Walking The Camino
Part One (210 words) This documentary shares six different stories of people coming from other countries in order to walk an eight hundred kilometer trail that span from France to Spain. This trail is known as the Camino de Santiago which represents a pilgrimage that many people venture in order to find meaning within their lives. During the Middle Ages, this tradition of walking the Camino was a way to repent for the sins that was committed and to find forgiveness. Through the century, this tradition is continuously expands with many people of different backgrounds are walking the Camino for many other reasons. Some of the reasons of why people walk this long trail includes personal issues of losing a job, losing a family member, wanting
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However, the main sensation of this pilgrimage was the sense of movement. All the participants on this journey were walking the for the majority of the time. After walking for a long time, the body moves subconsciously while thinking and feeling become the center of the mind. This would leave people in a “trance-like” state which causes them to reflect on the life and the world they live in. This is an example of how the physical actions that people is also connected with the spirit and the world that is beyond our own. I learned that the idea of walking the Camino is not limited to religious people because it is also done by people who needs to find themselves and to experience the world. Moving forward helped others to focus on the present while forgetting about their dark past. Just by walking, people were able to express significant ideas and feelings such as unity, peace, and openness which ultimately benefited their lives even after the walk is over. The good part of this way of learning is that it is convenient because it gives you insight of religion without the inconvenience of traveling. We obtain an outsider perspective and their view of the culture as well as watch people being interviewed instead of reading about a sensation in
However, the main sensation of this pilgrimage was the sense of movement. All the participants on this journey were walking the for the majority of the time. After walking for a long time, the body moves subconsciously while thinking and feeling become the center of the mind. This would leave people in a “trance-like” state which causes them to reflect on the life and the world they live in. This is an example of how the physical actions that people is also connected with the spirit and the world that is beyond our own. I learned that the idea of walking the Camino is not limited to religious people because it is also done by people who needs to find themselves and to experience the world. Moving forward helped others to focus on the present while forgetting about their dark past. Just by walking, people were able to express significant ideas and feelings such as unity, peace, and openness which ultimately benefited their lives even after the walk is over. The good part of this way of learning is that it is convenient because it gives you insight of religion without the inconvenience of traveling. We obtain an outsider perspective and their view of the culture as well as watch people being interviewed instead of reading about a sensation in