"Technique of Shisha"

 "Technique of Shisha"

 

Watching Life from death

A strange condition continues in my body and mind after leaving from Himalaya. I was so tired during the two weeks Himalaya Butoh Festival. I could not sleep during the term. I am carried by unknown space quietly as dead during the travel. Exactly saying, it seems a condition of so-called "Bardo" in Tibetan Buddhism. It is another time-space between Life and death. In Buddhism, it is believed that the dead floats in the Bardo during 49 days after the death. Also, I felt as if I am floating in the Bardo during the two months travel from Himalaya, via Switzerland, and Greece. I met various foreign scenery and things during the travel; I resonated with them as only one resonance until dying. I cannot bring them into the dead world. I felt every Qualia as only one chance in Life. Even subtle Qualia of swaying leaf, bird song, floating cloud, I could feel so brilliant and each of them is so rich and unique. I could feel all of the Qualia as the very precious resonance of Life. After death, I cannot feel any Qualia through Life resonance. I cannot carry them into the dead world. Now an important awareness came out. This must be the first essence of "the Technique of Shisha”.

The entrance of the " Technique of Shisha" is to stop the daily mind and body. Because they are so gross and rough comparing the subtle Qualia of Life. They are a trillion times stronger than Life Qualia.

As a daily body, we cannot be aware of the subtle sway of Qualia in the darkness of the body by the masking of strong language thinking.

We can try to stop thinking through various conditionings; the breath of Life, swaying meditation, shivering conditioning, and so on. Through these conditionings, we can calm down conscious thinking, and language brain. But it takes a long time to get it. In the intensive summer workshop in Greece, though the term is four weeks, in the third week half of participants have exchanged. Then we had to start again from the beginning of conditioning to become subbody mode.

Almost all participants still could not respect only one principle no talking during the class. They start talking often unconsciously. It means they are not in subbody mode. It means also that it is not possible for them to stop inner talking and thinking. Even one word coming out, it destroys the subbody mode of other people including me.

To take off all condition of human and to become Shisha is the essence of Butoh. Then in the third week, I decide to guide people into the dead world which I am experiencing now as "Bardo". Through normal conditioning of swaying or vibrating, when we enter the subbody mode, slowly all of Life swaying’s stop and become a Quiet body as a dead.

Watch this living world from the dead world.

You are already not here; nobody can see your shape.

What will be seen in your dead eyes?

What is happening in the living world?

What is Life?

What is death?

Continue this condition during your whole life.

You can get such precious awareness about Life and death.

You will be able to become a Butoh dancer someday.