Actually, all of us experienced that shift from when we were just “passing by” to “contemplating”… There was a moment for me for sure… when I realized that my mind changed… and the Camino somehow made me a part of it, or I made myself a part of it, I don’t know… (I think that land has something…) but it was then when my authentic Camino began, when I became the experience… instead of being a “mere visitor coming to see”…

It is also true and vastly covered that the Camino begins once you arrive to Santiago, but I think you have just fallen into a new path with this typo, and certainly one i love!

You know I LOVE Richard Rohr… I want him for my night table specially when I have insomnia and would need someone as clear as him to align my flying thoughts…!!! This is why the idea of contemplation that he offers is the one I was thinking of when I read the beatitude as you wrote it… Here are his words:
“Contemplation is simply being fully present—in heart, mind, and body—to what is in a way that allows you to creatively respond and work toward what could be.

“Contemplation is both personal and communal, internal and external. It helps us let go of our usual, self-focused way of thinking and doing things so that our compassionate, connected, and creative self can emerge. Through contemplation we develop the capacity to witness our egoic motivations, bringing this awareness into our day-to-day actions and living with increased freedom and authenticity through deeper awareness of our self and God’s Self.”

Isn’t that what the Camino is and made of us?

I think we should all get a tattoo of the beatitude with the typo… Just saying!

From Cris’s comments.