Comments on: Interview with Mark Shea about his new film, The Way – Spiritual Journey along the Camino de Santiago.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:17:31 +0000

To all the women who have walked The Camino:
I am planning a trip to walk The Camino next year and was wondering your take on safety. Is the pilgrimage safe and more so, is it safe for a single woman? Any words of advice for a single traveller?

By: The Overlander

The Overlander — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:49:39 +0000

Thank you Christopher. I always appreciate feedback. I funded this project myself and although I cringe watching it now, I learnt an important lesson with this film: Be Honest. Many people have said as you have, that seeing the good and bad is important to understand the journey. I’m setting off for a new RTW film in July. If I reached Amsterdam be great to catch up. If you are keen, may even interview you about Amsterdam.

regards

Mark

By: christopher Leather

christopher Leather — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:02:04 +0000

Hi Mark.
I have just received ‘The Way’ all the way from Australia. Thanks for your encouragement ‘Enjoy the Journey’. I WILL!
Mark I discovered you when someone told me about a film ‘The Way’ a real shot movie created by Hollywood with a story of someone dying etc. Of course it is a taste for someone who has never walked Camino. But not the real deal!!!!
A friend of mine walked ‘Carmino’ and I joined him for the last three days from Santiago to Cabo de Finistera, where the walkers all burn there clothes beside the Atlantic Ocean. I will always remember my all be it short walk and then discovered your film which in fact is the ‘real deal’ the pain, passion, unwinding story and spiritual growth. I like what you said at the end about the baggage we collect in our lives, very true.
I brought your film to share with people because no way can you explain it and your journey does this very well.
Carry on with this good film making if you’re ever close to Amsterdam drop by and well have a few ‘tinnys’. I’m also conected to film.

Best wishes Christopher.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:26:38 +0000

Vipassana meditation? Unlikely that I’d be able to stay that still or that quiet for long but maybe I’ll give it a go until my next adventure.

Thanks!

By: The Overlander

The Overlander — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:11:51 +0000

Thanks for your comment Rebekah. I have found that, post camino, I am less materialistic and have a different view on organized religion. Since doing the camino I did a 10 day vipassana silent meditation. I feel the camino taught me to meditate through movement, vipassana taught me to meditate through stillness.
best wishes

Mark

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:16:18 +0000

Mark, thankyou for sharing your experiences on youtube. It made me wish I had been more disciplined in keeping my journal. I completed the Camino in August this year and watching your video I felt like I was back there!

You comments about living in the moment rang true for me. My main reason for walking was that in life there is so much emphasis on goals and targets and whilst we are constantly striving to reach them we never really fully appreciate the now. The irony of the way being that the goal is to reach Santiago, it did worry me that I would be preoccupied with reaching the destination and again not living in the here and now. However I found I was able to reconnect with nature, (almost) enjoy the physical pain and feel an absolute sense of freedom. To me the Camino is a metaphor for life and the struggles I had on the journey represented struggles in my life. Every person I met, every ache and pain had it’s significance somewhere! And beer tastes so amazing after you have walked 30Km!

Life after the Camino is tough and I’m struggling to put what I learnt on the Camino into my day to day life but I’m sure I’ll get there! Thankyou again and keep making inspiring videos.

Rebekah

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:38:39 +0000

Mark,

Thanks for a really inspiring and ‘different’ type of video. What time of year did you travel? And how did you get to St Jean from Australia?

Regards

By: The Overlander

The Overlander — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:02:53 +0000

Thanks Paula, I wish you the best on your fall journey
regards
Mark

By: Paula Sunny

Paula Sunny — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:52 +0000

Hi Mark,

I did some of the Camino in 2007. I am getting ready to do most of it this fall. Your film rekindles my yearning for it. Such a sweet feeling! Though I walked only a short stretch of it – the Camino became like a teacher for me and a way of life. Actually when I went back home my life turned upside down. I do not know if after this year it will flip back on its feet, but I am sure I started a process which needs a completion. A birth cannot go half way, I think. Thank you for creating your film. It is a great invitation for self discovery and for self purification. The Camino is a mystery, which contains special power. It is like a communion with power – once you try it, you are never the same. Thanks for sharing.

Paula

By: Sarah Permaculture Crawford

Sarah Permaculture Crawford — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:38:38 +0000

Hey Mark,
Andrew and I walked the Camino this year in June…how about that? Our paths so often cross and turning points of our life. All the very best with the film.