Satori Garden

Definition of Satori : Satori (悟り) is a Japanese Buddhist term for awakening, "comprehension; understanding". It is derived from the Japanese verb satoru. In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to a deep experience of kenshō, "seeing into one's true nature". Ken means "seeing," shō means "nature" or "essence". Satori and kenshō are commonly translated as enlightenment, a word that is also used to translate bodhi, prajñā and Buddhahood.

I have no words to express how excited I am to share these images with you today which are filled with so much story and meaning. As you might know if you follow me on social media, I am all about balance and truly tuning into my own creative rhythm, like the cycles of nature or the tides of the moon waning and waxing. Respecting and honoring without forcing or pushing. I believe it is so important to trust our creative process and how it wishes to manifest. Since the beginning of my career I’ve always said that I have no interest in following trends, I’d rather make my own. Although of course some trends are indeed so fun and I love having a playful time with fashion and experimenting with beauty. And this goes as well with how I produce and share content, the energy that is behind it. In a world that seems so incredibly fast paced, I love find safe heavens, digitals portals that lead us into creative temples where we feel transported into our own inner peace. That has always been my wish for Kaza ☉ Bazan and I can see how it is manifesting now with the content that is slowly emerging. You can’t force a flower to bloom it has it’s own proper timing, your love will water it with delicate care and optimize it’s growth. That is how I feel about my life. I’ve always been an ambitious woman and my ambition sometimes took ahold of me and of my sanity. Where there is overwhelm there is misbalance. I now love savoring with delectation the sweet pace of my life and working on new projects, including this platform for which I have so many beautiful ideas. But each one in it’s rightful time.

I had heard of this incredible place near Paris called the Parc Départemental Albert Kahn and when I saw images of it, it looked exactly like some gardens I visited when I was in Japan. I have such a deep love relationship with Japan, it’s one of the very first cities I visited when I started my first blog Kayture and it’s culture remains so dear to me : with such a deep reverence for nature, wisdom, detail and slow life. I personally love a balanced life. A mix of passion with hints of contemplation, that’s my cocktail. Of course you could say Tokyo is nothing like this and there are many facets to Japan, like to each country. Yet there is something so fascinating about the Japanese mentality. To me it represents grace and harmony. I instantly felt like this set of image should carry the title of Satori. Above this text you can find the definition of this word which eventually simply means enlightenment. This is how I felt when entering this garden. A deep sense of remembrance or being One with All. I had the absolute delight to work on these stunning photos with my dear friend Pauline Darley who is quite the expert when it comes to discussing the magic of life, art and dreamy landscapes. We talked about our love for creativity, while making these photos in the most spontaneous and heartfelt way. I highly recommend you guys to go and check out her work on Instagram @paulinedarley as she very often publishes stories about her various ancient castles, sacred sites and beautiful enigmatic art visits. I’ve certainly discovered many fascinating things through her unique lense. It’s so refreshing to meet artists and creators who do their own thing, in their own way and don’t necessarily follow the rules of what’s trendy out there. That’s what has always so deeply inspired me, to pursue the path of inner self discovery and being the most authentic creator possible. Authenticity to me is the art of depth, the art of soulfulness. It’s a subtle dance that constantly asks : what’s alive for you right now? How do you love right now? Authenticity always brings you back to the present moment. The present being the gift itself.

Recently I also published a podcast episode in both french and english (you can listen to it here, it’s also available on any other streaming platform of your choosing) on the fascinating topic of culture. It’s so liberating to do these podcasts honestly, it’s just such an open, unfiltered and raw form of expression and I absolutely love it. I also want to thank each and every one of you who wrote me after listening to it as it truly means so much to me and I have so much gratitude and reverence for each one of your stories and feedback. Culture is such an interesting topic as it addresses those aspects of life that bring us together in celebration. Cultural beliefs, cultural ideologies, traditions that shape people, countries and continents. To me the beauty of humanity is it’s eclectic essence, it’s multidimensionality. We are like snowflakes, to each one it’s own unique shape, and yet we are all formed by Water, the Ocean of Consciousness, the Infinite Multi-Verse we are, experiencing itself in this sacred dance. I believe in us writing new stories of unity, of coming together, new stories of brining ourselves back into unconditional love in our totality, all parts and all aspects of ourselves. A new Renaissance. A New Earth such as Eckhart Tolle wrote about in this wondrous book.

I get a lot of questions about what unconditional love really is? How to let go of certain beliefs? How to actually experience Oneness? How to actually feel into the Quantum Field of All and truly know on a visceral level that we are Source experiencing itself. And the only thing I can say is : let life guide you. Let love show you. If you feel like you’ve never experienced love before, if you feel like no one taught you how to love, teach it to yourself, show yourself the path for it’s right there within and you know it. You know what to do, your unlimited, expanded self knows what to do. Surrender to the silence within you. This is the easiest and fastest path. And yet that is the doorstep many are scared to walk. It’s the void energy, that absolute space where all creativity emerges from. That silent ocean from which emerges all music and all vibration. In meditation connect to the very center of your heart and focus on the word Satori and just breath. Listen to your breath and allow it to guide you. Allow your body to guide you back into silence, allow Earth to hold you like a Mother, allow sky to watch over you like a Father, allow the stars to embellish and enlighten your inner gaze like your cosmic, ever-present and ever-lasting brothers and sisters. Allow your deepest wisdom to guide you through the many gateways of your consciousness. Sure some thoughts might arise like waves on an ocean. You get to feel them. You get to let them pass through you. You get to allow the emotions to be and to move. Beyond all this is Satori. It’s right here. It’s right now. Within All and at All times for us simply to tune in.

Spirituality to me is truly the path of integrity, integrity as wholeness, as totality, the path of unconditional love, the path of recognition. Recognizing we are one with all and how the outside doesn’t really exist : it’s an illusion. Without the vessel of your seemingly body : all that is, is consciousness, is the quantum field itself. Your body included is made of vibration. Is infinity. This is the very principle described in Buddhism as Samsara. Samsara is like the most subtle ethereal reality experience : whatever beliefs, whatever thought-forms, whatever identities you assign, whatever stories, whatever emotional charges you experience within in your inner narratives, you will experience externally. Life is truly so miraculous you see. We are infinite creativity experiencing itself. I meditate a lot on wealth and my greatest wish is for all humanity to manifest and experience wealth consciousness as a frequency that simply already exists and that we can attune ourselves to and never look back. I am currently reading the wonderful book called “Abundance” by Deepak Chopra and highly recommend it. I also really recommend the book “Busting Loose from the Money Game” which is another very, very powerful book on wealth consciousness. Don’t get duped by it’s tacky cover. This book is a very profound initiation with a lot of explanation on the latest quantum physics discoveries about our reality and how our mindset, beliefs and ways of thinking completely shape the trajectory of our adventure here. I know how easy it is to blame something our someone for where we are. And yet, to reclaim our sovereignty is to recognize we are infinite creation experiencing it’s vastness through tangible experiences. From a certain point of view the infinity we are, is neutral, it doesn’t judge. It allows for movies and stories to unfold. We are the writers, the painters, the poets. We are responsible : response + able = able to respond. I know it is tempting to think technology will solve all our “issues”. Yet technology always reflects our level of consciousness based on how we program it. And the truth is we haven’t even fully discovered the full vastness of our own inner potentials as studies show that we use only 10% of our brain capacity, that being mostly our left brain which is dedicated to analytical, logical, information synthesis. Can you imagine what happens when we activate the dormant 90%? What happens then? I’ll let you think about it.

So the questions are. If nothing was good or bad, what would you want to experience? If nothing was better or worse, simply experience, what would you want? If you had nothing to learn, what would you want? If you felt no external pressure, no external interference, what would you want? If nothing was destined, fated, or meant to be, what would you want? What are the stories that move you, what are the movies you love, is it what you want?

I’ll let you introspect on these few questions. These are great journal prompts ;)

And I am so deeply delighted to share these pictures with you. Enjoy them and I’ll speak to you very soon.

With all my Love,

Kristina

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Credits

Photography : Pauline Darley @paulinedarley

Dress : Sandra Mansour

Clutch : Vintage ( no specific brand or tag )