When you begin down an Eastern path, and Cha Dao mostly heads East, you
quickly realize the important role language can play in our thinking, and
consequently our insights. For the most part, we come to love the ancient
spiritual words in languages like Sanskrit and Chinese - for their subtlety
and breadth. There is one English word we've come to like better than its
Eastern equivalents, however: "Enlightenment". When most people think of
"Enlightenment" they see in the word the "light" and are reminded of the
light in us, which we all travel towards. But "light" in English has
another meaning: not heavy! Being enlightened means, literally, lightening
up! Don't take yourself serious, or anything else for that matter. There is
an old Indian saying: "beware the spiritual/religious man that takes
himself seriously!" And many of you know how we here do so love laughter
and humor. We thought that these newsletters might be getting a bit heavy
and that we would enlighten them up.
The Adventures of Kaiya on his Journey through Tea
Here we begin the first of a series of comics elucidating the lost,
heraldic days of the great tea sages of yore, foremost among them the Lord
Kaiya. His adventures form the backbone of our own tea practice, of course.
We find such inspiration in reading of how he defeated all the other tea
practitioners in the "Great Tea Off" of 1472, and don't forget how he
single-handedly changed tea forever by being the first to hold a completely
nude tea gathering in 1485!
Lord Kaiya "The Merciful" is a hero to all tea lovers worldwide. We hope
these modern renditions of his adventures, in the form of comics, will help
to fuel the passion in a new generation of tea lovers... Paid for by your
friends at: Blame Kaiya™ Call now: 1-800-BOOBERY
