The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out an inner journe…

Thomas Merton
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The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and signs of the outer pilgrimage. One can have one without the other. It is best to have both. ✨ Thomas Merton (1999). Mystics and Zen Masters, p.92, Macmillan
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The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and signs of the outer pilgrimage. One can have one without the other. It is best to have both. ✨ Thomas Merton (1999). Mystics and Zen Masters, p.92, Macmillan

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