AOM Meditations: 011321

by Mikhail Konstantinovich Klodt

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“Tea is an act complete in its simplicity.

When I drink tea, there is only me and the tea.

The rest of the world dissolves.

There are no worries about the future.

No dwelling on past mistakes.

Tea is simple: loose-leaf tea, hot pure water, a cup.

I inhale the scent, 

tiny delicate pieces of the tea floating above the cup.

I drink the tea, 

the essence of the leaves becoming a part of me.

I am informed by the tea, changed.

This is the act of life, in one pure moment, 

and in this act 

the truth of the world suddenly becomes revealed: 

all the complexity, pain, drama of life is a pretense, 

invented in our minds for no good purpose.

There is only the tea, and me, converging.”

~Thich Nhat Hanh