Part of Me Pours Out of You - Lessons from Japan
I have travelled to Japan four times in the last three years. It is here that I found my own voice and a growing awareness that actual “other” exists only in the mind. The moats, the trees, the falling blossoms are no different from the windows and the people that give them context, as each is an inseverable part of the whole. We simply perceive them as separate as they rise and fall within awareness.
Yet the perception of “other” creates an opportunity for deeper understanding. So perceived, nature and people help define one another. It is as if they complete a circle. Each is a point completing and connecting the other points along a continuum of this time and space. I had a transformational reorientation of my ideas.
We are often unaware of the light, the sound and the smell of events as they flow through the world. It is through recognition and reconnection that we can honor and claim our place within the larger context of life.
