Pilgrimage: Stepping Into the Blessed Unknown

By Jack Adam Weber

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

“Pilgrims are persons in motion passing through territories not their own, seeking something called completion, or perhaps the word clarity will do as well, a goal to which only the spirit’s compass point’s the way.” ~ H. Richard Niebuhr

Life is a pilgrimage, whose heart is experience. Yet, some sojourns are especially poignant and change our lives forever. That’s why the most meaningful experiences and rites of passage require our courage, patience, and our passion. They also require our intuition, to determine where our spirit’s compass is pointing, so we know what direction to take, even moment-to-moment.

In the moment to moment experience of feeling into and following our gut sense — approved by our right yet daring mind — is our innocence, our newness, our ability to encounter the world as freshly as we humans might be ever be able, given the cargo of our pasts we bring to the present.

If your journey is to attract the attention and affections of others, or for status, surely this is not a soulful pilgrimage. Don’t be fooled by appearances, or the way the path has been traversed before you, or what your journey looks like. It need not seem grand or holy. Its worth, its depth, its potency, is heartfelt to you alone. It need only feel life-changing, heart-transforming, and right to you, however daunting.

Your path may take you to Everest, or down into the deepest crater on Earth, Vredefort crater in South Africa. On that snowy mountain, you will experience the pit in your belly, and at Vredefort the heights of awe and amaze. Pilgrimage might mean stepping up to the plate to take care of your dying parents, diving into a new relationship, career, or your own creativity. It might involve leaving, or staying put and digging deeper right where you are. It might mean trekking miles a day or taking not a step.

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Previous articles by Jack Adam Weber:

• The Modern Shaman: Fierce Love at the Frontier of Madness
• Arrogance in Relationships: How to Deal With and Heal It
• 11 Reasons Why Hippies (Not Psychos) Should Rule the World
• The Monsanto Years: Singer Neil Young Rips Into GMOs, Big Biz and Conformity
• ReVOLUTION: When Enough is Enough
• Sex – Truth and Dare, Pleasure and Purpose
• Relationships: The Costs of Staying When We Should Leave
• Emotional Work
• Yin Yang — Ancient Wisdom for Personal and Planetary Transformation
• Heartbreak – Loving Ourselves Through Difficult Times

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