Greetings, my dear Friends … Well, after roughly 13 years of “getting ready” I am now fully & freely adopting the lifestyle of a Peace Pilgrim — abandoning my personal identification and past identities* and walking the Earth with but “the clothes on my back” — fasting until offered food, sleeping wherever offered shelter, sharing […]
“None of Life’s truly magnificent undertakings can ever hope to even faintly register in our mind’s comprehension thereof until we start boldly living them. In truth, no amount of pondering or planning or preparing can hope to come close to giving us even the most shimmering glimpse of what any great Leap of Faith can […]
In my 13+ years living as a Peace Pilgrim it has become apparent that bold Wisdom can only be effectively communicated using commensurately bold means. More simply stated: because folks tend to turn away from &/or naysay life’s more uncomfortable Truths, the same must be proclaimed in a manner that cannot easily be ignored. To […]
And so I set forth as a Numinous Nomad once more — walking the world for Peace & Freedom; relaying the Truth that real Peace within only comes to those enlivening Peace without, and that true Freedom comes not from conquering our enemies but while ruthlessly inundating them with acts of caring Kindness. I walk […]
During any standard pilgrimage the traveler carries very little on his or her person, and does so while journeying in a way intended to further his or her own personal development (&/or ultimately bring him or herself a greater sense of inner peace). In stark contrast, a Peace Pilgrim carries only life’s bare necessities in […]
After a long first day of walking I arrived much later than planned in the village of Schoenaich and tried to set up shop on a bench outside the local town hall. And yet between the jet-planes regularly flying low overhead (I was relatively near the Stuttgart airport at this time) and the surprisingly frigid […]
“Yes, it is indeed true that to boldly venture forth always causes anxiety and often brings discomfort, and yet to not venture forth with such courage is to suffer a far worse fate. It is to lose one’s true self. It is to wallow in vapid days devoid of meaning. In effect it is to […]
From the very beginning of The Walk folks and friends regularly expressed their deep & sincere concern for my well-being; avidly extolling me both regularly & repeatedly to “be extremely careful” &/or “watch out” &/or “take care of yourself” … While I believe these wishes were all well-intended, they all flagrantly missed the ultimate point […]
“Well, the going is much more circuitous than I had imagined, and yet I have arrived in Mötzingen (about 12 km southwest of Herrenberg) and will be flowing onward towards Vollmarringen and beyond later this evening … It has already been an AMAZING adventure these past three+ days — days filled with Wonder and Peace […]
A “good life” might very well mean pausing during the tough times to notice and appreciate the flowers — to count our blessings; to focus on what we have instead of what we don’t; to embrace what is as opposed to pining for what could be. That having been said, this self-focused “good life” — […]
(The following entry is mostly taken from the public missive I sent out per email to friends & family on September 17, 2018; a few days after leaving the hospital in Nagold and just before ultimately deciding to put my pilgrimage on hold until the following spring …) ……………………………………. Well, it seems that I have […]
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