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[QUOTE="hecate105, post: 122588, member: 3265"] I would of agreed that being a pilgrim is undertaking a journey to a specific place with a spiritual motive for doing so. As a pagan i made a pilgrimage through 5 countries that included routes to and from Santiago de Compostela, and ended in Scotland. BUT, when training for this bike ride, I ended up on a 'pilgrimage' route. When walking or cycling since the 'pilgrimage' I have found myself still in pilgrim mode, and I have constantly come across artefacts that linked with my former 'pilgrimage'. It is like I was a pilgrim before I knowingly took on that mantle. And having become a pilgrim I cannot stop! Even when I have not planned it - I find links, clues and remnants of my 'quest'. Perhaps we are all pilgrims, perhaps it is just waking up to our true nature. So many pilgrims talk of the kindnesses shown to, and by, them whilst on pilgrimage, BUT, do we stop when we return home? Do we deny others our kindness because we are not 'on the road'! I hope not! I think being a pilgrim can open our hearts, and once opened, they should stay open. I thought I was quite a compassionate person before I went - but maybe because of the lessons learnt on the road, maybe because I woke up to being compassionate to myself as well as others, I definitely feel a better person because of it. Once you start - there is no going back! [/QUOTE]
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