April 24, 2024: SeaTac Aiport
As we finally get on our way, naturally we are hearing more and more from others who have gone, who have friends and relatives who have gone, and those who want to go in the future. It is like a family gathering that keeps getting bigger. We are getting a bit antsy (and nervous) to meet our new relatives…
Pretty seamless transfers, and checked luggage, and now at the gate. It will be 18+ hours in transit when all is said and done. All in perspective, easier than going to Indonesia (that involved an interesting overnight layover in Kuala Lumpur) or Bolivia travelling with two young kids.
It is that hurry up and wait timeframe right now, which is a good time to read, nap, write, and begin our own Camino Pilgrimage.
One of the books we checked out, “The Spiritual Traveler” by Beebee Bahrami, takes an anthropologist’s perspective and supports the idea that this route was an ancient road that predates the Christian era and was a sacred path for spiritual initiates from druids to shamans.
“With all the prayer and intention and directed consciousness coming from all the people walking the Camino over the centuries, this energy dance can be quite palpable.”
It is nice to know we are just part of a much longer story of many others before and after us. And after all this planning and the details, it was good to read this further statement:
“Pilgrimage is about each person’s individual journey on a sacred path that is simultaneously inner and outer. There is no right or wrong way to take a pilgrimage; each person must determine the best way for herself or himself. There are many that are adamant that you must walk the entire pilgrimage, that you must get your Pilgrim’s passport in Roncesvalles, and that you must stay in the refugios or you have not done the pilgrimage properly. That is only one way and I would advise against spending too much time listening to anyone who espouses only one way to God and self.”
Good advice to find our own way, among many paths.
Siri and David Adventures 