In the middle
of a busy and interesting site, we are a group of people gathered for what was
so different: Chinese tea ceremony.
The "Tea" from something that we're not going anywhere for an hour or two, a special time and space to share with others who do the same, and long before the first sip of liquid that is when people says: "I tea."
At the beginning we get a choice of tea with caution after a long process of meditation to appreciate the different flavors. If a "cup of smelly" trip around the circle, he shared the most intimate things - sigh. Additionally share their thoughts and feelings until they finally integrated option on a type of tea made for our ceremony.
Now he can start preparing: the treatment of water heated to a certain stage of cooking best suited to express the taste of tea. Terracotta cups washed and heated, dried tea leaves are also in the heating phase for the fermentation. And 'able to develop a small model of the universe with the five Chinese elements interact primordial fire heats the water that tea (Wood), the liquid contained in a clay pot and cups (earth) and the human spirit (metal) to oversee the whole process sucks.
After careful preparation and attention to detail and materials, ultimately making the first beer is made and, a little 'surprisingly, spilled! This action, which symbolizes the sacrifice to the gods and the spirits of ancestors to define very clearly that there is a thirst quencher informal - the sacred ceremony that the highest material, no goals.
According to brew. This is my first encounter with the tea as humidity and very interesting, can be observed: the difference between the smell and taste, and how they change as an iced tea, the taste that lingers in your mouth after drinking, and - perhaps the greatest discovery that also teaches about the nature of life - everyone felt the same flavor of tea is very different.
Third beer. This is when it starts growing familiarity with the tea - the flavor is more subtle and "afterflavours" Furthermore, the relationship between people are more subtle, sensitive and relaxed. In China there is a saying that trust and the joy of others, says: ". We had tea together"
Fourth beer. It 's near the time of the internal choice - or stubbornly clinging to cover issues and future plans in the back of your mind and enjoy simple and soft, but only a partial relaxation - or a decision of a total, a "here and now, to make its coverage is more attentive, focused and more open to the most sacred rites.
Fifth beer. Tea flavor and the smell was much softer and smoother - and thoughts and feelings. Now we can see the meaning of each aspect of the ceremony and our daily lives, but at the same time start the "big picture" that allows us to ask the real mystery of life and deep to be reached.
Sixth beer. In complete silence and stillness feel the spirits of our ancestors passed on their knowledge to us. A ritual that began thousands of years ago, allows us to see ourselves as the roots of many generations in the past, the wisdom of the future. And maybe for a while ', we can touch eternity.
Seventh beer. Cup and help us return to the world of everyday life and brings us new experiences with us. Perhaps this will allow us to rediscover and more excited about some of what has become a habit and even boring in our lives - we can begin to feel the smell of freshly baked bread to see before eating, or has' canceling the ceremony of dust 'a little', perhaps even at the height of holiness breathe a little 'more often ...
The "Tea" from something that we're not going anywhere for an hour or two, a special time and space to share with others who do the same, and long before the first sip of liquid that is when people says: "I tea."
At the beginning we get a choice of tea with caution after a long process of meditation to appreciate the different flavors. If a "cup of smelly" trip around the circle, he shared the most intimate things - sigh. Additionally share their thoughts and feelings until they finally integrated option on a type of tea made for our ceremony.
Now he can start preparing: the treatment of water heated to a certain stage of cooking best suited to express the taste of tea. Terracotta cups washed and heated, dried tea leaves are also in the heating phase for the fermentation. And 'able to develop a small model of the universe with the five Chinese elements interact primordial fire heats the water that tea (Wood), the liquid contained in a clay pot and cups (earth) and the human spirit (metal) to oversee the whole process sucks.
After careful preparation and attention to detail and materials, ultimately making the first beer is made and, a little 'surprisingly, spilled! This action, which symbolizes the sacrifice to the gods and the spirits of ancestors to define very clearly that there is a thirst quencher informal - the sacred ceremony that the highest material, no goals.
According to brew. This is my first encounter with the tea as humidity and very interesting, can be observed: the difference between the smell and taste, and how they change as an iced tea, the taste that lingers in your mouth after drinking, and - perhaps the greatest discovery that also teaches about the nature of life - everyone felt the same flavor of tea is very different.
Third beer. This is when it starts growing familiarity with the tea - the flavor is more subtle and "afterflavours" Furthermore, the relationship between people are more subtle, sensitive and relaxed. In China there is a saying that trust and the joy of others, says: ". We had tea together"
Fourth beer. It 's near the time of the internal choice - or stubbornly clinging to cover issues and future plans in the back of your mind and enjoy simple and soft, but only a partial relaxation - or a decision of a total, a "here and now, to make its coverage is more attentive, focused and more open to the most sacred rites.
Fifth beer. Tea flavor and the smell was much softer and smoother - and thoughts and feelings. Now we can see the meaning of each aspect of the ceremony and our daily lives, but at the same time start the "big picture" that allows us to ask the real mystery of life and deep to be reached.
Sixth beer. In complete silence and stillness feel the spirits of our ancestors passed on their knowledge to us. A ritual that began thousands of years ago, allows us to see ourselves as the roots of many generations in the past, the wisdom of the future. And maybe for a while ', we can touch eternity.
Seventh beer. Cup and help us return to the world of everyday life and brings us new experiences with us. Perhaps this will allow us to rediscover and more excited about some of what has become a habit and even boring in our lives - we can begin to feel the smell of freshly baked bread to see before eating, or has' canceling the ceremony of dust 'a little', perhaps even at the height of holiness breathe a little 'more often ...
