Physiological Delight

Song From: "G.H. Hovagimyan" ghovagimyan@hotmail.com
To: ga2750@i.bekkoame.ne.jp Subject: spiritual Repose
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 09:15:19 CEST
Mime-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Sep 2000 07:15:19.0450

Every time I am shown to an old, dimly, lit, and, I would add, impeccably clean toilet in a Nara or Kyoto temple, I am impressed with the singular virtues of Japanese architecture. The parlor may have its charms, but Japanese toilet truly is a place of spiritual repose
No words can describe that sensation as one sits in the dim light, basking in the faint glow reflected from the shoji, lost in meditation or gazing out at the garden. The morning trips to the toilet are a great pleasure, a physiological delight. And surely there could be no better place to savor this pleasure than a Japanese toilets where, surrounded by tranquil walls and finely grained wood, one looks out upon blue skies and green leaves. The toilet is a perfect place to listen to chirping of insects or the song of birds, to view the moon, or to enjoy any of those poignant moments that mark the change of the seasons
.