The secret of the Mountain

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The secret of the Mountain. (El secreto "mágico de la Montaña)

"The secret of the mountain is that the mountains simply exist, as I do myself: the mountains exist simply, which I do not. The mountains have no "meaning," they are meaning; the mountains are. The sun is round. I ring with life, and the mountains ring, and when I can hear it, there is a ringing that we share. I understand all this, not in my mind but in my heart, knowing how meaningless it is to try to capture what cannot be expressed, knowing that mere words will remain when I read it all again, another day"

-Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard-

"El secreto de la montaña es que las montañas simplemente existen, como yo mismo..

Entiendo todo esto, no en mi mente sino en mi corazón, sabiendo lo insignificante que es tratar de capturar lo que no se puede expresar, sabiendo que me quedarán meras palabras cuando lo lea todo de nuevo, otro día...