{"id":248284,"date":"2020-06-18T00:15:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T04:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=248284"},"modified":"2020-06-19T09:12:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T13:12:34","slug":"4-reasons-why-a-pilgrimage-at-home-might-be-your-most-powerful-journey-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/ko\/journal\/4-reasons-why-a-pilgrimage-at-home-might-be-your-most-powerful-journey-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Reasons Why a Pilgrimage At Home Might Be Your Most Powerful Journey Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Schomer is a director & producer whose 2012 film, “The Highest Pass<\/a>“,\u00a0appeared at Wanderlust Festivals across the US and Canada. His recent release “Road to Dharma<\/a>” is a highly-acclaimed docuseries spurring cultural change. Episodes one and two of the docuseries are available to view free, and linked at the bottom of this piece penned by the fimmaker himself.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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For me, an adventure and spirit-driven documentary film\/tv maker, pilgrimage sometimes takes on very extreme stakes, like motorcycling on Himalayan cliffs through monsoon rains, high-altitude hiking, or meditating with masters at sacred Indian sites of freedom.\u00a0 But what I\u2019ve learned is that pilgrimage, no matter where or when, has certain distinct qualities to it. And whether we like it or not, this Covid19 pandemic has really sent us all on a pilgrimage. Furthermore,\u00a0 if we realize it is a pilgrimage, then our approach to this time could be the most powerful journey yet.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So, the four reasons below not only lay out these qualities of a pilgrimage, but also show us how to shift our attitude now so make the most of it. As we say in my recent pilgrimage and DocuSeries, The Road to Dharma:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cYou are greater than any idea you have of yourself.\u201d<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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1.\u00a0 Popping the bubble of your \u201cWorld View\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s accept that we all carry a certain perception and lens by which we see things. And we all live in the \"Tripnormalcy of our daily \u201cbubble.\u201d Pilgrimage is meant to pop the bubble and expand how we see the world. In order to grow, our small worldview has to give way. What\u2019s that mean?\u00a0 Who we have been and how we\u2019ve been living will not really make sense anymore. It means we cannot remain as we were.\u00a0 This is a good thing! This is how we know that growth is happening. We talk about it in the series, using the term \u201cQUANTUM LEAP\u201d because evolution is not a linear thing; Nature takes big leaps. So this covid19 has forced us into a huge leap, it has popped our normal bubble, and surely will change how we see the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Stories will rise up to hold us back\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Wanting things to be how they used to be or craving the \u201cold normal\u201d is a sign that the stories we have are creeping in… These are the stories of who we are or how life is meant to feel or be. And these stories are trying to hold us back. We\u2019ve initiated a Leap, a pop of the bubble, but now that we are 100 days into a pilgrimage or C19, we resist the change.\u00a0 We\u2019re all familiar with the word \u201cTriggered\u201d right?\u00a0 When we are in this triggered state, which many are during this crisis, then we look to the circumstances and use the circumstances to justify the triggers. We create a story to justify our resistance to the circumstances too. One woman on the Road to Dharma was up at 12,000 ft in small town where it was dark, it was cold, nobody around, full moon and she used that to justify this feeling of \u201clost. all alone. Scared.\u201d\u00a0 Whereas someone else saw it as beautiful.\u00a0 Trust me, she was not lost, that was a story.\u00a0 So pilgrimage will bring up the old stories, but we must rise to meet them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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3.Challenges \u2013 We will be tested.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u201cChallenges reveal who you really are\u201d says our Himalayan guide in The Road to Dharma. If we see a challenging moment as having the potential to reveal our best, to unlock a deeper faith or power than we \"Groupknew we had\u2026 then challenges become something we want to encourage.\u00a0 As we have challenges in C19, we will no doubt be faced with the cravings and aversions. I want life back. I don\u2019t want to have to stay in. I\u2019m bored. I\u2019m unsure about my next paycheck.\u00a0 When we stay with the challenge instead of running from it, we grow. You see, normally we have a lot of escape routes which help us avoid having to deal. On a moto journey you don\u2019t have many. You focus or you die. You rise up beyond your petty preferences or you stay angry the whole trip. Its that simple. And perhaps now, amid C19, we are all realizing that we are more resilient than we thought, more able to rise above cravings.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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4. Responsibility.<\/b><\/h3>\n

We ultimately must come to a place where we take responsibility for our perception of the circumstances. We cannot control the circumstances as we know, but our reaction and perception of it, we can. Yet, this responsibility is often something we are afraid to take. We in some ways fear our own power. We fear that there is no one to blame now. We fear stepping into responsibility as if it\u2019s a burden, but it\u2019s not. It\u2019s simply the ability to respond.\u00a0 When you are not caught in your story or craving and can simply respond appropriately.\u00a0 True freedom doesn\u2019t mean more choice as we have been taught.\u00a0 Freedom actually comes with responsibility.\u00a0 The freer from stories, from small world views and from petty cravings, the more able you are to rise up and be \u201cGreater than any idea you\u2019ve had of yourself.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A pilgrimage can set you free.\u00a0 Why not approach this time and these challenges as a pilgrimage and truly unlock your freedom and total potential?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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