{"id":91104,"date":"2018-08-06T17:57:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T00:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/?p=91104"},"modified":"2018-08-13T18:40:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T01:40:16","slug":"field-dreamy-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/91104-field-dreamy-gardens","title":{"rendered":"A Field of Dreamy Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \n

Did you read the exquisite write-up about Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens in The New York Times<\/em>? The PAL&G piece is by best-selling author, Reif Larsen! (His books are also popular movies).<\/p>\n

Mr. Larsen\u2019s depiction of PAL&G tours\u2019 Guardian Angel is perceptive and accurate. \u201cI was greeted at the villa\u2019s entrance by a kind man named Juan Roberto.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through heat waves and cold spells, PAL&G\u2019s bespectacled greeter, Juan Roberto Schulz gazes upon each visitor as if welcoming a long lost cousin. He also answers FAQs with great patience. Mr. Larsen remarks that at the end of his exchange with the PAL&G greeter, \u201cMemories of Interstate 10 bedlam began to evaporate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Good thing I was sitting when reading Mr. Larsen\u2019s Finding Yourself in Los Angeles<\/em>. His masterful portrait of PAL&G is swoon-worthy. He describes his labyrinth experience: \u201cAs you walk, the city becomes a distant dream, a movie half-remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Larsen also mentions shinrin-yoku ( \u68ee\u6797\u6d74 ) \u2010 Japanese for forest bathing. He delights in being \u201cserenaded by the gentle babble of small fountains.\u201d (Be still my heart!!)<\/p>\n

Insights about other LA gardens and photos are offered, too. (PAL&G takes top billing.) Scroll down, and you\u2019ll see two people familiar to PAL&G regulars: Anna Sugai and Jeffrey Morgan. An aura of confidence trails the duo walking the labyrinth. Maybe my admiration colors the lens. Anna Sugai is a Brazilian beauty who speaks three languages. Her good looks and smarts are surpassed, however, by her depth. Ask anyone who has seen her co-facilitate a PAL&G evening event. Jeffrey Morgan is an attorney who knows a thing or two about international and integrative law. He\u2019s also quick with a reassuring smile. He serves on the Transcendent Leadership faculty at Peace Theological Seminary.<\/p>\n

Mr. Larsen\u2019s Finding Yourself in Los Angeles<\/em> in The New York Times<\/em> illuminates the spirit of PAL&G. It is impressive. The masterful wordsmith\u2019s work strikes my heart with awe for another reason, too. I came to this country from Japan a few decades back. The Guasti Villa stood proudly like a Grande Dame on West Adams as it does today. The mansion, however, was sans labyrinth and gorgeous gardens. It was an isolated island of beauty enjoyed by a few.<\/p>\n

Two important men in my life \u2010 my beloved teacher and boss \u2010 inspired the creation of PAL&G: Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA) Founder, John-Roger and MSIA President, Paul Kaye. They are both role models of living from the inside out.<\/p>\n

Remember the 1989 film Field of Dreams?<\/em> An Iowa farmer builds a baseball field at the bidding of his inner guidance. Trouble ensues. Tears are shed. A happy Hollywood ending prevails. \u201cIf you build it, he will come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Voices are tricky business. Is the whisper well-intentioned or rooted in illness? \u201cCheck it out,\u201d is a phrase which John-Roger repeated on many an occasion.<\/p>\n

Clearly, John-Roger was listening to a heavenly messenger about a LA labyrinth. A French accented angel, perhaps. Paul remembers the conversation with John-Roger about a labyrinth at 3500 West Adams Boulevard was ignited in Chartres Cathedral in France.<\/p>\n

Maybe Paul\u2019s whispering angel was from the East. MSIA\u2019s President was instrumental in the birth of an Asian accented garden. He had a vision of something \u201cmad, chaotic, and green with lots of water features.\u201d<\/p>\n

The French artisan crafted marble labyrinth was consecrated by John-Roger and MSIA Spiritual Director, John Morton in 2001. The following year, Paul\u2019s idea for the garden was realized. A handful of spiritual warriors roamed the Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens (PAL&G) upon its creation in the new millennium.<\/p>\n

Today, sold-out tours prevail as peace seekers strengthen Soul practices. Including a New York Times best-selling author.<\/p>\n

Do you hear a voice whispering? \u201cBe a PAL&G docent\u2026The visitors will come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check it out. Call Program Director, Carol Jones at (323) 737-4055 or send an email to carol@msia.org<\/p>\n

Click here to read Reif Larsen\u2019s Finding Yourself in Los Angeles<\/em> in The New York Times.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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