Atunement to Sound
One should listen and align with the sound of the tea water coming to a boil. Listen to the hissing water in the pot. The water becoming vapourous and porous as it meets the element of air. One's ego should also become willing to be vaporous in the Silence of the Heart of each moment, drawing one's energy back into oneself. Resting in the heart without reaction but in the still point of witnessing.
The gentle sound of washing the cups becomes the tea master's song to the chorus of guests that sit before him/her….sometimes those guest are invisible. The gentle clicking of cups, china touching china is a ping of delight to a tea master's ears. The washing of our own inner cup is necessary, with our interactions with others. Then, when our lives touch each other, it is in the way of peace and harmony.
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