As we continue retracing the first days of our pilgrimage from Rome to Jerusalem, the road gently leads us from Assisi toward Gubbio along the ancient Franciscan Path of Peace.

There we encounter one of St. Francis' most beloved stories: the meeting with the wolf.

How often does fear create "wolves" or monsters in our minds?

How quickly do we judge by appearances, defend our expectations, and attack, confident in our interpretations of a situation?

A difficult encounter with a solitary hermit becomes an opportunity to recognize that what seems to stand before us is a reflection of the fears and interpretations we still hold within us.

This is the foundational teaching of A Course in Miracles, and many other spiritual traditions.

True healing (the “miracle”) does not ask us to change another.

It invites us to release the meaning we have given them; to be willing to see the situation differently; to allow our beliefs, judgments and condemnations to be undone so that we may experience true peace.

We are not here to embrace illusions as if they were true, but to embrace the Christ (the Light, the Love, the Eternal) that has always remained untouched beneath every image that fear has made.

This is the forgiveness of the Course. It is not a struggle to become more loving, but the quiet willingness to let Love reveal what has always been there.

May this episode be an invitation to pause before every judgment and appearance, and ask:

What if there is only my brother (the Christ) here?

With love,

Mony and Alberto

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As we continue retracing the first days of our pilgrimage from Rome to Jerusalem on this WALKING FOR PEACE PODDCAST, another quiet lesson begins to emerge.

Walking through the hills of Umbria, welcomed by Franciscan communities and eventually arriving in Assisi, I found myself confronting fears I didn't yet recognize: the fear of speaking openly about God and my spiritual beliefs, the desire to control how our message would be received, the need to protect an identity I had carefully built, and the subtle belief that peace somehow depended on my saying and doing all the right things.

Alberto would similarly confront the fear of speaking openly and with confidence about his spirituality with those holding traditional views, and trusting in the True Voice that was speaking through him.

We look back on everything through the gentle lens of A Course in Miracles, and recognize that:

We are not asked to create the message.

We are asked to receive it.

And having received it, to offer it.

Perhaps our greatest offering is not our words, our ideas, or even our pilgrimage.

Perhaps it is our willingness to become available.

May this episode be an invitation to pause, to listen beyond appearances, and to ask with quiet sincerity:

What am I truly being asked to offer today?

With love,

Mony and Alberto

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WALKING A COURSE IN MIRACLES, A PILGRIM’S SPIRITUAL COMPANION

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In this episode of the WALKING FOR PEACE PODCAST, Alberto and I continue reflecting on the early days of our pilgrimage from Rome to Jerusalem, revisiting an unexpected climb to a remote Franciscan hermitage that would leave a lasting imprint on our journey, and reveal a lesson we would only fully understand twenty-five years later.

Lost on a mountain trail after dark, exhausted and uncertain, we finally arrive at the humble home of Father Bernardino, a Franciscan hermit whose warmth, simplicity, and quiet presence welcome us into a space illuminated only by candlelight. Over a shared meal, he speaks about the Tau, an ancient symbol of God's protection, and tells us that those who carry it are messengers of God.

At the time, I resisted those words. I didn't feel worthy of being called a messenger and believed I still had far too much to learn. Alberto gently offered a different perspective: we were not bringing our message, but simply making ourselves available to carry the message that Spirit wished to extend through us.

Looking back through the loving lens of A Course in Miracles, we now recognize that the lesson was even deeper. Before we can extend peace, forgiveness, or love, we must first be willing to receive them ourselves. Every encounter, every relationship, every challenge becomes the Holy Spirit's classroom, an opportunity to heal our errors in thinking and expand our understanding… not to make us special, but to help us receive the message that is always meant for us first.

This conversation is an invitation to reflect on what it truly means to be available to the Inner Teacher. Perhaps our purpose is not to create a message for the world, but to receive the one that Love is continually offering, and then allow it to be naturally extended through the life we live.

We hope this episode encourages you to pause, listen, and discover what your own experiences may be inviting you to receive today.

With love,

Mony and Alberto

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WALKING ALONE, A PILGRIM’S GUIDE TO THE INNER JOURNEY https://a.co/d/00PBr55O

WALKING A COURSE IN MIRACLES, A PILGRIM’S SPIRITUAL COMPANION

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In this episode of the WALKING FOR PEACE PODCAST, Alberto and I continue retracing the first days of our pilgrimage from Rome to Jerusalem, recognizing that the greatest journey was never across borders, but through the hidden landscapes of our own minds.

On the eve of beginning our walk together from Rieti, Alberto learns that his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, placing him at the crossroads between family obligation and the unmistakable inner Guidance that has called him to this pilgrimage. He decides to walk the short distance to the next large town (Terni) while contemplating what to do.

Now with a walking partner, I feel the pressure to walk more quickly and follow his lead in calling on monasteries and spiritual centres for shelter, even when I don’t need to. My fears of rejection, judgment, social image and the need for acceptance rise to the surface, reinforced by an encounter with two wandering musicians and their dog Vagabond.

In Terni, Alberto receives the devastating news that his father has passed away. He shares with me a deeply healing moment they had together, shortly before our pilgrimage, and how he knows he can continue walking in peace, in the quiet confidence that his father walks with him.

Through the lens of A Course in Miracles, we reflect on the many opportunities for healing our first days offered us, and how the Holy Spirit (or Inner Teacher) always meets us where we are, using every encounter, every relationship, every challenge, and every seeming conflict to reveal the thoughts, identities, fears, and judgments we are projecting onto the world. What seems to be happening "out there" becomes an invitation to look within.

This episode is about the UNDOING of the self we believed ourselves to be, and the invitation to remember that underneath every identity we have made, there remains the innocent Self that God created.

Thank you for walking with us today. May this offering serve your journey.

Mony and Alberto

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WALKING ALONE, A PILGRIM’S GUIDE TO THE INNER JOURNEY https://a.co/d/00PBr55O

WALKING A COURSE IN MIRACLES, A PILGRIM’S SPIRITUAL COMPANION

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In this episode of the WALKING FOR PEACE PODCAST, Alberto and I reflect on the many ways we were cared for, guided, and supported during the early days of our pilgrimage from Rome to Jerusalem.

As we revisit these stories twenty-five years later, a deeper theme begins to emerge. Beyond the practical challenges of finding shelter, transportation, food, and safety, we were being invited into a profound lesson in trust.

Alberto shares the remarkable series of events that seemed to confirm, again and again, that his needs would be provided for: a gifted tent, unexpected kindness from strangers, and the discovery of a Franciscan tradition of welcoming pilgrims.

At the same time, I was facing my own fears of walking alone, sleeping outdoors, and learning to trust a Presence that seemed to be quietly smoothing the way before me.

Together, we explore what it means to surrender the belief that we must manage every detail ourselves, and to discover instead that we are being carried by something far greater than our personal plans, fears, and uncertainties.

Through the lens of A Course in Miracles, we reflect on trust, guidance, receiving help, and the gentle undoing of the self-sufficient identity that believes it must walk alone and control all things itself.

This is a conversation about providence, courage, and the countless ways Love meets us on the path when we are willing to take the next step.

For anyone facing uncertainty, transition, or a call into the unknown, may this episode serve as a reminder that we do not walk alone... and never have.

With love and gratitude for all who walk with us.

Mony and Alberto

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WALKING ALONE, A PILGRIM’S GUIDE TO THE INNER JOURNEY

https://a.co/d/00PBr55O

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In this episode of the WALKING FOR PEACE PODCAST, Alberto and I explore one of the most human aspects of any spiritual journey: the challenge of relating when life is calling us into the unknown.

As we reflect on the early days of our pilgrimage from Rome to Jerusalem, we revisit the fears that arose as we stepped away from familiar identities and into a path we could not fully understand.

Alberto shares his fear of hurting those he loved through his decision to join the pilgrimage.

I speak about my fear of rejection, of not being taken seriously, and of losing the professional identity that had given me purpose, recognition, and security.

Looking back through the lens of A Course in Miracles, we can see how these fears were not caused by the people or circumstances around us, but by the thoughts and self-images we were still trying to protect.

We explore what it means to relate—to family, friends, strangers, the future, ourselves, and ultimately to God—when the foundations of identity begin to shift.

This conversation touches on forgiveness, the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the fear of letting go, and the continual invitation to return to Love, which is our true Identity.

For anyone who has ever felt caught between an old life and an emerging calling, this episode offers a heartfelt reflection on the journey from fear to trust, and from separation to joining.

With love and gratitude for all who walk beside us.

Mony and Alberto

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WALKING ALONE, A PILGRIM’S GUIDE TO THE INNER JOURNEY

⁠https://a.co/d/00PBr55O⁠

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In this episode of the WALKING FOR PEACE PODCAST, Alberto and I reflect on the deeply symbolic events that surrounded the beginning of our pilgrimage from Rome to Jerusalem in November 2001.

We revisit the powerful experiences that guided us in those first days — from me (Mony) arriving in Rome alone, to staying at a monastery dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, to receiving an unexpected “blessing” through Pope John Paul II’s message on the Song of Moses and the crossing of the Red Sea.

As we contemplate these events twenty-five years later through the lens of A Course in Miracles and the symbolic nature of the world, we explore the possibility that the pilgrimage itself was an “exodus”:

A movement away from fear, separation, judgment and outer striving… and toward trust, guidance, forgiveness, and the remembrance of our shared Identity.

Alberto also shares the profound experience that sealed his decision to join the walk — a moment that made it unmistakably clear that we were being called to take this journey together.

This is a conversation about symbols, guidance, synchronicity, spiritual awakening, and the loving Presence that quietly leads us across the inner wilderness, one step at a time.

With love and gratitude for all who walk with us.

Buen camino!

Mony and Alberto

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WALKING ALONE, A PILGRIM’S GUIDE TO THE INNER JOURNEY

⁠https://a.co/d/00PBr55O⁠

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Alberto and I pick up our conversation where we left off last time, in Finisterre.

He speaks about the inner turmoil he was feeling at that time, the signs encouraging him to TRUST, how these signs led him to Germany, and how the threads were woven for us to meet once again and affirm that he is to walk to Jerusalem with me.

Offered, as always, with love.

Mony and Alberto

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WALKING ALONE, A PILGRIM’S GUIDE TO THE INNER JOURNEY

⁠https://a.co/d/00PBr55O⁠

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I may have started my pilgrimages alone, but I certainly didn’t finish alone.

Many of you who have been walking alongside us all these years, listening to our stories, being part of our conversations about the inner journey, the spiritual aspects of pilgrimage…. know very well who ‪@AlbertoAgraso‬ is.

But, rather than me telling you about him, I thought: why not have him share his story directly. His story is very rich and deeply meaningful, and in his telling it, it's easy to see how the threads were woven to bring us to that fateful encounter in Finisterre, at the end of the world and end of the Camino, where we would first meet.

The hour passed way too quickly, with much more to talk about! That will be for our next episode.

We hope you enjoy our conversation.

With love,

Mony and Alberto

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In this episode, I speak in depth about the Inner Guide and Teacher, who I presented in previous episodes.

This loving Presence has lovingly and patiently guided my journey, even when I wasn't aware of His Presence or even believed He existed. This Friend brought me:

- A channeled message from my angels to let me know I wasn't alone in my darkest hour.
- The women who had walked before me for peace, so that I would draw strength and inspiration from them.
- A walking partner - ⁨@AlbertoAgraso - who would serve my inner journey, as I would for him.
- A vision of peace without opposites, and of my True Identity beyond bodies and limits I have imposed.
- And more!

Shared, as always, with love and gratitude for the Way, and for its Guide.

Mony

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WALKING ALONE, A PILGRIM’S GUIDE TO THE INNER JOURNEY

⁠https://a.co/d/00PBr55O⁠

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In this episode, I reflect on the inner journey that unfolded through and beyond our pilgrimage from Rome to Jerusalem 25 years ago.

What began as a desire to help create peace in the world gradually became a much deeper exploration into the nature of perception, separation, forgiveness, and the healing of the mind.

I share how I was guided to the teachings that would help me understand the true cause of peace, and of conflict. From White Eagle, Conversations with God, Ho’oponopono, and ultimately A Course in Miracles... they all helped transform my understanding of peace—from something we attempt to establish externally, to an inner state that begins with the willingness to see differently and to heal the idea of "otherness" and separation.

May it serve all who feel called to #peace, healing, and a deeper remembrance of our shared Identity.

With love,

Mony

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WALKING ALONE, A PILGRIM’S GUIDE TO THE INNER JOURNEY

⁠https://a.co/d/00PBr55O⁠

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