Informer Posted May 18, 2011 That is beautiful, will you share more? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nanashi Posted May 18, 2011 A BBC doc: In Search of Wabi Sabi with Marcel Theroux  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6916115281561390843# Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted May 18, 2011 Wabi sabi - I spent a glorious few days visiting my daughter on the West Coast. Returning home I am filled with the contentment that she is enjoying herself and growing into a wonderful young woman, and I am filled with the profound longing to be with her - to hug her and see her smile. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Informer Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) A BBC doc: In Search of Wabi Sabi with Marcel Theroux  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6916115281561390843#  Thank you Nanashi!  I have never heard the term, although the beauty is evident to me.  If I could attempt to translate, I would say harmonious existence without want beyond need.  Would that be close? Edited May 18, 2011 by Informer 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted May 19, 2011 I look at wabi sabi as a quality of beauty that is related to something that is unattainable, removed, distant, mysterious, and so on. It has a bitter-sweet quality. A classic example is the beauty of a remote mountain valley that I can never reach but only imagine and long for. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TzuJanLi Posted May 19, 2011 Thank you Nanashi! Â I have never heard the term, although the beauty is evident to me. Â If I could attempt to translate, I would say harmonious existence without want beyond need. Â Would that be close? It feels close.. as in near, familiar, and intangible.. too close to touch, too close to "want beyond need".. Â Be well.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Otis Posted May 19, 2011 What a fantastic concept: the beauty of the imperfect! Â In an era of hyper-heightened airbrushed aesthetics (Playboy, Cosmo models, TV stars, etc.), it's easy to overlook the beauty of the real. Â Even here on the Bums, I think certainty is often valued over thoughtfulness, sound bites over nuance. Â Ideals can be so tempting to believe in and strive for, because they define value in our culture. But ideals are also traps. With an ideal, the imaginary "perfect" is the only thing that lives up to expectations, and anything less/different is seen as lacking. Therefore, the world is always lacking, is always wrong. Â Wabi sabi sounds much more appealing. Perfect = "what is", and any way that we can improve on "what is", is just gravy. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nanashi Posted May 20, 2011 I really enjoy what everyone is bringing to the table in this thread. Our interpretations of the "wabi sabi" concept are like pieces of the puzzle-- and they all fit, yet the missing pieces wholly define the concept itself. Even trying to pin down "wabi sabi" has a recursive, wabi sabi quality. Â I love this, it is a very sobering yet emotionally intense feeling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodyoflight Posted May 20, 2011 If one can master astral travel and lucid dreaming, one will never be lonely.. Â Even better, if you can master bilocation, you can instantly travel to the cities and back to your hermit hut again in the twinkling of an eye.. Â Those old fools.. Â instead of wasting time on reminiscing and poetry, they should have spent more time on training instead! Â What a waste of a golden opportunity to train in those very lifetimes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodyoflight Posted May 20, 2011 If one can master astral travel and lucid dreaming, one will never be lonely.. Â Even better, if you can master bilocation, you can instantly travel to the cities and back to your hermit hut again in the twinkling of an eye.. Â Those old fools.. Â instead of wasting time on reminiscing and poetry, they should have spent more time on training instead! Â What a waste of a golden opportunity to train in those very lifetimes! Â btw for those hermit would-be in here.. Â mantak chia alone has over bloody 36 DVDs of real TAOISM training.. Â there are at least a few hundred reliable spiritual instructors and authors on the net nowadays.. Â you have time to reminisce and compose poetry? why not spend more time on chakra kundalini micros orbit meditation? Â we now live in the age of the net.. Â feel lonely? wanna talk to strangers? Â just log onto some random chat and chat away! Â shhesssh... times have changed, the game has changed and people are still dredging up stuff from 8 centuries ago .. LOL.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nanashi Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) You sir, may have been bewitched by a fox spirit. I suggest you steel your mind, lest you succumb to further lunacy. Edited May 21, 2011 by Nanashi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted May 20, 2011 If one can master astral travel and lucid dreaming, one will never be lonely.. Â Even better, if you can master bilocation, you can instantly travel to the cities and back to your hermit hut again in the twinkling of an eye.. Â Those old fools.. Â instead of wasting time on reminiscing and poetry, they should have spent more time on training instead! Â What a waste of a golden opportunity to train in those very lifetimes! One can be lonely in a room full of friends. One can be completely immune to loneliness without any human contact. No need to bother with imaginary goals. Life is practice. Poetry is practice. That's the secret you may find after spending a few decades in a cave. How much time do you think Chia spends training when he's creating 36 DVD's and writing dozens of books? You're quite entertaining, BOL, thanks for your contributions. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted May 20, 2011 If one can master astral travel and lucid dreaming, one will never be lonely.. Â Even better, if you can master bilocation, you can instantly travel to the cities and back to your hermit hut again in the twinkling of an eye.. Â Those old fools.. Â instead of wasting time on reminiscing and poetry, they should have spent more time on training instead! Â What a waste of a golden opportunity to train in those very lifetimes! Â Hmnn, To me the Wabi writer is simple and accomplished. Poetry was his practice. He didn't have any powers or crave them. I take that back, his power was simplicity and contentment. His power was to eat a wild berry and say yum. Accomplished indeed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C T Posted May 20, 2011 Hmnn, To me the Wabi writer is simple and accomplished. Poetry was his practice. He didn't have any powers or crave them. I take that back, his power was simplicity and contentment. His power was to eat a wild berry and say yum. Accomplished indeed. Nicely said. Thanks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
