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Once practicing tea brewing, I looked in the front and used only my hand to get the teapot on the right hand side. My teacher stopped me and said, “your eye should look at the teapot while getting the tea. Your eyes and hands should be synced.”
I have a bad habit.
In the first stage of tea brewing, we must practise all the actions and body movements. We thought using our hands is enough, however, our eyes should come first. Our eyes are the guide of our hand and the whole body. It’s like the food and equipment should be prepared before we enter into a war.
However, the different actions are the outer part of tea brewing. It’s like practicing kung fu. Only being able to do all the actions is not sufficient. We remain at the surface part.
“After using our eyes and hands, what’s next?” I asked my teacher.
“When we achieve a stage that we forget all the actions.” He said.
It is like the plot in the movie “Kung Fu” by Hong Kong Director and Actor Stephen Chow. The ultimate eighteenth step (the final step and most powerful one) of “Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms” is not featured in the secret book. Where is it?
Actually, when all the 1-17 steps are totally mixed, it is the 18th step.
Um… I guess tea brewing is a bit like pracicing Kung Fu. We practise the outer movements, but also need to practise our inner self. And our heart is part of our inner self.
When we can brew tea with all our heart as well, all those steps become one.
But how to practice our inner self? I believe it’s another topic.
Ah… to pursue knowledge with our limited life. It’s not an easy task at all!
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