In the land of the majestic mountains
While reminiscing about my past journey to Nepal, the thought enters my mind that truth unfolds beyond of our perceivable reality. Beyond our senses. This “realization” is not one, for I believe to have already properly informed myself of the nature of the physical reality before my Nepalese adventures. Still, the travels shift my values a new time and time again, realign a plethora of things and they also give me more than I could have possibly hoped for. Thus, I believe every time once more that that is “the journey of my life”. Using superlatives is invariably extremely tempting.Therefore, I always take enough time to reflect up on my experiences in retrospect. I think that such journeys to the land of the majestic mountains is always a journey into one’s inner self. Everyone takes as much away from it as much as they allow themselves to take. Never before had I spent more time with myself than I did while I was alone on my trekking tours. Alone with my Sherpa. Alone with me. I was always ready for this one particular, possibly strange, question “Who am I?” to surface. Never before had I delved into such an immense noise and such chaos as I did in the course of my stay in Kathmandu. Ill-prepared for all; be it the irruptive blaze of colors, the magical culture as well as the filth and the excruciating poverty. The forces of nature are truly unforgettable. The people are impressive. People whose natural, childlike warmth moved me to my core. Oh, how little possession and happiness have in common. I have been able to grasp the gravity of this ever since my experiences “in the land of the majestic mountains”!
I amassed more than 1800 images during my stays in Nepal. As for choosing my motion, my primary wish is to give the observer feelings, atmospheric pictures, sensations and to make a remarkable and world worth protecting tangible to them.
I have a special place for Nepal in my heart. The “wisdom of Asia”, that has become somewhat of an overused term. However, I cannot avoid using it. I wish to have a little bit more of the wisdom of Asia for our western world.
This wisdom is in stark contrast to that which our mind produces day in, day out. The wisdom, that I mean, is first and foremost for our spiritual needs. It is reflected not only in the behavior of people, but also in the state of our entire environment, the whole of nature.
However, it would help to improve a lot. Around us and in us.
Walter H. Vugrin
Booking for Nepal Lectures at: nepal@vugrin.de
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