I had paused to gaze at the closed & locked doors of the town’s Capilla de San Blas when Aina called out to me and approached with a wonderful smile beaming from her face. It was a rare and treasured joy to meet up with pilgrims previously met along The Way; rare primarily because I […]
“In the space between every step, there is an entire lifetime. And this space is the difference between the path you are walking and one you have left behind; it’s the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are; it’s the legroom for the lies others will tell about you […]
And then it was that I walked on through the drizzling rain, and eventually came to the small city of Negreira. As was always the choice taken whenever I came across larger conglomerations of fellow humans, I slowed my pace intentionally here, to see if anyone might call out in curiosity or announce a particular […]
“The Path became a world whose rules I chose to live by, and I began to more deeply comprehend the moral of its map-long mazes. For the Path taught me that we often must turn our backs on goals & dreams to ever hope of truly arriving at any vestige of the same. And the […]
“Every quest takes places in both the sphere of the actual, which is what maps reveal to us, and the sphere of the symbolic, for which the only maps are those unseen in our hearts. And we must always remember that it is the latter sphere that is the one to primarily follow – and […]
“For many, carving a path back to Freedom takes a lifetime, and yet there is no reason why that journey must ever take that much time. For Freedom is fully born to anyone in the moment the decision is made to move in any direction the Heart desires and one then sets forth towards the […]
I then walked through a series of smaller townships where the overwhelming stench coming from more than a few of my enslaved & abused (and very soon to be brutally murdered) bovine friends was far too thick for any sense of Peace to settle, much less any reasonable pilgrimage-pause to be made. And it was […]
“Not I, nor anyone else can travel the Road for you. You must travel it by yourself. And in truth it is not far. In truth it is ever within reach; indeed ever just outside your door. Perhaps you are already walking it; perhaps you have been on it since you were born. Maybe this […]
The surprisingly tiny town of Lago was next on the Path, and once again the oppressive smells & vile sightings of of systemic bovine cruelty made stopping for any time or reason at Albergue Monte Aro fully infeasible. And so I ambled steadily onward, eventually into & through the hamlets Cruceiro de Corzon & Ponte […]
“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. And yet water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it or halt its persistent journey. Water […]
“Pilgrimage is always a wonderful experience, especially when you forget you are walking. Indeed, pilgrims who stride attentively – those who allow themselves to gaze into the Souls of all others when they travel – will not think about or analyze what they see. For them, there is no distinction between the viewer and that […]
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