Calm, serenity, inner peace, the resolution of every conflict through the easing of tension. The ability to take a philosophical distance, to restore oneself, to breathe, to bring peace to the inner landscape. The search for daily contact with nature, free from external constraint. The return to oneself, toward oneself, within oneself, the search for the inner sanctuary. The balancing of energy according to the capacity to inhabit an aging body. As in the poem of Mikata No Sami: Do not tread upon the snow fallen near this palace, Rarely has it lain here so abundantly, As one sees it on the mountain. O passerby, I beg you, This snow—do not tread upon it.
