We set out on our Full Moon Enlightenment Walk on Sunday evening, a little later than expected, around 8:15pm. It was still plenty light, and the sun was yet to set, on the other side of the mountains, where we were headed.
We found a wild camping pitch, not far from from the village of Deia, on an olive grove terrace, and pitched up in the evening darkness, gazing up at the stars. We woke in the night, to sit and gaze at the full moon, in all it's bright closeness.
It had been our intention to head the next morning, to visit the cave of Ramon Llull, where he dedicated himself to meditation, and attained enlightenment.
But living life in the now, as I do, life took a different twist this day, and I took off for another journey entirely, meditating under a copse of pine trees on a small hillock, then stumbled quietly into the sleepy village of Deia on the day of the holiday of Saint Joan, enjoyed the peaceful start to the day there, leaving before the main event started. Instinct took us off down the mountainside to the bay of Cala Deia, where we enjoyed a picnic breakfast on the rocks, watch the Mediterranean Sea doing a powerful impersonation of the Atlantic Ocean, powered by the night's super moon. That was it, the sea had us, and we couldn't walk away from it, so chose to take the long way home, walking the coastal path from Deia to Soller Port.
What an adventure it turned out to be! We enjoyed stunning scenery, towering cliffs, pounding oceans, and windswept pine trees, where we sat in the shade, I reading from Papaji's book, This : Prose and Poetry of Dancing Emptiness, sharing Satsang.
A little further along, we sat on logs, in the shade, meditating. A lunchtime picnic at another spot, then the going got really interesting. We pushed to our edge of comfort and beyond. The path got challenging, and eventually, when it shifted from difficult to dangerous, we had to turn back and forge another route, up through the levels of olive terraces, until we made the road, joyous to be on firm ground, not clinging to trees on loose and narrow dirt paths.
I still intend to visit Ramon's cave, perhaps even later this week, or next week. I'll share it when I do.
20km, 20 hours, sleeping, meditating, eating and walking in the wild.
See our journey in pictures…
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