A few words about Spiritual Journeys
“In order to discover new land, we must be wiling to lose sight of the shore”, wrote French Author Andre Gide. Both inner and outer movements that yield sweet fruits in the map of our soul, are the shifts from being a tourist, often seeking that which is similar to where we came from, that which matches our borrowed images of pleasure and comfort, and leave us with a good distance between us and “the others” with all its consequences, to being a traveler, a more open state of mind that has more curiosity in it and the willingness to be exposed and changed, to being a pilgrim: honoring and respecting the moments of our lives, pleasant or unpleasant, allowing the world to sip in and transform us in unpredictable ways, finding sacredness in the mundane and profundity in the profane.
We have been leading spiritual journeys in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and South India (combined with a one week retreat). I find the form of these journeys to be a rare gem and a great love of mine. Being on the road in a foreign landscape and culture, practicing together with the Sangha, moving through the land of an unknown region, getting to know its culture and landscape. This can and often does open us to the beauty, magic and depth that is around and within us and can transform us deeply.
Some of the components of the spiritual journeys are being on the road in a foreign landscape and culture, practicing together with the sangha, moving through the land of an unknown region, getting to know its culture and landscape and much more. These may open us to the beauty, magic and . depth that is around us and within us and can transform us deeply.
The next ones will take place in Uzbekistan: Bukhara and Samarkand in October, and South India next winter.
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