 | SEVEN DISCIPLINES - To understand and develop oneself is the crux of human existence. Refinement is the journey for knowledge and learned disciplines that cultivate social grace and evolutionary maturity.
Awareness of inexperience is a step of progress. |  | KI / QI / CHI - Living is energy that courses through and bonds all of nature. This energy ebbs and flows at the most minute point of existence. Learning the mastery of one's Ki is fundamental to living quality.
Energy must be stabilized before it can be useful. |
 | TAO - The universe is a construct, an order of the patterns and principles that define the nature and aspect of existence,"being". More the experience than thing or event Tao is the universal way, path.
One suffers confusion or chaos if blind to the way. |  | KAIGAN KAI - Opening one's eyes / mind to truth, awakened realization, insight integrating the vision of self with the true nature of reality and conscious awareness. Indescribably indistinct enlightenment.
Clear grasp of reality is in letting go of all concepts. |
 | SHINBIGAKU - Idealistic aesthetic appreciation is an experience and beyond mere words. A moment is and then is not. Beauty and reality is perception of the senses within the mind. It is not and yet, is.
Aesthetic attraction is a consciousness reflection. |  | GEIDO - Aspects of Chado / Tea, Kodo / Incense, and Kado / Flowers helps one sharpen the senses and calm the spirit. It is the appreciation of details and structure found in daily living and also career.
Experience is awareness of now not a future result. |
 | ECHIKETTO - Social conduct and etiquette are an important part of human interaction. The character of an individual is defined by the quality of persona, demeanor and adherence to social expectations.
In society, stature is defined by words and actions. |  | NIHON TEIEN - To be a human is to be an integral part of the natural world. Gardens express sounds, shapes, colors, smells or feeling in a concentrated and planned manner. Thought manifested in nature.
Gardening is self-artistry with nature as a medium. |
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