Vacationing with God

About the Book

From having traveled the world, I pass onto you a piece of advice: travel as a pilgrim, not as a tourist. I define a pilgrim as “a person who is a humble seeker and open to new experiences.” And when a new experience does happen, a pilgrim accepts it, believes in it, and treasures it. Get out from behind your camera or cell phone. Utilize your senses—smell, touch, and feel the place. The world is not a museum. Embrace it all and expect the unexpected. Perhaps you too will be blessed with mystical experiences. However, no one has the ability to create these experiences; they are truly authentic. One cannot make them happen; either they happen or they don’t.

About the Author

As I review this material, I again ask myself the question, why is the Israeli soil so holy? I have found spiritual energy at other locations on the globe - an island near the North Pole, a mountain in the Australian Outback, a cave in Greece, a spot on the Ganges River. But, at least for me, the concentration of this type of energy is in Israel. And then it came to me. Thinking again about the quotes about the Jews from some of the world’s greatest thinkers, I surmised a connection. The force of humanity contains all people, with Christians, Jews & Muslims comprising the largest portion. And this energy of humankind started with a connection to the soil.