archives: Spiritual Travel

5 (Legal) Ways To Get High While Traveling

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Christine Garvin counts down the best ways to get high on travel without getting arrested.  More »

What Would You Ask A Spiritual Leader At 30,000 Feet?

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What life questions would you ask a minister, or a guru, rabbi, or Buddhist philosopher if you sat next to one on a plane?   More »

Why So Serious? How The Trickster Teaches Us About Inner Travel

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The mythological trickster is beyond good and evil. They exist to shake up your world, much like the best inner journeys.   More »

Quitters Unite: The Joys Of Complaint-Free Travel

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A new movement to stop complaining is sweeping the world, but how can it impact our travel?  More »

Sacred Or Survival Dance: Risk Taking In Travel

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Each of us has to take part in the survival dance, but not forget our sacred dance - the reason we wanted to travel in the first place.  More »

5 Smoking Hot Reasons You Should Walk On Fire

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The ancient ritual of firewalking can teach a person some very important life lessons.  More »

How to Start a Travel Shrine

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Protection, meaning, power, healing, and pictures are all part of a transportable temple.   More »

Hot Springs: Spiritual Oasis Or New-Age Pick Up Spot?

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Traditionally a spiritual and healing space, hot springs are becoming known for a different primal function.   More »

Can Slum Tourism Be Done Right? Eric Weiner Says Yes.

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This type of tourism is on the rise, but is it ethical? Eric Weiner offers 4 criteria for saving slum tourism.  More »

Buddha Booze: The Practice Of Mindful Drinking

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Controversial article says mindful drinking is possible.  More »

The Travel Wisdom of Bruce Lee

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"It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials."  More »

Kachin Christmas: Finding Faith In Myanmar

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Living among the Kachins opens Tim Patterson's eyes to the enduring power of religious faith.  More »

Five Eastern Thinkers Who Understood Inner Travel

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A shortlist of canonical Eastern thinkers to help inspire the inner wanderlust in us all.  More »

Witnessing The Divine In The Darkness

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From the Yogis to the Romantics, many have sought to live on the edge of society.  More »

5 Ways Inner Travel Helps You See Other Cultures

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Inner travel helps you learn more about yourself - and just as importantly, other cultures.  More »

Meditating In Mexico: Close Encounters Of The Guru Kind

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Dani Redd experiences the unorthodox techniques of a Mexican spiritual teacher.  More »

5 (Western) Thinkers Who Understood Inner Travel

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The history of philosophy is a great big guide for travelers.  More »

5 Real Techniques For Improving Inner Travel

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Cultivate your inner travel prowess with these concrete ways.  More »

Holy War: How Conflict Shapes The Culture Of Israel

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An agnostic's visit to the homeland of her family.  More »

10 Most Influential Spiritual Books Of The Past 50 Years

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Further your own spiritual journey with these classic books.  More »

Interview: Benyamin Cohen Finds Jesus, Becomes a Better Jew


An interview with the author of "My Jesus Year."   More »

5 Barriers To Inner Travel (And How To Break Them)

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Kick-start your inner travel by breaking these mental barriers.   More »

How Travel Helps Cultivate Empathy In A Globalized World

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"I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship."  More »

How Changing Your Perspective Makes All Travel An Inner Journey

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Travel isn't as simple as it seems.   More »

Interview: Jewish Artist Avraham Loewenthal On Capturing The Kabbalah

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In one of the holiest cities of the world, how can you paint mystical truths?  More »

Have You Found Your Soul Place?

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We are inexplicably attracted to locations that we cannot readily explain.  More »

The 5 Most Sacred Cities For The Spiritual Traveler

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Venture on your own pilgrimage to these sacred cities around the world.  More »

Can You Move Between Worlds As A Perpetual Traveler?

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In the modern world, we are all "global souls" sharing multiple existences.  More »

Why You’ll Never Find The Perfect Time To Meditate

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Because the "perfect time" just doesn't exist.  More »

The Kung Fu Warrior’s Guide To Informal Fallacies

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Part II in the series of arguing with logic.  More »

The Kung Fu Warrior’s Guide To Arguing With Logic

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Arm yourself with the intellect to deflect poorly constructed arguments.   More »

The Tao Of Vagabond Travel

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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. -Lao Tsu  More »

Discovering The Hidden Nation Of Soul-Seekers

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Where there's no place to call home.  More »

Finding Faith In The Healing Power Of Travel

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Can travel cure spiritual and physical ills?  More »

What Would You Give For Your Traveler’s Moment?

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Your moment is out there - you just have to find it.  More »

10 Things To Learn About Yourself When Traveling Alone

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To travel alone is to find the answers you’ve been seeking.   More »

How To Embrace The Joys Of Human Experience

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Balancing our scales is the surest way to get the correct perspective on life.  More »

The Traveler’s Guide To Enlightenment

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Ian MacKenzie shares one path to nirvana: Zen Buddhism.  More »

Can You Develop Your Spirituality Without Visiting India?

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Christine Garvin shows you how to look locally.  More »

How To Choose Your Perfect Yoga Retreat

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Choose wisely and discover the true depths of your yogic journey.  More »

4 Lessons Learned From The Camino del Santiago Pilgrimage

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Over the past millennium, thousands of people, from all over Europe and all over the world, have made the pilgrimage to Santiago. Laurie Pickard is   More »

4 Lessons Learned From The Vagabond Life

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I struggled to define myself. Was I a vagabond? An unemployed 20-something with no future? The last 16 months of my life have been spent wandering. A  More »

Divine Inspiration: How Travel Teaches Us To Appreciate Humanity

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Knowing ourselves and our communities, and seeing them in unison, is the first step in fostering the divine world spirit. A wise Indian man once said  More »

The Last Article On The Traveler/Tourist Distinction You’ll Ever Read

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F. Daniel Harbecke tackles the traveler/tourist debate that never seems to die, and finally puts the issue to a much deserved rest. “Tourist.&#  More »

Finding Yourself Is Your True Destination

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Ekaterina rejects her Communist childhood, full of pressure to conform, and creates the life she always wanted. But first, she had to leave home to f  More »

What Henry David Thoreau Taught Me About Travel

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Thoreau understood something that many of us modern day nomads would do well to recognize: travel is a matter of perspective, not location. Henry D  More »

Forget The Destination, Focus On The Journey

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“Every joke,” according to my wife, “has an element of joke in it.” The first time I heard it, I figured she’d confused  More »

How To Respectfully Visit Holy Places Around The World

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Churches, temples, mosques, synagogues - whatever faith they belong to, and wherever they are in the world, these holy places almost always make it on  More »

Defending the Dalai Lama

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I write for a newspaper, says Dan Gardner, in so many words. When I author, I am relevant and topical. My vocabulary is college-approved, my messag  More »

How To Travel With The Law of Attraction

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We create our own lives through our thoughts and emotions, even when we aren’t aware of it. Do you dream of traveling to far away places, but   More »

How Traveling Taught Me To Be Human


“After spending all that time traveling half-way around the world, what have you learned?” I lean back in my armchair and contemplate thi  More »

Spiritual Fasting: How To Appreciate Life Through Temporary Deprivation

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The aim of Ramadan is to experience suffering, and to understand that we are no better than anyone else. During the ninth month of the Muslim calender  More »

The Rise Of The Conscientious Traveler


Conscientious travelers are engaged, participants in travel with a passion for life. They are not merely observers, consumers to be entertained. In   More »

The Traveler’s Guide To Karma

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I usually don’t buy coffee from a shop. I buy it from the local IGA and brew it at home; or rather, my wife makes it before I wake up in the mor  More »

How To Be A Mindful Traveler

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Do you ever arrive without knowing how you got there? Follow these steps to be more aware and appreciate the journey. Much of the time we live our   More »

All Roads Lead To Home

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This process of becoming lost in the world, the process of growing up, is repeated as a pattern throughout one’s life. Lately, I have been busy  More »

If There’s A Fork In The Road

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Experience is based on our personal choices, and we can bring as much or as little choice into the matter as we wish. Life revolves; as the motion o  More »

A Visit To The City Of Tomorrow


The core of the experience for visitors to Auroville, a remarkable some 30-year-old “utopia” in the south of India, is a reinforcement of  More »

Purify Your Body, Your Mind

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What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner. -M.K. Gandhi It’s Saturday. I’ve been fasting for over twenty-four hour  More »

Have Money, Will Meditate


A new breed of spiritual travelers are hitting other lands and cultures. And they have money.  More »

With Awareness, You Are Never Alone

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During my first peace walk, walking and living for peace, within a community, each person had their story to tell. I met her years ago. She was qui  More »

Uncovering Your Inspiration In The Present Moment

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I’m traveling. I’m in the middle of nowhere, say the Indian countryside in the heat of the monsoon. I’m soaked, damp, wet, sticki  More »

The Art of Spiritual Travel

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You’re at home. Priorities, concerns, handling of money and dealing with the collection of physical accoutrements are placed before you. You   More »

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