{"id":2526,"date":"2020-04-27T17:16:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T21:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.otownmedia.com\/blog\/?page_id=2526"},"modified":"2020-06-07T20:21:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T00:21:38","slug":"labyrinth-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.otownmedia.com\/blog\/labyrinth-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"A Labyrinth in Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Edinburgh Labyrinth is at the Univeristy of Edinburgh in the George Square Gardens.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A modest entrance begins the experience.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Edinburgh Labyrinth is a replica of the medieval labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral in France.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Slowly walking the simple path puts distance between the immediate moment and all that is around you.<\/p><\/div>\n

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It takes about 20 minutes to wind into and away from the center of the labyrinth.<\/p><\/div>\n

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As the moments go by, small things along the path become become delightful adventures.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The sense of scale inverts. That which seemed small becomes important.<\/p><\/div>\n

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That which seemed important becomes distant and small.<\/p><\/div>\n

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There’s a comforting feeling of being in the present.<\/p><\/div>\n

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That cares are put aside with no harm done.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Almost suddenly the path from the entrance becomes the exit.<\/p><\/div>\n

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For a moment, the world seems dark in comparison.<\/p><\/div>\n

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There’s a finger labyrinth too.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edinburgh Labyrinth is at the Univeristy of Edinburgh in the George Square Gardens. A modest entrance begins the experience. The Edinburgh Labyrinth is a replica of the medieval labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral in France. Slowly walking the simple path puts distance between the immediate moment and all that is around you. It takes about [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2526","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otownmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otownmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otownmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otownmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otownmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.otownmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2821,"href":"https:\/\/www.otownmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2526\/revisions\/2821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otownmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}