You have a little errand at the local Church on Saturday. Maybe you’re just bringing the kids to play on the playground there or whatever.
You pull in to the parking lot and see about 75 people, of various ages and races, walking around the parking lot and grounds. But not walking normally. They’re walking ever so slowly and aimlessly, usually looking down at the ground ahead of them. A few aren’t walking, but are lying on the grass or pathways, motionless. They don’t look at you or acknowledge your presence in any way.
Maybe one of those protests where the protesters pretend they are “dead”. I’ve seen them done in protest of drunk driving, the protesters are supposed to be victims of drunk driving, and they walk around all day and don’t acknowledge anyone, acting like ghosts or something like that.
It sounds like a labyrinth walk. The labyrinths can be permanent or makeshift, and the idea is to walk them contemplatively or meditatively. Here’s one that looks like it’s drawn on with chalk, and here’s one cut into the grass.
Yep. It was my Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Class retreat, and we were doing walking meditation.
There was a mom with her kids there, and a couple people who walked by with purpose, so I could tell they weren’t with us. I enjoyed speculating about their reactions.
My favorite is of course zombie apocalypse. Our teacher even read us a poem afterward that’s about a meditation retreat, and describes the walking meditation as “shambling around the parking lot like Night of the Living Dead.”
My favorite answer from this thread is “God lost a contact lens.”
I didn’t read past the OP so as to not spoil myself, but it sounds like a prayer walk. The were walking and/or sitting/lying on the ground to pray over it. Could be to bless the grounds, to prepare for a big event or project, or to cleanse it from some perceived desecration.