{"id":123535745,"date":"2023-05-24T16:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=123535745"},"modified":"2023-05-24T16:26:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:26:41","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-longing-for-pilgrimage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=123535745","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Longing for Pilgrimage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem about the reality of monastic paths.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/aea22b70-3e50-4d87-9e63-45218f474ec3_6000x4000.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(A photo of a  rainbow passing through a lit-up cloud against a dark, overcast sky. Silhouetted trees are seen at the bottom of the image.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@dewang?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Dewang Gupta<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/images\/nature\/rainbow?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Longing for Pilgrimage<\/h3><p>Destination unknown, but there<\/p><p>In the distance, desired for<\/p><p>the holy site beckoning<\/p><p>Distractions and setbacks<\/p><p>glint in the distance<\/p><p>or waylay the trek<\/p><p>The sight of oak trees<\/p><p>with their messages of strength<\/p><p>and windy reminders of mutability<\/p><p>Everything in its own time,<\/p><p>like the ebb and flow of tides<\/p><p>a monk\u2019s path is ever-winding<\/p><p>Doubt may cloud the sky<\/p><p>but rain isn\u2019t a constant<\/p><p>and rainbows shine through<\/p><p>The heart travels on<\/p><p>the compass point swaying<\/p><p>but it remains ever-true<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem about the reality of monastic paths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123535745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123535745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123535745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123535745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123535745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123535745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123535745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}