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I would say this is well worth pondering, whether it has been done before or not.I would say that this topic has been done to death!
Worst case scenario: A pilgrim is one that is
Buen Camino para tod@s l@s peregrinos, SY
Worst case scenario: A pilgrim is one that is / does things like I am.
For me, it comes down to intention. I like long distance walking but there is a definite difference (for me anyway) between a walk and a pilgrimage. When I set out on one of the pilgrim ways, it is because I have the intention to go on pilgrimage and the feeling is quite different. I am more contemplative and often stop to pray.So what would you say constitutes a pilgrim or a pilgrimage?
Yes, that is really a large part of what makes the Camino a different experience for me. I try to live out the Camino adage that "life is the Camino," but there's my struggle to keep my heart open, and then there's the realization that others may not even been trying to open their hearts, let alone see themselves as fellow pilgrims on the road of life. Just today I was taking a walk and thinking about this, when I came across some other walkers who happened to be shouting at each other on their way across the street, and I thought, are these people pilgrims? And if so, do they know it? And I started remembered that Camino is so special because we arrive with open hearts, or we open them pretty soon after.The people I meet are also different and that enhances the idea of being on pilgrimage. It seems to me that the pilgrim routes are walked open-heartedly. On occasion, I've met people with the pilgrim glow on a regular long distance walk and, invariably, after discussion it has turned out that they have previously been on the Camino.
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