There can be no pilgrimage without a body and a journey, no effective devotion without time and space.
Travel is necessary.
Half the fun is the getting there . The body must tire for the soul to soar. And miles to go before I sleep. In spite of jetliners, global communication, CNN and the instantaneous transmission of images, huge throngs of the devout still journey to the Kaaba in Mecca, to the Ganges at Benares, to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem or to Mount Kailas, in Tibet. A pilgrimage in its highest form is a spiritual act.