“When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.” Shunryu Suzuki
This One Moment Coarse tatami like leaves underfoot, the delicate swish of ancient silk proclaiming the moment of pause, as raku bowls are filled in succession, thick or thin all is green as ever was wafting through the garden of time, close to the door of the ceremony where the bowl is carefully offered for this ritual of possibility in this one moment of encounter. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Your words progress as carefully as the ceremony performed. Wonderful.
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Thank you so much VJ, much appreciated.
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Welcome
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Your poems are blissful, work of art.
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Many thanks for sharing that 🙂
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It’s my pleasure 😊
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Powerful!
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Thank you very much indeed 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Your poem serves as a good reminder that there is value in ritual.
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If it has meaning then yes, I think that there is great value, particularly if it is uncomplicated like the tea ceremony, but yet is spacious. Thank you LIz.
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That was my thought, yes. So many of our rituals are empty, yet others can be profoundly meaningful.
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Difficult to get traction though in the wider community, here the two big events which I don’t agree with are the military remembrance of ANZAC Day (which was this weekend – my contention is, if a war over a century ago is remembered what about the Boer Wars, etc?) and our national Australia Day (contentious because of the lack of indigenous consultation and the way it evolved as a white celebration). O for a tea ceremony or two 🙂
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There does seem to be a lot of remembrance of the vanquishers/destroyers of indiginous people in the name of patriotism.
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Beautiful encounter with the ceremonial of raku
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It is such a wonderful thing.
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