Silently from Malden to Nederasselt
How special: last Sunday, 22 pilgrims walked about fifteen kilometers together in complete silence from Malden to Nederasselt.
It was a nice fifth walk in the series ‘The Walk of Wisdom in a year around’. Patricia Akkermans and Lidy van Lie Peters accompanied the group. Patricia introduced the theme ‘Inner Peace’. Lidy read some beautiful texts.
You can find the lyrics below:
1. Encouragement
Maybe the road isn’t far
it’s just under your feet.
Don’t tease yourself with:
This is not a good way to go, or,
I’m not doing this or that right,
But go and mark
how light-footed you can travel.
Do you know, known, heard
and stay on the go.
Make this place holy ground
and from this moment a sacred now.
Live and be happy!
Don’t look for a way to peace
Peace is the way.
Ron Reijsbergen
2. The Inn
Being human is an inn.
Every morning another one arrives.
A joy, a depression a baseness,
A moment of awareness emerges
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Treat every guest with reverence,
Even if it’s a crowd of sorrows
that violently affects your home
of its furniture.
Maybe they’ll clear out your house
for a new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
Meet them with a smile, at the door
and need them inside.
Be thankful for those who come.
For each of them has been sent
as a leader from above.
From: ‘The Book of Love’ by Rumi, quoted by Arthur Zajonc in his book ‘Meditation’, pg. 30. ed. Christophore (2010)
3. Hiking
He who walks, never walks alone
There are always birds, always the wind
or the water streams.
The sources sometimes or passers-by.
Always there are the flowers
And the clouds that greet you
Or the clear, blue sky.
And the byways and intersections
They ask for a choice.
Always there are your thoughts
who move along like angels
Or as devils, teasing you.
There is no such thing as walking alone.
Walking always brings you
Back on your inner path
and…. it brings you home.
M. v/d Berg
The next silent walk is November 5th. Click here for more information.
In the photo: a short break at the beautiful Boskant Maria Chapel.
