There are no rules for walking the labyrinth. It can be walked, danced, started in the center, run, or even walked around the outside. Often people walk using the following process:
- Remembering: gathering one’s thoughts
- Releasing: letting go, as one walks in
- Receiving: being open to whatever the message may be, as one spends time in the center
- Resolving: taking back to the world what one has received
In this case, the labyrinth might help you think as you look for the cache. The cache sits ground-level & is well-camoflaged (if I do say so, myself). It is in a container that looks like a cache & is even marked as being a cache. I don't want you thinking you have to turn over rocks or look in statues, since that would be super disturbing in the the environmental calm.
The Story of This Labyrinth:
The labyrinth at Sunnyvale is based on the 12th century 11-circuit labyrinth in the cathedral at Chartres, France. In 2004 a committee was formed to consider the addition of a labyrinth on the church campus. After much prayer and research, and many trips to walk labyrinths in the Bay Area, the site on the east side of the sanctuary was chosen. Connected to the Memorial Garden, the labyrinth’s placement next to Fremont Avenue was selected to create a place of quiet mediation and reflection as well as a reminder that life happens in the midst of quiet. The labyrinth was dedicated in 2007.