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The Journey or the Destination??
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[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 38896"] Peace indeed. Strangely I find myself agreeing with every word I have read on this thread - not 'strangely' as I always want to disagree but because the viewpoints differ - yet I agree with them all. The journey? Yes, absolutely, the journey is all ... but the journey without the endpoint? ... well, no, there has to be a destination, a reason to carry on against hardships .. so .. ermm .. both - as neither can exist without the other. One becomes a walk in the country, the other becomes a musueum. My hobby (almost embarrassed to admit it as it is considered rather anorak) is metal detecting and sometimes we find medieaval lead ampullae from pilgrim shrines, cut open, poured out (we assume) and then buried in the middle of a field. I know nothing about what sort of ceremony would have taken place or even if it was done by the person alone. But, someone went a long way to get that ampulla of holy water, to bring it back safely, all religious duties done, and then to cut it open and pour the water into their land ... such a type of ceremony goes back a long long time before Christianity ... as does this concept of pilgrimage - in whatever land and by whatever people. It seems to be hard-wired but I have no idea why - .. here's a thought - do hunting societies like the Lapps go on pilgrimage or is it only farming societies? Do we miss following the migratory herds? I have no idea .. but here is a quote I love from the 17th c Zen Abbott, Matsuo Basho. [color=#800000] [i]"The moon & sun are eternal travellers. Even the years wander on. A lifetime adrift in a boat, or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. From the earliest times there have always been some who have perished along the road. Still I have always been drawn by windblown clouds into dreams of a lifetime of wandering." [/i][/color] Pilgrims all, are we not? [/QUOTE]
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