El Camino = The Way. This is the road leading to the tomb of the Apostle St. James to Santiago de Compostella in Spain. Pilgrims walk on it for more than 1300 years. If you want to read more about it, the internet is full information.
On this page, we want to focus on the Christian message of the Camino. In recent decades, there is a significant increase of interest in the El Camino. The book of, Paolo Cohelo about the Camino has been sold in millions of copies. It is a true hit. We have to mention THE WAY is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating in this ever-changing and complicated world.
The Camino is an alternative to find spiritual peace. Due the physical challenges on the way as a result you know yourself deeper and you can clarify the priorities in your life. If you find this unique peace in your soul, the next step is to recognize the source of all of this. We are all God’s creatures: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Genesis 1.26) As St. Augustine said, " You have made us for yourself Lord and our hearts are restless until it rests in you . "
According to Eric Schmidt -Google's executive chairman- nowadays the amount of data generated every 48 hours is larger than all data from the dawn of civilization till 2003. There is no doubt that access to information is an unprecedented opportunity for growth in a kind of inflection point in human history. The question is, how will you continue? People like mystique. I like mystery. The "How come?" and "Where am I going?' questions are more and more asked. There is an increasing openness to transcendence. These are clear signs we are not mentally prepared to manage the Earth and its escalated engulfing information . We see it as the lifeblood of water. Slowly, we believe that there is no life without information. But if you think about it, water is something we cannot live without, but if it's just water we easily drown. We believe that this is a choking cry for help. Therefore, more and more people start their journeys to start breathing. To sort out their tangled thoughts. To find their peace of mind. To be happier. Hoping that the Way, will show them truth, and the truth can lead to a better life .
Everyone has a different way. Yet, we are in same since God knows and loves all of us. We have the freedom of choice between good and evil. We are saved through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and this is completely independent whether we believe in it or not. The friendliness and gentleness of the ones who meditate and pray in the great Eastern religions, often put to shame the believer of the Western world. The divine perfection is so highly valued that many believe it is only possible in a row with different reincarnated lives. The leading principles of cleansing are almost the same which we wish to follow, yet there is a crucial difference. What we believe in and accept God's redemptive gift in Jesus Christ. „For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. Not because God sent His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to obtain salvation of the world. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned who did not believe, however, have been consolidated judgment, because he has not believed in the only begotten Son of God. This is the judgment: the light has come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his actions be revealed. But he that does what the truth is, the light goes, let the light detection deeds that are wrought in God. "
