RIOT ! RIOT !
In south London, just next area of affluent Dulwich Village, there is [notorious] Peckham.
—– anyhow, I’m going there to find some kind of cheap fancy products, as there are 4 of the pounds
shops competing. With short hop down there, suddenly my journey was halted by a Police cordon.
What ? A, Ha ~~~~ so this is the aftermath of the Riot !
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I don’t have a taste of excitement to be an onlooker of violence or fire what so ever.
( In fact, in the 70th, I’ve seen the battle between Up-rise student and the Riot police or the battle between
the student sects, and took picture of it, so, I know how bloody and agly it is)
So, here, I settle with a rather [peaceful] afternoon landscape.
A shop right on the photo was said to have ransacked and a lingerie shop in the centre of photo was burnt down.
—– ? Why lingerie shop ? (May be a connection of gang group or lack of it ? Who knows )
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In this country, the culprits and his (her) right has been perfectly protected, if not by the law, by the
so-called civil right organization who can invent any pretext to justify the acts —– in other words,
completely shielded from the consequences. Which effectively make the culprit untouchable
and the authority and the police became transparent or make them mere chaser in a Game.
Even if it was convicted, few weeks community works ?
Anyhow, rioter wouldn’t know the full brunt of the victim’s pain. If the person, culprit
wouldn’t feel the consequence, how the person knows the meaning of Karma.
Situation has been made even worse by the false environment of the Computer Game kind.
Not because of its violent contents, but
by the Player’s subconscious has been conditioned to live in the Virtual world.
Or, they got used to live in an imaginary = Virtual world.
Once the person lost the firm connection to the community or real society, this real world became
no different to the space in the Game. Find the target, avoid the enemies. [ACTION REQUIRED]
RIOT GAME in the real set-up must be much more exciting than in a small screen.
—– Trouble is, once they tasted the excitement, this Game may become even more popular.
Urban Warfare in the London town may become most played young kid’s game soon.
One of the SMS in the Black Berry Massage said to be ” Pure havoc. Free staff ” — how exiting ! (for them)
Unless the person was connected and feel the same pain, to see somebody else’s havoc must be exciting.
This is a trouble of a disintegrated / fragmented society which no longer hold the same Ethos.
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Very funny irony is, as the Riot spread, even Rioter and their close friends became to the victims,
then working together to clean up the aftermath, sharing the pain —– even Rioters are discovering the
sense of the community which is similar to the situation, under the German Bomb, it’s created
close tie of the people. ( This tie is not virtual)
My only hope is, the Police doesn’t become THE ENEMY of the People, nor different ethnic groups armed
themselves as the Vigilante Force. ( —– England is in a tricky situation)
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Wet Mind and Dry Judgement
This year’s freak weather is not kind to the nature. Nor to the farmers who grow corn,
but in the same weather said have brought a bumper harvest to the strawberry growers.
The situation seems to be the same all over the world. Hence, it said to have brought big profit to the
commodity speculators who [rightly] speculated to have corn shortage and its price up.
Whether it is right or wrong, it is always the case, somebody’s misery is some other’s god opportunity.
This is the hard fact, as the weather is.
Then bring an argument to those situation is either emotional or in moral issue
—– both based on the Wet Mind.
Because of the dry weather, the plants on this patch of the land here couldn’t succeed.
In fact this year they failed twice. —– once the weeds grown to a feet high, then the dry spell on April
wiped them out. And after a short but pretty heavy wet weather, some plants shot up again —– then
they are all dead now. === is rather prosaic description of what happened here.
From this desiccated scene, may be I should create quite emotional, wet stories such as how I feel sad
while imagining a pleasure to see wild green, mentioning the glory of the sun and the joy which the nature
has been brought me over the years, and so on.
—– wet stories appeal to the readers, who is seeking sweet story
and a moment of consolation in the cyberspace.
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Despite we are living in the environment of 90% Hard, Dry Facts, our mind seemed to have
90% of Wet Thinking / Wet Mind —– because we don’t see the Dry Fact in Dry —– We are seasoning it
with wet, slimy source, mostly to sweeten it. —– On top of it, before cooking and seasoning them, we are
conveniently selecting them to meet our taste. (Hence, sweet blog is more popular 🙂 )
Then, end of the day, we have to face Dry Fact and forced to give Dry Judgement — if the judgement
was not Dry enough, it will fail and Boomerang.
I know, Dry Food is hard to swallow, Dry Fact is hard to see though, anyhow it IS Dry —– to
see the world as it is, the first step to avoid to hit by a Boomerang = have a long-term peaceful life, in stead of
temporary comfort —– which need to have some practice. ( to begin with,
to know how sweet your taste, and the favourite source is 😀 )
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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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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 😀
—
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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Hydrangea Otaksa
Early summer or before a summer starts, Japan has a rainy season
(middle of June to middle of July) somewhat akin to the monsoon.
Every day is a rainy day. And under the rain, it is the time to appreciate
pale blue Hydrangea flowers = 紫陽花 アジサイ.
There are many famous Hydrangea Garden arround Tokyo, especially
in Kamakura city (one hour from Tokyo), Meigetsu-in Temple, Hase-dera
Temple, Jyoju-in Temple are only name but few.
Why Hydrangea in the Temple is because of its meditative blue color.
Buddhist monks are the sombre people. 😀 — I’m just kidding. 😀
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You might have heard that the Hydrangea flower originated from
Japan. It was brought back to the Netherlands and spread to the
Europe in late 19th century and since then many horticultural
varieties were created especially in England.
The person who introduced it to the west was a German Doctor working
in the Dutch mercantile, in Nagasaki, Philip Franz von Siebold.
( In fact, he came Japan twice, and for the second time he acted as a
foreign affair adviser for the Shogun )
While he was in Japan, along side working as a doctor and teaching
western medicine, he studied Japanese Flora and Fauna, and collected
vast amount of botanical specimen as well. From this study and the
research, worked together with a Botanist J.G. Zuccarini, a book
[Japanese Flora] was published. In this book, one of the native plant
was named as Hydrangea Otaksa. ( though, it has been renamed to
Hydrangea macropylla (Thunb) seringe f. macropylla )
Shy Siebold himself made an excuse that the name Otakusa came
from local name though, a Japanese Botanist, Tomitaro Makino
later traced back its origin to his Japanese wife Otaki-san.
The name he put, Otaksa came from non other than his Japanese wife
Otaki-san in deed. (Incidentally, a daughter he made to Otaki-san,
the Oine = 楠本イネ, became the first female doctor, gynecologist in the
Japanese Medical history.)
He must loved her so much, as he even taught his Parrot to repeat her
name “Otaki-san” —– and a funny story was that since then it became
a custom to teach a Parrot to call the name ”Otake-san” in Japan.
( Similar to a custom in Japan, a lots of dog has their name “Pochi”
—– originally it was copied from the call for a dog “Pooch” in
English or American.) 😀
nonBotanical research institutes in the world exchanges their collection
each other. When I was in my Uni’, my part-time work was taking
botanical photos and making the specimen in the Makino Herbarium＝
牧野植物標本館 (a part of the Science Dept’ )
One day, the Herbarium received a parcel from the Science Dept’ of
the Leiden University, Netherlands.
It was the very botanical specimen which Siebold had taken to
the Netherlands. And 110 years later, they were returned to Japan.
As I happened to have best dexterity, I was asked to stick those old
fragile specimen onto the card paper, then labelling them.
It was an extremely delicate work. Not only the specimen were
completely dry old plants, but the paper base is not solid board.
Any bending force to the base paper would crumble the specimen.
Hence the binding tape need to have some margin of gap to allow
the specimen to move, while securely holding it.
The specimen itself were nothing special —– they are quite
common (to Japanese eyes) plants, such as cherry blossoms etc.
(though, Hydrangea wasn’t included) but the matter was its
association with historical figure Siebold who taught the Japanese
herbalists to sort the plants in real scientific way first time.
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While making those specimen I’ve put a plank — I wrote my name
under the label with thin pencil. It is not visible though, if anybody
see through the label against the light, the name may be seen.
( This is the first time I revealed such mischief to the others.) 😀
Few years ago, I heard from a retired Professor of Makino Herbarium,
the portable specimen dryers powered by mobile electric generator
which I designed and made for the Ogasawara expedition ( I made its
metal work in the Technology Dept’s work shop) were still there and
nearly 40 years later they are still working !
— its funny to think the staff of the herbarium might be wondering
to see the name on the dryer’s label “Who the hell, this guy ?”
(A facility in a big institute show no personal name as a manufacturer)
And in the Japanese practice, the photos taken by the staff doesn’t
show the photographer’s name. So, my name only remains on member
list of the expedition and behind the labels of Siebold collection.
—– it’s a hidden joke. 😀
PS: The Hydrangea in the Photo above is rather primitive type
( I couldn’t find the exact name of it though) unlike the common
types, this flower showed the real flower in the centre of sepal.
The common horticultural variety has atrophied flower (in fact,
it is not a flower but just the sepals)
I rather like to see the flowers in its natural form than in
an artificially created “gorgeous” style.
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Hydrangea Otakusa / Makino / Ogasawara Expedition
Order in Disorder (1)
Reflecting back my own life, I myself often amazed, or even bemused,
how I’ve been coming through chancy life. I wouldn’t say I was anything casual or irresponsible,
because if there was anything due, I did my bargain in my best. But beside this, I put even more effort for
something else which is not necessary I was expected to do. —– but in the hind sight, I’m wondering
whether it was my choice or just happened to be there, and I just picked it up ?
—
When I was small, my interest was the Nature, insect or plant kind. But it was not my choice.
Soon after the war ended, Tokyo was a burnt down city, not much other than a wild field to go around and
no sports facility or game kind there. (My hobby of electronics was definitely my choice. And to get the
components, I needed to take a journey to Akihabara where ex-Korean war junk was sold — and those
mechanical-electronical components such as variable condenser, vacuum bulb’s intricate, futuristic
structure fascinated me ! )
—
For me to turn my eyes to human life and its psyche was happened when one of the (bad) boy in the
secondary school incited me to read a book of the notorious suicidal novelist, Osamu Dazai.
(so, I became bad boy too —– and became a rebel )
And to start to go to mountain other than for chasing the insects was, simply the class teacher organized an
out of school activity club and I joined it. (Since I was familiar with walking on the hill or in the woods)
And this activity continued while getting heavier and heavier even to winter rock climbing level. (Its mean,
I did this, one of the physically, mentally hardest training from 12 years to 27 years, up to 1/3rd of the year
in the mountain)
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For me to take the subject of Industrial Sociology in my Uni’ was also a sheer coincidence.
A Professor of Industrial Sociology asked me to help his project, and I got involved deeper, that’s all.
But I personally learned from him, how to observe and analyse the man and its society.
(Visualize somebody’s life and give an insight “If I were the man in there, how do I feel
and behave”—– this approach gave me great insight, and the way to see the human life
—– instead of imposing the view or criteria of observation, not to take superficial
observation of one’s behaviour, but to see the situation from the person’s psyche and his
stance, was the crucial attitude I learned from him)
—
And while in my Uni’ I spent most of the time (well, while I was not in the mountain) in the Herbalium in
the Science dept’ despite I was studying sociology. This Makino Herbalium is one of the largest in Japan
having millions of botanical specimen and I was working there, taking photo of plant or making specimen.
It was my part-time work to pay for the Uni’ and to go to mountain or skiing.
While there, I was asked to join 3 expeditions to help botanists as a botanical photographer and an expert of
jungle walking 🙂 —– in fact for those reason I remained in my Uni’ altogether 7 years.
(with annoyance of the administrator, who shouted me “Are you still here ?” 😀 )
———- but I might have made a mistake to become a photographer 😀
( But if I were not a photographer, I didn’t come and to live here —– it was a necessary
element in the course of my life —– like a Butterfly Effect / minute change may cause
the drastic difference in the end result —– therefore, there is no regret )
( To deal with close-up photography, it is necessary to improvise or even specially design the equipments.
Working in a part of the Science Dept’, I could access the engineering machine in the Technology Dept’ and
having the knowledges of electronics lead me to design even special camera. It happened, as it happened.
—– was that natural consequence or just a lucky coincidence —– it’s a good question 🙂 )
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Then I left Japan. And while staying in England as a photojournalist, suddenly the awkward court case was
started which I had no choice. I had to deal with the case as a Litigant in Person while learning English Law
overnight —– and I was forced to give up photographic business. Court case really consume time though,
in the other hand, if next hearing is months away —- suddenly, too much time but nothing to do.
So that, I got plenty time for reading and thinking —– about Zen. Then, suddenly “ Alas,
now I know, all through my life, I was given the hardest training to become a Zen monk”.
I’ve learned Nature. Then my scope was expanded to human existence while dealing with sociology and
working in the mountain as a voluntary keeper, seeing the people in their edge of the life. Hence, farther
into the spiritual fundamental aspects of humanity.
(but didn’t learn how to deal with funeral , so, don’t ask me to conduct a funeral 😀 )
(Since, the Court case was caused by a woman’s explotitation of my immigration status, I was quarified to decrear
” Woman is the cause of nothing but the trouble” hence I quit to deal with woman. Literally became a monk 😀 )
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Looks utterly chancy life ––— though, on the end, it converged into one direction.
And yet another coincidence, I happen to start this Zen blogging.
Before I left Japan, I was told by my mother who was a psychic, and while she was reading my palm line
“Since you got mission, you wouldn’t be fallen before your task was accomplished. Therefore I wouldn’t
worrying about you at all” —– I don’t know the reason why I don’t get ill (I still have no registered Doctor
while staying in this country 35 years), or in the mountain, I had falls on the rock 3 times though never
injured. And I’ve broken 3 skis but never broken any bone 😀
—– It’s hard to tell, whether all of those are just the sheer coincidences, and I was just lucky
—– or something else ? —– there seems to be no order or rational connection, everything
were just occurred, yet still, in the hind sight, there was a certain direction.
( If A hasn’t been there, encountering B wouldn’t be happened, then at the B, conveniently C
happened —– and so on, and lead to Z on the end = this is the life. )
—?— is this the hidden order ? —– Or the Dharma’s intention ?
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( To be continued to the next post 🙂 )
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Bodhi-Tree / Bodai-ju
You believe or not, this is the tree what Japanese believes as the Boddhi-Tree.
My parents believed and explained to me, “This is the tree which Buddha said to have enlightened while sitting under this tree. Therefore it got the name BODAI-Ju. Since, a flower blooms as if it is standing in a palm.”
Yes, it looks uniquely strange flower. So, I believed its story. Anyhow, I was a small boy —– no argument 🙂
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Not only a boy, everybody in Japan believed that this is the Boddhi Tree, hence a German song composed by Franz Schubert about this particular tree and its title [Der Lindenbaum] was translated into Japanese as [ BODAI-Ju ] — of cause, in this case, the tree was a tree known as a Lime tree in the west.
—– (Strangely, this [Bodai-ju] has another name which has Ainu tribe origin [Shina-no-ki] and from its shape of the false leaf under a flower, the another name was [Hera-no-ki] —– so, the name [Bodai-ju] was only after the time when Japanese got Buddhism)
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When the Buddhism was brought to Japan, the India [Tenjiku] was in the another planet, even to the Chinese monks who travelled over there and studied Buddhism, it was a distance needed to take years of journey.
Hence, to read the scriptures was just a guess work, let alone to distinguish what was the historical truth or even chronological order among the jumbled scriptures.
Therefore, to have mistaken Lime tree as to the Boddhi tree was not a big crime 🙂
(I haven’t found what Chinese people were understanding about Boddhi Tree, yet. So, any Chinese reader who knows about it, please leave a comment herein after)
In comparison, we now can have amazing amount of informations and even a photo of a real Boddhi Tree ( Ficus religiosa ) while sitting in a room thousands of miles away from India —– still, we are not sure,
whether we are any wiser than a monk thousand years ago. —– yet still, the reason why we can get the same understanding of the teachings is, Buddhism is not based on the knowledges but on its practice. Like riding a bicycle —– no one can explain how to ride it, but by the practice you can get to know how by yourself.
( So, there is no problem whether it was [Boddhi tree] or [Bodai-ju] to get enlightenment 😀 )
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JAPANESE Psyche
There was the interesting exchange of the mails about the quality of the Japanese politician and their Psyche.
And the Japanese Psyche in general. (I may repeat this in English soon)
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日本の政治家の資質低下について，はたと気がついたのですが，どうもその原因は理念とか本人の器といった
高貴な問題ではなく，むしろ本人や党の台所事情ではと見えたのですがいかが？
かつての自民－社会対立の頃にはそれぞれが，企業－労組という強力かつ安定した資金源があり，金はないが
名将の器という人物が党の応援を得て当選し頭角を現す可能性があった。
ところが経済の混迷，それに引きずられて政党政治の混迷が起り，上記したような，
それなりに安定していた政治資金システムも崩壊してしまった。
言ってみれば 政治景観は，野武士ならまだしも，夜盗，かっぱらいだけがとにかく金を作って
生き残れるといふ焼け跡化してしまったのです。怪しげな利権のつながりで金をせびって来られる夜盗の頭目が
寄って来るかっぱらいを集め新党を作ったり他の徒党との取引に明け暮れる
－－－こりゃロクでもない連中ばかりになるといふのは当然でしょう。
（ミもフタもなさすぎますか？ ハッハッハ）
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> それでもなんとか世の中が回ってる。沈みながら、ではあるにしても。
というのが日本の民への賛嘆ではあるのですが
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日本人に染み付いた儒教仏教の美德は，今や世界中に認められた歴史的遺産で
元ネタである筈の中国人をすら驚愕させているのです。
未曾有の災害，その後の原発事故，為政者の無策に直面しても略奪はおろか暴動，反政府 運動も起らない。
［君，君たらずとも，臣，臣たれ］［己れの分をわきまえよ］で,ひたすら己れの分である所の職務を全うする。
全ての職務が平常心を持って完遂されれば，つまり全ての歯車が正常に回れば，
全体としてシステムは昨日と同様に作動する。メデタシメデタシ。
（逆に言えば昨日と同じで，新事態となるとお手上げ）
－－－つまり，日本人はこの［己れの分］を全うする為に，ひたすら滅私奉公。
ところがこの滅私といふのは無私とは程遠く，［分］というのは縄張りに外ならない。
縄張りに入って来るヨソ者を排撃するだけでなく，大きな縄張りを持った者ヘのネタミ，妨害は執拗にやる。
「このMLは俺が作った」のテですよ。
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－－－で，この［分］というのが日本人の場合，極度に狭い。もう卑小と言える狭さ。
知ったような顔で知識はあるが（なんたって世界ーの就学率，英語教育だけでも１０年）
しかし，その知識も，己れの［分］以外は「おこがましくって」と無視。
何しろ［月毎のおこずかい］を女房からいただき家政経済にすら疎い程ですから。
そうして，個である事の最後のトリデをオタクとかネットのポルノに見つける。
ネットは情報空間，コミニュケーション領域を異状な程に拡大した筈なのですが
良く見てみると，実はそうした卑小な密室にこもった人間同志が同類と交っているだけで，当人の視野や
思考領域が拡がっている訳ではなく，多少でも違ったコトを言う者が居ると完璧に無視されるか袋叩きに合う。
この異常な程の世界の狭さは大企業のトップでも同じで「それは現場に聞いてくれ」となる。
－－－で，日産もソニーもトップは外人に任せるコトになった。
－－－ムムム？－－－ひょっとしたら，官僚や政府の要職には英人米人をやとったら？
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縄張りと面子の調整で［和］に到逹するのが日本教の理念ですが，何しろ出発点，土台となる視野が
あまりにも狭いから，そもそも自分の鼻の頭を見るのが精一杯。
自分を客観視して位置を見定められないし，まして方向など言わずもがな。
大変な滅私奉公をやりながらとにかくシステムを回し続ける忍従は賞賛に値すると言えますが，
同時にその卑小な世界，縄張りにしがみつく頑迷さ，傲慢さもすごい。
（で，この縄張り意識（自己存在のより処）を失うと，コロっと自殺してしまう）
－－－滅私が無私に成長するとは限らない事の典形です。惜しい。
（まァ，褝家でも本当に開かれた目を持った視野の広い人物は希ですから）
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で，何か改善策はあるのか？－－－「ワトソン君，良い質問だ」（Good question !）
目前に在る対象にのみ反応し，それ以外の事象への想念を，雑念妄念として排除するのが褝なのですが
（つまり己れの手にある問題にのみ集中しそれを完遂する－－－振かかって来る火の粉は払わねばならぬが，
燃えている家の火を消すのは火消しの役目！！！）と言う［己れの分をわきまえた］行動様式は実に
３００年５００年に渡って叩き込まれている以上に，全システムがこの理念で動いているのです。
本物かどうか抜きに ［専門家としてテレビに］ 出て来た人間の言った事なら鼻くそでも鵜吞みにするが，
それ以外はどんな正論でも聞く耳を持たない。
（従って，戦争意識はー回の玉音放送でピタリと終息してしまった）
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実は日本人自身，何かおかしいとは気になっているのです。
だからこそ，限りなく出版される「日本人論」を買い続け，ー方あらゆる占い，血液形だ風水だと読みまくり，
己れは何者か，何処に立っているのかといふのを［お告げ］の中に見出そうとする。
ファッションの撰択すら，TV，メディアで確定されたタイプに限る。
セクハラとかPCといった社会理念，法制度すら［先進文化国家］で確立定着した片カナとなると
すぐ飛つくが日本独自の因習は完全に黙殺される。（今でも舶来崇拝！）
あくまで［与えられた分］の中に収まろうとする訳です。
つまり自分の判断には自信が無いから，自分で撰択し自己規定できない。従って周囲の人間に対しても
既製のレッテルを貼るだけで理解したような気分になっている。（さらに悪い事に，このレッテルが
次々と発明されて増え続け，それを的確に使い，かつ気持悪い程に馬鹿丁寧な言い回しができないと
文化的，知的にとり残された馬鹿とのレッテルを貼られ片付けられる。つまりこの文章も「まァ，限られた，
ごくー部のヒトであるのではと想像いたしますが」とか書いておかないと，僕もネトウヨのレッテルを貼られて
袋叩きに会うかも）この思考の硬直化はもうファッショのー歩手前です。オッ恐ろしかァ。
－－ミュータントとか新人類と呼ばれる若者が出て来た時，日本人も少しは変わるのかと思ったのですが，
それからさらに３０年，世界は激変してしまった中でも，全く変っていないのです。
－－－つまり僕ごときが今更何か言っても何の足しにもならない。僕は自然観察から出発して社会学，
人間観察に入った者で，予言者になる事も神がかりを演じる事もできないのです。
－－－それでも多少の期待を込めて敢えて書けば，ようやく盛上って来た原発廃棄ヘ向けての署名運動の
ようなもの，その大義に加わっていく事で己れの殻を破り新しい，未知の世界に目を開く事，
ひょっとしたら全く無馱になるかも知れない事に己れをかり立てる－－－つまり無償の行為＝無私というものを
実践するきっかけになるのでは？ そうした実践経験の中から，新しい人間像が生れて来るのを期待したい。
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Yoshizen
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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)
on
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 )
non
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.
On
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” 😀 )
non
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 )
On
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.
non
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.
non
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 🙂 )
non
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 😀
non
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