Right Now Downtown

Great cities offer great places to meditate.  When I lived in Manhattan in the 1970’s and worked in midtown, I would routinely visit the meditation room at the United Nations.  There, I would leave the roar and tension of New York and walk into an amazingly quiet room lined with stone benches.  In the center of the room, cast with very faint lighting, was a big piece of granite.  The room caused an immediate drop in blood pressure.

Downtown Columbus has some great places to meditate as well.  My favorite is the Statehouse rotunda, where I stare at the painting “Perry’s Victory” until I reach a hypnotic state of relaxation.  Like the U.N. in the 1970’s, the doors to the Statehouse are open to the public during the work week, thanks to Statehouse manager Bill Carleton.

I also enjoy the Columbus Museum of Art, the fountain at Sensenbrenner Park, and the OSU Urban Arts Space.  Simply visualizing these places makes me relax.

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