Today felt like a crash course in leaving the old world behind. I walked a path from total silence to complete chaos, only to find peace on the sand at the end. Here’s how it looked:
1. Serra Grossa: A Place to Hear Yourself
This is the third mountain, counting from the famous Santa Bárbara castle. It’s raw, dry, and far from the usual tourist trails.
The Spiritual Aspect: A place for a “clear head.” When you stand at the summit, the city below stops touching you. You see it, but you are no longer in it. It’s the physical experience of being an observer of your own life.
The Ritual: Sit on the bare rock. Feel its hardness against your spine. It’s the best way to remind your body what stability feels like—especially if you’re working on your health, like I am with my nose and hernia recovery. The rock doesn’t shake. You don’t have to either.
2. The Farmers’ Protest: When the System Cracks
Coming down the mountain, I hit a blockade. Police, tractors, crowds, anger. Farmers took to the streets because the old system had stopped feeding them.
The Spiritual Aspect: This was a test in “not getting sucked in.” You can empathise with people and see their protest as proof of the matrix collapsing, but your job is to pass through it without taking on their fear. It’s the moment you check if you can maintain your inner peace in the eye of the storm.
Pro-tip: Watch it like a movie. See the action, feel the emotions, but don’t step onto the screen.
3. Postiguet Beach: Regeneration in Progress
On the shore, I saw an excavator moving sand directly into the water. The water was murky, machine noise was everywhere.
The Spiritual Aspect: We often think of healing and transformation as meaning meditating among flowers. No. Sometimes it’s an excavator that has to flip everything from the bottom up to clean the shore. The muddy parts have to surface so they can settle anew.
The Ritual: Take off your shoes. Walk barefoot on the wet sand. Let the salt water wash away the last of the city dust. It’s the simplest and most effective grounding—your feet are the antenna connecting you directly to Gaia.
4. Parque de la Ereta: Back to Base
A park on the mountainside, full of terraces and the shade of pine trees.
The Spiritual Aspect: A place for integration. Here, the scent of the forest mixes with the sea breeze. The perfect spot to sit after it all and feel how all these images—the mountain, the tractors, the excavator—settle into one whole within you.
The Ritual: Find running water or sit under a tree. Breathe deeply. Feel how the fruit and sunlight you took in during the day are now becoming part of your cells.
Summary:
The world is changing. Sometimes it screams, sometimes it kicks up sand, and sometimes it’s silent on a mountaintop. What matters is knowing when to take off your shoes and simply feel at home.
Ginkgo and Gaia
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