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Please pause and ponder with these images, allowing yourself to connect with this pilgrimage, wherever you are, right now.
A Journey to the Heart: Inner Paths to Compassion, Connection, and Peace Pilgrimage
Interfaith Pilgrimage to Israel and Palestine
27 October - 5 November 2010
Arrival and grounding
Pilgrimage guides prepare for arrival of forty-three pilgrims at St. George's College in East Jerusalem, the predominently Arab speaking area of Jerusalem.
Enter the gate "with open hearts"
From four continents (Africa, Europe, North and South America), pilgrims walk in silence to Damascus Gate into the Old City of Jerusalem. By walking contemplatively without cameras, without stopping to admire the multiple historical sites, by noticing the draw of the plethora of distractions of things to buy in the market, pilgrims were encouraged to enter the gate "with open hearts," Jamal Rahman said. The history and spiritual potency contained in the walls and stone cobblestones stimulated rich reflections among the pilgrims.
Please pause and ponder with these images, allowing yourself to connect with this pilgrimage, wherever you are, right now.
Share; perhaps offer a reply.
Additional photos from the pilgrimage are being posted on the "Spiritual Directors International for spiritual care" facebook page.
10/28,2010, at 10:38
"Lift up your heads, O you gates." Thank you for preparing yourselves and walking together.
10/28,2010, at 17:59
I am touched by the diversity of faiths and the depth of silence and inner prayer of each participant. The meeting of the past with the present, seems very powerful to me right now. Makes me realize how biases can so easily color the truth of human pain and human freedom.
10/29,2010, at 13:03
I have not been to this part of the world but I am beginning to wake up to the history and the wisdom. Glad I found this while the pilgrimage is happening now.
11/08,2010, at 10:58
This was an experience that changed me, and will continue to unfold me. I am touched be the generosity of spirit of each pilgrim on this trip, and of the wisdom and teaching from our beautiful teachers that will continue to speak to me. Thank you SDI for putting this pilgrimage together and allowing us to offer peace and prayers to a region so rich and beautiful. I am truly blessed. Shalom, Salaam, Shanti, Peace.
11/16,2010, at 08:42
The pilgrimage was a great blessing for me. Walking among the sites listening to the Interfaith story made me realize how limited my own way of seeing things can be! I loved that we were constantly encouraged to keep an open heart and to reach for the both/and and not stay stuck in the either/or. The trip was a story of wisdom unfolding and continues to be that story as I engage in my work here at home. I will preaching on our trip at the Interfaith Thanksgiving Service this Sunday. Writing the sermon is a wonderful way to put some thoughts on paper and remember. Like Karuna, I feel truly blessed. Shalom, Salaam, Peace.