A Cup of Silent Tea
Description:
Do this simple practice to bring awareness to the ordinary activity of drinking tea, or your beverage of choice (hot or cold).
Prepare the teacups and the teapot. Listen to the kettle and the sound it makes. Pour the tea, smelling the fragrance, savoring the aroma, then tasting the tea and feeling that deep sense of contentment that comes as the tea’s warmth enters your body. Feel thankful that you are alive and in this moment drinking tea. Don’t think about the past or the future. Surrender to the present moment, just you and the tea, as if nothing else exists.
When and Where:
If you happen to be reading this on a sweltering hot day, or live in the desert or a very hot climate, you might like to try this with iced tea. Listen to the chink of the ice as it drops into the glass; enjoy the colors through the glass, the mint, slice of lemon, or cherry you might add for flavor. Enjoy the coolness, the refreshing taste, and feel of the ice cold tea as you sip it through a straw, relaxing into the moment.
If all you have time for is buying a coffee at your local coffee shop, then adapt this technique to your situation.
Benefits:
This practice gives you a taste of meditation, of silence, of the beauty and grace that can be brought to even the simplest acts.
Love and Blessings,
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