The Sacral
by Larry Chamberlin Aug 9, 2012
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"If we conquer this mountain then we conquer something in people's souls." - Reinhold Messner |
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12 years agoby Tara Kay
Larry, You write with some expertise and wisdom, the way you write really makes me sit up straight and think about things I maybe never would have before...
There are some great lines, some great poetic parts of this poem that stand out...
This one:
If you demonstrate spirit
yet deny spiritualism
where do you expect
to discover salvation?
Well, It makes me think, I look at life differently through your words...It makes me question pathways and choices in a way that maybe before I couldn't comprehend.
Your question here, is one that maybe I cannot hope to answer but one that definitely makes me think...Each one of us has a spirit that we don't notice, and without noticing and reflecting, we cannot hope to find the peace we need or desire.
I love reading your work, so much truth to it
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12 years ago
Mount Kailash is "a place considered sacred by hundreds of millions of Buddhists, Hindus and Bon-pos (followers of the pre-Buddhist Tibetan shamanistic faith). ... No one has climbed Kailash, although legend has it that the Tibetan mystic Milarepa's ascent during the 11th century marked the victory of Buddhism in Tibet. [Legend has it he leapt to the summit in a single bound - LMC] China reportedly permitted some Spanish mountaineers to climb in 2001, but this was resisted by the Tibetans and the report was later denied by the Chinese government. German [errata: he was born in the Tyrol region of Italy to an Austrian father- LMC] climber Reinhold Messner, who declined a Chinese offer to attempt an ascent of Mount Kailash in the mid-1980s, criticised the aborted Spanish attempt with the words, 'If we conquer this mountain, then we conquer something in people's souls.'"
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