Crescent moon
Bent to the shape
Of the cold.
Issa
This is part of the sodo or meditation hall where I am sitting with another monk to assist me. All the other monks meditate and sleep in the inner room. The big fish hanging from the ceiling is called gyoku and is hit before an eating time. Breakfast is eaten on the meditation platform in oryoki style, a set of rules how and when to eat.
Traude, Thank you for continuing to share your journey. I am guessing that you sleep well at night after an exhausting day of travel on foot. For the first two months that I was in Japan, I was so tired partly I think because my brain was working overtime to drink in all the newness of culture and the language. I hope you are in great health and can feel re-energized each day. Love, Chris
Chris, thank you so much for sharing your experience in Japan. If I would be out there in everyday so busy Japan, having to reorient myself every day to a very foreign way of life, than it would be totally exhausting (like in the first couple of weeks). But now it is different – my experience is very much body centered, especially now, spending one full week in the Zen monastery Zuioji. Everything has to be embodied first and with patience for oneself because it is impossible for the mind to remember all the rules. Therefore, I am sleeping very well and I am very re-energized.
Hallo meine Liebe Freundin ich bewundere deine Bilder🌺 Dich und deinen Mut🌺 Ich wünsche dir weiter alles gute auf deinen Weg🌺Alles liebe Silvia
Hallo liebe Silvia, es freut mich sehr, dass ich meine Erfahrungen mit dir teilen kann, auch dir alles Liebe