Camino Reflections

Never Alone

While walking through the forest, I heard a voice whisper, “Greetings, walking tree.”

What a relief. I was never alone.

Some Guidelines For Your Journey

Close your eyes to open the Mind,

Find solitude to be connected to All,

Take a million steps around the world to be at home,

Sit still to grow,

Keep silent to communicate to the world,

Let everything go to be swept up by Love.

The Universe Dances

The Light within calls me forth with its spiral dance,

I follow.

It pulls me in.

It lights up the entire universe.

The universe dances.

The Path Itself

Pay attention as you journey along the path to Being.

At some point, you realize that you are no longer the traveler but the path itself.

Truth is, you were always the path.

 

Camino Journal Entry – August 5, 2016

Below is a journal entry written while walking the 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage between July 21 and August 25, 2016. I was compelled to journal everyday during those 5 weeks.

I felt that I understood something very important today. That is, that “God” is a principle, the ultimate Principle. This principle keeps all things in their rightful place and functioning (although there might not be a limit to our functioning, since this Principle is All, infinite). It keeps the planets, stars, solar system, galaxies, cosmos in their place and function.

Principle has the river flows down instead of up. It has the birds fly instead of swim all the time. It allows plants to grow and be our sustenance. It allows us to breathe, grow, love and be wealthy. It allows us to experience just about anything.

Principle is Intelligence. It is all power. It is neither good nor bad. It is impartial, impersonal. It is understanding. It is health. It is all substance. It is thought [Mind]. It must flow through me, as well as flow through all that exist.

Principle is Life.

Can I know this Principle intimately? Even in asking, I feel that I must. For me, there is no choice. I must learn to give way so that Principle can flow through me, uninhibitedly. I am Principle’s vessel, conduit, body, it’s house. This is my life’s purpose!