tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018539519561702876.post7320039007443357863..comments2023-09-28T05:31:05.540-06:00Comments on Pondering the Myriad Things: The Tao of Tea?Theresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908227916944431265noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018539519561702876.post-61871662567764662882008-03-20T22:17:00.000-06:002008-03-20T22:17:00.000-06:00Hello bookworm, I'm happy you came by and took tim...Hello bookworm, I'm happy you came by and took time to say hello :) I started this blog as a way to verbalize the changing way I was thinking and acting as I pondered the oneness and inter-being of the myriad things. I see connection where I never noticed it before, even in such things as my tea-drinking habits!Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908227916944431265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018539519561702876.post-51269199650108532432008-03-20T11:47:00.000-06:002008-03-20T11:47:00.000-06:00thanks theresa for such a thought-provoking post. ...thanks theresa for such a thought-provoking post. i am happy to discover your blog while googling to find a link between sustainability and yogic life. i agree with you, its true somehow, i dont know why, our efforts to leave a smaller carbon footprint of our activities at home just dont replicate at our workplaces. though i recently realized that given the vast amount of energy being wasted at workplaces, we can do more to save energy and cut emissions by innovating ways to do the same jobs in more sustainable ways in our offices. btw, i started printing drafts on the backside of rough papers and i now make sure that my pc is switched off in the evening. though it makes a very small change in the emissions worldwide, these small steps go a long way in inculcating a habit of sustainable living in us in general. one more thing that i want to share here is about wastage of water in our homes. we are wasting too much of water just to make our lives a little more comfortable. i am sure we can come up with a host of ideas to save water and energy in performing our daily tasks. you are spreading awareness through such blogs which can be a good beginning. my compliments. pranams. Monk-in- MeditationSanjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991624072772350014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018539519561702876.post-59779872957764842862008-03-15T16:33:00.000-06:002008-03-15T16:33:00.000-06:00I've never heard of a tea pillow either but it sou...I've never heard of a tea pillow either but it sounds lovely. I still have an adding machine at my desk that I've left on for years and not thought a thing of it. Now it's turned off like your cup warmer. Which also makes me think I should be shutting my computer off each night instead of keeping it on hold at the restart mode. Thanks!Kale for Salehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02467378353738682141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018539519561702876.post-27084921946686070472008-03-12T08:29:00.000-06:002008-03-12T08:29:00.000-06:00Hi R.A.! In re-reading the post I probably should...Hi R.A.! In re-reading the post I probably should've put in there something about how much electricity this little thing uses (23 W), which isn't much I suppose, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought it wasn't the best use of electricity. But ya, the main reason was because it also seemed to go against what having a cup of tea is all about in my mind: a break from routine, the beginning, middle and end of which are to be appreciated. And I wanted to change my actions to be in tune with that, rather than force the tea to conform to me. It's a general principle I'm trying to bring into my life more often - being more attuned to natural, cyclical things and acting in accordance with them. <BR/><BR/>About the little tea cup pillow - I don't have a link for that and I couldn't even find a picture of one to post. The one I have was also a gift from a coworker -- she got it at the gift shop in Yellowstone National Park.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908227916944431265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018539519561702876.post-15992362016699762192008-03-11T21:13:00.000-06:002008-03-11T21:13:00.000-06:00Wow, what a neat post! The whole time I'm reading ...Wow, what a neat post! The whole time I'm reading it I'm thinking "so what's wrong with wanting a hot cuppa tea all day?" and then you summed it up so nicely at the end. Btw, never heard of those cup pillows that smell nice...gotta link for them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com