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Sally and others,
<p>Sally, I answered your other email first, so I have addressed some of
your questions there.
<p><i>Do you think that such an attempt might interfere with a natural
presence</i>
<br><i>and spontaneous experience from day to day on the pilgrimage?</i><i></i>
<p>Not at all. I believe that we create our own reality through the thoughts
and intentions in our minds. Besides, there is a lot of time for natural
presence especially if you walk alone.
<p>When I walked the Camino, I did so with an open body and an open mind.
Although I followed a discipline to reach my destination, it had no impact
on spontaneity or the creative process. In writing this note, I realize
the creative process was initiated with the discipline that began
on the Camino.<i></i>
<p><i>What other recommendations do you have? I would like to do
what you are</i>
<br><i>doing!</i><i></i>
<p>My purpose is to inspire people. I live, breath, eat, sleep, work, write
and walk my purpose. Try to balance a burning passion with a desire
to make money too, or you will starve. When I came home I wanted to share
what I had learned so I wrote and also facilitate a workshop called Creating
Presence where I teach life skills for pilgrims in this world, using my
Camino lessons as a base.
<p><i>Can you recommend any books which encouraged/helped you to get where
you</i>
<br><i>are?</i><i></i>
<p>Sally, I have been studying and developing this approach for at least
10 years but here are just a few of the books I can recommend. I had a
book on creative writing too but I can't find it.
<p>The Bible
<br>Pilgrim Heart, Sarah York
<br>A Sufi way to mindfulness of the essential self
<br>7 Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepack Chopra
<br>Peter Pan
<br>Siddhartha, Herman Hesse
<br>The Dalai Lama's Book of Transformation
<br>Anam Cara
<br>Mind over Water: Lessons on life from the art of rowing, Craig Lambert
<p>Great questions Sally. Hope this helps.
<p>Sue
<p>Floral Park, Ontario
<br><A HREF="http://www.suekenney.ca/mycamino.htm">http://www.suekenney.ca/mycamino.htm</A>
<p>Sally Haden wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi Sue
<br>Thanks very much for sharing how you moved from post-camino jobless
to
<br>creativity! I wrote the reply to Galen about writing before I
read your
<br>reply to him. So your description of your experience was a fortunate
<br>surprise.
<p>Can you recommend any books which encouraged/helped you to get where
you
<br>are?
<p>What other recommendations do you have? I would like to do what
you are
<br>doing!
<p>But aside from my own hopes, what would you say to people who have yet
to
<br>walk the Camino about the value of writing or other creative work in
<br>association with the Camino?
<p>and how would you recommend people prepare for such a Camino, ie a Camino
<br>which is to include reflection and observation with an eye to presenting
it
<br>to others??
<p>Do you think that such an attempt might interfere with a natural presence
<br>and spontaneous experience from day to day on the pilgrimage?
I think you
<br>said it was only after you got home that you began the creative process,
but
<br>looking back now, what would you say to someone who wanted to go with
the
<br>idea of developing what you have done?
<p>For me the idea of walking to Santiago in order to write something that
<br>would benefit others, whether they hope to go there or they cannot,
sounds
<br>like a good thing to do.
<p>I would be most interested to hear your thoughts.
<p>Sally
<br>Lancashire, UK
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