… entering Pamplona. I remember feeling more than a little weird in this large city, surrounded by so many people. After the deep Peace of the countryside, it took a little getting used to … Maybe that is why we only paused here for a short while before heading to the next village to spend […]
Go, Mom, Go! A true inspiration for many people along our Walk, she didn’t go very fast, but once she started going, she just kept on keeping on … remarkable, really. “I kind of entered a flow state … You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you […]
See what I mean about the stark contrast in “vibe” from countryside to big city? AND, there is Beauty here as well … “The Beloved is perfectly beautiful when perfectly loved … Every ‘flaw’ seen is only a reflection of the beholder’s flawed affection.” ~ from my Camino journal
Mom’s guidebook was written by John Brierley and its’ truly “spot on”. If you’re going to ever walk the Camino with a guidebook, I do indeed recommend obtaining this one. Here’s the link: http://www.caminoguides.com/camino_frances/index.html Of course, it is also more than possible (and possible a bit more Meaning-full) to walk it without a guidebook at […]
This was image was captured in the Pamplona Cathedral (at least I think it was the main Cathedral). Odd how every time I entered a church or a cathedral along The Way, I was always drawn to either the third or the tenth station of the cross. This sculpture depicts the tenth station — where […]
… and here is the the depiction of the third station — where Jesus falls for the first time during his walk to Golgotha; where Jesus received no help after stumbling; when he had to get up and push through on his own power. This is a vision apropos for a pilgrimage, where the fundamental […]
… sunlight illuminating a Cathedral wall through a stained glass window. “So many lives opening before me, and all of them joyous & Power-full — as long as I make Love their foundation.” ~ from my Camino journal
… we arrive at our hostel (on the left) in Cizur Menor. “I will let Love guide my Heart forevermore, and I am humbly grateful for having been given the opportunity to make this courageous choice.” ~ from my Camino journal
… the chapel across the street from our hostel. “She saw beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our present life; ranges of mind beyond our present mind — and above these she saw the splendors of the Spirit.” ~ Sri Aurobindo
“Today I realized something pretty important: If you are not struggling to get anywhere, you cannot ever get lost.” ~ from my Camino journal
Such profound barrenness would accompany us for the better part of the next three weeks. This is the Maseta — the “wilderness” that brings more than a few pilgrims to their knees. It is walks such as these that mandate that we first go deep within ourselves to cleanse what is hindering our ability to […]
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