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Davis United Methodist Church (Davis, CA), Episcopal Church of St. Martin (Davis, CA), First United Methodist Church of Napa (Napa, CA), Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, CA), Mt. Shasta Lavender Farms (Montague, CA) and The Mercy Center (Auburn, CA) for sharing your labyrinths. These incredible pathways provided and held sacred space while my life took an unimaginable quantum leap.
Even prior to the recognition of my desire to be the song, I was aware of a similar intensity of feeling in regard to freedom. When I would ask myself what it was I desired, I would hear myself say, “To be free.” As I questioned myself more intently, I realized I didn’t have an understanding of what this really meant. What is freedom? What does it feel like to be free? Though I didn’t have a real sense of what it felt like to be free, I knew that what I was feeling in that moment wasn’t it! I felt like I was wearing 10,000 jackets all zipped up such that I couldn’t move or get them off. I couldn’t stand it! I felt trapped in my body, in a job, in society, by relationship, etc., etc., etc. As intensely as I desired to be the song, I also longed to be free.
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For anyone who finds his or herself in the midst of the smothering darkness that is the Great Dark Night, this book has been written to inspire and rekindle hope for emergence. For those desiring the experience of living life in true freedom, the journey outlined in the following pages was my path to that freedom - and far more. In the last few months, my partner and I have facilitated two separate workshops which focused on this path within the labyrinth. In both cases, this sacred path proved to be as deeply life changing for the participants as it was for me.
It should be noted that this book is not meant to be a “literary giant.” It is the chronicle and sharing of an incredible transformational journey – a journey that must be felt and experienced in order to be understood. So tap your inner courage, open your mind and heart….and let the journey begin!
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