#pilgrimage — Public Fediverse posts

https://youtu.be/iAq0YEjitwM?si=_2LwOSh-Qse2wabk

#nepal #flashflood #tibet #ClimateChange #naturaldisaster #pilgrimage #HinduPilgrimage #climatedisaster #climatenews #GlobalWarming

Glitch

flights are grounded
my wings are clipped
i need to wait a little
longer to start this trip

my future connection
could be in jeopardy
it might be a while
before we're set free

the whims of the divine
are all part of the plan
my life's trajectory is
not in my hands

so i will wait patiently
for the Control Tower's nod
and match my flight to the wind of an all-knowing God

August 15, 2015

In this July installment of Polylith, I extend an invitation to join for an experiment in pilgrimage.

https://cscottmills.com/polylith/083/

#towardThePolylith #pilgrimage #walking #holism

I Love Israel: Israel Seeks More Visitors From Southeast Asia

In a serious attempt to attract more travelers from Southeast Asia, the tourism ministry of Israel enhanced the existing ties with travel agencies in the Philippines and Singapore, according to a news article by the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news article of the PNA. Some parts in boldface.

Israel’s Ministry of Tourism is seeking to attract more travelers from Southeast Asia by strengthening ties with travel agencies in the Philippines and Singapore, as it promotes the country’s destinations and assures visitors of safety.

The ministry recently hosted a seven-day familiarization tour for travel agents from both countries, showcasing Israel’s religious, historical, adventure and leisure attractions as part of its campaign to expand arrivals from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.

The itinerary included visits to Jerusalem, Dead Sea and Tel Aviv, as well as a jeep tour through the Judean Desert and a wine tour in the Golan Heights.

Hassan Madah, international director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism in Jerusalem, said the country remains open to international visitors.

“We welcome you all. Israel is open to everyone, and travelers can be assured that our country is safe to visit,” Madah said.

He said the ministry hopes to welcome more visitors from the Philippines and Singapore, citing the country’s religious sites, historic cities, deserts and beaches as key attractions.

The ministry identified the Philippines as one of its priority markets in Asia, alongside India, China and South Korea, with growth driven largely by faith-based travel.

Singapore, meanwhile, is considered a strategic market because of its position as a regional aviation and travel hub.

The tourism ministry said it has been strengthening partnerships with Southeast Asian travel industry stakeholders through regional events, including ITB Asia in Singapore.

Despite the lack of direct flights between the Philippines and Israel, Filipino arrivals have remained steady, according to the ministry.

The Department of Tourism and the Israel Ministry of Tourism have signed a joint declaration of intent to promote two-way tourism and are engaged in discussions with airlines on improving connectivity.

Israel Ministry of Tourism Philippines Marketing Manager Anna Oraiza Aban said visa-free travel access for Philippine and Singaporean passport holders makes visits to Israel more convenient.

To all my readers, I encourage you to thank the Lord for this breakthrough of cooperation between Israel and both the Philippines and Singapore as the Jewish state seeks more visitors from Southeast Asia.  

As such, I encourage you all to pray to the Lord for this breakthrough to lead to more breakthroughs in terms of improved travel, more connections between Israel and Southeast Asia, and more opportunities for Southeast Asian people to visit the Holy Land and realize the legacy of God, Lord Jesus and the Jewish people.

At the same time, I encourage you all to realize the truth that Israel is the land God designated specifically for the Jewish people (read Genesis 35:10-12) and His command must be followed without hesitation. If you want to be blessed further by the Lord, do so by loving and blessing the Jewish people (Genesis 12:1-3). I did my part when I was in Israel. Also, let me remind you all that the ties between the Jews and Christians are truly biblical!

I encourage you all to pray to the Lord God in support of Israel, to love and bless the Jewish people, and pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

If you truly believe in Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit and God the Heavenly Father wholeheartedly and you continue to be faithful, you should be aware that Christians are meant to stand united with Israel and love the Jewish people no matter what. You can do your part supporting Israel by donating to Christians United for Israel (CUFI). Do not forget to read the Holy Bible, then pray in tongues to the Lord in the privacy of your room with the door shut.

Always be the fearless and aggressive church of Lord Jesus!

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𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺" 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗘. 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗱 -

Three-Word Review:

- Pedestrian
- Utilitarian
- Circumscribed

Frictional Posture:

What human questions does such a study fail to ask?

#bookreview #bookrecommendations #readinglist #literature #books #book #reading #frictionalreading #3words #nicolaemacleod #literaryfictiontourism #nonfiction #academic #tourism #literature #pilgrimage #literarynomads

Der UwU Bahnhof
#pilgrimage #UwU

Had a lovely day off yesterday and went with family for a day trip to Ynys Enlli, (in english "Bardsey Island") Absolutely fabulous day to visit this beautiful remote spot with ancient monastic/peregrinati links. #pilgrimage #cymru #wales

Stumbling Block

It seems I have always been stumbling, tripping over the unintended in a fog of wandering wonder.

The mist has been ever around me, my cloud by day. I am enveloped by mystery.

You do indeed love to surprise me, O God;

two girls find shiny stones in a fountain and their joy chases away the despair at not finding a loved one,

the hospitality of friends lightens the weight upon a heavy chest from a returning to what was and the traveler can breathe again into what will be,

a mother’s words and the night breeze dries a daughter’s tears and she can smile at the deep thrum of a bullfrog,

lovers lie for a moment in the morning and the frustrations of yesterday fade into the quiet beginnings of another day.

It is time then.

I rise up into the bone crackling morning, my body protesting, my spirit already stretching out along the places I will see.

Inside, I find I am ready for more stumbling.

July 29, 2022

in landscapes unfamiliar

In landscapes unfamiliar,
when the destination shines in the distance,
the path does not always reveal itself.

There may be no signpost,
no worn road beneath the feet,
only hills rolling into shadow,
fields bending under strange winds,
and the far glimmer of something hoped for
calling from beyond the unknown.

But if one keeps walking,
if one remains on the journey,
step after uncertain step,
with dust on the shoes
and questions in the heart,

the way appears.

Not all at once,
not as a map unfolded in the hand,
but as a clearing between trees,
a break in the stone,
a small light on the water.

And at last
the fisherman reaches the lake,
stands quietly at the edge
of all he had been seeking,

and makes his first cast.

July 11, 2015 (expanded June 2026)

Quest update: the dark warlock fell, so my artefact has been granting its +2 to my servant leadership skill. Yesterday, I infused more magic into it. A lil story first...

Some twelwish years ago, someone organised a bike tour in Transylvania, and we joined with a large group of friends. It was an epic adventure, but the important bit here is that for years, I honestly claimed that some of those regions are the most scenic I've ever witnessed. True, this stance had a lot to do with the good times we had as friends, but it still held true. Until yesterday.

I'm here in Cascia (I'll toot about the event I attended later). Whenever I visit a new place, especially more remote ones where the likelihood of ever coming back again is low, I max out my sightseeing and, when possible, crown it with a local hike. Around here, that's the pilgrimage route to the Scoglio di Santa Rita. It's a touristy little sanctuary at the top of a peaking rock. Not being a person of religion, I didn't get much more from the whole saint shebang than an appreciation of history and admiration for people who are in this game for more than just themselves.

Nevertheless, this being a pilgrimage, I took the soul-searching bit seriously - the Universe knows I'm in need of it. I won't bore you with the deets of my struggle, let's just say it was about what really gives me joy in this existence, and let's leave it at this: on my way back, I made decisions and peace to accompany them. And just then, I came across this creek, where, perhaps again thanks mostly to the magic of the moment, I got immersed in one of the prettiest spaces I've ever been to. It had it all: a bank of colourful stones (I whisked one away), a stone wall with a grotto, crystal clear blue water with fish swimming irenically, lush, big-leaved greenery, the chirp of birds and cicadas, the murmur of water, popping red poppy flowers on the far bank, clear blue skies - all of it enclosed between mountains.

I sat for a bit, being completely aware that next to my short-term decisions made earlier, this, here, was what I wanted in the long run. It was a yet unnamed emotion, a rare, truly sacred place, a longing. Spinoza described this perhaps best through his pantheistic ideas, equating the concept of god with nature as a whole, with us a part of it. I left the sanctuary up at the peak unmoved - down here though, Nature was holding mass.

So, I took my crystal out and submerged it in the numbingly cool water, careful not to spook the fish. Then I just knelt there, with my hands becoming one with the cold cleanness and I embodied the feeling for later reminiscence. When I took my artefact out, it was imbued with the gelid serenity that I will now carry whenever I'm contributing to the World. New enchantment slot unlocked!

#TTRPG #Spinoza #Cascia #Umbria #Pilgrimage #Hiking #Travel

I say: all the more reason for an anti-#ICE pro-#climate #Buddhist #pilgrimage from #NYC to #Maine to #Toronto
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/world/canada/wildfire-smoke-toronto-ontario-northeast.html For more on the Buddhist march concept see my #YouTube #video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDipUA8Qilc

#Brooklyn: time for #Buddhist #pilgrimage to #ICE Metropolitan #Detention Center

Hyperion (Cantos)

"In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all"

Sale: $11 to $3.99

by Dan Simmons
Rating: 4.5/5 (29,938 Reviews)

#scifi #fantasy #spaceopera #adventure #books #hugo #pilgrimage #shrike #kindle #booksky

Hyperion (Cantos)

Beyond AI: The Real Challenge

https://rmdellorfanoauthor.com/2026/07/03/beyond-ai-the-real-challenge/

A pilgrimage

Baltal, India
The annual Amarnath Yatra, one of Hinduism’s largest pilgrimages, gets underway in the high-altitude Kashmir Himalayas.

Photograph: Mehran Firdous/Jna Press/ Nexpher/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

#photography
#India
#Kashmir
#pilgrimage
#AltText

Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos)

"On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage"

Sale: $11 to $3.99

by Dan Simmons
Rating: 4.5/5 (29,864 Reviews)

#sciencefiction #spaceopera #books #hyperion #adventure #scifi #pilgrimage #mystery #shrike #booksky

Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos)

#CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess
on #MENAdoc:

"Aus Nâṣireddîn Schâhs Kerbelâ-Reise" by Georg Jacob

[(S.l.): (s.n.), 1915]

http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/99686

#pilgrimage #kerbela #journey

Hyperion

"On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion"

Sale: $11.00 to $1.99

by Dan Simmons
Rating: 4.5/5 (29,795 Reviews)

#sciencefiction #spaceopera #books #adventure #kindle #hugowinner #pilgrimage #shrike #galaxy #booksky

Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos)

Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos) "On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike" Sale: $11 to $1.99 by Dan Simmons Rating: 4.5/5 (29,741 Reviews) #sciencefiction #spaceopera #books #booksky #adventure #hugo #pilgrimage #shrike #epic #novel

Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos)

All the more reason for a #Buddhist #pilgrimage in #NYC
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/17/disclosure-day-aliens-spielberg-emily-blunt-and-josh-o-connor?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other #spielberg #film #hollywood #movies #ufos

Road

i stumble along this road alone
my feet on jagged rocks to moan
but soon i shall gain my home
far far away

alone but not forsaken
this path once already taken
when the foundations of the earth were shaken
long time ago

though blind i can still see
my eyes on him who guideth me
in his presence i at last am free
now and near at hand

May 9, 1987 (age 19)