pilgrim's universe
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pilgrim:
one who journeys especially a long distance to some sacred place as an act of devotion; a traveler or wanderer especially in foreign lands. a peregrine. a traveler. a wayfarer. a hitchiker.
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pilgrim's theme
tired of weaving dreams too loose for me to wear,
tired of watching clouds repeat their dance on the air.
tired of getting tied to doing what's required
is life a mere routine in the greater scheme of things?
through with taking roads someone else designed
through with chasing stars that soon forget to shine
through with going through one more day-what's new?
does my life still mean a thing in the greater scheme of things?
i think i'll follow the voice that calls within
dance to the silent song it sings
i hope to find my place, so my life will fall in place
i know in time i'll find my place in the greater scheme of things.
each must go his way. but how can i decide
which path i should take; who will be my guide?
i need some kind of star to lead me somewhere far,
to find a higher dream in the greater scheme of things.
the road before me bends; i don't know what i'll find.
will i meet a friend or ghosts i left behind?
should i even be surprised that you're with me in disguise
for its your hand i have seen in the greater scheme of things.
so here i'll follow the voice that calls within
dance to the silent song it sings
i hope to find my place, so my life will be in place
i know in time i'll find my place in the greater scheme of things.
for yours is the voice in my deepest dreams
you are the heart, the very heart of the greater scheme of things.
why don't we follow the voice that calls within,
dance to the silent song it sings?
one day we'll find our place, fora all things fall in place
for all things have a place in the grater scheme of things.
---johnny go, sj and manoling francisco, sj
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a pilgrim's diary: passages and
inner landscapes by angela
blardony- ureta
is a collection of 30 travel essays that are consistently rich in detail and full intimate musings. it is about the author's journeys as she discovers buddhism in nepal, explores haunted castles and tunnels in scotland, pays homage to the historic monuments that are the taj majal and stonehenge, takes a muddy trek around cornwall and a boat ride in the alligator-infested swamps of new orleans, participates in the sacred rituals of the kankana-eys in sagada and records the vanishing folk songs of ivatans in batanes, discovers the beauty of the deep at the great barrier reef, walks through the dreamer's paradise that is montmartre, and investigates the baker street residence of sherlock holmes, and many more.
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the hitchikers guide to the galaxy
by douglas adams
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the journey : a pilgrim in the lands
of the spirit by alister mcgrath
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the pilgrim's progress by john
bunyan
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the christian pilgrim by jonathan
edwards
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the wanderer (1932) by kahlil
gibran
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a sense of the world: how a blind
man became history's greatest
traveler by jason roberts
the distance to andromeda and other stories by gregorio brillantes
the book tells of pilgrims-the young and the aged, the tender and the violent, the loved and the unloved-on their way to what they dread or desire: darkness or light, infinite loss or gain.
the pilgrimage by paolo coelho
"When you travel, you experience, in a very practical way, the act of rebirth. You confront completely new situations, the day passes more slowly, and on most journeys you don't even understand the language the people speak. So you are like a child just out of the womb. You begin to attach much more importance to the things around you because your survival depends on them. You begin to be more accessible to others because they may be able to help you in difficult situations. And you accept any small favor from the gods with great delight, as if it were an episode you would remember for the rest of your life."
---Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage (1987)
