Journey to My True Self Labyrinth
- Solid Bronze
- 3.5 inch Diameter
- Made in Germany
Product Description
The Journey to My True Self Labyrinth makes a great Christian gift for all those searching for meaning and growth in their lives. At about 3.5 inches in diameter, this solid bronze is the perfect gift for all those seekers of truth in our lives who have embarked on an inward journey of self-realization and transformation or on an outward journey in search of faith, meaning and enlightenment.
A Christian Gift for Seekers
This Journey to My True Self Labyrinth is meaningful to individuals who seek spiritual symbols that help in meditation and self discovery. This spiritual art piece, created by a master artist in Germany, makes a beautiful Christian gift.
The Spiral – Symbol of Growth in the Christian Life
Christians live their lives in a ceaseless cycle of seasons: not only Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer, but also Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Season of the Year. This cycle is not really a cycle (or circle) for Christians, not an endless repetition of the same old thing year after year. Rather, this cycle is really a spiral – a circular yet simultaneous rising (or deepening) into the same, yet ever-new: the Mystery of Christ. This is a “Mystagogy”, if you will, an ever more deeply “leading-into” the Paschal Mystery in Christ, and ultimately into encounter and relationship with God as Holy and Incomprehensible Mystery in and through Christ, all by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The labyrinth has a rich and multi-leveled history that lends this freestanding piece its profound symbolic importance. In Christian history (for example, at the cathedral of Chartres, France), the labyrinth is a meditative tradition – the faithful can contemplate as they walk its sinuous curves. For Carl Jung, the labyrinth symbolized the unconscious and its mazes, with one entrance (birth) and one center (the divine). The labyrinth also appears in various cultures throughout the world and throughout history, including in Egypt and Native American cultures.
In all cases, the fundamental draw of labyrinths is the way in which they represent the winding path of our search for wisdom and God. For example, for one walking in a labyrinth, the route may seem random and hodgepodge. But one is always being pushed along by the hand of design toward the center of the labyrinth. So it is with our own personal journeys toward God. Some of us take windier paths than others, and though the path may seem random (or we may seem lost) at times, the design of life, and the pull of God, is such that whoever seeks him in good faith will indeed find him.
That is why this piece is such a meaningful gift to Christians who are in a period of deep searching – the symbolism reminds them that they are not the first to embark on such a search, and that spirituality informed by this search is in the long run stronger. Most importantly, it is a Christian gift that is a source of comfort – for it reminds the recipient that not only does the journey of the labyrinth inevitably lead to God, but the fact that the labyrinth is surrounded by a cross reminds them that even the dark journey is surrounded and permeated by God’s grace.
Many times the process of making an important decision doesn’t unfold the way we thought it would. It bears repeating — the process is a spiral rather that a straight line from point A to point B. — from An Ignatian Approach to Decision-Making by Michael Sparough, SJ
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Additional Information
| Weight | 0.4 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 4 x 4 x 2 in |
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