In the Landscapes of the Sacred , Mt. Ranier is described in great detail. It has been deemed "the mountain that was God" by some cultures and known as Tahoma. The author did not have a sense of spiritual pilgrimage to the mountain, but seem to take a sacred clockwise pattern to "enter" the true nature of the mountain. Suddenly, everything went silent around him and he could literally hear all the life around him. Everything else fell back with such a simple fact of life surrounding him. Everything around him is living and has its very own life and spirit. He was moved to give thanks and blessings for all of the day's offerings and revealings to him.
I was very moved by this passage on the mountain. I haven't really gotten to the chance to experience a mountain in this way. They have always seemed intimidating and foreboding to me, mainly because of my fear of heights. In the Chinese culture, it has been said that those who prefer the sea are intelligent and those who prefer the mountains are kind. In rationalizing my fear of the mountain, I think that sometimes being too kind can lead to being taken advantage of. Next time, I will take better care to approach the mountain to fully admire it and experience it, and not focus on the negatives or any risks.
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