APPROACHING THE THRESHOLD
When we use a labyrinth for a mindfulness exercise, we recall that, after we attain the centre and head back to the starting point, we will approach that same threshold we crossed when we set off. It is very apparent, in that moment, that the threshold, when experienced from this way is actually changed. Re-entry is not the same as setting off. Invariably we are changed by the labyrinth and return with a possible resolution to our setting off predicament or, at least, a resolution of patience to bear with it longer.
Our theme this month is “looking back”, especially re-visioning our experience of 2014 through the lenses of momentum, resources and intentions. As we approach the threshold which is New Year’s Eve, we are encouraged to reconsider what momentum brought us here and will continue to influence us in 2015. A new year is never a clean slate. Unlike the Chinese custom of paying off all debts before the new year to clear the books, as it were, we may tidy up select but hardly all loose ends. However, there is momentum that brought us here and that will not cease when we turn the calendar page.
Approaching the threshold undoubtedly marks a transition in our journey. It is also crucial that we both look back and forward to locate ourselves in the trajectory of our lives - the momentum which brought us here and will carry us forward. With that knowledge we can create our intentions, the ones which will set a direction for us within that momentum. That, in turn, will suggest actions which will populate the days and months ahead.
Yours, on purpose,
Ray
The purpose of life is a life of purpose
Robert Byrne
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