Gathering: Having a meditation fish tank

What if you enjoyed the hypnotic calm of a small aquatic world, as a support and aid for meditation? Calm, detachment from the self, evocation of impermanence... a subtle balance that lives only in the present moment!

The aquarium has always been known as a hypnotic and soothing object.
A small aquarium without fish, inhabited by tiny creatures and plants, is a micro-world, with all the components of an ecosystem. It alone evokes all the great themes of meditation.
The notion of impermanence is tangible there, each element being endlessly recycled, a temporary part of one being, then another.
The life on the surface, with its frailty and vulnerability, overlooks the calm and steadiness of the bottom.
The notion of self seems quite insignificant there, each life unfolding peacefully within a whole.
For those who find pure meditation off-putting, or as an introduction to other meditation techniques, the support of a small closed glass cube, containing an evocation of the world and nature, is a way to reach the calm conducive to self-forgetting.
No need to force oneself: the contemplation of such an aquarium naturally and spontaneously induces this state of deep calm, this break from the frenzy of daily life.
Choose all the tiny creatures and plants that will make up this small world, banish any idea of technology; just a small glass cube, some water, a quiet place... and the magic will work!