- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2009-2022: CFx6, CP, VdlPx2, Mozarabe, more later.
From ancient times, the Camino was for devouted pilgrims in faith, seeking relief from their sins at the tomb of Saint James in Santiago.
These days, people walk for many reasons, as reflected in the heading of this thread.
Why is it that an ancient pilgrim path of faith in rural Spain has become this popular, from all corners of the world?
IMHO, something is missing in people's hectic, and often meaningless daily lives, and the Camino has an ancient answer for some. Many can feel it when they do the walk.
As for myself, I am neither religious nor atheist. Call me spiritual/reflective. But I do not rule out anything: I simply do not know. There is a story to illustrate the importance of what we can not know and can not see, but which may still exist:
An astronaut and a brain surgeon were discussing the concept of an all-seeing entity (some call it God). The astronaut said:
"I have been farther out into the Univere than any other human being, but I have never seen any trace of a God"
The surgeon replied:
"I have operated deeper into the human brain than any other brain surgeon, but I have never seen a thought".
Think about it...
Along your walk... There may be more to it than what shows,
These days, people walk for many reasons, as reflected in the heading of this thread.
Why is it that an ancient pilgrim path of faith in rural Spain has become this popular, from all corners of the world?
IMHO, something is missing in people's hectic, and often meaningless daily lives, and the Camino has an ancient answer for some. Many can feel it when they do the walk.
As for myself, I am neither religious nor atheist. Call me spiritual/reflective. But I do not rule out anything: I simply do not know. There is a story to illustrate the importance of what we can not know and can not see, but which may still exist:
An astronaut and a brain surgeon were discussing the concept of an all-seeing entity (some call it God). The astronaut said:
"I have been farther out into the Univere than any other human being, but I have never seen any trace of a God"
The surgeon replied:
"I have operated deeper into the human brain than any other brain surgeon, but I have never seen a thought".
Think about it...
Along your walk... There may be more to it than what shows,
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