Pine forest with a soul

The pine barrens from my childhood villige … for me is connected to mysticism. It was early autumns on Saturdays. We (Mum!) made lunch pack with warm chocolate in a thermos bottle. The adults brought with them coffee … it smelled deliciously but tasted horrible! It did not look like much berries, though…. . rather sparse. But when I sit down and look underneath the green shiny lingon leaves, I find cluster with plenty of these delicious dark red berries ‘tyttebaer’. The colour play between the leaves and the berries… the reindeer moss and the pine trunks…  is still with me… I got like a lunch pack for the life’s journey. What a treasure! And what a lovely evening … coming home to make ‘trollkrem’ (dessert with mountain cranberries, eggwhites and sugar)… silently listening to the ‘Children’s hour’ from the radio… What a richness…

A good while
is the time
you spent well
The time you spent on
thinking
and put words
to the thoughts
together with friends
or alone
Thoughts about life
well lived
and life tomorrow
Take time
for quality whiles

Knowledge og life

Art of living
is to ask
the important
questions
of life
And accept
thar some
questions
don’t come with
an answer

 In wondering and expectation
we start
wandering
Thouhts come
whilst walking
In everu step
lie big
mysteries hidden
the goal is
new wondering
at new wandering

The forest at the pilgrim path will give experiences to remember! Different trees, the woodland floor varies from rather stony terrain ….soft moss carpet to a ground with less plants, especially where the needle trees with more shadows …. You’ll find yourself surrounded by different kinds of warm demanding leaf trees, and the old fur trees are just exquisitePlease, come and see for yourself and experience nature from the Big Creator… Blessing for body and soul…the gift of being part of the nature and all it’s healing powers…

The first Pilgrimage Balestrand:
Olsokday July 29th 2014

Please, mark the days 28.-31. July… to take part in the whole arrangement
More information soon.

Follow the updated information on the home page www.detgylnehus.no
Every new addition to ‘Pilgrimage news’ blogg will be announced via my Facebook profile: Bjørg Frøisok Bjøberg.
Please contact me if you want any further information.
Mob.: 0047 91562842
e-mail: bjoergfb@online.no
I will also invite you to be my friend on Facebook …

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Furua er interessant og spennande! Ho går ikkje etter faste reglar for vekst! Ho snor seg og snur seg etter ver og veksttilhøve. Og så duftar det så godt i furuskogen
Det vanligste byggematerialet for norske stavkirker var furu. Til grunnkonstruksjonen i stavkirkene benyttet man malmfuru som har hatt sein (tett) vekst og derfor har stor malmandel (andelkjerneved). Slike furutrær fantes først og fremst i høyereliggende strøk. Malmfuru er naturlig impregnert og meget varig, selv på værutsatte steder. Slikt trevirke ble derfor foretrukket til utsatte deler som staver, sviller, takspon og veggplanker (tiler).[/toggle]

Programme

28th July
Guests gradually arriving Balestrand and finding their lodging places
In the evening: Welcoming assembling with concert, film and information

29th July
Pilgrimage wandering to Kvamsøy
Pilgrimage service in Kvamsøy church
Seremony of Unveiling the sculpture ‘The Worry Tree’ and Blessing the ‘Worry Tree House’

30th July
Pilgrimage wandering to Tjuatoten mountain
Ceremony at The Old Stone Cross on the top plateau 

Alternative arrangement for those who wish for a ‘lighter’ wandering

31th July
Departure
or longer stay in ‘the green lounge’ of Balestrand and surrounding areas

Kvamsøy
is the smallest island in Norway
with a church
It is dated from 1280
and is unique of its kind
The ‘naked’ but rich interior
gives a particular atmosphere

The thousand Year Oak
at Målsnes farm
close by the pilgrimage path
towards Kvamsøy
Under the wide tree crown
is the right surroundings
for a gathering
for meditation
reflection
and a short devotional

Tjuatoten 1089 m
with wide view to ‘seven kingdoms’
is the destination 
for a pilgrimage
to The Stone Cross
on the top plateau
and it rewards you
for the efforts
in the steep hills above the fjord

When you wish for more information or you want to enlist,
conact by e-mail: bjoergfb@online.no

or by post address: Pilegrimsvandring Balestrand
Bjørg F. Bjøberg, Fjærestad 44, 6899 Balestrand

or you may simply phone me.: oo47 915 62 842
We are looking foreward to hearing from you!

Lodging:
Balestrand have got several excellent possible lodgings
in the following ‘Pilgrimage news’ on our website we will give more practical information
So, please follow…..

We all wish to be part of a fellowship

A fellowship… a group of people working towards a joint goal… The goal is important for a good fellowship. All are equally important and worthful…… all can use their talents… and everybody gets support from everybody… Utopia?? We have to believe is is possible to have such a society!
Pilgrimage fellowships have grown many places in the world… in the latest years new paths have been cleard, old carriage roads have been discovered and got renewed value. Pilgrimage destinations that are far away from the certificated pilgrimages  are increasing here in Norway during the last 10 years. Kvamsøy island and its medieval church, the 1100 m high mountain Tjuatoten and The still water are among these.The closest we come is about 100 km away, to Lærdal in the eastern and Solund in the western direction. So here lies Balestrand in between these two places …. outside the pilgrimage tradition.
We are just in the beginning of creating a new tradition and piece by piece.. in some years we might have got a connected pilgrimage road from the very inner to the outer part of the longest fjord in the world.  We are on the starting point of creating a new tradition, and gradually we will see a joint ‘Pilgrimage Sognefjord’ from Lærdal in east to the most westerlny piont of Norway, Solund…. Then it is no fault to be ‘n the ‘midway’… with Kvamsøy church from 1280! It stands as a representative of thew mid agse’s tradition og pilgrimage!
The view are enormous, and so they have to be, in order to reach new goals in the distance. But now…to the path! taht we now make ready and even…. like a famour tortoise in Aesop’s fables: metre by metre after metre………

«Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.»

Ode
til vandringa
Gleden
begynner
innenfra
Men en liten tur
på stien
kan hjelpe med
å finne
den indre
tonen
frå djupet
frå sjela
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Come with us on the first Pilgrimage wandering Balestrand
Olsokday July 29th  2014

Put marks in your agenda for 28th-31st Juli for the whole arrangement
More information will come.

Keep an eye on the home page’s ‘Pilgrimage news’ !
Every new ‘Pilgrimage news’ will be announced through a link to my Facebook profile: Bjørg Frøisok Bjøberg.
Give me a hint if you want to get direct updates.
Tlf.: 91562842 e-mailt: bjoergfb@online.no
..We can be friends on facebook as well…

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Parallell verses from the Bible
Norsk (1930)
Hør! Det er en som roper: Rydd i ørkenen vei for Herren! Gjør i ødemarken en jevn vei for vår Gud!

Dansk (1917 / 1931)
I Ørkenen raaber en Røst: »Ban HERRENS Vej, jævn i det øde Land en Højvej for vor Gud!

Svenska (1917)
Hör, man ropar; »Bereden väg för HERREN i öknen, banen på hedmarken en jämn väg för vår Gud.

King James Bible
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

English Revised Version
The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.[/toggle]

Welcome to Balestrand!

It is a great honour and joy to wish you welcome to the very first pilgimage in Balestrand. This idea was born 12 years back in time, so it is now become a teenager. On time to send the one out into the world! Will you join us? If your interest is caught, set the date in your agenda already now! To get new information and be updated…follow the ‘Pilgrimage news’ under the www.detgylnehus.no…..  Many pieces are to be organised… but so fare we are on the scedule!
Whom are a pilgrimage wanderer?… If we take a broad view of the matter; we are all of us pilgrims…life itself is a pilgrimage.  We have all… once in our lifetime… need of stopping…for one or two days, one or four weeks… and go in to the silent room. Such a room might be ‘nature’.
Our pilgrimage is going on in a very special sort of nature…. with connection to fjord, mountains and pieces of great historical and spiritual worths. It is like a complete oasis…. and we have tried to arrange oasises into the oases….in order to give your soul and mind and body a refill….. according to your needs….

Nature medicine
Nature is there
waiting for you
until you discover it
Nature comes
to a meeting with you
with all its fragrances and scents
Nature comes
with peace for your mind
harmony for your soul
There is blessing in every sigh
healing in every air movement
Is this what you call nature medicine?
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[box type=»info» style=»rounded» border=»full»]Pilgrim. The word comes from ‘peregrino’ and referres to a person who is in foreign land… to be humble wandering with open senses and without predisposed attitude. You will be meeting with omeone… maybe… as well as meeting with yourself in a new way…[/box]

[box style=»rounded» border=»full»]More information is already available under our website …link to http://www.detgylnehus.no/en/pilgrimage-balestrand-project/[/box]

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Wander out!
You were born for wandering.
wander  out!
There is somebody you should meet.
Where? Whom?
You don’t know it yet –
maybe yourself?

Go out!
Your steps will be your words-
the path your song,
your tiredness your prayers –
and in the end – when all is past
your inner tranquility will speak to you.

Go out!
Alone or together with others –
but come out of your self!
You had rivals –
you will find friends and companions.
You met enemies –
you will find brothers and sisters.

Go out!
Your head don’t know
to where your feet will bring your heart.

Go out!
You were born for the road –
the road of the pilgrim.
Somebody will come to meet you –
search for you
so that you can find Him in all the Holy
at the end of the road –
in the deepest of your heart.
He is your peace!
He is your joy!

Wander!
God is already wandering
together with you.

Anonymous
Translated byGunnar Siqveland to Norweagian
Translated from there to English by Bjørg Bjøberg
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