I read a yoga related article not long ago that described this journey through life as a spiral upward. We keep coming back around to almost the same spot on the mountain as we climb up but each time we come around we're at a slightly different point, a slightly different perspective. So though often it seems we're at the same point of frustration or confusion, we're actually there with a different view.
I just read a Buddhist piece that describes this journey actually as a journey down the mountain because if we continue going up we'll supposedly end up at the peak all alone whereas if we move down the mountain we're heading down to join everyone as opposed to living in a false solitude. Its point was that our goal should be more about moving towards living compassionately and lovingly with everyone rather than trying to move away from everything.
I don't think the two mountain descriptions are in contradiction in any way. Just two interesting metaphors.
I also read a chapter in a book about a man who insisted that his friend could do the yoga pose Tadasana or Mountain Pose lying down instead of the traditional standing pose because when he lay down you could see the mountain of his belly facing upwards.
I like mountains.
Right now the mountain in this photo has me on lockdown.
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