walking meditation in Kyoto

Walking, philosophy, enough said. Except that a little over a week ago, I read a George Orwell essay, The Lion and the Unicorn:Socialism and the English Genius, which starts with the stunning sentence

“As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.”

A sobering thought that seems vaguely appropriate, given Japan’s own WWII history, Kyoto’s distinction as a city that was not flown over and destroyed, and the fact that two days after this was shot, Tokyo held its first North Korean missile attack drill. All the more reason to slow down, go for a stroll, take in the beauty and meditate.

Walking Project 106_meditation – Kyoto – philosopher’s path from chris worland on Vimeo.