I didn't know

[lmorris]

Hi Felipe,
        My concern with this issue is that with the ever increasing popularity
of the Camino it will bring out those that have not the best of
intentions, for what ever the motive, and while one may be as you put it
be "undertaking pilgrimages as a means of self transformation and a
quest for inner peace, completeness and closure.", I find that the
spiritual seekers is a target for the unscrupulous to try an fleece. I
think one has to be ones guard all the time and especially while "we
traverse the camino of our lives though our feet trod mire our thoughts
merit direction toward the heavens." and to think other wise would be
foolish.

        Which brings me back to the original question, would you like one to
quote you in a book on the Camino with out your approval or knowing?


leonard

Felipe Sanchez wrote:
>
> I find it passing strange that contributors are concerned about appearing in
> photos or being mentioned in a text about them and the Camino.  The reality
> is such that no matter which of the aforementioned occurs not a whit of
> change will be evidenced in your lives.  To take offense at such banal
> trivialities in this age of psychology tends to evince a strain of
> insecurity, a touch of paranoia, or a subconscious quest for the power to
> control every aspect of one's surroundings.  I am reminded of certain
> primitive tribes that believe possession of hair, nail parings, or an image
> grants the owner power over the donor's soul.  Even though I have been
> apostate all my adult life it seems fairly obvious to me that some of the
> principles basic to the belief structure that sponsors the Camino have been
> overlooked or ignored.  To wit tolerance, trust, good will, and charity leap
> to mind.  Furthermore the concept of liberty to remain viable requires a
> strong sense of self confidence which in turn precludes the necessity to
> micro-manage the activities of those in close propinquity.
> Many undertake pilgrimages as a means of self-transformation and a quest for
> inner peace, completeness and closure.  The accomplishment of such a worthy
> goal is rendered impossible in a consciousness directed by hackneyed
> principles, callow judgments, and feckless outlooks.  As we traverse the
> camino of our lives though our feet trod mire our thoughts merit direction
> toward the heavens.  Felipe Sanchez