5 minutes on KIKUBARI - The Japanese Art of Attention

KIKUBARI is a Japanese word that describes the act of paying appreciative attention to the people around you without expecting anything in return.
KIKUBARI brings a subtle smile to the hearts of both giver and receiver. I t is a compassionate gesture of giving and sharing the energy of love and kindness.

気 KI - energy of our life force
配り KUBARI- distribute

I encourage us to be in the now, in this moment. Do not let our mind unnecessarily to travel to the past or future, so that we can be more attentive to what is going on right now and share the loving and compassionate energy with people around us, things around us. Then our inner-peace is shared and widespread.....

This is the sevens episode of "5 minutes on Japanese Wisdom" by Azumi Uchitani, once a week, introducing the Japanese life philosophy that brings inner peace.

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Azumi Uchitani is a Japanese business & life consultant, Spiritual Teacher based in the Netherlands. Spoken at TEDx twice, Azumi has been bringing "Inner Peace", the gift of Japanese ancient wisdom to our modern society, through her lectures and her "Yasuragi retreat". She is a founder/ director of Japanese Salon Art & Culture, where she teaches gives monthly Open House with Tea Ceremony and Meditation. Read More about her personal story.

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[Englishroserebecca]

So many beautiful words you are teaching us Azumi and they all have such a lovely meaning. Thank you so much for sharing with us.

[commentarytalk]

I find this most commonly sitting around a fire in the evening with family/friends (and pets eg dog). The flames flickering and glowing in the dark and giving out warmth and enjoying this in company and silence.

[david_oliveira]

Aw, really like this! Thank you so much - hontoni arigatou gozaimasu ❤

[jonathanrascol]

I love your calligraphy art. It inspires me to find a new JAPANESE SET to practice.
Bravo! Beautiful! Homages! 🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️ JAR

[AntediluvianHeart]

Thank you so much for sharing this wisdom with us. It has been helping me so much on my path. Blessings to you Azumi 🙏 💛

[SeekingBeautifulDesign]

Thank you for introducing this word.

I strive to give the right amount of attention to all aspects of my life. For internal aspects, there are the words physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. For external aspects, there are other people (social aspect), but as you point out, there are objects and also plants/animals in our lives. I've looked for ways to describe these in the context of caring/giving attention to. The best word I've found for objects is monozukuri (e.g. making the table happy by cleaning) and for plants/animals, kami (e.g. watering our plants). Do these work in Japanese or are there better words in Japanese or any other language?

[bayarielnazarenostotomas]

Attention, attention, attention.

- Ikkyu

[jonathanrascol]

“tithout” around 1min30. ATTENTION vs. AWARENESS? 🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️ JAR