Many people associate with medieval pilgrims myths. Dusty figures who were traveling with pilgrim's staff, long cape and a simple leather pouch in very modest conditions on the pilgrim routes. In the medieval heyday felt the human pilgrimage as a form of faith enforcement. It was active on the way to God. He went reverently his creation. But the presence of the pilgrims in the year 2010 is even still relevant? Or is it just a dusty relic. A ritual from ancient times?
Stephan Kulle - "Why do we do again"
This author writes in his 2008 Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, published book on the subject, that people at a time when they were not enjoying victim of consumption, had time and leisure for the study of nature. People saw themselves at that time but as creatures of God. The get a life and have given it the go. And so will the pilgrims belonged to normal life.
pilgrims served the people for the specific contemplation, meditation and relaxation. We know this experience of long walks or hikes of several hours. After some time the head is free. The senses recover. So it can be re-perceive things in nature, where you carelessly pass everyday. And the fact is grasped again, that we humans are a part of nature.
conscious pilgrims make free inside
When pilgrimage, one is at one with yourself. On the way to get to peace, silence and meditation. The movement is deliberate, since disappearing time frame. It is easy to move, without time pressure is deliberately follows a traditional pilgrimage, already, millions of people throughout the centuries. To cultivate the soul. to recover the body and mind. A break from everyday life. In order to process life events, life stages to complete or start new ones.
When you reach the end of the path have changed your mind. Man has certain circumstances, or is processed again become substantially aware of. Or see more clearly things that have been previously repressed. One could describe the pilgrimage as a proven form of the soul hygiene. And a bizarre form of self-awareness. Including physical activities are part of the pilgrimage. It does not travel with large rolling luggage, but is limited to the minimum. Makes the experience of how little you really need. Freed so all of the ballast, the consumer pressure and stress of everyday life. Come back to himself to.
pilgrims will be increasingly rediscovered offers
The leisure and spa industry to the thousands of people stressed Ways that it can supposedly achieve inner balance and mental balance. Here, the simplest methods are often the best. Pilgrims and has now just proven for centuries to get a clear head and stabilize the mind. Contemplation. A special form of worship.
people who know the pilgrims have only hearsay, of course, always understandable reservations. But anyone who has made a pilgrimage is a path that connects with the pilgrims, mostly delightful experience. You often hear how it completely new views emerged, charges have been processed successfully or in life new course was set.
one can not generally applicable , Say the pilgrims is a panacea for the problems of life, grief and uncertainty of any kind. But it is an experience that is made mainly with itself. You learn to be close to most people, one has to know precisely. And you learn yourself surely, not even to pretend so much.
pilgrims is somehow timeless - neither modern nor outdated
It is conscious move on a spiritual path. On foot, by bicycle or on horseback. Something that can be discovered faith, personal faith. Creation experience. To feel confident as part of the whole.
That may not sound like very much. But it is not just a truism. It has a special quality that you know it, not just to feel well, with all senses. Not only with the eyes but also with the heart. Pilgrims do well.
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