We are back in Europe — but in many ways, a part of us is still at Mount Kailash.
After our pilgrimage through Nepal and Tibet, after Lake Manasarovar, the Lions Gate and the powerful experiences at Mount Kailash, I have been feeling deeply into one question:
What does it truly mean to walk a spiritual path?
There is a difference between being spiritual and walking a spiritual path.
And perhaps this journey has shown me this difference more clearly than ever before.
Because the spiritual path is not simply about beautiful experiences, powerful energies or moments of profound connection.
It is about what we do with them afterwards.
It is about listening to the inner call.
It is about trusting what the heart knows, even when the mind cannot understand.
And ultimately, it is about embodying what we have received.
This is what I would love to share with you today — and why our pilgrimage to Mount Kailash continues to unfold within us, even though we are already thousands of kilometers away.
Being spiritual can mean feeling connected to something greater, meditating, working with energy, exploring consciousness, or experiencing moments of deep presence and oneness.
But walking a spiritual path asks for something more.
It asks us to live what we know.
For us, this also means following our inner guidance — even when the path makes no sense to the mind.
When the inner call comes, we follow it.
When the call to undertake a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash arose, we went.
Not because we had all the answers.
Not because we knew what would happen.
And certainly not because it was the easiest or most comfortable choice.
We simply knew.
There is a point on the spiritual path where we learn to trust the deeper knowing within us more than the questions of the mind.
Fearlessly. Unconditionally. Without needing to understand everything first.
Because the mind cannot comprehend everything the heart already knows.
And every time we allow doubt to take over, every time we begin asking Why? What if? Does this really make sense? Am I sure? — we give the mind another opportunity to step in, analyse, control and ultimately interrupt the guidance that is coming from a deeper place.
The heart sees further.
It doesn't necessarily have all the answers.
But it can sense the direction.
And walking a spiritual path means learning to recognise that inner guidance — and then having the courage to follow it.
This does not mean acting without awareness or discernment. It means learning to distinguish the voice of fear and conditioning from the quiet, undeniable knowing that comes from within.
A spiritual path is not only about receiving insights, experiencing beautiful energies, opening portals or expanding our consciousness. It is about allowing everything we experience to transform the way we think, feel, act, relate and live.
It is about integration.
And this is exactly why our journey to Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash during the Lions Gate was so meaningful.
Mount Kailash — a place beyond the mind
To be at Mount Kailash, a place that has been revered for thousands of years and is considered by many traditions to be a sacred centre of the universe, had a profound impact on us.
It is difficult to put the experience into words.
On our very first day, as we reached the bridge leading towards the monastery, something inside me opened with tremendous force.
My heart opened.
And suddenly, emotions began flowing out of me — emotions I couldn't even identify or understand. I didn't know where they were coming from or what they were connected to.
So I simply allowed them to flow.
I didn't try to understand them.
I didn't try to control them.
I just let them move through me.
When we finally reached the plateau of the monastery, something extraordinary happened.
A deep thunder rolled across the mountains.
And almost immediately, a lightning bolt illuminated the sky above Mount Kailash.
We were standing there with Mount Kailash directly before us.
And in that moment, the energy was almost impossible to describe.
It felt as if something moved through every cell of the body.
So powerful.
So immediate.
So beyond anything the mind could comprehend.
There are experiences that cannot be understood intellectually.
The mind searches for an explanation, but the body knows.
The body knows when something has changed.
I knew in that moment that something had shifted — profoundly.
I didn't know exactly what had happened.
I still don't.
And perhaps I don't need to.
It felt like a big transformation without knowing exactly what had transformed.
With the deep knowing that whatever happened there may continue to unfold over the coming months — perhaps even years.
This, too, is part of the spiritual path.
We don't always receive immediate answers.
Sometimes we receive a seed.
And then life becomes the soil in which that seed unfolds.
Inside the monastery, the emotions continued to flow.
We encountered magnificent golden statues of Bodhisattvas, Gurus, Yogis and Mystics.
Everywhere, there was this profound sense of beings who had walked these paths before us — beings who had dedicated their lives to awakening, liberation and remembrance.
It was overwhelming.
Humbling.
Almost impossible to comprehend.
And I felt an immense gratitude for everything that was allowed to happen there.
Lord Shiva — the great transformer
Mount Kailash is also deeply connected with Lord Shiva, the great destroyer and transformer.
But destruction, in this context, is not something to fear.
Shiva represents the dissolution of what has completed its purpose.
The old structures.
The old identities.
The old patterns.
Everything that is no longer aligned with who we are becoming.
And perhaps this is one of the deepest teachings of a pilgrimage to Kailash:
What is no longer serving us can be released.
Not because something is wrong with us.
But because transformation requires space.
Something has to die for something new to be born.
And this is why I feel that our journey to Mount Kailash was not simply a beautiful spiritual experience.
It was a pilgrimage with consequences.
A pilgrimage that continues.
A pilgrimage whose effects may reveal themselves slowly, layer by layer, in the months and years ahead.
Because what happens at a sacred place does not necessarily stay at the sacred place.
It comes home with you.
And this brings me back to one of the most important distinctions of the spiritual path:
Spirituality vs. Embodied Spirituality
Everything we receive energetically needs to be integrated.
For me, integration happens most naturally when I move my body and spend time in nature.
After spending many days at altitudes of 4,500–5,000 meters, I thought it would feel easy to return to an altitude of around 600–900 meters.
Instead, I had to realize that my body was still quite weakened.
Even a little physical effort could leave me temporarily short of breath.
And I took this as a beautiful reminder:
The body is still integrating.
What we have received energetically, what we have transformed, what has opened and shifted within us — all of this now needs to move from the energetic and spiritual realms into the physical body and into our everyday lives.
This is at the very heart of the work we do.
Embodied Spirituality.
Because spirituality is not about escaping the human experience.
It is about becoming more deeply present within it.
It is about bringing our consciousness into our bodies.
Bringing our insights into our relationships.
Bringing our healing into our choices.
Bringing our highest knowing into the way we live our everyday lives.
And this will also be one of the central themes of our Soul Gathering this weekend in the Black Forest.
Since Friday, I have already been here with two of my children, preparing everything for our gathering.
And what a beautiful place to integrate.
We are surrounded by breathtaking nature, wonderful people, incredible panoramic views and seemingly endless hiking trails.
There is space to breathe.
Space to move.
Space to connect.
Space to reflect.
And space to simply be.
After the intensity of our journey through Nepal and Tibet, this is exactly what feels needed now:
grounding, movement, nature, connection and integration.
Because the spiritual path doesn't end when the ceremony is over.
It doesn't end when the meditation finishes.
It doesn't end when we receive the activation or the insight.
That is where the real work begins.
To embody it.
To live it.
To become it.
And perhaps this is one of the greatest invitations of the spiritual path:
Not to become less human — but to become fully embodied in our humanity while remembering who we truly are.
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With love from the Black Forest in Germany,
Uta
The pilgrimage continues.
The transformation unfolds.
And now, we embody what we have received.