What can I say without touching the earth with my hands?
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the idea of experiencing life deeply without physical limitations.
Pablo Neruda's quote invites contemplation on the nature of human existence and the connection between the physical world and our internal experiences. It suggests that one can express profound thoughts and emotions without needing to interact with the tangible world, highlighting the importance of imagination, spirituality, and the essence of one's thoughts and feelings that transcend the physical act of touching the earth.
In practice
In a discussion about the importance of mental wellbeing and spirituality.
Perhaps this war will pass like the others which divided us leaving us dead, killing us along with the killers but the shame of this time puts its burning fingers to our faces. Who will erase the ruthlessness hidden in innocent blood?
I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire in the sound: I want to feel the darkness of the cry. I want words as rough as virgin rocks.β - Verb.
Only do not forget, if I wake up crying it's only because in my dream I'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands.
And here am I, budding among the ruins with only sorrow to bite on, as if weeping were a seed and I the earth's only furrow.
Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth's pure death the will to sprout.
I learned about life from life itself, love I learned in a single kiss and could teach no one anything except that I have lived with something in common among men.
The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal.
When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.
Don't be agnostic - be something.
There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of knowledge, of feeling, of desire, of deliberation, etc., that constantly pass and repass, and that constitute our inner life.
Tho' there be no such Thing as Chance in the World; our Ignorance of the real Ccause of any Event has the same Influence on the Understanding, and begets a like Species of Belief or Opinion.
In certain quarters, conservatism is simply racism by another name. And minorities who openly identify themselves as conservatives are still novelties, fish out of water.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.