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When we realize travel is more than a physical journey of going from one place to another and become aware that it is also be an inner journey we are able to see travel all as a spiritual journey. Every year there are more women traveling to Europe and other distant places. What is it we are seeking when we travel from our home to another place? Are we looking for a new experience? Are we looking for change? Travel is a catalyst and a metaphor for change.
Change is an event which occurs in nature and in life. We have all survived change. We experience change everyday. Most changes we recognize as a part of life. We expect change. There are times when we welcome it.
It is when the event is unexpected that it is stressful and painful. Painful changes can occur when a loved ones become ill or dies, divorce happens, a job is lost, a child leaves home, or retirement time arrives. Even these stressful events are a part of life. Change requires we leave old behind, and embrace the new. When we begin to embrace what is new we take the first step to be transformed. We have a new story.
When we see travel as an inner journey as well as physical activity we can use it as a way to work through the change process. Change like travel can be viewed as "Understanding that, the road takes us inexorably to an encounter with the 'stranger' at the heart of the journey--the transformed self."(Joseph Dispenza)
Spring 2010, I set out on a spiritual journey with my sister Bonnie. We made our plans and went with awareness. We were open to all experiences inner and outer. We were on a pilgrimage.
On returned we each experienced an inner change. I felt a greater inner peace and strength. It is my belief, that because of this spiritual journey, my ability to handle the difficult situation with the change that occurred in my life was enhanced. Within two weeks of returning home, my son died suddenly. It is the most devastating change of my life. I was painfully plummeted into change. I was no longer the mother who had a relationship with a living person who was my son. I am a mother who had a son die. I had to embrace the new circumstance.
I have had to create my new story about who I am. The death of my son is part of my new story. I know that I am a person with a life that has been changed forever. I include the loss of my son in my new story.
All travel is a spiritual journey. The experience of the inner journey will stay with you long after you return home. You will be transformed.
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