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East of Nara City, along the road that winds deeper into the Kasugayama hills, lies a small settlement called Ninnikusen — and within it, the ancient temple of Enjō-ji.
Step through the gate, and the grounds open quietly around you. A small mirror pond reflects the wooden gate in still water. The main hall sits beyond a grove of trees.
Few visitors come this way. The only sounds are the rustle of leaves and, somewhere in the distance, a bird. Time seems to move at a different pace here.
A recommendation for 'Subtraction' (= letting go, going to zero) from time to time.
The world is overflowing with 'Addition.' This is, to some extent, unavoidable given the structure of society.
But if all that 'Addition' has you feeling weighed down, bound up, unable to breathe —
why not try a little 'Subtraction' for a change.
The mirror pond held only what it needed: the gate, the trees, the sky. Nothing more. Nothing less. And somehow, that felt like enough.