In 2020, after experiencing this dark moment of life, I put down my obsession, returned to my original heart, pursued my original self in my heart, and began to tolerate my own ordinary.
Looking back ten years ago, I was full of energy and omnipotent, and started my own road of struggle. I am confused, depressed, and even doubt everything about myself. I lost myself in the face of reality, questioned my own way, and even couldn't find myself. I have been floating in the clouds, and there are always surprises and abyss difficulties along the way.
It was not until I met tea that I began to ferment my initial heart and touch my inner soul. In this obsession, I can't satisfy the taste of fresh sunshine. Tea washed my dusty heart for a long time, and drinking tea has become a habit in life. It has become an indispensable bosom friend for my own practice.
Last night, several close friends made a pot of bitter black tea and drank it tasteless. After a year of tempering until it was dark, in June, they began to find themselves and embarked on the road of tea life. After more than a month's precipitation and decision, they chose to return to their original heart again, set out again, embark on the road of self-seeking, the link service between tea and the world, and make real efforts to find inner peace and tranquility.
In this impetuous and fast era, learning to taste tea may become synonymous with a slow era. Pursuing the rapid times, after returning to the source, you gradually like yourself who once focused, do what you are good at, and write the peace of mind conveyed behind a paragraph. In this impetuous and money-oriented era, you may be busy with money and struggle with passion, but will you remember your initial heart and stop for a cup of tea?
I began to slow down and like drinking tea. Drinking tea not only means quenching thirst for health, but also means introspection since since the enlightenment, tasting the authenticity of tea and experiencing all kinds of life. It also helps my soul find a quiet space. Maybe I can't be a so-called successful person, at least let myself choose the original road in my heart and move forward. Drinking tea can wash away the floating dust that covered my initial light and empty myself.
It takes courage and boldness to start over. When ripe, my bitter tea tastes a little sweet. This is what I have always believed. Zen is an artistic conception. Some people can't let go of their obsession all their lives and can't realize Bodhi. And some people just use a cup of tea to walk out of the diversity of Vientiane and bloom lotus-like flowers.
Good tea can stand the test of boiling water, and people with real quality should also stand the erosion of the world, have clear eyes and clear hearts, and always maintain their natural qualities. Perhaps this dark moment is the bitter and sweet tea soup soaked in a pot of tea after boiling. After carefully walking towards this cup of tea soup, I release my inner grievances and fears.
Drinking tea has become a habit in life and work. I hope to start over and find a group of tea friends as my initial dream.
An intimate friend who keeps advancing and drinking tea has become an indispensable intimate friend of the original dream practitioner, insisting on and focusing on his dreams. No matter what happens in the future, I can drink the turbulent years until there is no wave; How many people can drink the turbid and diverse world images pure and clear.
Drink a pot of tea, and then set out to find your original self.
(Zheng Wanli: Co-founder and brand operation consultant of Toray chayuan)