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Perhaps because we feel deep inside that somehow we've reached our final destination?Priscillian said:Going home is hard. Why?
This was how I felt when I first set out. In the end I was pleased because it meant I went without expectations. What happened was the most amazing spiritual experience of my life and I realised along the way that I was there to learn a number of difficult lessons and to find the answers to questions I didn't even know were within me.JansCamino said:Why? That’s the question I get asked most often when I share my plans. Why would anyone want to walk the Camino? 500 miles in 30+ days; there must be some explanation. Quite honestly, I don’t yet know. I just know I must.
Hola SuziB,SuziB said:I am booked and ready to do walk the Camino, actually that statement is rubbish! I am booked but who knows what I am ready for? Change? I don't know, but all I do know is that I am doing this to escape my world, my busy days and nights, my continuous ringing cellphone. I need time for quiet, for reflection.... And even truth. Simple days of waking up, finding something to eat, find somewhere to sleep and just walking! That to me is the most appealing aspect of my journey I am about to embark on!
Priscillian said:That "Camino Feeling" is powerful, and too important to be lost. Going home is hard. Why?
Hi Falcon, your report here nicely supports what was said in the Pagan takeover thread on the missing link between gravity and pilgrims. [ miscellaneous-topics/topic19101-100.html#p143138 ]falcon269 said:Wrapping up an eighty day Camino trip, I was in the company of short term walkers last night at dinner. When I asked what went through their minds while walking, the majority said that the sheer physicality of walking was all they thought about; the next step, the pain, how hard it was, where to do the next foot plant. They barely felt they had the ability to look up and see the scenery, much less reflect on life or be spiritual. I suspect they were exaggerating, but I believed that they found the walk hard, harder than they imagined. Their goal of discovery was obscured by the physical task. Reflection may clear their fog.
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