Comments on: Tea and Zen http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/ Tea Lovers Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:19:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Rebecca http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Rebecca Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:35:14 +0000 http://teathis.com/?p=152#comment-340 @Brian: Hi Brian. Thank you for your comment and for spending time checking out our blog. I am glad that you liked the post and that you like the photo- it is truly sumptuously green isn't it?!!! (Thank you to MK Media) <abbr><em>Rebecca’s last blog post..<a href="http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/" rel="nofollow">Tea and Zen</a></abbr></em> @Brian: Hi Brian. Thank you for your comment and for spending time checking out our blog. I am glad that you liked the post and that you like the photo- it is truly sumptuously green isn’t it?!!! (Thank you to MK Media)

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]]> By: Brian http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Brian Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:32:39 +0000 http://teathis.com/?p=152#comment-339 Great post - tea is a great zen experience! And the photograph at the beginning of this post is absolutely beautiful! Great post – tea is a great zen experience! And the photograph at the beginning of this post is absolutely beautiful!

]]> By: Rebecca http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Rebecca Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:37:41 +0000 http://teathis.com/?p=152#comment-336 @Tawni Thanks for the kind words. As an attorney, you know that we are valued for our thinking rather than our being. Finding value in our creative mind is a leap for me! Maybe we can start SLC tea and haiku club :-) @Caroline I think that is a sign of truly doing something that is right for you. If writing falls from you like water from a cup, you must be born to write! And I've seen how gorgeous your photographs are. You've created a better world by sharing your talents! @Natural Moments Bernie, your poetry is beautiful. You are drinking the clouds; you are feeling the shape under the stars; you are digesting the colour and beauty of the flowers- you are the essence of Life already :-) @Jake Jake, you are so incredibly talented and creative that you probably find inspiration in all things, including "The Soup." Seriously, Jake is the KING of fashion photography, and is a comedian and restauranteur as well. Check out his stuff http://jakegarn.com/ I appreciate the comments from everyone. I love hearing from everyone about the things they do that strike so deeply and close to the heart that time, reason, and fear are no match! Please, share more- it is beautiful! <abbr><em>Rebecca’s last blog post..<a href="http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/" rel="nofollow">Tea and Zen</a></abbr></em> @Tawni Thanks for the kind words. As an attorney, you know that we are valued for our thinking rather than our being. Finding value in our creative mind is a leap for me! Maybe we can start SLC tea and haiku club :-)

@Caroline I think that is a sign of truly doing something that is right for you. If writing falls from you like water from a cup, you must be born to write! And I’ve seen how gorgeous your photographs are. You’ve created a better world by sharing your talents!

@Natural Moments Bernie, your poetry is beautiful. You are drinking the clouds; you are feeling the shape under the stars; you are digesting the colour and beauty of the flowers- you are the essence of Life already :-)

@Jake Jake, you are so incredibly talented and creative that you probably find inspiration in all things, including “The Soup.”

Seriously, Jake is the KING of fashion photography, and is a comedian and restauranteur as well. Check out his stuff
http://jakegarn.com/

I appreciate the comments from everyone. I love hearing from everyone about the things they do that strike so deeply and close to the heart that time, reason, and fear are no match! Please, share more- it is beautiful!

Rebecca’s last blog post..Tea and Zen

]]> By: Jake Garn http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Jake Garn Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:35:22 +0000 http://teathis.com/?p=152#comment-335 Suddenly watching reality TV seems to be a trivial zen-moment, yet, it's all I have. I'm going to go reflect on the state of my life... right after I watch "The Soup." <abbr><em>Jake Garn’s last blog post..<a href="http://jakegarn.com/the-rule-of-thirds/" rel="nofollow">The Rule of Thirds?</a></abbr></em> Suddenly watching reality TV seems to be a trivial zen-moment, yet, it’s all I have. I’m going to go reflect on the state of my life… right after I watch “The Soup.”

Jake Garn’s last blog post..The Rule of Thirds?

]]> By: Natural Moments http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Natural Moments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:22:55 +0000 http://teathis.com/?p=152#comment-334 It's nice to have such a ritual to consciously engage one's self in each action we undertake. We can feel each breath, each motion, and each sensation and learn to take those moments of the Now into everyday life. Happy Tea Drinking <abbr><em>Natural Moments’s last blog post..<a href="http://walkinginstillness.blogspot.com/2009/04/as-i-reflect-upon-water.html" rel="nofollow">As I Reflect Upon the Water</a></abbr></em> It’s nice to have such a ritual to consciously engage one’s self in each action we undertake. We can feel each breath, each motion, and each sensation and learn to take those moments of the Now into everyday life.

Happy Tea Drinking

Natural Moments’s last blog post..As I Reflect Upon the Water

]]> By: Caroline http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Caroline Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:09:14 +0000 http://teathis.com/?p=152#comment-333 Rebecca, this is a beautiful post and your haiku is wonderful! I wish I was better at sitting zazen...my monkey mind is very powerful. The two things that really help me are photography and writing. Funny, you would think that writing requires thinking. But for me, as I become focused on typing, I follow the flow of the words as they spill from my mind onto the page. Nothing else seems to matter then, and that brings me much peace. <abbr><em>Caroline’s last blog post..<a href="http://thezeninyou.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/favorite-foto-friday-14/" rel="nofollow">Favorite “Foto” Friday</a></abbr></em> Rebecca, this is a beautiful post and your haiku is wonderful! I wish I was better at sitting zazen…my monkey mind is very powerful. The two things that really help me are photography and writing. Funny, you would think that writing requires thinking. But for me, as I become focused on typing, I follow the flow of the words as they spill from my mind onto the page. Nothing else seems to matter then, and that brings me much peace.

Caroline’s last blog post..Favorite “Foto” Friday

]]> By: Tawni http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Tawni Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:51:44 +0000 http://teathis.com/?p=152#comment-332 What a beautiful post. You perfectly captured the slowing down that comes along with the ritual of making a cup of tea--and how true that that stillness is similar to the stillness of zazen. Lovely haiku, too! Wow, now I can't decide in what order to sit, drink tea, and write a poem. Thanks for the inspiration! What a beautiful post. You perfectly captured the slowing down that comes along with the ritual of making a cup of tea–and how true that that stillness is similar to the stillness of zazen. Lovely haiku, too! Wow, now I can’t decide in what order to sit, drink tea, and write a poem. Thanks for the inspiration!

]]> By: Rebecca http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Rebecca Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:39:35 +0000 http://teathis.com/?p=152#comment-331 @Annette Thank you for stopping by this blog! I love your poetry on the javelin. I felt like I was there feeling the moment with you! Your English is perfect! Looks like I'll miss Dusseldorf this year but hopefully we'll see you before the end of the year one way or the other. Love, Rebecca @Annette Thank you for stopping by this blog! I love your poetry on the javelin. I felt like I was there feeling the moment with you! Your English is perfect! Looks like I’ll miss Dusseldorf this year but hopefully we’ll see you before the end of the year one way or the other. Love, Rebecca

]]> By: Annette Sanders http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Annette Sanders Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:07:46 +0000 http://teathis.com/?p=152#comment-330 Hi Rebecca! Asking what I´m doing to change my state of mind and reading your poem really inspired me. Of course it´s mainly meditation now, but this came up as a reminder on former times: The wind brings the smell of freshly mowed grass Feet start tripping on that red-colored lane Suddenly vigorous steps of increasing velocity at last forming the rhythm of preparing the climax In an explosion of strengh I am the javelin flying trembling through the sky. (hope it doesn´t sound to bad in english) Love from Düsseldorf I´m so glad to see you again soon! Hi Rebecca!
Asking what I´m doing to change my state of mind and reading your poem really inspired me. Of course it´s mainly meditation now, but this came up as a reminder on former times:

The wind brings the smell of freshly mowed grass
Feet start tripping on that red-colored lane
Suddenly vigorous steps of increasing velocity
at last forming the rhythm of preparing the climax
In an explosion of strengh
I am the javelin
flying trembling through the sky.

(hope it doesn´t sound to bad in english)
Love from Düsseldorf
I´m so glad to see you again soon!

]]> By: Sterling Okura http://teathis.com/2009/tea-and-zen/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Sterling Okura Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:00:44 +0000 http://teathis.com/?p=152#comment-329 Love the tea haiku. Beautiful blog entry Rebecca. <abbr><em>Sterling Okura’s last blog post..<a href="http://bizlift.com/blog/2009/03/30/recent-projects-built-with-free-tools/" rel="nofollow">Recent Projects Built With Free Tools</a></abbr></em> Love the tea haiku. Beautiful blog entry Rebecca.

Sterling Okura’s last blog post..Recent Projects Built With Free Tools

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