Your writing is enriched by your journeys across the globe. What places on the planet have fascinated you the most? Where do you feel most at home?
I am first and foremost a Pilgrim. When I say this is because to me all wanderings are important since you can extract from anything in life a teaching, something that will make sense to you.
You have to look at life itself is a pilgrimage. Every day is different, every day can have a magic moment, but we don’t see the opportunity, because we think: ‘Oh this is boring I’m just commuting to work.’ But we are all on a pilgrimage whether we like it or not and the target, or goal, the real Santiago, if you like, is death. You must get as much as you can from the journey, because - in the end - the journey is all you have. It doesn’t matter what you accumulate in terms of material wealth, because you are going to die anyway, so why not live? When you realize that you can be brave and that is the first tenant of any spiritual quest - to take risks.
I treasure those moments when I feel at home in somebody's company. Visiting some Holy places have been special, and also a “Pilgrimage” visiting with ordinary people all over Ireland, where one could notice God's finger, which added a special meaning to the encounters.
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I find as my life grows shorter…I am able to create each day filling moments with so many
celebrations of living life. This is my pilgrimage …the challenge is made most difficult by the need to sleep…never enough time to absorb knowledge, experience the moment or understand suffering and joy…meditation,walking, music,gardening dancing art and drumming provide me with the profound glimpse of now…communion with my
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Life indeed is a Pilgrimage…from every day we live we learn things that helps us go on towards our goal…We must be admit to ourselves that we are brave in order to take risks…without taking risks we cannot enjoyand realise the beauty of the journey.
thank you, georgiana
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I treasure those moments when I feel at home in somebody’s company. Visiting some Holy places have been special, and also a “Pilgrimage” visiting with ordinary people all over Ireland, where one could notice God’s finger, which added a special meaning to the encounters.
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The most important is the journey, not to come to the goal I think. Because when you come to your goal you feel empty again, what shell you do then?
That´s when you need to go on a new journey .. to find new mountain to climb ..to learn and gain a new insight :-)
Jessica
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I do not think one should meditate long time about death to realize that life is journey to be lived at full.
Unfortunately we are not realizing that journey does not necerarily mean to travel across the globe but within our own universe as small as it might be.
Sooner one realize it, the precious value of time ( years, days, hours, moments…) become obvious !
And then, as Paulo correctly said, we are ready to take risks and live Journey day after day like continuous magic moment in time !
Luce
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In some spiritual traditions the first step on the path is realizing your own mortality. Not only that but also uncertainty of the time of the death. I will definitely die and I may die today. Practitioners meditate for a long time until it is so firm in their mind that they never forget about that. Only then they can truly make progress on the spiritual path because it allows them to see how precious is their life and they take every moment of it as an opportunity for putting spiritual teachings into practice.
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