The Way of Tea has undergone many generations of nurturing and
refinement.  Each one of the procedures for making tea has been
polished so that it is difficult to perform in any other way with
greater skill or ease.  Thus, the first step in the practice of Tea
is to learn each movement faithfully.  Gradually, you will show more
and more the result of your study of the order and manner of
preparing tea.
   Once these skills are learned and assimilated, you can then go
beyond them. But at first you must learn the steps, paying careful
attention to each detail.  Gradually, after many repetitions, it is
almost as if the procedure performs itself.  It becomes part of your
body, as natural as walking.
   Once you have learned how to set and how to serve tea according
to the rules of the discipline of Tea, you are free to use your mind
and body at will.  When you know how to use this freedom, you can at
last serve tea in a serious manner to your guests.
	- Soshitsu Sen XV, *Tea Life, Tea Mind*