Regina Roman spoke of pilgrimage as an inner and outer journey on the podcast All Things Contemplative. This conversation is an opportunity to learn more about what it means to be a pilgrim and our own journey in Egypt. Listen here
Here I share some of the reflections, mediations, and wishes for you based on our journeys in Egypt. -Regina Roman
“Imagination has no age and dreams are forever.” Walt Disney
“Travel brings power and love back into your life.” Rumi was so right when it comes to these two travelers.
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work,” said the master of turning her attention into beautiful poetry - Mary Oliver.
Thomas Merton, trappist monk, poet and one of the great spiritual writers of our times, said “happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.”
“Love is the Water of Life. Drink it down with heart and soul!” Rumi
“It is not the road ahead that wears you out – it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.” Arabic proverb
“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” These words from Gustav Mahler, famous Austro-Bohemian composer, reflects the work of a craftsman.
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” Joseph Campbell
I have found that when I approach Egypt with an open heart and mind, it rewards me with treasures far beyond what I could have expected or anticipated.
“Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation,” according to the 14th century poet Rumi.
The morning light on these mountains is extraordinary. It casts a warm inviting glow on everything it touches.
“Solvitur ambulando. It is solved by walking.” St. Augustine
“Come, come whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, yet again, come, come. “Rumi
When the Egyptian god of wisdom Thoth, also known as Hermes, “Son of the Nile,” wrote, “as above, so below,” he may have been thinking of the Nile River.
“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you,” wrote the poet Rumi. These could have also been the words of our dearest friend, expert guide and wise teacher, Dr. Rabia.
“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything, than when we are at play.” True words by Dr. Charles Schaefer, American psychologist and “Father of Play Therapy.”
“With the moon walk… we could see that the earth and the heavens were no longer divided but that the earth is in the heavens.” Joseph Campbell
“Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries.” Manley Hall, Canadian-born author and astrologer.
The 5 gifts of the ancient Egyptian Goddess Hathor can be translated into a meaningful contemporary practice of gratitude and humility.
“If you observe well, your own heart will answer.” R.A Schwaller de Lubicz
“Egypt is not a country we live in but a country that lives within us.”
