Steps to Follow:

1. Preparation

1) Compose yourself; empty your mind of your cares; rid yourself of anger

2) Say a prayer or ask a question

2. Illumination
1) Enter the pathway and slowly walk to the center with a listening heart and at your own speed

2) Pause along the way for as long as you like in     contemplation, meditation or prayer

3) When you reach the center, open your mind to silent contemplation, imagination, creativity or hope

4) Open yourself to personal healing

5) Say a prayer or ask a question

6) Stay as long as you like

3. Union, Rebirth and Peace
1) As you use the pathway returning to the entrance, slowly proceed along the path (which you may share with other walkers going in the same or different direction), go at your own speed

2) Your back is turned on former ways and you have shifted your body, mind and spirit

3) As you reach the exit, reflect on becoming a newly changed child of God

4) Turn and face the entrance; reflect on your experience

5) Acknowledge your journey with a bow, nod, a prayer or just Amen

6) Go forward into the outside world in peace