023/499 … old Path, new footsteps (9/21/08)
“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of men of old; Seek instead what they sought.” ~ Matsuo Basho
024/499 … acting out Faith (09/21/08)
Mom quite prudently decided to break the hike over the Pyrenees into two stages. This was our first stop — a place called Orisson, a “town” consisting only of this relatively new hostel. “We are embodied Souls. As such, we have no choice but to act out our Faith.” ~ Huston Smith
025/499 … out of the Cage (09/21/08)
“Are you going to stay in your coffin of mediocrity? Or are you going to break out of your cage and take the Journey to find yourSelf?” ~ Anthony Lawlor
026/499 … Joy in all things (09/21/08)
What turned out to be a very familiar sight and our main staple along The Way: fresh bread. “There is Joy at the heart of all things.” ~ Phil Cousineau
027/499 … our Blessed days (09/21/08)
When the hostel itself fills up, the last pilgrims in are provided with tents at Orisson. With less pilgrims on the road at this time of year, it was unusual to have to use them, and yet some of our fellow travelers did on this night. “Always remember that your days are blessed. You may […]
028/499 … Sacred Sight (09/22/08)
Crosses made by previous pilgrims were a familiar site along the entire route, though this is the only time I ever saw one placed in a cow patty. Somehow, I found the symbolism of the purity “rising out of the shit” in-Sight-full … 😉 “Every sound, the music of the spheres … Every sight, the […]
029/499 … very close to God (09/22/08)
Cresting the Pyrenees was truly spectacular … “The Universe (God) always answers clearly. The trick is not in learning to ask the right questions, but rather in learning to see the answers that are already present.” ~ from my Camino journal
030/499 … bringing the Peace (09/22/08)
… making my first min-cairn along the Route. The white dots on the hillside behind me are sheep. “No one can bring you Peace but yourself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
031/499 … the Center of Life (09/22/08)
… a mountain shrine decorated by pilgrims past … “We have not ever to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us … We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find God. And where […]
032/499 … the Universe as Friend (09/22/08)
… a miniature stone arch — the wondrous truly abounds. “Homeless, I wander in the company of God … Make the Universe your companion.” ~ Basho
033/499 … booming the Mystery (09/22/08)
Look closer — even closer than that. “The pilgrim announces the ineffable … … by not speaking of it at all.” ~ from my Camino journal
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