BEYOND THE SHROUD: Some Thoughts about Reality IMAGE: A luminous heart surrounded by shrouded orbs with gradually darker background. Cindy: Beyond the familiar of shrouds of reality, what exists? Bai-Luo: (shrugging) Well, most people are not so interested in that. Cindy: Shrouds within shrouds . . . is there ever an end? Bai-Luo: (holding his finger to his lips) Shhh, wordplay has no end. However, human lives have an end. To go deeper, don't we have to transcend language? ===================================================================================== from _Love Poems: Nonsense from the Heart_ SUMMARY: Reflections on languages and multiple reasons. KEYWORDS: linguistic awareness, veiled realities, endless awareness, shrouded consciousness Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2000 in Taipei, Taiwan / Finished: 2024 in Shizuoka, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/LovePoemz/behind.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LovePoemz/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LovePoemz/bi.htm TRANSLATIONS ESPAÑOL https://www.tnewfields.info/es/velos.htm NIHONGO https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/tobari.htm ZHŌNGWÉN https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/**.htm LovePoemz/beyond.htm