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The Pilgrimage

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Is There a Danger in Overcoming Barriers?

Many pilgrims have told me that they spend a lot of time alone in contemplation on the road, just walking slowly. I think it helps if it's a bit of a physical challenge, if it takes you out of your comfatson. Isn't there perhaps a danger in this introspection, that you can stare inwardly too long? Maybe you can walk too far, become so concerned, so self obsessed? There is a danger in that e because by overcoming your obstacles, you also have to watch your own night, or, let's call it, your own dark sides. So that can be very dangerous, because you have to face that.

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