January 27, 2022
Zen
A moment of serenity
CLOSE your eyes. Breathe gently and slowly. In, hold for a moment, out. Repeat.
Relax your shoulders.
Tilt your head back then slowly circle it around, first one way then the other.
Visualize yourself in the grounds of a Japanese pagoda, far from the busy, frenetic urban life. It is calm, quiet, tranquil. Life moves slowly here, and time seems to have little meaning.
You find yourself strolling slowly through a magnificent, carefully tended, immaculately designed Japanese garden.
You see the reflection of the trees and sky in the mirror-like surface. A koi swims slowly and languidly past, seemingly just beneath the surface yet making no ripples to disturb it.
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Passing the maple, you encounter and climb a set of gently-pitched stone steps.
The steps lead you to a Zen garden, which invites you to pause, reflect, and contemplate.
Refreshed and relaxed, you leave (reluctantly) and return to the ordinary world.
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