what is really important in life....I'm not sure if I really get it, especially the part about freeing "your consciousness from the linear to the non-linear"...Is it the mindless movement where you don't have to think about where you will end up that allows you to experience this?? I don't know-I think I would just have to experience it to truly understand. Anyone else have thoughts on this that can help????
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