“The sacred cannot be precisely defined. Each of us perceives it through the lens of a unique personal history. For me, sacredness is an experience of the inner radiance of life, the unseen force that transforms and nourishes the physical world but is never limited by it. There is something more to it, a mystery that is never totally grasped.” WorldForceMysteryUniqueSacredDefinedPerceiveUnseenLensesRadianceSacrednessPersonal HistoryUnseen Forces Book:The Temple in the House: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Architecture Source: The Temple in the House: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Architecture
“Over time, each day has become another stretch on an endless pilgrimage road. The terrain of this sacred journey has become fluid and ever-shifting. Every step of the way is an arrival, but not a place to linger.” WayStepsJourneyTravelSacredEndlessEach DayShiftingFluidEvery StepArrivalsPilgrimageTerrain Author:Anthony Lawlor
“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