5. Camino de Santiago - Villares de Órbigo -> Astorga (Theatre of the present)
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Hello to all!
I'm back from Israel (Jerusalem and Nazareth), so I could not post anymore until now!
Let's continue Camino de Santiago.
Today we walk from Villares de Órbigo to Astorga.
Landscape is very dry and hot. We pass through mesetas and fields, dreaming for shadow and for fresh beers...
Here a pass with a cross and a pilgrim mannequin:
Before Astorga, we met David, an hippy dreamer who believe in love for everyone and for the creation. He talked about the action of 'forgive': to forgive can be written as 'for give'. Forgiving, we let flow the energy between us and all the things: giving we receive also.
The action of giving (and the flowing energy) is symbolized by the breathe: breathing is an act that involves giving and taking, and the nose, where the air passes through, symbolized the 'present'.
He has set up a small theatre in a little house beside the camino, where he lives. The stage is empty: a very long bed sheet and a chair only. It is the way he have chosen to represent the present moment: in every moment life should be stage and we are the only actors!
After the visit, a friend of mine has found a banknote along the way...
Above Astorga, the Stone cross of Santo Toribio:
And finally, Astorga with its beautiful cathedral and walls:
Analogic pictures taken with Nikon FE2 camera. August 2010.