Comments on: Chado - The Way of Tea - The Japanese Tea Ceremony http://anicecuppa.net/2006/10/20/chado_the_way_of_tea_the_japanese_tea_ce/ Get Your Buzz On Here Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: nika http://anicecuppa.net/2006/10/20/chado_the_way_of_tea_the_japanese_tea_ce/#comment-71879 Wed, 21 May 2008 13:42:49 +0000 http://anicecuppa.net/2006/10/20/chado_the_way_of_tea_the_japanese_tea_ce/#comment-71879 Lorraine: I agree that we in the west are terrible with respect to paying attention to our food and our lives. Tea masters, practitioners, and the zen monks who have integrated this ceremony into their lives would not think they set out to shame us. They would feel compassion for how far we are from the simplicity of mindful eating, drinking, and living. Perhaps, if we feel shame, then that can be a gateway on a path to more mindfulness. Tea is transformative, if you let it. Lorraine: I agree that we in the west are terrible with respect to paying attention to our food and our lives.

Tea masters, practitioners, and the zen monks who have integrated this ceremony into their lives would not think they set out to shame us.

They would feel compassion for how far we are from the simplicity of mindful eating, drinking, and living.

Perhaps, if we feel shame, then that can be a gateway on a path to more mindfulness.

Tea is transformative, if you let it.

]]> by: Lorraine Bevere http://anicecuppa.net/2006/10/20/chado_the_way_of_tea_the_japanese_tea_ce/#comment-71723 Mon, 19 May 2008 11:05:18 +0000 http://anicecuppa.net/2006/10/20/chado_the_way_of_tea_the_japanese_tea_ce/#comment-71723 The Japanese tea ceremony casts shame on the rest of us, the care that is taken when they make the tea is amazing. In the west we tend to rush things and never give a thought to how lucky we are that we have food. I saw the ceremony in London once.. it was amazing. Lorriane Bevere The Japanese tea ceremony casts shame on the rest of us, the care that is taken when they make the tea is amazing. In the west we tend to rush things and never give a thought to how lucky we are that we have food. I saw the ceremony in London once.. it was amazing.

Lorriane Bevere

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