Cruz de ferro

These are the notes I took for my personal journal as I visited the Cruz De Ferro. The notes are not meant to be taken literally. they were free flowing thoughts I had while visiting the site. I share them because my soul tells me to. It’s a free form writing.

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The Cruz De Ferro is a place that you lay your burdens down. Many people write on rock or bring a rock form home and place it on the mound to bless and release what “they believe” is heavy on them.

Lay your burdens down here.

Ceremonial traditions

Create a real physical place in your garden or alter to lay your burdens down and also pray to heal the burdens of others. Pray you are stronger to take those burdens off others.

In the mist of this pile of rocks that are in reverence to others and their own burdens a rock lays and says peace. Almost to say the letting go and having difficulties in the middle - in the center there is peace.
Never forget that.

Individuals visit the Cruz de Ferro . As a place to let go, lay to rest and pray away the thing that is disturbing them or the ones they love.

I had a thought as I walked around the mound of stones that had notes written on them memorials and sayings.
We can have our own Cruz de Ferro in any space we want. If we can have our own Cruz De Ferro and honor it in our garden/alter then we can help heal ourselves and the world.

It’s a cool place to think this is where people are letting go to find peace for themselves and others …

The tranquil vibe has subsided and children talking and families laughing and energy excited.

Similar to a cemetery where it is quiet and then children come to visit and the volume increases. Instead of wishing the kids would be quiet and somber I noted them picking up rocks that were not written on and tossing them in a playful manner. I thought wouldn’t that be great if we all engaged with our burdens that way.

Life can be way heavier than that and I thought that’s a good thought to work towards.

Isn’t that what we want instead of our burdens ? To receive them, understand them, process them and let them go?

As we get closer to the city that is suppose to quantify our journey (receive our Compostela ) many are complaining about Sarria and what it could look like as many will be arriving to Sarria from the other paths to join for the last 100km to Santiago.

They complain it’s too loud, those people didn’t walk as far - it the seniors versus the freshmen. Who is to say who is more wise, more spiritual. more knowing.

I look forward to the new energy. I’m curious

Everyone has their burdens - mine are theirs and theirs are mine.

I go deep within the pile of rocks and pulling out from deep under the pile of written rocks “where we lay our burdens down”

I vowed to become someone who can remove or lighten the burden of others and myself.

Who am I
What do I know

Nothing.

I’m watching the kids climb to the top tossing around the supposed burdens .. while the somber adults look so hard to find the right size and shape of their burden. the kids they tossing them around.. ha ha that’s funny to me.

Not carry them - pick them up every day and toss them..

Everyone at some point in time day hour projects what should be how it should be done…✔️

I’m good I’m going to start walking now.

On to the next stage.もっと詳しく