Mount Chomolhari
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I approach your holy mountain
with a humble heart,
scattering rice
for the blessing.
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One step , another step -
a prayer, in human form,
climbing
Tiger's Nest - taringa.net
Breathing the air of the gods,
bent low, I approach
Taktsang Dzong, Bhutan
- nepalsanctuarytreks.com
Clear the greyness from my eyes,
all darkness from my heart
O Beloved One,
O Beloved One,
Make me clean
[The glaciers of Bhutan, whose ice melt is essential to the growing of crops below, are expected to be fully melted within 25 years. In fact, flooding is already occurring with devastating consequences to the people living below. As the flooding is attributed to climate change, this is a controversial topic in the Bhutan. But the Prime Minister has said the melt is occurring faster than predicted by the UN report of a few years back, and is likely to occur much sooner.
I cant imagine how they built those monasteries on the edges of such sheer cliffs! Carrying everything by hand and yak, likely. So beautiful and precarious a perch.]
I cant imagine how they built those monasteries on the edges of such sheer cliffs! Carrying everything by hand and yak, likely. So beautiful and precarious a perch.]
Bhutan is a good friend of India , seeing it lost is is painful , but now this problem is not only occurring in Bhutan but in other parts of the world too.
ReplyDeletePowerful prayer and photos too. Would prayer could extend the life of the glaciers and ease the flooding too.
ReplyDeleteCan nothing be done?
Deleteyou know, if they are trying to accomplish solitude that allows you to focus on dependence...they got it...i would be praying we did not fall off the mountain every day...haha
ReplyDeleteyour prayer is beautiful Sherry, I pray it is not to late to heal our broken world.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how they built those monasteries....a reflection of the mystery and wonder of nature and God. You always inspire me with your posts Sherry!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful write, Sherry.
ReplyDeleteAmazing, evocative images. May your prayers come true!
ReplyDeleteYou've captured the flavor here. Don't want to think about what the world will be like in 25 years!
ReplyDeleteI really cannot imagine how they built these structures without all the machinery we have today. It would be difficult even with today's equipment!
ReplyDeleteloved the word picture with the scattering of rice... beautiful
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful and inspiring. Prayers should absolutely be "in human form."
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. I need to retreat and meditate. I feel I am losing myself.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing, those mountainous retreats -- built on the precipice of doom -- I wonder if our spirit needs such precariousness to fess up with the truth. The glacial melt worldwide is happening so fast now. For the first time in over a million years, Iceland will soon be without ice.
ReplyDeleteWhat an ordeal to build those buildings. Climbing the paths is something I long for. To imagine what we have done and what we keep doing is scary,,,
ReplyDeleteall is ephemeral, one supposes, but still... ~
ReplyDeleteOh gah.
ReplyDeleteThe call in this poem breaks my heart, those two lines in particular. The hurt is so very loud...
ReplyDeleteStep by step you take us there.
ReplyDeletea beautiful prayer on your ascent; i followed you poem step by poem step
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much love...