Audrey Jolly
Lane's four axioms were always fascinating to me when we first started studying them. I particularly enjoyed learning about sacred places and how his axioms defined one. I think its important for everyone to have their own sacred place, where they can go to think and mediate. "A sacred place is not chosen, it chooses," is interesting because when a person wanders into that place, it takes more than a "feeling" to notice its significance. It seems as if the person would just "know" and have a sense of peace within their soul, something that would stir their emotions. Since a sacred place can be tread upon without being entered, that place can be special to only one person or only certain people, making it just ordinary to anyone else. Yet a sacred place is known locally and worldwide, so if a sacred place is established, it should be respected by all who enter it, even if it does not hold any spiritual significance for that individual. And if the place is tread upon often enough, and people make it a "ritual" to visit there, then it becomes even more sacred.
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