a sacred place

“These sites that call forth reverence and awe and humility and wonder, we make them sacred, and the ancient ties are never lost, the oldest voices calling from within the stones,” by James Houston is a quote we read before entering the Great Pyramid. 

We can approach the pyramids as a tourist, take our photos and move onto the next attraction, or we can make the place sacred by our intentions and attention to body, mind and heart. It is a good practice to know where your feet are and be aware of the sensations in your body to anchor in the moment.  To learn something about the history of a site gives it intellectual context. Allowing time and space to notice feelings connects us to the stories. 

Wonder may arise in just touching a block. It took over 2 million limestone and granite blocks weighing between 2 and 50 tons each, to build the Great Pyramid. How were these quarried, transported, cut to precision and placed?

As in all sacred places, we meet something beyond us.  It is not necessarily to give answers but to offer us a space to grow beyond our boundaries.  

Wishing you a sacred place.