Is Life for You a Labyrinth or a Maze?

Was talking to a friend the other day and we got to talking about labyrinths and mazes. I didn’t even know what a labyrinth was until I went to massage school and some students educated me.  You can learn about them from Wikipedia or from this link.  In fact, they will teach you a lot more than I can or will.

However, as I thought in general terms about them, these thought came to mind:

A labyrinth is a complex, seemingly random pattern of lines (at first appearance) that has no actual blocks in the path and leads inexorably to the center.  It requires only that you stay on and follow the path.  It is a design that enhances and converges energy, both its and thus yours.  It generates peace and restfulness.

A maze is a complex, seemingly random pattern of lines (at first appearance) that has  probably several actual blocks in the path and leads generally back to the outside.  It requires that you use all of your reasoning powers and/or lots of trial and error.  It is a design that disperses and tends to scatter energy, both its and thus yours.  It tends to generate unrest and frustration.

As I thought about the differences, I realized they represent differing views or approaches or responses to life in general.

Which is yours??

Blessings,

Dr Jon

2 Responses to “Is Life for You a Labyrinth or a Maze?”

  1. Hi there! Your Post “for You a Labyrinth or a Maze? | Dr Jon’s Renegade Commentary” is very interesting for me. Unfortunately my written English is not so good so I write in German: Dir, meinem liebsten, geh?rt mein Herz vom Anfang bis zum Ende, in Freude und Schmerz. F?r dich, mein Liebster ist mir nichts zu viel, ob Himmel, ob H?lle, nur du bist mein Ziel. Yours sincerely Briefe Schreiben

  2. Thank you for this comment; I took some German in college but am pretty rusty. Plugged into the web translator and it comes out:

    To you, my dearest, go? blank my heart from the beginning to the end, in joy and pain. F? r you, my dearest one is me nothing too much whether skies, whether H? lle, only you is my goal.

    Is this close? Are we missing something?

    Blessings,

    Dr Jon

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