We are vaguely illuminated by the tools available to consciousness to advance in the darkness of the mysteries of life: the soul, the heart, the intellect. It is a solitary journey, but one requiring human encounters. It is a journey common to all human beings, but unique to each one. It is an individual evolution that advances the collective.
For we are all on a pilgrimage towards the mystery, during a long spiritual journey in a land of sacred truths that can only be known through direct contact. The very fact of being born already puts us on the path, or rather on the path that only one person will have to trace: oneself. The word pilgrim is unfortunately loaded with historical meaning and religious weight, but it remains constantly relevant: the pilgrim travels to the confines of distant, secret and sacred territories. Only one condition is required: to be alive and to remain so. No particular vocation or specific moment, just progress in life, choose your directions and endure the hazards of the journey, demonstrate will and adaptation.
And most importantly: the purpose of this trip is only secondary. All that matters is the accomplishment of being and its return in consciousness towards the absolute, the source. The word mystery is found in the so-called mystery schools, composed of disciples studying esotericism and holistic sciences. It is nevertheless a secret and sacred truth, elusive by conventional intellectual understanding. This truth can only be known through inner revelation, through direct contact. It is a question here of learning and understanding not by intellectual analysis, but by inner transformation, absorption and fusion. The pilgrim and the mystery then become one, they unite.
As the path unfolds, answers are provided, but even deeper questions arise. The final goal is in fact only the pilgrim himself, on the way to the heart of his being. Because the world is the projection of ourselves, our involvement and our identifications with these illusions prevent us from seeing it as it is. The pilgrim on the way sees more and more of this world, and therefore himself. Knowledge of reality comes first and foremost through self-knowledge. The more the pilgrim journeys within himself, the more he will be able to grasp the mysteries of external reality.