So, in one moment, my son Mason and I are watching the movie “The Way” with Martin Sheen, whose character is walking the Camino de Santiago for his son who died on the walk, and then, just two weeks later, Mason and I are in Spain walking the Camino de Santiago ourselves!
About 10 years ago, I had read Shirley MacLaine’s book The Camino about her pilgrimage, but I don’t remember feeling drawn to walk it myself. Yet, when Mase and I were watching “The Way” and he said, “Mom, let’s do it,” my heart leapt...grabbed...hoped...hungered...at the suggestion of a pilgrimage. I am not sure I realized the extent to which my soul needed this pilgrimage, but the longing was clearly present.
For me, this pilgrimage rates up there with other highlights of my life: marrying Trey, the birth of my 3 children, and my blessed interactions with Christ Consciousness, my angels and my guides. To anyone interested in walking the Camino, I wholeheartedly encourage you to do so. You can find abundant information about it on the web, and I would love to chat with you directly about it if your interested.
Every peregrino, that is, pilgrim, has his or her own reason to set out on a pilgrimage, and the Camino provides exactly what is needed. It is truly a time to be selfish, and I am referring to selfishness packaged in the highest light and energy and intent imaginable, as it is a journey of self-seeking and self-nourishing and self-discovery.
I chose to journey without my smartphone, my computer, my camera or even a watch. I desired ultimate simplification for 5 weeks, unplugging as much as possible from technology, world and personal affairs, and even the constraints of time. I doubt that I will ever experience this scope of isolation and simplification again, and I must share that it was freeing!
...to be continued!
Buen Camino!
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