Read part two here. Read part three here. We always talk about what we received from our Camino experience, but seldom talk of what we left behind. I’m not talking about shirts or shorts or a bar of soap although I am sure most of us pilgrims did forget some items at some point in …
On 22 May 2011 I had the urge and feeling to walk the Camino. No preparation, not even enough money to do it. My will was greater than I thought. I asked friends for help. In June I was able make the decision to plan go to do my Camino. In July 2011 I took …
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It was one of those days when the description in the guidebook bore absolutely no connection to the reality underfoot. We had left Burgos, its amazing cathedral with its diaphonous towers, jokester time-teller and the inscribed words, Misere Mei, that seemed so appropriate. We headed west, out of the city, aware that the day ahead …
I heard it many times during my Camino journey that pilgrims are called “The Protected.” Protected in what ways? In as many ways as you can imagine. From the day of the Templars, the Hospitallers of St. John right up to today, pilgrims have been experiencing many comforting moments in challenging times. My story is …
I wept my way across the meseta . . . not because I underwent a religious or spiritual experience or because I discovered a great insight, but because I discovered I was allergic to wheat. Yes, wheat. I had read about all the waving wheat of the meseta and how it served to drive pilgrims and …
Remember the days when you were a child and you drew pictures to tell a story? I spent endless hours drawing, painting, and creating small works of art that told tales. I didn’t really know how much of this skill would be leveraged during my Camino, and this skill brought other pilgrims and myself a …
The pilgrim named Annie speaks of her fear of death as she walks the Camino. I couldn’t help but reflect on the entire theme of death while walking. If you stop to think about it, we are dying in every instant. Our very cells are in a continual process of dying and regenerating. It’s curious …
So, a blog about the Camino and The Camino Documentary… Iʼm sitting here at home, late at night. Thereʼs a thunder and lightning storm outside, shaking the house and the trees, and rain is pouring down. In the midst of all this Iʼm thinking about the effect of the Camino on my life. And then, …
Saint Jean Pied de Port represents for many walkers the beginning of their pilgrimage to Santiago. Its position at the foot of the Pyrenees makes it the gathering place for excited and fresh pilgrims. The city is an eddy, a confluence of humanity aspiring to walk the Camino. Everyone is raring to hike over the …
Deepak Chopra defines spirituality as the experience of that domain of awareness where we experience our universality. This domain of awareness is a core consciousness that is beyond our mind, intellect, and ego. When we have even a partial glimpse of this level of awareness we experience joy, insight, intuition, creativity, and freedom of choice. …
