According to Joseph Campbell, Sacred space (a space for
uninterrupted reflection and unrushed creative work)
is an absolute necessity for anybody today. You must have a room, or a
certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that
morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe
anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can
simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This is
the place of creative incubation. At first you may find that nothing happens
there. But if you have a sacred place and use it, something eventually will
happen.
Qigong is my sacred space as it helps me
focus, calm down, problem solve and much more. I have some of my best ideas and
insights while so engaged.
Unless I’m doing Qigong outside,
and nothing makes me happier than being able to do this by the ocean, I find it
important to clean the space. If it’s in the bedroom, where I have a niche, the
bed needs to be made and the floor clean as I don’t like being distracted by
dirt or other items that don’t belong there.
Sacred space can be a time of day,
a place and/or a practice, (e.g. yoga, meditation, Qigong). There are no
requirements here. As Campbell put it, “Your sacred space is where you can find
yourself again and again.”
Maybe you already have a sacred
space that you’ve never identified as such. Could be a cafe where you like to
just sit, the perfect bench at the park, a walking path, Tuesday night yoga or
even tea in your favorite mug first thing in the morning.
There are lots of recommendations
on line about creating a sacred space in your home with icons, prayer pillows,
altars and so forth. One site to check out is How to Create a Sacred Space in Your Home .
If you have a place that means a
great deal to you, e.g. ocean, bring something from there (rocks) and put in
your home so that it can serve as a reminder to recharge and your connectedness
to it.
There is no right or wrong way to
do this. Let how you feel be your guide.
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