Tea meditation - Plum Village

 
This cup of tea in my two hands,  mindfulness is held perfectly.         
My mind and body dwell in the very here and now. 
Wherever you are drinking your tea, whether at work or in a café or at home, it is wonderful to allow enough time to appreciate it. If the weather is cold, you can feel the warmth of the cup in your hands. Breathe in and recite the first line; breathe out and recite the second. The next inhalation is for the third line, and the next exhalation is for the fourth line. Breathing mindfully in this way, we recuperate ourselves and the cup of tea reclaims its highest place. If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions. If the tea becomes real, we become real. When we are able to truly meet the tea, at that very moment we are truly alive.


There is no way to home.
Home is the way.
There is no way to happiness
Happiness is the way to us.

A day to return to ourselves, to take care of ourselves
to contemplate what's going on to ourselves.
A full day of silence, no internet, no book.  Just you.
Nothing is more important than taking care of ourselves.
Nothing is more important than our happiness.  
Our happiness leads to the happiness of the people around us.
Stay at the present moment.
The present moment can lie in the tea, a bar of chocolate, cookie.
But be there for ourselves.  Peace of oneself, Peace of the world!
Each person is a beautiful flower.  Flowers don't fight.
We have to see the flowers of each other.  Continue to water your own flowers.  Water your own soil.
As beautiful flowers, we all together made a beautiful garden.



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