tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512327745848627452.post5807465529568178042..comments2024-03-24T14:25:25.667+01:00Comments on CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Carpe Diem #1593 flowers out of season (kaeribana)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512327745848627452.post-42251374264181595322019-01-28T20:49:42.275+01:002019-01-28T20:49:42.275+01:00* I meant "in close contact with ..." in...* I meant "in close contact with ..." instead of "will".Chèvrefeuillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848986700725789154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512327745848627452.post-78521386702881530502019-01-28T20:48:31.746+01:002019-01-28T20:48:31.746+01:00Hi Hamish, my dear friend, no problem ... there is...Hi Hamish, my dear friend, no problem ... there is more in life than Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Of course you are missed here, but you also have your own life and I know, my dear friend, that you live your life to the max. Being there for all those people who in some way need your attention and love. You are a real friend and in a way I love you for who you are.<br />Thank you for this wonderful quote. There is for sure more meaning in sitting ... isn't that what haiku is? Sitting meditating being in close contact will all around us. Thank you my dear friend for you comment, your warmth and love for CDHK and our wonderful haiku.Chèvrefeuillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848986700725789154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512327745848627452.post-9337080894438366882019-01-28T02:34:52.880+01:002019-01-28T02:34:52.880+01:00Hi Kristjaan - sorry I have not been able to post ...Hi Kristjaan - sorry I have not been able to post haiku lately - I sincerely hope to come back on board soon. I have meanwhile been writing emails with a dear ex-student of mine, called Maya Sebök, who used to write beautiful haiku, and does again. She lives in Hawaii, and is currently recovering from an illness. I would like to quote what she wrote to me recently here, because it is simply beautiful:<br /><br />"A little less than 30 years ago you tried to explain to me about Japanese symbology. Something along the lines of 'you need to live in that particular culture to have an understanding of the multiple layers of interpretations to a visual symbol. Such a symbol is my repeated use of 'I sit' wording [in her haiku]. There is way more to it than just drawing attention to myself. It is a solid symbol to what all Japanese do: sitting still for long periods of time to meditate is literally what defines you as being Japanese. Even more so than genes. It is an expression that you wear the coat of a very disciplined culture. I have friends living in half Japanese marriages that struggle or don't work out at all. It isn't the lack of love, it is the lack of inner discipline, moreso even meditation that plaques them. And nobody realizes that it is not 'sitting' together that divides them. There is an ocean of meaning behind sitting. forestbatherhttps://forestbathing-studies.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com