“Once we begin to see travel as an inner journey, it is possible to turn every trip we take into a spiritual practice—a hero’s adventure that enlivens our hearts and enlarges our souls. Travel becomes a spiritual experience for us when we are conscious at every moment that our physical transportation from place to place has a metaphysical counterpart. Understanding that, the road takes us inexorably to an encounter with the ‘stranger’ at the heart of the journey—the transformed self.”
-- from The Way of the Traveler, 1999
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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Dear Mark,
ReplyDeleteThank you for quoting from my book. I wish you well on your travels.
Joseph
And thank you very much for stopping by, and leaving a note ... you made my evening.
ReplyDeleteTake care.