I didn’t take long for me to exit yesterday’s large metropolis (it turns out that last night’s hostel-cathedral was located on the upper outskirts of town), and it didn’t take much longer still for me to be immersed in Nature once more – blessed by paths smooth through forests verdant, and even graced with a […]
Now THIS is my kind of Path … 🙂 “In seeking after what the Soul desires we become pilgrims; travelers with no Home but the path the Soul would have us follow.” ~ via Michael Meade
“This Road leads ever-onward, and won’t ever lead you astray. It won’t always be easy to follow , of course, and at times it will appear to be too jagged or too narrow for your feet to tread. And yet if you never cease in following it anyway, you will invariably transcend every challenge faced.” […]
“When you set forth on a pilgrimage it will always take you to secluded places – perhaps into deep forests, or alongside lakes and rivers; perhaps to the ocean shores or across desert dunes; perhaps to the heart of the jungle or up to the summits of the highest cliffs; perhaps into monasteries and their […]
I was flowing smoothly through the day – covering large swathes of ground with seemingly no effort at all, when I came across a cute little pilgrims’ rest-stop being in-JOYed by Andre, Marie Claude, Jean, and Veronique (four of my compatriots from last night’s Aire sur Adour hostel). I chat amiably with them for a […]
“The true purpose of any pilgrimage is about setting aside a significant period of time to immerse one’s self in the foreign and the unfamiliar; it’s about treading through a swath of meaningful moments in which the only focus is to powerfully encounter and thereby deeply remember the most subtle matters of the Soul. Many […]
“To see an entire world in a grain of sand, and Heaven in every flower;to hold Infinity in the palm of my hand, and eternity in every hour.”~ via William Blake
I paused just before the town of Miramont to powerfully witness my Walk’s Way to a sweet French couple (chatting about virtue and politics and service and kindness while sitting together in their lovely garden), and then headed into the town proper, where I stopped inside the local church to once more refresh my Gratitude […]
A sizable portion of my moments in Miramont were spent here, in the church’s neighboring Peace-laden gardens … “The two most challenging tests on any Spiritual Road are the courage to boldly enter every moment and the humility to deeply appreciate everything encountered therein.” ~ inspired by Paulo Coelho
“A truly free Spirit is never bound by this or that, by materialism or opinion. The truly free Spirit is ever reverent in his or her living – ever singing and dancing and flowing with the wind. For these are the ones who ever at ONE with it all – simultaneously nothing and everything; always […]
“To walk well means to walk intentionally – mindfully – often slowly. And to walk slowly means much more than to languish one’s tempo. Rather, it means to walk in a way that harmonizes one’s body with one’s surroundings. It means to cleave more perfectly to time, so smoothly that the seconds fall gently away […]
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