Learnings from Camino, Immediate vs. Later

[Kit Nuzum]

dr.kathy ,i have the  interesting film on the camino would like a copy.
your pilgrim pal kit..................

> Ah Richard, I'm not laughing, but I am grinning...
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> When I did my PhD dissertation of the Camino, it was on how people
> incorporate their pilgrimage experiences into their daily
lives....and much
> of that learning does not show up until one can express to others the
> essence of that experience.
>
> Some knowledge comes through experience, such as doing the Camino, by
> whatever form.  Other learning comes from reflecting on those
> experiences-propositional knowing, if you will...learning that takes
kathyon more
> as it is reflected upon, connected to other events, etc.  It deepens
still
> more when people can actually present to others what that experience
> is---and this doesn't need to be "just" storytelling--but also
drawing,
> painting, poetry, etc. and have it received by them
>
> My premise is that when an individual can actually go out and do
something
> meaningful (to them) with the knowledge or learning that they've
made, then
> they have incorporated that experience...in corp-orate meaning to
make it
> part of their body, so to speak.
>
> Sounds like you've had some of that experience...
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> >From: Richard Ferguson <peregrinoaATT.NET>
> >Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
> >To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> >Subject: Learnings from Camino, Immediate vs. Later
> >Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 20:34:26 +0000
> >
> >When I made my solo pilgrimage to Santiago, I was a little
disappointed.  I
> >did
> >not receive a great flash of knowledge or wisdom or spirituality
during the
> >camino.
> >
> >I talked to my aunt about this when I got home.  (She is also my
spiritual
> >advisor with a PHD in theology.)  She told me not to worry about it,
that
> >some of
> >the benefits would show up later.  I was skeptical.
> >
> >Six months later, I finally figured out what I had learned from the
Camino.
> >Don't laugh, but I learned that I should ask for help when I needed
it, and
> >that
> >I would receive help if I asked.  That may not sound very profound,
but for
> >someone who has always been ultra self-reliant, this was a big thing
to
> >learn,
> >and probably worth the trip.
> >
> >I was wondering if other people had similar things happen to them,
that the
> >most
> >important benefit from the pilgrimage only became apparent long
after you
> >got
> >home.
> >
> >Richard
>
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