Buenos Aires, Argentina
You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, “I release the need for this in my life.”
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015), motivational speaker and author
La Recoleta Cemetery, built by the Order of the Recoletos in 1822 on donated land, encompasses 6 hectares in a highly desirable Buenos Aires neighborhood of mansions and estates enclosed by expansive gardens (many gardens were built in the late 1800s as a barrier against the raging yellow fever epidemic). Neoclassical doors and high Greek columns mark the entrance to the necropolis of crypts, mausoleums, statues, and graves with astonishing sculptures, many unique and beautiful motifs and artistic elements, and architectural styles including the art deco crypt of the family of Eva Perón, also known as Evita, in the center of La Recoleta (perhaps the lovely art accounts for comparisons between La Recoleta and Père Lachaise in France).
If you are ready to embrace a loss that you choose—for example, to release a bad habit, a relationship, a dead-end job, a negative pattern of behavior, or something else that may be holding back your spiritual progress—consider visiting La Recoleta as a destination for release.
Stroll the grounds of La Recoleta, mentally burying whatever limits your spiritual progress and then imagine replacing the loss with something new. For example, start forming a positive new habit to replace a bad one that you release. Give yourself about three weeks to ensure the new habit has formed.
La Recoleta is a necropolis of the elite and safeguards the tombs of several Argentine presidents, governors, soldiers, writers, diplomats, the grandchild of Napoleon Bonaparte, a Nobel laureate in chemistry, musicians, composers, and writers.