HIMALAYA: Some Thoughts about Symbols and Consciousness-Raising there are times when earth touches heaven and stars almost seem in r each when our eyes are confounded by massive vertical structures and gods dwell on mountain peaks. for some the himalayas are a chain of mountains. for others a nuisance between delhi and beijing. for still others, they represent an intriguing natural biome. to me they are cathedrals of snow and living poetry An-Yi: (laughing) There are no mountains! Just pixels on a computer screen! Bhäraté: (jestfully) Aren't you making a mountain out of nothing? Chariya: What are the Himalayas really? That uplifting of earth actually symbolizes an uplifting of consciousness. Daiki: Perhaps to some. The same thing can symbolize different things to different people. Chariya: Granted, but human consciousness can soar much higher than we ordinarily imagine. The Himalayas can remind us of that. ===================================================================================== from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some contrasting perspectives on the Himalaya mountains and a discussion of how symbols influence thoughts. KEYWORDS: Himalayas, pictorial poetry, mountain awareness, Asian poetry Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1995 in Shizuoka, Japan ≜ Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/swami.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/hindu.htm TRANSLATIONS ESPAÑOL: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/hm-laya.htm NIHONGO: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/hima.htm ZHŌNGWÉN: http://www.tnewfields.info/zh/xima.htm