Anyway, the journey that you are on, is going to be your journey. It’s a universal human journey, but for each one of us it is a unique journey. And that means it is conditioned by our temperament, by our history. It’s not determined by the ticket we buy, but by our temperament, which also includes how much baggage we are carrying. There are those who travel light, and you can see travellers with lots of bags. And the stress of the journey of course is increased by the number you’ve got to look after. The kind of journey and the speed with which we make the journey (there are different speeds at which we make the journey) depend upon the baggage we’re carrying and our attachment to the baggage. Are we worrying about losing the bags? Or are we prepared to let go?
( Enlightenment by Laurence Freeman OSB )
