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Circling into the new year
There is something comforting about circles. Maybe it has to do with the hug, that lovely element of human relations that suddenly went missing about a year ago. But in these days of sharp angles and cross purposes, we all just need a little comfort; I think it might be found in circles and spheres. (Circles and spheres are conflated in this essay, literary license hereby invoked.) These are a few that give me hope & comfort for the difficult days and months ahead.
First off? Our little planet. It is somehow encouraging to reflect on how many uncounted millions of other spheres are out there in the universe. Planet Earth, this much-abused and ill-cared-for little globe whirling around among billions of others does not carry the future of the universe on its spherical shoulders. Hopefully we earthlings will be around for another million years or so; but however we do or do not care for our home sphere, the universe will go right on with its eternal purpose.
Circles are for calm. Who ever heard of a square labyrinth? Speaking of the universe (which we were in the paragraph above,) according to the Theosophical Society in America, Hindu lore holds that the universe itself is a game that the gods play and walking a labyrinth is following in the steps of Shiva Nataraja, Lord of the Dance. Some labyrinth walkers quietly meditate — perhaps solving universal problems large or…
