Saturday, August 31, 2013

Sacred disorientation

Driving on the left side seems to come naturally to me! I say this based on the experience of having successfully driven the 5 miles from the airport to our hotel in Edinburgh. The fact of sitting in the "passenger seat" to drive seems to reduce the disorientation.
To accomplish the goal of a pilgrimage one must first get lost. Getting lost on a pilgrimage is the physical equivalent to what happens when we say "the body of Christ" about a circle of bread. It dislocates one's sense of reality, stimulates distrust of the obvious, and requires that one depend upon the kindness of strangers. When there is no center, everything is edge. When everything is edge, there is no alternative to falling.


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