“The word sacred comes from sacrifice, to cut up. That means that in order to have a sacred journey, you have to give up something, sacrifice; but few people today in the West want to hear about that. Americans want the boon without the labyrinth.Pilgrimage starts the wheel, it turns the wheel of samsara, the wheel of life, and we have to live with the consequences.” PeopleWantGivingMeanTodayOrderTurnsCuttingSacrificeJourneyGiving UpConsequenceSacredWestWheelsLabyrinthPilgrimageBoonSamsaraWheel Of Life Author:Anthony Lawlor
“For thousands of years, much of humankind has believed that only special places are infused with the sacred and that you must get away from the everyday in order to find it. Not so, everything is infused with the holy--from chairs to clothing to kitchen stoves.” YearsOrderSpecialHolySacredEverydayKitchenChairsGet AwayClothingsHumankindSpecial PlacesStoves Author:Anthony Lawlor