無我茶會 中英文 Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony English
 

Hi Jim,

> Everything we do in tea is an inherent contradiction. We
> make order out of chaos with each cup.

Where is the €œinherent contradiction€�?
Why €œout of chaos€�?

Shouldn't it be in harmony with nature?

--
Julien ÉLIE

« Il ne faut jamais pleurer d'avoir perdu la lune car les larmes
empêchent de voir les étoiles. »

無我茶會 中英文 Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony English
 

One inherent contradiction is the carbon footprint. Nature is chaos
not harmony. Even without Man there would be no Garden of Eden.
Eventually the tropical tea trees of India,Burma,China will go extinct
as the Himalayas weather naturally or precipitation is reduced from
ManMade global warming. Tea crops failures in Assam are blamed on
climate change manmade or otherwise. We are in the golden age of tea
consumerism. It wont always be this way. Our grandchildren will
notice.

Jim

PS Tea is a social construct and therefor a cultural paradigm. Its
not hard to find contradictions. Human All Too Human as Nietzsche
would say.

On Mar 6, 4:26 pm, Julien ÉLIE >
wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> > Everything we do in tea is an inherent contradiction. We
> > make order out of chaos with each cup.
>
> Where is the “inherent contradiction”?
> Why “out of chaos”?
>
> Shouldn't it be in harmony with nature?
>
> --
> Julien ÉLIE
>
> « Il ne faut jamais pleurer d'avoir perdu la lune car les larmes
> empêchent de voir les étoiles. »