Dear Caminoheads,
I am just amazed, as some of you commented too, of the timing of all these posts from Phil from 2014 at this very same time… I miss him -which is strange, considering we live 6800 miles away and we only met in person twice, but technology and mainly words, make the miracle of the multiplication of love… Anyway, coming back to the timing of these posts, -and using some “fit-for-purpose” Jesuit spirituality, that that says that God speaks to us through our desires, I think that Phil would love us to have pretty clear in mind what to be a Pilgrim and Caminoheads is, and this is why these posts are coming up these days… he had written them as a message in a bottle for us to open at this very same time…
Missing love ones, loves.
Cris
October 14, 2014 – Caminoheads???
Good morning or whatever time it is there where your body happens to be at the moment.
Back to our pursuit of a definition of Caminohead. Let’s review: a Caminohead is an individual that is a hiker at one end of the spectrum and a pilgrim on the other. And additionally he/she is someone who is interested in what the Camino de Santiago means, offers, facilitates. And further this is not an exclusive group. everyone is welcome that comes with a willingness to open themselves up to possibilities. Yes?
You know what, my Camino calls and have to close for now but we are making good progress and things are becoming more clear. And more clear is good. Love! Phil.
I so love these daily posts from Phil, keep them coming please!
I find it VERY INTERESTING that I was attracted to take a picture of that stain glass window, from the outside in the Spring of 2012, as Phil took from the inside in 2014……….Mmmmm.
I too, am loving these posts from Phil and your musings on it all Cris.
Not ready to be without our teacher 🙁
Cris, I have been wondering how you are doing since we shared emails on Monday when you let me know Phil passed. I understand the physical distance but what what Phil’s was able to help us do was to connect with him, the Camino spirit, and ultimately the Caminohead community in ways that transcended time and space.
He was the perfect person to create a family of which we, all around the world were able to be a part of. In fact we are still are and will always be bonded together because of him and his backyard Camino will always be the physical representation of what he was able to create with all of us. This gift we share now, is because he included us in his life Camino journey and we included him in ours.
This week I have been rereading my journal from when I spent 3 days with Phil and Rebecca in February of 2018. In my writings I found this is a sentence:
“Phil asked me about why I wanted to do the Camino and after much discussion I realized that one of the main reasons is that I want to put myself in a place of possibilities.”
When I read this post from October 14, 2014 I quickly returned to my journal and found the sentence above as there was one word that rang out…
Possibilities…
Three and a half years after Phil wrote this post, we had a conversion where he helped me to realize the power of possibilities.
As others have shared here, I too love how these posts from exactly 7 years ago are in perfect alignment for today and as Cris wrote above, we are now receiving a message in a bottle. Words which contain the very essence of Phil’s wisdom. Words all of our grieving hearts need right now. Nancy, I agree, I too am not ready to be without our teacher…