In ancient Hawai’ian there is a saying… Maui no ka oi. Maui is the best. Of Niihau, and Kaua'i, and Oahu, and Lana’i, and Moloka’i, and Koho’olawe, and the big island of Hawai’i, of all the islands in the archipelago, Maui is the best. In contemporary times the travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler seconds that sentiment having voted Maui the best island in the world for the past eleven years. There are no serpents on Maui. There is an aura of primordial beauty that predates the Garden of Eden. In Genesis the first assignment of the Holy Spirit was to be upon the face of the waters (Gen 1:2). Compass a radius of over 2200 miles with Maui as the center point, and circumscribe only warm blue Pacific waters. Maui is a spiritual place, a living museum of the Supreme Artiste’s masterpieces of creation.

The Chartres Labyrinth is a spiritual tool, a body prayer, a walking meditation, and a mystical experience. The motif is unique to the gothic Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral located 42 miles southwest of Paris and dating to 1220 A.D. There an ancient 42-foot diameter labyrinth is embedded in the paving stones of the nave floor. Nota bene, a labyrinth is not a maze. There are no forks in the road or confusing dead ends. The labyrinth is unicursal. The path never crosses over itself and culminates in only a single cul-de-sac, the goal at the center. To walk a labyrinth simply enter and follow the meandering course to the center; pause to meditate; then retrace the exact path out, from the sacred to the everyday world. Angels have sown the seeds of labyrinths on Maui, and today there is a proliferation of Chartres Labyrinths open to spiritual seekers. Click on the buttons to explore each.

Solvitur Ambulando... it is solved by walking.