- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2009-2022: CFx6, CP, VdlPx2, Mozarabe, more later.
Not meant to be a provocative thread, but:
What is your perception of time on the Camino? And I mean PERCEPTION.
We are talking about days to go from there to there, time constraints, skipping parts of it, and so on...
But: The time on the Camino is time away from your everyday world.: Busy? No time to think? Just work 24/7?. Or completely new reflections upon your life?
What is time? Your life, or your life with others? Is your life better alone, or is it better with others.?
Is your life fulfilled on your own or is it better spending time interacting with other human beings, giving from yourself?
Difficult questions, I know, but I am looking for compassion here: Understanding my fellow pilgrims, and trying to help them understanding the Way, for their own best, meeting beautiful people along the Way, proving that life is much more than those things and valuables we left behind.
Because we start out from everyday life, and the Camino is something completely different: Only you, your backpack and you. But then again, you will find people that are just like you, on the Way, and you connect in possibly lifelong friendship.
And time is relative: You can spend a long time with yourself, lonely, but a short time being a samaritan, seeming like a long time.
Just some thoughts on a deeper feeling of the Camino.
Edit: I should add, about time, for many who walk in pain, for whatever reason: Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorrow is half sorrow. I know from experience that it's right. And get an "in vicario pro" sign on your Compostela in Santiago, for your loved and lost one. If you are there from May 20th-June 3rd, I will help you, as I will be working in the Pilgrims Office in that period.
What is your perception of time on the Camino? And I mean PERCEPTION.
We are talking about days to go from there to there, time constraints, skipping parts of it, and so on...
But: The time on the Camino is time away from your everyday world.: Busy? No time to think? Just work 24/7?. Or completely new reflections upon your life?
What is time? Your life, or your life with others? Is your life better alone, or is it better with others.?
Is your life fulfilled on your own or is it better spending time interacting with other human beings, giving from yourself?
Difficult questions, I know, but I am looking for compassion here: Understanding my fellow pilgrims, and trying to help them understanding the Way, for their own best, meeting beautiful people along the Way, proving that life is much more than those things and valuables we left behind.
Because we start out from everyday life, and the Camino is something completely different: Only you, your backpack and you. But then again, you will find people that are just like you, on the Way, and you connect in possibly lifelong friendship.
And time is relative: You can spend a long time with yourself, lonely, but a short time being a samaritan, seeming like a long time.
Just some thoughts on a deeper feeling of the Camino.
Edit: I should add, about time, for many who walk in pain, for whatever reason: Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorrow is half sorrow. I know from experience that it's right. And get an "in vicario pro" sign on your Compostela in Santiago, for your loved and lost one. If you are there from May 20th-June 3rd, I will help you, as I will be working in the Pilgrims Office in that period.
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