Deutsche - Global Balance

The labyrinth as a symbol for the changing paths of life represents a way leading to oneself,
to our own middle – an invitation to self-knowledge, of going into the centre of our own being
and coming out as a new, a changed person. The labyrinth of Bonn had not only one but four
entrances situated at the four points of the compass. There was a life-sized “Kansa” statue of
the Finnish artist Sirpa Masalin in the centre of it as an expression of our human unity. (The
wooden statue was donated to the Waldhof Center for Encounter later, and has found a new
home there). All these paths don’t only lead to meet ourselves but to meet our fellow-beings,
too – a development from I to YOU to US, a symbol of peace and reconciliation by meeting in
our common centre.
The essential aim of the Bonn Alliance of Action is to give food for thought, to draw attention
to the necessity of global engagement for peace and reconciliation, to inform about existing
activities and the possibilities of taking part (and to support them) and to motivate on local
levels: Take part, act now!
Agnes Barmettler, Labyrinth International, Zürich
Christa Wendling, Kastellaun
Bonner Aktionsbündnis UN-Jahr der Aussöhnung 2009
Fotograf: Uwe Brecht
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