Clockwork DHARMA ?
I just found a good metaphor to explain [What is Dharma] !
It’s a huge gigantic machine ! (No, this is no a joke 😀 )
Gigantic, as its mechanism extend as far as to the end of universe.
And as it is working and ticking, it’s keep moving, hence, no same moment ever exists.
But this machine is invisible, except some end-device connected to its mechanism.
Its mean, all the visible existences are the part of this machine.
This machine exists since the start of the universe, long before human kind appeared on the earth.
Therefore, no written specification, operational manual in any language exists, yet still, some part of its
mechanism and the function has been observed and deciphered as a science and chemistry.
As it is a viable working machine, there is certain tendency and the rules of the way how it works,
though, as it is so gigantic and too complicated, it is beyond the capability of the human to know whole function.
—– except Buddha.
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While observing the phenomena and its occurrences, Buddha noticed that, this world is a kind of system
which is affecting and reacting to each other. ( This intertwined connection is the Karma )
He found it as the system of infinite size which contains ourselves as a part.
And as it is constantly adjusting and reacting, there can not be a single moment of stillness
—– nothing stays the same.
And as it is a system automatically working like a machine, it doesn’t have human like Ego or its own SELF
—– and the human is its part of mechanism, human has SELF neither.
And this system exists before human and not designed to serve for human, its operation is not necessary
for the benefit of human, therefore to live as a part of this system, occurrences are not centred for human
nor kind to human. —– Hence life is harsh.
—– with those contemplation, Buddha found the wisdom to deal with this system or to live as a
part of the system with minimum aggravation, hence in peace and the harmony.
And the teaching is —– to know how the mechanism of the system and the mechanism of ourself works.
Only the way to find the function and its internal rules of the unknown mechanism is —– to observe
and find it by oneself.—– (Finding it, is the Enlightenment)
As the system is working automatic, disregarding the human ego or emotion, to impose or try to understand it,
with human-like mind is pointless —– because the system itself has no such mind.
( You can’t deal with machine with your emotion — you have to do it like handling a machine 😀 )
As the system (include ourself) is operating without the mind, try to think or explaining it with words is
useless. It needs to observe its function and the results = deeds. Hence, talking, thinking has no place.
—– This is what the Dharma is.
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You may not like this description 😀
Especially the western people got used to think the God as a personified figure, as it was imagined as a
super-human, though, no such things in the Universe.
Nor so-called great soul, like Brahman or Atman. ( Romanticized idea appeals to the emotion, but
romantic idea is far from the Truth )
The Dharma is the system much more like a huge machine.
That’s why it is operating dispassionately / in Mushin ( Mind of no-mind).
( Financial panic may caused by the fear of speculators which some Buddhist may say “It’s only in the mind”
though, resulting rise of interest will affect all others like a mechanical precision and the force)
In fact, human mind is always causing a destruction and a mayhem to the system.
—– that’s why the Buddhism says Mushin, Taoism says Woii —– do nothing intentionally = let the natural
mechanism to take its own course.
( I found this metaphor is the clearest explanation —– in words 😀 —— Convinced ? )
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What a situation, what BUDDHIST can do ?
Having more than 2,600 years history, Buddhism acquired very wide-spread of diversity and its facets.
From almost purely religious belief to the way to control one’s mind-set, on top of its local variations.
Like, Pure-land sect might be its extreme and the Zen is the other.
And the Tibetan Buddhism is one of the most uniquely evolved type in its land.
Some are adopted and fused with the fashion of popular belief then, such as the Tantrism.
Still all derived from the teachings of Buddha. Which is,
how peacefully live the life of impermanent life.
[ Don’t worry regardless how the situation in THIS life is dire, there is a heaven waiting for you.]
—– is a typical religious approach, such as the Pure-land sect.
[ See only the subject which IS on front of you ( its mean, Don’t be deflected by a matter which is
irrelevant )] —– is the Zen approach.
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Most of the Buddhist’s site says [Be grateful to have a joy of the life and have a peaceful life ] —– how sweet !
Yet seeing too many disturbing news, too gloomy aspects of the social, political, economical situations, and
seeing loads of destructive reports ( such as in a website < Extinction. Protocol > —– which is giving
an impression [ the world is end tomorrow ] ) —– how can I keep my peace ?
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Facing the devastation of the world such as happened in Japan [could we still stay calm ? ]
As a Zen Buddhist, I might have made an explanation “ As a Buddhist, I gave some donation to Japanese
Disaster Fund etc, which I thought my duty, though further than that, I can’t do much as it is too far away”
—– but, wasn’t it, bought small peace of mind, then buried the head in the sand with convenient excuse ?
And making excuse “ What I can do is, transmit nice stories to make a reader to feel a joy of the life —– and
put photos of flowers and blue sky “ ( though, i’m not necessary doing this 🙂 )
Other Buddhists might have thought “ This is what the Samsara meant, this is what the life is, so, I need
to chant the Mantra more ( to go to heaven) “
—– but in reality, the situations are not such benign, nor Buddhist’s thought is simple.
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There could be some thoughts, from quite meta-physical view such as, we human being is facing an
awful repercussion, as we have been odd with the Dharma too long ( so-called Punishment ) to
much talked about break down of ecosystem / global natural balance, devastation of environment
—– driven by the man’s greed (Capitalism) —-> hence we are having so many freak weather, climate
change and its chain reaction etc. etc, the list of implication is endless.
———- then, what can we do, and should do as a Buddhist ?
In fact, when I faced this question on the time of Japanese disaster, I was deeply affected, or simply
depressed. —– what AM I doing here. just reading the news ?
Just an ordinary man who went there with bare hand and shifted the mud, would have done much more
good to help the situation. Or, should I keep stay calm, as if nothing happened in the world, while stop
reading the news —– and making nice lemon tea ?
Was that a kind of peace what a Buddhist should enjoy ?
Nothing other than on front of me, exists in the world ? ? ? Other than that, are all irrelevant to
the one’s life and they are the delusions ?
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Where is the realm of one’s life — while everything are inter-connected to each other.
The air I have inhaled now could contain an oxygen atom which has been exhaled by a man in the other side
of the world a month ago, or from a plant leaf of Amazon jungle.
What actuary Dharma affecting one’s life ?
—– Or, was that only manifested as a flow of the occurrences ?
The answer seems to be, there is no fixed answer to what is right or wrong as a notion,
such as [go to disaster area and help clearing the mud] or [stay here]. They are just man’s Thinking.
As, there was no way to go there and I happened to stay here and worried about the situation
—– happened as it was, it was right = the natural flow of the Dharma. ( if it was wrong, I shall
pick up the consequence soon or later = if it’s comes, it comes ) ( In this extent, Buddhists are passive
= unless we were attacked, we don’t fight, we don’t attack —– ? ? ? Does it mean, to research defence against
tsunami is wrong ? No, the danger is already there, and soon or later it will come = preparation is a defence.
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While after the Atomic Bomb, the ground of Hiroshima and Nagasaki started to have regrowth of
the plants, flora and fauna, and the People started to rebuilt the houses.
People couldn’t wait 25 years like Chernobyl. (Incredible though, it’s just a historical fact )
People lived there might have shorter life and some baby might have died prematurely —– still, we haven’t
found any mutant man, or super cockroach from Hiroshima or Nagasaki —– simply defective GENE has been
died and disappeared —– and survived are just lived on as normal existence.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the same bustling Cities like all another Cities in Japan now, other
than their horrendous memories. —– Life continues and the cities and towns in Japan will be recovered with
wiser adaptations in their building design.
Living far away from Japan, I’ve shed a tear or two with the emotions of powerlessness.
—– that was my deed, this is what happened. That’s it. Not my word or thinking but only the fact count.
( Regardless, what ever the theory, planning, talking, we don’t know what actually happen —— and when
it happened, we have to follow and find the measure —– only the reality, the fact and the deed count. )
There wouldn’t be any escape and in the same time, no use to dream any hypothetical
possibility or have an illusion to be a Superman. ( Unless you were born to be a Superman 😀 )
Yes, this is what the Dharma is. We have no way else but accept and follow.
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( PS : By the way, I like Bob Geldof —– He was a young man with passion as a young man is, but
don’t like Bono —– he is just a bully, who found a mechanism to satisfy his ego)
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Aaaaaa~~~~~ !
It’s just a simple experiment. Try, say Aaaaaaa~~~~~ !
Starting low voice. Aaaaaaa~~~~~~ !
And somewhere in the middle. Aaaaaaa~~~~~~ !
Then in highest pitch. Aaaaaaa~~~~~~ !
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It’s a same Aaaa though, in its low tone it’s sound like you are shouting fed-up or expressing disgust.
In the middle, it is somewhat responding to others or communicating that you agree or you got it.
But when it sound in very high tone, it became your cry, not necessary to others, but
to yourself.
When it sound very low-frequency you must be noticed, your bottom of lung, stomach resonates.
And in high tone, it resonates to your base of the skull where your Limbic system of the
brain is situated, and the Hypo-campus, Old cortex immediately above.
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Whether, because when we cry we cry in hi-pitch tone (tension in the body squeeze even the throat and
the voice box, then the voice become hi-tone —-> then we were conditioned to the situation,
or more inherent program in the primitive brain system ? (genetically programmed) —-> we cry hi-tone,
—– we may not know which came first.
Still, when those primitive part of the brain resonates, we feel the chill in our spine too. —-> we feel Awe.
(I’ve wrote about this, in a post [Spiritual Sound] too)
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When we saw a danger, we feel Fear. Feel the same but not know why or which is the cause, we feel Awe.
Hence the sound which resonates the old part of brain / limbic system, Hypo-campus
where the emotion were created, —– yet don’t know where or why it’s coming, we feel Awe.
And this induced Awe is the basis of our spirituality.
With highly trained ( highly conditioned with many on-the-spot experiences / raw experience exposes
one’s perception, hence directly connected to the emotion.
Study deals with intelligence but Conditioning involves the emotion / emotion mean, it’s induces
physiological chemical effect / hormone, brain transmitter etc ) highly studied brain can associate
intellectual information to the experience which carry emotion —-> hence pure intellectual notion can
also be associated with Awe / Spirituality.
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It’s a bad tendency, when people talk about spirituality, they pretend to be higher than others and noble
though, everybody having the spirituality —– the resonance to receive unknown message.
To interpret it to a known category or what so ever kind is related to what the person already know.
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So, this is the most unlikely sample of the spiritual sound 😀
I’ve listened a live performance of this, once at the Saint Martin in the Field church and at many
churches in Germany, still this one is [impressive enough for me to shed a tear] .
Unlike acoustic sound, synthesized sound having exactly the same frequency in each tone, often even
the same wave form, hence it creates unnatural resonance, even worse, resonating with
the speaker-system in a lap-top —– some time it’s irritating to the ears. ( Don’t ask too much)
A German guy commented to this “as a German, we never attempt to do, though I like this”
it’s showed how great the original music of the Bach.
( Its abstractic sound structure can withstand any instrument or the style of play.)
( In comparison, a sound like in the Beethoven’s Pastoral, birds songs has to be played by a Piccolo
—— Romantic School Music are sound effect in a Cartoon comics, hence likely sound is the matter.)
—– while walking on the street, once I was stricken by a distant sound of this music.
Despite there was a lot of street noise or rather distorted faint sound —— quality or settings were not
the matter at all —— what there beyond the sound, was enough for me to feel a chill on my back.
The firm faith, Awe to unknown is what Spirituality mean.
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TOUCHING the VOID
Yesterday I was invited to see a dress rehearsal of an Art Performance at the Holland Park.
It was titled [ Common sounds : Touching the Void ] ( Flyer is in the end of this post )
In fact it was in the building of the former Commonwealth Institute.
The building has been closed for more than decade —– what a shame. I used to go there to see many ethnic,
cultural exhibition, art performances.
And as the building has been bought by the Design Museum, they are under the refurbishment.
It is a kind of trend to use a disused empty space, some time pretty strange place, to utilize
them for an exhibition, art events. —– naturally, the space itself was unusual, the almost
crèche “Site specific installations, performances” are the regular program.
Though, this particular space is nothing like any another space.
Under the first ever built type of column-less huge roof, it is the burst empty space —– having
a round centre stage and the surrounding multi-storey corridor —– you got to be there
to see and feel the space.
The event has been directed by Harry Ross, and designed by Helen O’Neill who is my friend though I haven’t dig
deep enough to know how they organized the event to use here yet —– may be a kind of trade secrets there 😀
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The actual performances are the conceptual play and the dances, therefore impressive but a kind, often
described as “mind boggling” — not only the space is out of comprehension, hence we feel out
of space ( pan 🙂 ) giving a feeling of being in the time trip —– Where am I ? What’s going on ?
Then the audiences were bound together and taken to the ride —— or to the darkness of the limbo !
At there I met another photographer who introduced himself as Jim the dance photographer.
While he shoot, he moves with dancer anticipating their movements and click, no fancy angle or strange
foot works, always facing straight, very authentic —– I noticed, this guy really knows the subject, in
many years experiences —– to capture the moment of dance. (Good for the dancer’s own portfolio)
( His link =http://www.perfectlandscape.com/touching_the_void/#)
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My photography is more to participate, or even invade the situation —– interaction with the situation.
That’s why I like to use ultra-wide or even fish-eye lens to close the core of subject.
Like the Theory of Relativity, there can not be a pure observation.
Observation itself affects the Phenomenon —– therefore, to be a part
of Phenomenon is more logical —– That’s what I think 😀
—– Believe or not, this is my understanding of the Zen Buddhism.
Once we were born, we can not exist outside of the world.
The interaction with the other existences, moment to moment,
is the life.
Otherwise, why do we need to be here in this moment ?
And why the Dharma placed us to be here and now ?
—– So that, why the art event like in the Commonwealth
Institute was happened and WHY I was there ?
This is the understanding of “What Karma meant ” and totally embrace the
situation is “What Mindfulness mean “. —– This is the Conviction to the LIFE.
Hence, this IS the ZEN. ( ZEN in action, not sitting away from the situation 😀 )
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Sheer JOKE
Some years ago, I was asked by a friend, stage designer Francesco to produce some stage set and props.
In fact, I also took a part acting as a Mad Doctor ? ! (If I were asked, I just join —– because its
occurrence was in the Karma. Hence I don’t think too much or no use to think. It’s a reaction in Mushin )
It was titled [O-project] which the story was based on the Hoffman’s Tale, but in the ultra modern settings 😀
—– instead to create a doll to whom a guy fallen in love, a Mad Doctor created a life in a vitro and so on.
( So, I created Oparlin’s Life Bottle of which lightning spark to the primeval sea water said to have
created first element of the life on the earth.
And the Laser Harp, on top of the Virtual Woman / rotating Wire torso )
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While working it, on a desk of a Sent Martin’s art student, I found a photo of Dalai Lama. —– I made
a joke “Hey, don’t you know, He is my first cousin” and Francesco took picture of me
holding Dalai Lama’s photo.
When Francesco compiled the O-project DVD, he put the photo-images to show the episode in the production
process —— ? ? ? What ! —– In the DVD, a photo-image of me holding
Dalai Lama’s photo has been Photoshoped to [Me holding Star-war’s Yodo]
So, the story has changed to “ Hey, I’m a cousin of Yodo” —– ! —– Very very funny 😀
( Francesco expected me to get angry —– later he said though, for me it was more of an amazement
than a kind of matter to get angry. What a fun ! ! ! I like this kind of fearless, blatant idea.)
When it came to a joke, a western wit is far more naked (often quite bad tasted) which makes a big
difference to the Japanese. Some said, it because of the carnivorous nature of the European against
the vegetarian Buddhist though, it seems it’s a too simplified view. ( Simplly Itariano is noughty 😀 )
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I always fascinated by the artistic creativity of the Latin psyche. Yet, unlike other Italian or Spanish artists,
this designer’s thinking remains always within the feasibility —– never impossible fantasy —- and amazingly
able to find the best suitable material or structure which is good to convert for the purpose etc, in another
words quite technically minded —– that why he is a designer not a pure fine artist —– still
his novel ideas are always there and fascinated me.
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After all, any creative perception, unless it was materialised, it couldn’t be displayed, unless it
was displayed, it couldn’t be noticed by others —– this is what the communication meant.
Otherwise, its perception remained inside of an autistic mind.
Stage design must be one of the hardest task which is facing this dilemma —–it has to be materialised.
(while complying all the safety regulation etc, and reliably working in one-piece 😀 )
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Artistic creativity live in the same terrain where the good joke came from.
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SEXUAL Conotation
It is a funny paradox. I always amazed to find that the search term and its wording which end up
here having many sexual connotations. Its mean I’ve been giving so much disappointment to
those who is expected to find somewhat erotic content here. Sorry folks 😀
It was not in my intention or tactics to attract the readers but my careless choice of the subjects.
(For instance, when I used the term [xxxx Do] it supposed to mean such as Kendo, Judo, etc.
in general. As I was not familiar with X-rated film kind, I was not aware — to other’s eyes, it can
be construed as “about Do XXX act” Ha ha ha, very funny. 😀 —– my ignorance but too late)
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In 1987, when I heard very first news of the new disease from San Francisco which is now known
to be the AIDS, I noticed that the sexual relation is no longer safe.
And it was the same time when my court case which related to a woman’s exploitation of
immigration loop-hole was started.
(A woman deported from here, fraudulently registered the marriage in Japan using my name
without my knowledge. The woman admitted that she did it by an instruction of employer, though
the High Court Judge made it valid and granted her quick divorce for her to escape deportation to
Japan where the Police was alerted. Naturally, the case was brought up to the Court of Appeal.
Because of the case was too obvious fraud, the President of the High Court came out to suppress the
matter saying “no need to go into the evidence”—– since the evidence in the transcript says
“Marriage is Void” —– He couldn’t go into the EVIDENCE ) —– ( From this evidence, how
High Court Judge Dobly made the marriage valid, reflect the situation in the English justice)
I just gave up any relation. Woman is nothing but the trouble.
So that the file in my brain to deal with woman was deleted.
The woman became just a part of a landscape, hence its sexual connotation disappeared.
Existence of Genitals doesn’t mean sex —– its sexual connotation is all in the mind.
( of which I’ve been calling [ OBSESSION ] —– which can be erased )
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Anyhow, court case consume a lots of time and a money. Especially in my case, to proceed it myself
as Litigant in Person (without Lawyer, while studying English Law overnight) was hard.
I was simply fallen into the situation, not able to spare the time or money to a woman.
It was totally out of question.
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Of cause the knowledge was still there and able to see or hear what woman says, though it doesn’t
connect to my EMOTION hence the so-called female sexuality or their sex appeal stop to
appeal to my mind —– they became the matter of foreign land or different universe.
A funny side effect (?) was, as the receptacle to read sexual context in my mind has been deleted, I lost
a capability to see the innuendo or meaning of suggestive approach or its signal. (So that, in many
cases, after long time, I suddenly became aware “I see, she wanted to sleep with me” 😀 )
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As a matter of fact, even myself was amazed to see the change of my own perception. And it
made me realize, this must be the condition of mind what the Zen Buddhism is talking about.
Then I gave a thought. Read the books I brought from Japan etc. etc. —– it was an epoch in my
quest to the Zen. If the mind can be controlled in this way, in reverse this must be the way to control
the mind in general. (If even a so-called imperative instinct could be negated and completely
disappeared, there can not be any difficulty to control the mind )
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Since then somewhat strange 23 years past —– but, it seems it was seen by others even more strange.
Most of all, be in the Club every weekend, seemed to give an impossible puzzle to others. 😀
I was there to perfect my body movement (others call it dancing) nothing else. Though, even a
club owner, manager seemed not able to understand what is the purpose for. As a matter of fact, I had
the indispensable opportunities to observe the Skinner Box of male-female behaviour ! ! ! 😀
And seeing hundred of almost naked young girls shaking their ass every weekend for (just with the
Fridge Club in Brixton — almost 6 years) so many years, I’ve accumulated a collation of body shape, facial
expression and her dancing style and the character —– how to behave, and so on.
But never dance or even talk with them (and never drink alcohol) created funny myth —– such as,
I was the real owner or under-cover detective etc. —– The worst was mistaken as a gay (for their mind,
“if not interested in woman it must be a gay” then start sexual act straight on the spot, hugging from
behind or touch the body while wearing only kinky strings, etc. —– I respect their right to be a gay.
But I have exact the same right not to be sexually harassed by them —– do what you like but
don’t count me in) —– yet still, those facts enforced my view even stronger—-> not all the gay
person was born to be a gay, but became gay by their choice, its mean a drive came from
their thinking = mind-set can change even an inherent, imperative instinct.
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To accumulate too much data makes a person insensitive. —– nothing would surprise nor excite.
And having so much data (about woman) made me too casual, or there is no romantic sanctuary left.
So that I might have lost the usual sense to handle the matter with kid gloves, hence I might be
giving an impression to have lots of sexual talk. (Certain extent, it is true 😀 —– when the subject
having no significance to place in the sanctuary, it became just one hilarious subject among the others)
Hence, I just have no boundary or prohibition.
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And the reason why I created so many female nude figure was, simply it is easier. —– it is much
more cumbersome to make a dressed figure, using such as wire or metal panel. And if you put big
boobs it became female nude. In comparison, to show the male figure as male, needs to show more
complexed muscles etc. which is harder for the simple material. (Strangely, my Buddha stature has
no muscle, just the bones —– still nobody thought he is no other than Buddha 🙂 )
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If you happen to be an unsuspecting, misguided reader, who unfortunately end up here,
it was mainly caused by the Google’s key-word program —- they literally, pick up a word out of context.
Still, I hope, you had unexpected fun while reading this. Ha ha ha 😀
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Nostalgia
Yesterday I popped out with my camera with
ever loved fish-eye lens to meet a friend photographer.
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With a sort of fixture when ever I have to go out in this kind of
occasion, the sky is blue, sun is shining (in fact, too much for
photography) —–.
Waking from a camera shop where I bought two SLR bodies for
5 pound each for spare parts, I literally came across a charming
graffiti and an artist working on it at the notorious [Authorized
Graffiti Space] railway under-path near Waterloo Station.
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In one glance, as I felt the image is somewhat Japanese hence I thought the guy is Japanese.
But he turned out to be rare Thai-Mexican mix and a graduate of an Art School here.
So, the image on the wall is not a Japanese [Okame] face —– 😀
—– What so ever, it’s having strange nostalgia. The trouble of this kind of very deep latent
memory is, it is hard to figure out its origin. In fact, non of Japanese woman got a face like that
—– but why I felt it is a Japanese Okame ? ? ? —– was it an illustration of a children’s book I saw
when I was very small ? Or ancient paintings ?
( At the dawn of Japanese culture, the paintings remain now showing those round cheeks and smooth
round face, hence the explanation of the teacher was “It must be the Korean beauty’s face then” as
those cultural influences came from China through Korea though I never seen no such faces
among the Korean women now)
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—– or more fundamental nostalgia / common ancient memory even shared by Thai-Mexican ? ? ?
Seeing some other drawings of the artist at his website – sniffsniff.co.uk – (Please Google it. It’s
fascinating enough to click) I found, it was not necessary to be Japanese but his own style — even
his another drawing of western woman having same kind of rather smooth, somewhat innocent,
naive faces —– may be originated from his own memories of childhood —– hence having
no element of eroticism. I like the art which appeals to my subconscious —– and make me puzzle
but more importantly —– gave a kind of soothing, —– listening a far distant lullaby like feeling.
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After all, we are not living on the sophisticated, complex idea but on the basic feelings.
We may debate or argue about idea or ideology though, unless those idea has made sense and
fused into our subconsciousness, it wouldn’t intertwined or influence our feelings.
On the conscious thinking process, we can think anything we know (even about a new information
just acquired on the spot ) though, that information may soon be forgotten.
But a deep imprinted fact ( in the long-term memory) or its feeling remains almost for ever —–
even after we all forgotten associated facts which tells where and when etc. some information
or latent memories affect our feeling and even a judgement.
(Unless the new information came with shocking impact otherwise repeated again and again, it
wouldn’t become long-term memory / a memory stacked in the subconsciousness )
Still when we rediscovered long forgotten or hidden old memories, it gave us a bit of shock.
—– this is why we need an art which joggled our memory or mind —– as the artists are
good to communicate and able to express their own subconscious.
(The deeper he can go, it will be common with more people —– same as the music)
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PEACE in JAPAN —- Really ? ? ?
Japan is a strange country. Among the developed countries, it is the most safe, prosperous
country. Newborn babies’ mortality rate is the smallest in the world and live longest life.
In other words, it is the most peaceful place in the world. Never seen bloody conflict or
political economical insurgence, other than few Yakuza killings and very remote poison-gas attack
by the religious fanatics. —– Only exception is occasional natural disasters which is
killing handful people in each incidence.
—– so, some may say Japanese are spoiled by the peace.
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It seems, the previous post which I wrote how Japanese is overcoming the disaster by
ignoring the BAD NEWS, annoyed some people who was saying “ Don’t mix-up
the natural disaster to the man-made Nuclear Accident and the failure of the
response by the government.
I’m well aware of it. In fact I’ve been annoyed by the situation myself. At least, I was an
anti-establishment activist. —-but, we learned it in 60th, 70th how hopeless the situation is.
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The expression in the west [Bang the head against a stone wall] would explain the
situation. —– And the rack of the political leadership, charismatic leader, nor championing
organization — hence no prospect of any change. ( You might be noticed, there is
virtually no anti-Nuclear demonstration in Japan except the one organized by the
musicians —– it was more like a family outing to cheer-up the depressed people
and politically gave no effect )
So that, there is very positive activities to help the disaster stricken people, but in the same
time deep hopeless mind-set toward the situation, especially the government or establishment.
This hopelessness and powerlessness toward the ever murky politics and the
situation of the Nuclear Plant made the people to feel —– it is no different from
unfortunate fate, like the one’s death which will inevitably comes.
(Remember, there was anti-Nuclear or anti-War demonstration, though I never seen
anti-death demonstration — of cause, there is no point at all though,
it is utterly unfair isn’t it. Why not ? 😀 )
—– This Japanese psyche has been exploited by the government, hence their one-party
dominance could continued 50 years. (Then even after the power moved from Lib-Dem to
Democratic Party, unfortunately as they have been away from the system too long,
they don’t know how to govern the country —– and the system relying on the personal
expertise and the connection, it can not be replaced and changed easily)
Japanese politics is done by the negotiations between those in power and the backup person
and not open to public, not mention foreign journalists, the debate in the Parliament are
just a farce and the Minister is just a nominal figure (the facts and the data was held by
bureaucrats, hence Minister doesn’t necessary know the whole picture) —— even a head of
government change, those people who know the data and actually run the system is
still the same. Mind you, the system there is economically second or third largest system
and the industrially as large as US. —– when the supply of components stopped from Japan
due to the disaster there, even the iPAD production in China halted.
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Japanese ENIGMA — It’s the BUDDHISM
There are numerous report of the Japanese disaster which showed incredible calmness
and the orderly behaviour of the people who went trough unimaginable devastation of
their life.
AND the unbelievable calmness while hearing and facing the situation of their Nuclear plant’s
meltdown. —– as if even a meltdown didn’t make a news or no longer the issue.
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Of cause there was a cunning manipulation of the media by the government and the establishment
whose interests are heavily entwined with those Power supply industry ( with their financial, political
mutual interdependency ) and the PR machine which organized the bent scientists who has been
creating smoke screen and the deception saying “ Nuclear is safe and clean “.
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So when their Nuclear system break down and shown the leak of radio-active material, they kept
pretending it was just a minor trouble of electric power failure, hence nothing serious at all, and
try to patch-up behind the scene. —– though, as it has melted down just the next day of Tsunami,
the trouble couldn’t be solved easily—– meltdown is really serous trouble.
—– still, they managed to keep the people ignorant, then rose the accident level 5 to 7, a month
later —– waited until the people get used and become immune to a bad news.
Strangely you may think, even in this situation, there is no word of Meltdown in
the Power company’s official report. (Saying ” I’m not good in English” 😀 😀 )
So that no longer Japanese believe the Company who is just dodging the word.
( Then what can you believe —— nothing. —– neither knows what will happen )
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Strangely, how serious the situation was, which was detected and assessed by the foreign experts
who saw the Nuclear accident in Three miles Plant US, and those report was appeared in the media
abroad, —– but they were ignored as a demagogue —– anything bad news were suppressed.
This attitude was taken not only the Japanese media but it was common among the people.
[ The most important issue is, to rebuilt the life and regain the normality.
Anything obstruct this has to be rejected and ignored]
———- Whether you can believe or not, you like or not, this is the Buddhism.
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Buddha told that the life is suffering — and the death is in the end. Yet still, there is
the way to overcome those obstacles by the way to see the world and the life.
And the way to see it, is the Buddhism.
By this, the Enlightenment, we can get the Nirvana —– therefore, instead of wasting
the time worrying about those obstacles and the troubles, [Just get on the life. Just Do It]
Japanese are literally doing this. ( Unlike in the west, no riot smash or burn down the
Company —– because they know such emotional act can’t solve the trouble at all)
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Buddha ignored a question what is the structure of the universe or the soul is perpetual.
—– obviously because [ They are unknowable and it doesn’t matter for us at all ]
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Now we human being is at the brink of finding the fundamental of the existence by the experiment
of Atomic research —– sound interesting though, —– [ String theory ? ? ?] —– ?
Is it the matter to how many person in the world ? Is Parallel World (even if it’s existed)
anything matters to you ?
The more closer to us, all the fancy gadgets wouldn’t work and couldn’t be designed without the
calculations in the Quantum theory —– though, how many people in the world actually dealing
with this ? Most of the people using the gadgets only knowing which switch is on-off.
We might be extinct because of the activities of the Sun or by an Asteroid etc. etc. who knows ?
Is it help us to know what could happen one day ? — other than interesting brain teaser. 😀
———- So that, Buddha rejected anything which exist only in the mind
and irrelevant to our dairy life —– defining they are just the delusions.
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To the Japanese people, natural disaster —– when it’s comes what would happen are same as the
Asteroid or Solar Activities —– it may come but what can you do ? Nothing.
If nothing, it is better not to bother. —– Worrying wouldn’t help anything (except to the
scientists who knows better and the engineer who design more reliable structure )
And for them, the trouble of the Nuclear Meltdown and its consequence came into the
same category. —– therefore, if it’s happens, it happens —– same as inevitable death,
there is no escape hence no point to argue. —– just resign.
(Anyhow, they can’t understand what is the Nuclear Reaction mean and radiation is
invisible. It makes no different to Earthquake. They just shut off the useless thinking )
And as the blockage removed ( worrying mind has gone) then, just live the day in its best.
Do the best mean, do what you can, to the things on front of you. Help others who is having more
difficulties. Utilize something which remains —– improvise and be resourceful. etc.etc.
The matter is live there while making in its best. —– best mean not to do wrong —– they
don’t rob others, nor steal. Even don’t cry —– crying makes others even more depressed
—– it’s no good. So, this is how and why they are seemingly behaving in such orderly way.
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You must be realized, it is not enigma at all —– and realized, the control of ego and
emotions can be done by anybody. ( If you can not, it is because you are believing and
unconsciously wanting to cling your ego and the emotions.
—– it is your trouble of fundamental Mind-Set — you need to change the subconscious )
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Play to the 25,000 victims of the disaster in Japan.
And the best wish to the recovery of the half million people who has been affected.
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ANGER management
I talked about those matter in relation to Emotion or Subconscious in many of my old posts.
As I wrote there, Emotion is more to do with the chemical / Hormone effects in our body than
the matter of what we are thinking.
Although there is a funny circle of Chicken and Egg of one’s Mind and the Chemical.
—– which comes first ?
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When we are contented, that feeling of being satisfied is created by the Hormone called Serotonin
and the Dopamine. —– And the anger was caused by the Noradrenalin.
With the presence of Serotonin the effects of Noradrenalin is suppressed.
Everybody knows, when we are hungry, we tend to get angry. —– we are pretty simple animal 😀
Simply because, when we are hungry there is no Serotonin in our brain hence easily get angry.
Therefore, not get angry, we need to be contented, hence having Serotonin in the brain.
—– Being contented —– here comes your Mind-set.
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Contentedness is a relative matter and which is dependent to your assessment —– assessment between
your expectation and the result or what you got on front of your eyes.
Literally, the content is in a jar. How content fills the jar is depends on the size of the jar.
The same content which fulfil a small jar may look almost empty in the bottom of huge jar.
We just feel how it is full by a glance —– and feel either contented or disappointed.
So, have a small size of the jar —– you always feel full = CONTENTED.
Therefore, plenty flow of Serotonin.
With a lots of Serotonin, the anger hormone Noradrenalin is suppressed = PEACE of MIND.
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To have a small jar is, what we called Humble life. And not too greedy nor arrogant.
Settle with small jar seems to be not ambitious and associated with defeatism —– you are wrong.
It is an easy popular deception created by the commercialism. With its commercialism you are
mislead and infected by the virus of hunger.
Be positive to be Humble —– ( It’s better than to be in Hunger and Angry dairy life. 🙂 )
What you need is proportional to your size. —– your size is what you were born to be.
You may have huge jar in one aspect of your life, but small one in the other aspect.
No one can have everything. And not expect to others, since the other may not have it too.
This is What you need to become aware WHO YOU ARE.
And to know this, you need to have clear eyes to see it, listen it, feel it.
Here comes Zen Buddhism to have clear self-awareness.
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It’s a long circle of the Chicken and Egg 😀
You must be convinced why the Buddhism exist to have Peaceful Life.
( Effect of chemicals in our body is a part of the Dharma and the Buddhism.
Buddhism is not dubious mumbo-jumbo, but has clear explanation in science )
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