{"id":2776,"date":"2019-11-28T04:04:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T04:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2020-11-10T19:06:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T19:06:59","slug":"sacred-places-divine-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/sacred-places-divine-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Potential of Sacred Places"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Taj Mahal attracts millions of tourists and pilgrims every year. It is designated as a <a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/a> and is coined \u201cthe jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world\u2019s heritage.\u201d Other than its notable, vast architectural beauty, what makes the Taj Mahal one of the world&#8217;s sacred places worth visiting?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1548013146-72479768bada-685x454.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2960 img-responsive \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1548013146-72479768bada-685x454.jpeg 685w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1548013146-72479768bada-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1548013146-72479768bada-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1548013146-72479768bada-1536x1017.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1548013146-72479768bada.jpeg 1955w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><figcaption>One of the world&#8217;s most famous sacred places: the Taj Mahal <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It has to do with love and sacred atmosphere. Andrew Harvey, who will be guiding us to the site during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/north-india-spiritual-journey-life-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">\u201cDivine Love: Sacred North India\u201d tour<\/a>, speaks well when calling the Taj a site dedicated to \u201cboth human and divine love.\u201d Andrew challenges conventional notions surrounding the site\u2019s construction while presenting the \u201cTaj as a Sufi mystical monument representing nothing less, in its white splendor, than the Throne of God himself.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mystery and speculation are important components to the formulation of sacred places. They create the energy of wonder in an environment. Stonehenge and other Neolithic stones, for example, are subject to great speculation and mystery. Pilgrims visit these places to exercise their knowledge and imagination surrounding the sites\u2019 use and construction. Surely, as many would agree, their purposes were intended for the sacred as thoroughly revealed through atmosphere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sacred Places Are Comprised of Divine Potential<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Places worth pilgrimaging to have what we will call \u201cdivine potential,\u201d or, the capacity to instill spiritual wonder and revelation in its visitors. The Taj has this divine potential. The mystical sites throughout Europe dedicated to Saint Michael have it, too.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Places dedicated to the divine always strike its viewers as beautiful, often insanely. These destinations don\u2019t necessarily need to be created by human hands. The Ganges of India, for example, has served as a rich source of divine potential for millennia.&nbsp;The stretch of the Ganges River running through Varanasi happens to be another place Andrew Harvey will take us to during our sacred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/falling-love-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">pilgrimage around Northern India<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Andrew-Harvey.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Harvey, an expert on sacred places throughout India\" class=\"wp-image-2519 img-responsive \" width=\"545\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Andrew-Harvey.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Andrew-Harvey-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><figcaption>Andrew Harvey, the leader of our journey through India <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dedicating natural areas to the divine is not an uncommon phenomenon, and many of Earth\u2019s sacred places include rivers, volcanoes, and natural landscapes. Mount Popocatepetl and Mount Iztaccihuatl of Mexico are sacred as is the essential life-giving force of Africa: The Nile River. Many of the pilgrims on the Road to Santiago de Compostela consider the land on the journey there to be sacred. Some pilgrims even report mystical experiences therein. For example, author Paulo Coehlo, in his book titled \u201cThe Pilgrimage,\u201d receives insights from the surrounding nature during his hiking. He realized that \u201cwe always have a tendency to see those things that do not exist and to be blind to the great lessons that are right there before our eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sacred Places and Revelation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>People visit the sacred to be filled with the power of revelation. Revelation can come in the form of motivation, insights about one\u2019s life, and a deep sense of clarity. Visiting natural lands and inspiring architecture alike present us with the necessary beauty to inspire a sense of urgency in one\u2019s life. This is not a fear-based urgency, but one of love. This is an essential fact.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the natural places of peace and power\u2014the mountains, the rivers, the landscapes, etc.\u2014understanding how they became sacred in the first place lends us key wisdom into understanding their power over us.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1570219200417-705946338e9b-685x385.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2962 img-responsive \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1570219200417-705946338e9b-685x385.jpeg 685w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1570219200417-705946338e9b-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1570219200417-705946338e9b-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1570219200417-705946338e9b-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1570219200417-705946338e9b-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><figcaption>A shepherd guiding his goats through the sacred Himalayas. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Himalayas are a good example of this power. In Asian culture, the Himalayan Mountains have been revered as sacred for a long time. Most of Asia\u2019s major religions hold these mountains as holy and regard them as a great source of myth and folklore, inspiration, asceticism, as well as divine self-inquiry.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how do the Himalayas inspire us today? Although when famous journalist Sara Jeannette Duncan tried to write about the Himalayas, she found that \u201cwhen God gave men tongues, he never dreamed that they would want to talk about the Himalayas; there are consequently no words in the world to do it with\u201d\u2014we will still venture into this uncharted territory. This quote by Osho tells us a lot: \u201cSometimes it happens that you become one, in some rare moment. Watch the ocean, the tremendous wildness of it\u2014and suddenly you forget your split, your schizophrenia; you relax. Or, moving in the Himalayas, seeing the virgin snow on the Himalayan peaks, suddenly a coolness surrounds you and you need not be false because there is no other human being to be false to. You fall together.\u201d The history of the Himalayas\u2014as with the history of other sacred sites around the world\u2014is one of self-revelation through divine beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History: Places Where Things Have Happened<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1571536802807-30451e3955d8-685x432.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2963 img-responsive \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1571536802807-30451e3955d8-685x432.jpeg 685w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1571536802807-30451e3955d8-300x189.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1571536802807-30451e3955d8-768x484.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1571536802807-30451e3955d8-1536x969.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sacredearthjourneys.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/photo-1571536802807-30451e3955d8.jpeg 1993w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><figcaption>The Ganges at Varanasi has a deep history worthy of being called transformational<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Another element that creates a sacred atmosphere is the events that have occurred in said places over hundreds or even thousands of years. Cities, sites, and lands are all subject to visitation based on their history.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It goes without saying that the journey to India with Andrew Harvey will expose attendants to lands where much has happened. Love, conquest, divinity, revelation, transformation, and more have all molded India into the divine source of art, history, and religion it is today. People pilgrimage to India while acknowledging its transformational power derived from its potent history.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When visiting a place such as India, we should open ourselves to the possibility of transformation. Ages of spiritual study, poetry, and divine love render these lands a potent source of inspiration. But a sacred atmosphere is not necessarily enough to change us. The beholder needs to open their hearts to the potential of change within. Only then can a sacred atmosphere set the pace for the transformation we seek.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taj Mahal attracts millions of tourists and pilgrims every year. 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