Mt. Cristobal; a not so Devil a Mountain

trusting God won't make the mountain smaller but it will make climbing easier. Hope you we'll be able to climb all our mountains... thekuah a Tibetan Friend

I already had forgotten those vivid memories of that said climb. I don’t even remember the very date when it was. The night before the climb there were apprehensions and tensions between the team leaders and the applicants. The typhoon signal was raised to signal #2 in the Southern Tagalog area. I was a bet scared because the mountain was known to be the “Devil’s Mountain”, the opposite of Mt. Banahaw; i.e. as the Holy Mystical Mountain. As far as I can remember, after our pre-climb, I searched the internet for the Yiddish version of the text of Psalm 23, from where I believed to be as my amulet against the evil force. Funny but true. Moreover, it works for me. It was our skills I climb, and we did it amidst strong winds and occasional heavy rains. The climb was a bet difficult due to the terrain and the weather, but, in good fate, only Mimssy’s shoes’ was treated with first aid. We survived, we’re alive back, and we’re not bewitched. Mt. Cristobal, which is known to be “the Devil’s Mountain” is not a devil’s mountain after all. All mountains are God’s mountain!

Talamitam that was!

Cry of the Poor

After a day hibernation, relief invades my soul!

Through introspections, my spirit lift me up.

To the eloquence and serenity of a day passed by.

In the stillness of the morning calm, rests!

My weary mind away from the dusty crowd,

Into the breasts of Mother Nature’s tenderness and harsh embrace.

And as she whispers into my heart through her gentle breeze,

Child-like joys encompasses my being, rejuvenating this old bones.

Wish I could stay here! But! No!

This is not my goal. I am called to conquer mountains,

To come down.

I am called to climb stiffest hills, and Sinai’s to listen to God.

And bring down His/Her message to the people.

And in the end,

My only relief and joy,

Is to remember what peace I earn at the top of the mountain.

Into God's mountains!

SHALOM!

I had my first taste of the Lakay experience on that
fateful day of august 2007, have it seen here in this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q48BMfZ1dUo

wave of sorrow

wave of sorrow
u2

heat haze rising
on hell's own hill

you wake up this morning
it took an act of will
you walk through the night
to get into day
to bring your children
to give them away

oh, oh this cruel sun
is daylight never done
cruelty just begone
to make a shadow of everyone

and if the rain came
and if the rain came now

souls bent over without a breeze
blankets on burning trees
im sick without disease
nobility on it's knees

and if the rain came
and if the rain came now
would it wash us all away
on a wave of sorrow
wave
on a wave of sorrow

without the holy cities
where the ancient holy scrolls
where now emperor Mendek (sorry not sure if that's right tw)
and queen of Sheeba's gold

you my bride, you wear her crown
and on your finger precious stones
as every good thing now been sold

son, of shepherd boy, now king
what wisdom can you bring
what lyric would you sing
where is the music of the seraphim
and if the rain came
and if the rain came now
would it wash us all away
on a wave of sorrow
wave
a wave of sorrow
wave...

blessed are the meek scratching the dirt
but they shall inherit what's left of the earth
blessed all the kings that left their thrones
they're buried in the valley of dry bones

blessed all of you with an empty heart
you got nothing from which you can't part
blessed is the ego
it's all we got this hour

blessed is the voice that speaks truth, truth speaks to power
blessed is the sex worker who sold her body tonight
you had used what you got
to save your children's life

blessed are you, the deaf cannot hear your scream
blessed are the stupid who can dream
blessed are the tin can cardboard slums
blessed is the spirit that overcomes

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This is U2's Version of the Sermon at the Mount.
For the video. Pls. view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqzuZNuTpGo