“Beyond Sufism, beyond Buddhism, beyond Christian mysticism, beyond humanism, beyond atheism, agnosticism, and pantheism, beyond them all there is a river – a river that is pure – a river that is chaste – a river that is incorruptible – a river that has the power to breathe life into even the most degraded society […]
“They want us to be afraid. They want us to barricade our doors and hide our children. They want us to hate ‘the other’ and practice aggression. They want us to be inhuman. They want us to throw out our kindness and bury our love. Their aim is to take our light and keep us […]
“This long & winding path is not one of my conscious or planned choosing. Indeed it is an arduous route often laden with peril and discomfort. And yet after a time of persistently humble confrontation, I have finally chosen to wholeheartedly embrace this way — a path that is solely, and Souly, my own. And […]
This day’s saunter, as more than a few of this Journey’s walking days turned out to be, proved to be a more difficult one — with my energy levels lower than normal, and my hips hurting more than usual, and the folks I met along The Way not seeming as keen or as able to […]
I arrive at the aforementioned “hippy home”, where a kind Nana is home and somewhat sympathetic to my Mission — not enough so to offer me a place of refuge (her parents were not home at the time) and yet more than enough so for her to personally accompany me next door to the home […]
I wake after a truly fantastic night’s sleep, create the “Peace Stone” gift (pictured below) that I would later give to Ludivine & Co., enjoy a lovely breakfast with them all – including uber-cute Gerris (also pictured below, in his father’s blacksmith workshop)*, and then flow onward … 🙂 “Watching the moon at dawn — […]
“We all become visionaries whenever we choose to notice the quite simple truth that our very own Soul resides in all things.” ~ via Henri Amiel
I am flowing pretty smoothly this morning and fully enjoying the easy groove of the day’s walk, and yet still I am called to pause reverently in the presence of Cow #0081 — a gentle, beautiful being who is just as innocent and just as loving as any dog or cat companion I have ever […]
Remember, my Friends, when “the authorities” try and tell you that you do not have the Right of Way, as long as you are walking for Love, you can feel free to walk on anyway … 😉 “Courage is indeed the most important of all principles, for the simple reason that without courage we cannot […]
I flow into the small town of Valencogne, unwittingly stop in at the local town hall during a regional election and ask if I could to vote for the Animal Rights Party, enter the Catholic church next door, park myself under a gentle statue of a prayerful St. Anthony*, and pray myself that ALL beings […]
Wonderment, like Love, surrounds us all continually during each & every day. That being said, it is often life’s more spectacular happenstances (like our neighbor’s more selfless gifts) that attract our attention; easily allowing a far more fluid recognition of — and thus a far more potent appreciation for — the same … 🙂 “Let […]
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