Daisetsu Suzuki Buddhists' ideal

I've learned the difference between the earlier Buddhists(Hinayanists) and the later Buddhists(Mahayanists). I've realised Buddhists' ideal through Mr.Daisetsu Suzuki. I'd like to introduce you to his lecture on Zen philosophy at Wellesley College, March10,1958.

Earlier Buddhists confined their salvation to the individual; they did not extend that teaching of salvation to others. If they were saved, themselves, that was enough. If they save themselves, others also are to save themselves, by themselves, not asking others to help them.

Buddha taught something to that effect: "Do not believe in me; do not believe my teaching. You hear, listen to my talk, and test it by yourself. Appeal to your own experience. And if you find it true, accept it. Don't believe in me just because I have a little more experience than you. Don't believe what I say to you for that reason. Believe in yourself!" That is altogether personal verification, just the opposite of scientific verification. In the end, it comes to yourself. You cannot rely on others. I was switched away.

The earlier Buddhists confined salvation to themselves. Nobody could help others. We have to help ourselves. But Mahayanists, the later Buddhists, thought that was not final. We have what we call sympathy or compassion. That is not just the compound word. I like to divide them into two -- sym-pathy or com-passion. We have feelings in common. So to save oneself we have to save others. We can never save just ourselves. By helping others, I may be able to save myself. My salvation and others' salvation are so intimately involved, connected together, that we can never save ourselves just by ourselves. We must always be saved together. Not simultaneously-- universal salvation may go on 'til the end of time, the end of eternity, if there is such a thing. If there is no end of time, we have to go on saving each other, saving others and oneself. There will be no end.

Mahayanists appeal to the common feeling we all have, not only human beings. This salvation was to be extended to so-called inanimate beings, non-sentient beings. So, universal salvation did not mean just human beings, but animals-- dogs and cats, horses, lions, tigers, snakes, centipedes, scorpions-- they are all to be saved. Not only that , but mountains, trees we see outside, and the rocks, earth, rivers, all those things were to be saved. This universal salvation was not to be confined to just human beings. It was to be extended over all existences, because Mahayana Buddhists conceived that we are not alone, not only among human beings, but with other beings as well.

Mahayanists' ideal person was the one whose loving arms will hold everything: men, women, birds, animals, earth, water and so on . That was called a bodhisattva. Mahayana Buddhists' ideal was to realize bodhisattvahood. (Bodhisattava = Bosatsu in Japanese)

Daisetsu Suzuki 　鈴木大拙　1870-1966　

Japanese author, English-language translator, professor of Zen practice and Buddhist philosophy.He went on a lecture tour of American universities in 1951, and taught at Columbia University from 1952-57.

The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others

What this woman really wants is love and attention. But she calls it "gratitude." And she will never get gratitude or love, because she demands it. She thinks it's her due.

There are thousands of women like her, women who are ill from "ingratitude," loneliness, and neglect. They long to be loved; but the only way in this world that they can ever hope to be loved is to stop asking for it and to start pouring out love without hope of return.

Does that sound like sheer, impractical, visionary idealism? It isn't. It is just horse sense. It is a good way for you and me to find the happiness we long for. I have seen it happen right in my own family. My own mother and father gave for the joy of helping others. We were poor - always overwhelmed by debts. Yet, poor as we were, my father and mother always managed to send money every year to an orphans' home. The Christian Home in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mother and Father never visited that home. Probably no one thanked them for their gifts - except by letter - but they were richly repaid, for they had the joy of helping little children - without wishing for or expecting any gratitude in return.

After I left home, I would always send Father and Mother a check at Christmas and urge them to indulge in a few luxuries for themselves. But they rarely did. When I came home a few days before Christmas, Father would tell me of the coal and groceries they had bought for some " widder woman" in town who had a lot of children and no money to buy food and fuel. What joy they got out of these gifts - the joy of giving without expecting anything whatever in return!

I believe my father would almost have qualified for Aristotle's description of the ideal man - the man most worthy of being happy. "The ideal man," said Aristotle, "takes joy in doing favors for others."

If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.

Parents have been tearing their hair about the ingratitude of children for ten thousand years. But why should children be thankful - unless we train them to be? Ingratitude is natural - like weeds. Gratitude is like a rose. It has to be fed and watered and cultivated and loved and protected.

If our children are ungrateful, who is to blame? Maybe we are. If we have never taught them to express gratitude to others, how can we expect them to be grateful to us?

Let us remember that to raise grateful children, we have to be grateful. Let us remember "little pitchers have big ears" - and watch what we say. To illustrate - the next time we are tempted to belittle someone's kindness in the presence of our children, let's stop. Let's never say: "Look at these dishcloths Cousin Sue sent for Christmas. She knit them herself. They didn't cost her a cent!" The remark may seem trivial to us - but the children are listening. So, instead, we had better say: "Look at the hours Cousin Sue spent making these for Christmas! Isn't she nice! Let's write her a thank- you note right now." And our children may unconsciously absorb the habit of praise and appreciation.

-- Excerpt from "How to stop worrying and start living" by Dale Carnegie

Wishing you a really happy Christmas.

We share Morrie's lasting gift with the world

I've been thinking about "Selling Sickness " 《The global drug giants are no longer content with selling medicines only to the ill. As Wall Street knows well, there is a lot of money to be made telling healthy people that they're sick. 》 I've noticed this tendency.

That reminds me of "Tuesdays with Morrie" This book provides us with profound wisdom and insight. This is a true story that shines and leaves us forever warmed by its afterglow.

--Excerpt from Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson. The book was the result of his visits with his former professor, Morrie Schwartz.

Morrie believed in the inherent good of people. But he also saw what they could become. "People are only mean when they're threatened," he said later that day, "and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does. Even people who have jobs in our economy are threatened, because they worry about losing them. And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture." He exhaled. "Which is why I don't buy into it."

"Here's what I mean by building your own little subculture," Morrie said, "I don't mean you disregard every rule of your community. I don't go around naked, for example. I don't run through red lights. The little things, I can obey. But the big things- how we think, what we value- those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone- or any society- determine those for you.

"Take my condition. The things I am supposed to be embarrassed about now- not being able to walk, not being able to wipe may ass, waking up some mornings wanting to cry- there is nothing innately embarrassing or shaming about them.

"It's the same for women not being thin enough, or men not being rich enough. It's just what our culture would have you believe. Don't believe it."

I asked Morrie why he hadn't move somewhere else when he was younger. "Where?" I don't know. South America. New Guinea. Some place not as selfish as America.

"Every society has its own problems," Morrie said, lifting his eyebrows, the closest he could come to a shrug.

"The way to do it, I think, isn't to run away. You have to work at creating your own culture.

"Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. But if you're surrounded by people who say 'I want mine now,' you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it.

"The problem, Mitch, is that we don't believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join in one big human family in this world, and to care about that family the way we care about our own.

"But believe me, when you are dying, you see it is true. We all have the same beginning- birth- and we all have the same end- death. So how different can we be?

"Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you." He squeezed my hand gently. I squeezed back harder.

Written by Mitch Albom (1958-) American sportswriter, lyricist

"Selling Sickness" by Alan and Ray

Over three decades ago the maverick thinker Ivan Illich warned that an expanding medical establishment was medicalising life itself, undermining the human capacity to cope with the reality of suffering and death, and making too many well people into patients. A decade ago medical writer Lynn Payer described the process she called disease-mongering, in which doctors and drug companies unnecessarily widened the boundaries of illness to recruit more patients and sell more drugs. Her writings have become ever more relevant as the industry's marketing roar becomes louder and its grip on the health care system much stronger.

The global drug giants are no longer content with selling medicines only to the ill. As Wall Street knows well, there is a lot of money to be made telling healthy people that they're sick.

There are many different promotional strategies in the selling of sickness, but the common factor among them all is the marketing of fear.

The much-hyped medicines sometimes cause the harm they are supposed to prevent. Long-term hormone replacement therapy seemed to increase the risk of heart attacks for women, while antidepressants appear to increase the risk of suicide among the young. At least one blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug has been withdrawn from the market because it was implicated in deaths. A drug sold as a treatment for common bowel disorders led to constipation so severe that some of its users died; in this case the official government regulators were more interested in protecting drug company profits than the public's health.

-- Excerpt from Selling Sickness written by Alan cassels and Ray Moynihan

Alan Cassels is a pharmaceutical policy researcher at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Ray Moynihan is a journalist specialising in health issues in the ‘British Medical Journal’ It's worth sharing.

Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom

Excerpt from Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson. The book was the result of his visits with his former professor, Morrie Schwartz.
” Everyone knows they’re going to die,” he said again, “but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.”
So we kid ourselves about death, I said.
“Yes. But there’s a better approach. To know you’re going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That’s better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you’re living.”
How can you ever be prepared to die?
“Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, ‘Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?’ ”
Morrie borrowed freely from all religions. He was born Jewish, but became an agnostic when he was a teenager, partly because of all that had happened to him as a child. He enjoyed some of the philosophies of Buddhism and Christianity, and he still felt at home, culturally, in Judaism. He was a religious mutt, which made him even more open to the students he taught over the years. And the things he was saying in his final months on earth seemed to transcend all religious differences. Death has a way of doing that.
“The truth is, Mitch,” he said, “once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”

Did you think much about death before you got sick, I asked.
“No.” Morrie smiled. “I was like everyone else. No one really believes they’re going to die.”
But everyone knows someone who has died, I said. Why is it so hard to think about dying?
“Because,” Morrie continued, “most of us all walk around as if we’re sleepwalking. We really don’t experience the world fully, because we’re half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.”
And facing death changes all that?
“Oh, yes. You strip away all that stuff and you focus on the essentials. When you realize you are going to die, you see everything much differently.” He sighed. “Learn how to die, and you learn how to live.”
Written by Mitch Albom (1958-)
American sportswriter, lyricist

Le courage de Non - Possession

L'armement le plus fort ne nous rassure jamais.
L'homme perd parfois son sang-froid.

Pourquoi Othello a tué sa femme, Desdemona? Par jalousie? Par manque de sommeil et fatigue de la guerre? Les deux?
Après, Othello s'est suicidé.
S'il avait eu le bouton de la bombe nucléaire?

Tous les médicaments ont des effets secondaires, parmi lesquels, des médicaments pour la dépression nerveuse comme 'Paroxétine' qui sont les plus forts.
Sur la notice, il est écrit "effet secondaire: peut provoquer des tendances suicidaires" 'Paxil'

Si vos parents faisaient une dépression nerveuse, ils auraient beaucoup de chances de prendre des remèdes."Le remède est pire que le mal"
S'ils avaient des bombes, il est possible qu'ils pressent le bouton de déclenchement de la bombe comme le meilleur moyen pour se suicider.

Pour le moment M.X, il garde son sang-froid, mais demain?
Personne ne prévoit ça.

Les négociation avec maîtrise (pas faire appel à la force) est le meilleur remède.

"Ils doivent être ma vraie famille" Jures Renard

Extrait d'une famille d'arbres,"Histoires naturelles"
Ils ne demeurent pas au bord de la route, à cause du bruit.
Ils habitent les champs incultes, sur une source connue des oiseaux seuls.
De loin, ils semblent impénétrables. Dès que j'approche, leurs troncs se desserrent.Ils m'accueillent avec prudence.
Je peux me reposer, me rafraîchir, mais je devine qu'ils m'observent et se défient.

Ils mettent longtemps à mourir, et ils gardent les morts debout jusqu'à la chute en poussière.
Ils se flattent de leurs longues branches, pour s'assurer qu'ils sont tous là, comme les aveugles.
Ils gesticulent de colère si le vent s'essouffle à les déraciner. Mais entre eux aucune dispute. Ils ne murmurent que d'accord.

Je sens qu'ils doivent être ma vraie famille. J'oublierai vite l'autre. C'est arbres m'adopteront peu à peu.
--Jules Renard (1864-1910), écrivain français

H.D.Thoreau "You must get your living by loving"

The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever”
It says, “It’s getting hard to be someone but it all works out. It doesn’t matter much to me.”
That reminds me of “Life Without Principle” by H.D. Thoreau.

Excerpt from "Life Without Principle"
Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives. This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no sabbath. It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business.

If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. As if a town had no interest in its forests but to cut them down!

The ways by which you may get money almost without exception lead downward. To have done anything by which you earned money merely is to have been truly idle or worse. If the laborer gets no more than the wages which his employer pays him, he is cheated, he cheats himself.
As for my own business, even that kind of surveying which I could do with most satisfaction my employers do not want. They would prefer that I should do my work coarsely and not too well, ay, not well enough. When I observe that there are different ways of surveying, my employer commonly asks which will give him the most land, not which is most correct.

The aim of the laborer should be, not to get his living, to get “a good job,” but to perform well a certain work; and even in a pecuniary sense, it would be economy for a town to pay its laborers so well that they would not feel that they were working for low ends, as for a livelihood merely, but for scientific, or even moral ends. Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
It is remarkable that there are few men so well employed, so much to their minds, but that a little money or fame would commonly buy them off from their present pursuit.
If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure that for me there would be nothing left worth living for. I trust that I shall never thus sell my birthright for a mess of pottage.There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
All great enterprises are self-supporting.

Merely to come into the world the heir of a fortune is not to be born; but to be stillborn, rather. You must get your living by loving.

In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the poor fellow who walks away with the greatest number of letters, proud of his extensive correspondence, has not heard from himself this long while.
Really to see the sun rise or go down every day, so to relate ourselves to a universal fact, would preserve us sane forever.
Written by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862 )
American author, philosopher, and naturalist
My close friend gave me "Walden, Civil disobedience and other writings on society" as a gift. At that time, it was Greek to me, but now I can read it. One joy also came to me today.
I'm so happy to recommend you one of his works.

張麗玲(chou rei rei) acts as a go-between

En décembre 1995, 張麗玲(chou rei rei) avait 28ans. Elle a décidé de filmer des personnes qui sont venues au japon comme étudiant.

A ce moment-là, elle était employée d’une entreprise au japon et elle manquait de budget.

Mais elle est allée à la station de télévision sans rendez-vous et a demandé de l’aide, par exemple, une caméra vidéo.
Son supérieur, un réalisateur de télévision et sa famille ont apporté leur soutien à son projet.

Enfin en 1999, ses documentaires sont passé dans des émissions en Chine, puis au japon.
Ces temps-ci ses documentaires ont un certain succès.

Quand on utilise un «décodeur », on peut se procurer des renseignements précis.
Aussi bien qu’on peut comprendre les souffrances des personnes qui sont venues de pays étrangers, par des documentaires.
C’est très salutaire pour l’un l’autre.

Much has happened since we handed over our voice

Excerpt from Reports. Oct 19, 2006
Somehow the more soldiers that die, the more legitimate the illegal invasion becomes.
Somehow profiting from tragedy and horror is tolerated.
Somehow the death of tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people is tolerated. Somehow subversion of the Bill of Rights and The Constitution is tolerated.
Somehow torture is tolerated.
Somehow lying is tolerated.
Somehow reason is being discarded for faith, dogma, and nonsense.
Somehow being politically informed, diligent, and skeptical has been replaced by apathy through active ignorance.
Luckily this country is still a democracy. People still have a voice. People still can take action. It can start after Pat's birthday,(Nov.6.)
(The next day was elections.)
Written by Kevin Tillman. He joined the Army with his brother in 2002, and he served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was discharged in 2005. His brother, N.F.L. player, Pat Tillman was killed on April 22, 2004, by fire from his fellow soldiers.

Robert Scheer, a liberal syndicated columnist and the editor of Truthdig, based in Santa Monica, Calif. said of Kevin Tillman,"He is not proselytizing, he is not a political person. He just decided because his birthday was coming up he felt strongly that he had to say something. Since the article went up on the Web site, it has received more than 4,000 responses, though Web server limits have prohibited publishing that many".
For example, Comment#32292 "The points you make in your story are so important and I hope lots of people get to see this article".

The coalition takes enormous precautions

A team of American and Iraq epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred.

Of the total 655,000 estimated "excess deaths," 601,000 resulted from violence and the rest from disease and other causes, according to the study. This is about 500 unexpected violent deaths per day throughout the country.

The survey was done by Iraqi physicians and overseen by epidemiologists at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings are being published online today (October 11, 2006) by the British medical journal the Lancet.

"We're very confident with the results," said Gilbert Burnham, a Johns Hopkins physician and epidemiologist

"The Department of Defense always regrets the loss of any innocent life in Iraq or anywhere else," said Lt. Col. Mark Ballesteros. "The coalition takes enormous precautions to prevent civilian deaths and injuries."
-- Excerpt from washingtonpost.com

The population of Iraq (2006 estimate) is 26,783,383. Encyclopedia

Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution

1. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.

2. In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.

日本国民は、正義と秩序を基調とする国際平和を誠実に希求し、国権の発動たる戦争と、武力による威嚇又は武力の行使は、国際紛争を解決する手段としては、永久にこれを放棄する。

前項の目的を達するため、陸海空軍その他の戦力は、これを保持しない。国の交戦権は、これを認めない

Tomorrow, Nov.3 is Japan's national holiday called "Culture Day" (文化の日: bunka=文化　no=の hi=日 ）. Japanese Constitution was officially announced in 1946 and came into force on May 3 in 1947. To commemorate these events, Nov.3 and May 3 were made into national holidays.

Japan's Article 9 came after the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So, Article 9 reflects this new reality of potential nuclear and other kinds of technological annihilation of the species.

Nine public intellectuals (like Kenzaburo Oe or Ooe 大江健三郎) established Article 9 Association in 2004 to shine the light of Article 9 upon this turbulent world, in order to join hands with the peace-seeking citizens of the world.

Many persons want friendly, sympathetic listener

As the Reader’s Digest once said: “Many persons call a doctor when all they want is an audience.”
During the darkest hours of the Civil War, Lincoln Wrote to an old friend in Springfield, Illinois, asking him to come to Washington. Lincoln said he had some problems he wanted to discuss with him. The old neighbor called at the White House, and Lincoln talked to him for hours about the salves. Lincoln went over all the arguments for and against such a move, and then read letters and newspaper articles, some denouncing him for not freeing the salves and others denouncing him for fear he was going to free them. After talking for hours, Lincoln shook hands with his old neighbor, said good night, and sent him back to Illinois without even asking for his opinion. Lincoln had done all the talking himself. That seemed to clarify his mind.

“He seemed to feel easier after that talk,” the old friend said. Lincoln hadn’t wanted advice. He had wanted merely a friendly, sympathetic listener to whom he could unburden himself. That’s what we all want when we are in trouble. That is frequently all the irritated customer wants, and the dissatisfied employee or the hurt friend.

If you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their accomplishments.

Listening is just as important in one’s home life as in the world of business.
Millie Esposito of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, made it her business to listen carefully when one of her children wanted to speak with her. One evening she was sitting in the kitchen with her son, Robert, and after a brief discussion of something that was on his mind, Robert said: “Mom, I know that you love me very much.”

Mrs.Esposito was touched and said: “Of course I love you very much. Did you doubt it?” Robert responded: “No, but I really know you love me because whenever I want to talk to you about something, you stop whatever you are doing and listen to me.”
-- Excerpt from "How to Win Friends & Influence People"
Written by Dale Carnegie edited by Denik
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) Pioneer in self-improvement training

Amish & Muslim examples

I read an article on the Amish school shooting on Oct2, 2006.
A grandfather of one of the murdered Amish girls says, “We must not think evil of this man.”
Amish neighbor comforted the murder’s family hours after the shooting and extended forgiveness to them.

While reading, I’ve just remembered Ms. Welty’s case.
She lost her son, Firefighter Timothy Matthew Welty in the line of duty at the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
She visited Afghanistan in 2004, and met many families who had lost their homes and family members in the American bombing. She saw small children with artificial legs or arms, some were blind and all were scarred- not only physically but emotionally.

Yet, these people embraced her as a grieving mother, not as the enemy. They, like the families of 9/11, understand the true impact of the term civilian casualties.
Ms.Welty says, “We believe the cycle of violence and human trauma perpetrated in the name of our loved ones, must end, not only for ourselves, our own children and grandchildren, but for all generations to come on the face of the earth.”

"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."
-- Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) an English writer

24-yr-old Thompson rescued Vietnamese civilians

For years, the U.S. military tried to cover up the My Lai massacre. In 1968, Hugh Thompson, door-gunner Lawrence Colburn and crew chief Glenn Andreotta rescued Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the My Lai massacre.

They landed the helicopter in the line of fire between American troops and fleeing Vietnamese civilians and pointed their own guns at the U.S. soldiers to prevent more killings.

“There were no weapons captured. There were no draft-age males killed. They were civilians,” says Colburn, referring to the ditch filled with bodies. “It was full … some of the people were still, they were dying, they weren't all dead.”

“I saved the people because I wasn't taught to murder and kill. I can't answer for the people who took part in it,” says Thompson. “I apologize for the ones that did. I just wished we could have helped more people that day.”
In fact, they did help more people. Thompson and Colburn found nine or 10 villagers cowering in a bunker. They radioed for a couple of choppers, which airlifted all of them to safety.

Later, Thompson was treated not as a hero, but as a traitor. He suffered snubs and worse from those who considered him unpatriotic. He recalled a congressman angrily saying that Thompson himself was the only serviceman who should be punished because of My Lai.

As the years passed, Thompson became an example for future generations of soldiers, said Col. Tom Kolditz, head of the U.S. Military Academy's behavioral sciences and leadership department. Thompson went to West Point once a year to give a lecture on his experience, Kolditz said.

In 1998, the Army honored the three men with the prestigious Soldier's Medal, the highest award for bravery not involving conflict with an enemy.

"It was the ability to do the right thing even at the risk of their personal safety that guided these soldiers to do what they did," Army Maj. Gen. Michael Ackerman said at the 1998 ceremony. The three "set the standard for all soldiers to follow."

But 30 years had passed since the massacre, and Thompson says it was strangely unsatisfying. Too late, he says, from a reluctant military leadership. But he felt far different on the stage in Nashville, as he was inducted on the first ballot into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame.

He says it’s a big honor. “This is my peers electing me to put me in there,” says Thompson. “This is my fellow aviators. And that makes me feel good.”

Thompson died Jan. 6. 2006. He was 62 yrs old. I shall never forget you.

--Excerpt from
Common dreams (a national non-profit citizens' organization)
60 Minutes

Why did Andrew Carnegie pick 38-yr-old-Schwab ?

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One of the first people in American business to be paid a salary of over a million dollars a year was Charles Schwab.
He had been picked by Andrew Carnegie to become the first president of the newly formed United States Steel Company in 1921, when Schwab was only thirty-eight years old.

Schwab says that he was paid this salary largely because of his ability to deal with people.

"I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people. The greatest asset I possess, the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a person incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise."

This is what Schwab did. But what do average people do? The exact opposite. If they don't like a thing, they bawl out their subordinates; if they do like it, they say nothing.

"In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great people in various parts of the world," Schwab declared, "I have yet to find the person, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism."
That he said, frankly, was one of the outstanding reasons for the phenomenal success of Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie praised his associates publicly as well as privately.

Carnegie wanted to praise his assistants even on his tombstone. He wrote an epitaph for himself which read: "Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself."
-- Excerpt from "How to Win Friends & Influence People"
Written by Dale Carnegie edited by Denik
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) Pioneer in self-improvement training

He had been told he was 'brain-damaged'

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If you want to help others to improve, remember...

"My son David, he had led a rough life. His mother and I were divorced after a car accident. Until he was fifteen he had spent most of his school years in special classes for slow learners in the Dallas school system. He was two years behind his age group, so he was only in the seventh grade. Yet he did not know his multiplication tables, added on his fingers and could barely read.

There was one positive point. He loved to work on radio and TV sets. He wanted to become a TV technician. I encouraged this and pointed out that he needed math to qualify for the training. I decided to help him become proficient in this subject. We obtained four sets of flash cards: multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. I made a big deal out of each card he got right, particularly if he had missed it previously. Each night we would go through the repeat stack until there were no cards left. Each night we timed the exercise with a stop watch.

I promised him that when he could get all the cards correct in eight minutes with no incorrect answers, we would quit doing it every night. This seemed an impossible goal to David. The first night it took 52 minutes, the second night, 48, then 45, 44, 41, then under 40 minutes. We celebrated each reduction. I'd call in my wife, and we would both hug him and we'd all dance a jig.

At the end of the month he was doing all the cards perfectly in less than eight minutes. When he made a small improvement he would ask to do it again.
He had made the fantastic discovery that learning was easy and fun.
Other changes came with almost unbelievable rapidity.

He had been told he was 'brain-damaged,' who had been called 'Frankenstein' by his classmates and told his brains must have leaked out of the cut on his head.
Once he found learning was easy, his whole life changed."
-- Excerpt from "How to Win Friends & Influence People"
Written by Dale Carnegie edited by Denik

Benjamin Franklin "I will speak ill of no man"

B.F.Skinner, the world-famous psychologist, proved through his experiments that an animal rewarded for good behavior will learn much more rapidly and retain what it learns far more effectively than an animal punished for bad behavior. Later studies have shown that the same applies to humans. By Criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often incur resentment.

Hans Selye, another great psychologist, said, "As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation."

Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.

(... Abraham Lincoln put the letter aside, for he had learned by bitter experience that sharp criticisms and rebukes almost invariably end in futility.)

Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people, that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, "... and speak all the good I know of everybody."
-- Excerpt from "How to Win Friends & Influence People"
Written by Dale Carnegie

If we cultivate our mind, it will bear good fruit

"Who could find time, in this overworked and tired-out family, to bother about Gregor more than absolutely needful? The household was reduced more and more. Various family ornaments, which his mother and sister used to wear with pride at parties and celebrations, had to be sold."
Franz Kafka 《Metamorphosis》

While I felt real sympathy for Gregor, I realized clearly that hardship, exhaustion and prejudice contaminated people's mind easily.

By suffering hardships, I could understand both situations. If we cultivate our mind to look for the causes of wrongdoing so as to do better next time, I'm sure our spiritual life will become better.

The meaning of ' sightseeing ' in Chinese character

I like Kanji (Chinese character) very much.
Chinese character was developed 3500 years ago in China.
In the 5th-6th century, it came to Japan. It's really nice of you to come!

Chinese character represents an idea or thing rather than the sound of a word.
For example, 'I'm busy' = 忙しい= いそがしい = isogashii
It means 'lose'+'heart,mind'.
Another example, 'sightseeing' = 観光 =　かんこう = kankou　
It means 'see'+'light'.
Sightseeing means that the activity of visiting famous or interesting places. In a word, we see some places in a new (better, different) light. Everyone wants to see 'light'.

Seeing Chinese character, we can inspire the imagination anytime, anywhere.

Franz Kafka 29 yrs old 'Metamorphosis'

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Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was born into German-speaking Jewish family in Prague (Czech: Praha), the capital of Bohemia (then in Austria-Hungary, now the Czech Republic). When he was 29yrs old, he wrote Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung) and it came out 3 yrs later.

When I was a teenager, I enjoyed this book as a comedy rather than a tragedy.It was because japanese translation was so good that I imagined his metamorphosis visually. Many years later, I read it again and tears flooded my eyes. My impression of this book changed completely.
I tasted 'Metamorphosis' like an aged wine.

After Gregor's metamorphosis, his family changes dramatically. He can't do without the good influence of the furniture on his state of mind but his family takes away everything he loves.
Before his sister goes to business, hurriedly pushes into his room with her foot any food that is available and in the evening clears it out again with one sweep of the broom. He is treated like a white elephant.

There has been a time when he prides himself on being considerate, but his circumstances are little by little conditioning his character.

'Metamorphosis' tells us many things.

"The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence; and it makes the difference between a man of sense and a fool."
--- William Bolitho

Prevention is better than cure

Researchers found people who took the antidepressant Paxil were twice as likely to have violent or "hostility event" as those given a placebo. Paxil (Generic: Paroxetine hci) also increases suicide risk in young adults aged 18-30. Link

SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) are expensive and once you take SSRI, you can't stop taking easily. Link
It says,"Paroxetine users should not discontinue and resume treatment with more than a few days' gap between dosings"
I hope your doctor inform you these risks before prescribing.

While it's a doctor's duty to cure a patient of their disease, they have to make a profit for their employees. Some are on the horns of a dilemma, others sell themselves for sales. ex. I feel such behavior is indicative of a broader corporate philosophy which seeks to hide or downplay negative news at the expense of potential issues of consumer safety.

If you have an intuition that there is something wrong, it's better not to take these sorts of drugs."Discretion is the better part of valor" means that it is better to be careful than to take unnecessary risks.
In the long run, not a doctor but you are in control. It's your life. Depression provides a chance for us to restart.

Franz Kafka 29ans Metamorphosis

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Franz Kafka (1883- 1924) est né à Prague (en tchèque Praha), alors capitale de la Bohême qui faisait partie de l'empire austro-hongrois.
Il a écrit La Métamorphose (Die Verwandlung) en 1912. C'était quand il avait 29ans.
Trois ans après, cette oeuvre a paru.

Avant j'ai goûté à cette oeuvre comme un cocktail entre tragédie et comédie. Parce qu'un traducteur japonais a été excellent, donc j'ai complètement oublié que c'était une tragédie. Mais il est possible que la tragédie ait beaucoup d'éléments de la comédie.

Hier, je l'ai lu après longtemps et j'ai eu les yeux voilés de larmes.
Le critique dit que ce héros est mort à cause de la pomme que son père lui a jeté. C'est vrai?

Pour moi, il a l'air de cesser de vivre lui même.
Peu à peu il a été abandonné par sa famille.
Peu à peu il a perdu son mobilier qu'il a chérissait.
Je comprends très bien ce qu'il a éprouvé.

M.X lui, est toujours en vie

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Les gens disent "Il faut respecter les parents" ,mais quand un tel traite ses enfants rudement, ils doivent l'endurer pour un reste de leur vie?

Un beau dimanche, les voisins de M.X ont organisé une réunion et ont décidé de ne plus rien lui vendre.
Le but principal est de faire cesser les brutalités morales et physiques de M.X sur son enfant. Contre toute attente, les voisins ont seulement fait mourir de faim l'enfant.
M.X lui, est toujours en vie.

Utilisons l'art de lire dans le coeur d'autrui pour les enfants.

The secret is here in the present. THE ALCHEMIST

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People say "Be good to your parents.", but when X treats their child badly, X's son/daughter still has to endure for the rest of his/her life?

One fine Sunday, the neighbors had a meeting and decided not to sell anything for X. The main purpose was to stop psychological and physical abuse of children. The results didn't meet their expectations. Economic sanctions just isolated children from their friends. X always survives historically.

A skillful piece of negotiation, not by force is the best countermeasure.
There's no settlement without negotiations.
Let's not neglect X's children.

Excerpt from "The Alchemist" (Alquimista) 1988
"How do I guess at the future? Based on the omens of the present. The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. Forget about the future, and live each day according to the teachings, confident that God loves his children. Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity.

God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it is for only one reason: it's a future that was written so as to be altered."

Walking along in the silence, he had no regrets. If he died tomorrow, it would be because God was not willing to change the future.
Written by Paulo Coelho (1947 -) Brazilian novelist

Brendan Graham and John Lennon

I usually hum a favorite tune to myself.
I can't quite get lyrics in English, so I'm often amazed to know that meaning long afterward.

"You Raise Me Up" Lyrics by Brendan Graham (1945- )
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary
When troubles come and my heart burdened be
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains.
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up... to more than I can be.

There is no life - no life without its hunger
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.

That reminds me of "Any Time At All" released in 1964 by John Lennon (1940-1980), Paul McCartney (1942-)
Great lyrics and tune chime in exact harmony with excellent singers and transcend time and space.

"Any Time At All"
Any time at all, all you gotta do is call.
And I'll be there.

If you need somebody to love
Just look into my eyes
I'll be there to make you feel right
If you're feeling sorry and sad
I'd really sympathize.
Don't you be sad
Just call me tonight.

If the sun has faded away
I'll try to make it shine.
There is nothing I won't do.
When you need a shoulder to cry on
I hope it will be mine.
Call me tonight
And I'll come to you.

Any time at all, all you gotta do is call.
And I'll be there.

L'image Fausse de prostituée

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Autrefois, au Japon, la femme ne pouvait pas librement choisir son mari.
Quand je vois le journal télévisé du passé, le plus souvent, un spectacle bizarre s’offre à moi.
La femme baisse toujours les yeux et est tacitune. L’homme semble juger sa femme sur l’apparence comme on choisit une tomate pour le dinner. Je reste bouche bée quand le commentateur dit du bien de ce comportement soumis de la femme.

Malgré cette situation sociale, Kenji Mizoguchi a traité les femmes sur le même pied dans ses films. La description psychologique et l’attitude de la femme sont naturelles.
Je sens combien Kenji respectait les femmes.

Sa soeur aînée travaillait pour nourrir leur famille comme geisha (chanteuse et danseuse invitée lors des grandes réceptions)
C'est probablement pourquoi il a dépeint les femmes, y compris les prostituées, sans discrimination.

La prostitution, c’est comme vendre son âme.
Beaucoup de femmes, y compris des enfants, sont actuellement dans cette situation.
La prostituée est le plus souvent mal représentée dans des films, des émissions de télé.

Coline Serreau (Réalisatrice) “Chaos” (2001)
Charlize Theron “Monster” (2003) Ce film est basé sur une histoire vraie.
Il est utile de remettre en cause nos croyances.
Je ne suis pas si heureuse.

No more Militarism

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If we turn the back on politics, nothing will change for the better. I really hope politicians won't revive Militarism.

Have you ever heard about a small island called Ookuno (大久野）or Okuno? which is located in Hiroshima（広島）, had produced poison gas for World War Ⅱ.

In 1929, 6000 people were taken to the island. They didn't know what they would do; just they came to get work for a living. It wasn't long before they noticed that they had been deceived.

Their colleagues died in 3 minutes after making a careless mistake. Even so, they couldn't obtain a permit to get out of this island and in addition, they had to keep this job a secret from their families.
(According to 2005 press release, 3535 people have been suffering the aftereffects.)

In 1944, the military authorities stopped producing poison gas to suppress evidence. In other words, they already foresaw defeat 1 year before World War Ⅱ. However, ordinary people were killed like vermin until 1945.

Contemporary history doesn't have to do with the National Center Test for University Admissions. That's why Japanese students don't learn in earnest. Many teachers are reluctant to teach real history. Probably every country has the same problem more or less.

Fortunately, some elderly people began to speak their mind to us, younger generations. Most important, their war doesn't finish yet.

After war, elderly people worked just for living. Most of them had no leisure to appreciate the arts. Ils me semblaient avoir à demi perdu qualité humaine.

Now in Japan, nearly 100 people commit suicides every day, over 30,000 per year. Real number must be much more. Death from overwork is famous for "Karoshi". Many people work overtime without pay under industrial imperialism.

On one hand, people living in Japan are victims; on the other, Japan participates (participated) in X war. I've no doubt that I am a criminal. I'm responsible for these things, so I won't turn the back on politics.

When our houses are burning, one of our families (To me family means all animate beings) goes to set other houses on the fire to obey the command. How can we stop this vicious circle?

I believe in this quote. "Vengeance belongs only to God."

Chief Seattle says, "The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected."

Le bon entrâineur What makes a good coach?

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Les bons entraîneurs peuvent faire apparaître un talent caché. Le judo est le sport national au japon, mais le nombre de licenciées est de 200 000 alors que en France, il est de 560 000. L'autre jour, la France a remporté la victoire de championnat du monde pour la première fois.

David Douillet dit que l'esprit de judo respecte les bienséances, les règles, les autres et ça apporte une bonne influence sur la société.
Un entraîneur Japonais dit que en France l'entraîneur ne dit pas souvent "Il ne faut pas". Il dit "Faites comme vous voulez'.
C'est sûr que l'entraînement trop sévère (forcé) empêche souvent les joueurs de s'épanouir.

Désormais le judo est un sport national en France.
Il doit y avoir une raison pour ça.

To learn foreign languages

I always think things in Japanese and I keep a diary in Japanese. That's natural. But is that so? If I hadn't had any literacy? I mean, if I hadn't had any skill to get myself across, that must have been awful.

Fortunately, my Japanese level is higher than English. So I don't have to lose confidence, but if I hadn't realized the value of native tongue and I'd stopped learning in my teens, I would have felt regret without doubt. I really appreciate my (past) diligence.

My English is poor, not to mention French. It's easy to go into a sulk and change my blog in Japanese, but I keep it up. That's for my future.

"Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful."
Mark Twain

Prostitute’s distorted image

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At one time, most women couldn't choose their future husbands freely. Only Japanese guys and their parents had a right to choose their brides.

When I watched old TV news of the fifties, one young woman never looked at her future husband during arranged meeting. It was bizarre.
When TV narration informed that Japanese woman’s behavior as a heart-warming scene, my mouth dropped open.

In spite of this social situation, Kenji Mizoguchi treated women equally in his movies. The languages that actresses spoke in the movies were natural. I felt that Kenji had genuine affection toward women and he always stood by women.

When Kenji was in his late teens, his sister had been worked for family as a Geisha.
Probably that’s one of reason why he didn’t look down on women including prostitutes.

Prostitution is like selling their souls by the piece.
Many women including children are now under this situation.
I’ve ever seen a lot of movies that prostitutes were treated as a common mistaken notion.

Coline Serreau “Chaos” (2001)
Charlize Theron’s “Monster” (2003) this movie is based on a true story.

These good movies are helpful to reconsider our beliefs. I couldn't be more pleased!

Excellent Translator Roger Pulvers

When I read “Night On The Milky Way Train” in English, I was so impressed with this translator. His English was like poem and it had comfortable rhythm.
I could imagine vividly the scene of ‘Scorpio’s fire’:the scorpion’s body turn bright red and burn into a beautiful flame, lighting up the darkness of the night sky.

When I read his postscript translated in Japanese, I was so moved that I got goose bumps, because he says "Kenji’s language is beautiful, an appealing, poetic and rythmic."
That’s what I exactly felt from his English!

He translated this story when he was 24 yrs old, then he rewrote several times.
２４yrs later, he finished rewriting!

Roger Pulvers was born in New York in1944. He loves Kenji’s works and translated them into English. That’s why we can read them in great English language.
I can't say enough to convey my sincere admiration for his passion and his translation.

Quand j’ai lu « Train de nuit dans la Voie lactée » en anglais, j’ai été impressionnée par ce traducteur. Son anglais était comme la poésie et il a un rythme confortable.
J'ai lu l'histoire courte du scorpion en anglais et je pouvais imaginer que ce scorpion s’aperçut que son propre corps était devenu, sans qu’il sache comment, un feu splendide d’un rouge éclatant qui brûlait et éclairait les ténèbres de la nuit .

Je n’ai jamais ressenti quelque chose comme ça en lisant une traduction d'histoire japonaise en anglais.
Avant de lire sa traduction, je commençais à désespérer de rencontrer une bonne traduction.

Quand j'ai lu sa postface en japonais, j’ai eu la chair de poule. Parce qu’il dit "La langue de Kenji est belle, savoureux, poétique et rhythmique.
C'est ce que j’ai exactement ressenti de son anglais !

Il a traduit cette histoire quand il avait 24 ans, puis il l’a écrite à nouveau plusieurs fois.
24ans plus tard, en 1992, il avait 48ans.
À ce moment-là, il a fini la réécriture.

Il est né à New York en 1944. Il aime les histoires de Kenji Miyazawa et les traduit en anglais.

Maintenant, on peut lire cette histoire dans un bel anglais.
Les mots ne peuvent pas exprimer à quel point je suis impressionnée.

A fairy tale for adults by Kenji MIYAZAWA

Excerpt from "Night On The Milky Way Train"
'It's Scorpio's fire. A scorpion's not a nice insect. I saw one in alcohol at the museum. He's got a huge stinger on his tail, and the teacher said if he stings you, you die!' 'I know, but he's still a nice insect. My father told me that a long long time ago scorpion lived in Valdola Vale and he survived by killing teeny bugs and eating them up. Then one day he was caught by a weasel and it looked like he was going to be eaten all up himself. He tried to get away with all his might and he was about to be pinned down by the weasel when he saw this well and he fell right down into it, and there was no way in the world he could get back up, so it looked like he was going to drown for sure. So then he began to pray... ≪Oh, I can't remember how many living creatures I have killed in my lifetime, but now I found myself trapped by the weasel and running for my own life. Everything is so risky in life. Why didn't I just give my body to the weasel and be done with it? If I had, at least he would have been able to live another day. Dear God, please look into my heart and in the next life don't throw away my life in vain like this, but use my body for the good and happiness of all.≫ 'That's what he said. And scorpion saw his body turn bright red and burn into a beautiful flame, lightning up the darkness of the night sky. And he's burning now too, that's what my father said. That fire...it must be him.'
--Original title"銀河鉄道の夜" Ginga-tetsudo no yoru
Written by Kenji MIYAZAWA 宮沢賢治　(1896-1933)
Translated by Roger Pulvers (1944-) edited by Denik

Movie "Night on the Galactic Railroad"

That reminds me of "Man's Search for meaning" written by Victor Emil Frankl.
When he was 38 years old, he was deported to a Nazi concentration camp and survived, but his wife and parents were murdered in concentration camps.

Excerpt from "Man's Search for meaning"
"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way.

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Extrait de "Train de nuit dans la Voie lactée"
«Tu dis, le feu du Scorpion.Le scorpion n’est pas un insecte utile. Moi, j'en ai vu au Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, conservé dans de l'alcool. Sa queue est munie d'un crochet et dès qu'il pique, il tue, a dit le maître.» «Oui c'est vrai, Mais c’est tout de même un insecte bienfaisant, c’est mon père qui le disait. Autrefois, dans la campagne de Barudora, il y avait un scorpion qui tuait des petits insectes ou des petits animaux et les mangeait pour vivre. Et puis un jour il fut découvert par une belette qui voulut le dévorer. De toutes ses forces, le scorpion tenta de s’échapper mais il allait finir par se faire attraper quand brusquement il se trouva devant un puits dans lequel il tomba et dont il ne put absolument plus sortir. Il commençait à se noyer quand il se mit à prier ainsi : 《Hélas, moi qui ne sais jusqu’à présent de combien d’êtres j’ai ôté la vie, cette fois j’ai employé tout mon zèle à m’échapper quand la belette allait m’attraper. Et pourtant, voilà où j’en suis arrivé... Ah, il ne faut être sûr de rien! Pourquoi ne me suis-je pas laissé ravir sans résistance mon corps par la belette? Elle aurait vu sa vie allonger d’un jour. Je vous en prie, ô Dieu! Veuillez examiner mon coeur! Ne me faites pas mourir de façon aussi futile, je vous en supplie, dans une prochaine existence, servez-vous de mon corps pour le vrai bonheur de tous!》 Voilà ce qu’il dit. À la suite de quoi, le scorpion s’aperçut que son propre corps était devenu, sans qu’il sache comment, un feu splendide d’un rouge éclatant qui brûlait et éclairait les ténèbres de la nuit. Et mon père m’a appris qu’il ne cessait plus jamais de brûler. Sans aucun doute, ce feu là-bas, c’est lui! »
--Traduit par Hélène Morita

There is luck in leisure

"果報は寝て待て"（Kahouwa nete mate) in Japanese.
= "La fortune vient en dormant."
= (similar) "There is luck in leisure."
Leisure means the time when you are not working or studying, and can relax and do things you enjoy.

I also like Chinese quotes very much.
They refer to pleasure (the feeling of happiness).
”楽以忘憂。”　by 孔子(B.C.552-479)
孔子says," Pleasure drives away our worries."
”楽不必尋。去其苦之者而楽自存。” by 洪自誠（unknown 16th)
洪自誠 says," You don't have to seek happiness. If you stop worrying, you feel happiness without notice."
That reminds me of "The Blue Bird" ("L'oiseau bleu") written by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949).

4 ways you can enjoy snorkeling safely

Pour profiter de la mer et du tuba.

Si vous aimez le tuba, il y a plusieurs façons de nager.
1. Que ferez-vous si par hasard l’eau de mer entrait dans votre masque?
Ne vous inquiétez pas. Vous touchez la tête de votre masque avec votre index. En même temps, vous exhalez fortement du nez.
2. Que ferez-vous si par hasard l’eau de mer entrait dans votre bouche par votre tube?
Pas de panique! Vous pouvez aspirer l’air frais si vous aspirez lentement, peu à peu. Ensuite, vous exhalez plus fortement.
3. Que ferez-vous si par hasard vous ne pouvez pas vous débarrasser de l’eau de mer de votre tube complètement?
Si votre tube a une valve, vous pouvez vous tirer d’affaire. D’abord, vous bouchez votre tube avec la main. Ensuite, vous exhalez fortement. Ce qui est important, c’est de vérifier si ce tube marche avant de plonger. Si vous pouvez aspirez malgré que vous avez bouché votre tube, ça ne fonctionne pas. Attention!
4. Que ferez-vous si par hasard vous voulez vous lever en mer?
D’abord, vous vous couchez sur le dos, puis en courbant le dos, vous vérifiez où trouver appui en mer.

À vrai dire, ces quatre cas arrivent fréquemment.
Ainsi, si vous ne savez pas contrôler votre tuba, n’oubliez pas de mettre votre gilet de sauvetage.
Si vous avez le temps pour prendre un cours de tuba, participez-y s.v.p.

Le tuba semble être simple, mais en fait le taux de mortalité est beaucoup plus haut que la plongée sous-marine.

C’est sûr que la connaissance et l’expérience diminuent l’éventualité de mort et doublent notre plaisir.

If you enjoy snorkeling, there are several ways of swimming.

1. What if water entered your mask? Don't worry. You push the head of your mask with your forefinger. At the same time, you breathe out through your nose.
2. What if water entered your mouth through your snorkel tube? Don't get into a panic. You can breathe fresh air if you inhale slowly,little by little. Then you breathe out.
3. What if you coudn't get rid of the water from your snorkel tube. If your snorkel tube has a valve, you can escape from the difficulty. First, you stop your tube with the hand. Then you breathe out. What is important, it is to check your valve before diving. If you can inhale although you stopped your snorkel tube, that doesn't function.
4. What if you wanted to stand up at the sea? First, lie down on your back, then while bending your back, you check the point where you can stand.

In fact, these four cases occur frequently, so if you don't know how to manage your snorkel tube or mask, please wear a snorkel vest for added flotation. If you have time to take snorkel instructions, let's take a course.

Snorkel seems to be simple, but the truth is that death rate is much higher than the scuba diving.
It's sure that knowledge and experience reduce the risk of accidents and double our pleasure.

An American young man and Kyoto Painters

Tiger
Jakuchu Ito
伊藤若冲 1716-1800
Edo period, 18th century
Hanging scroll
129.7×71.0 cm

Joe Price est né en 1929. Quand il avait 24 ans il a acheté un tableau japonais au lieu d'acheter une voiture de sport à New York.

Ses économies étaient pour une voiture neuve en souvenir de la fin des études universitaires. C'est la première fois qu'il achetait un tableau.

Après, sa vie a changé considérablement.

Joe Price, des architectes et Jakuchu. Ils ont été unis par l'adoration de la nature. Jakuchu a dit qu'il fallait attendre pendant un millénaire jusqu'a ce que quelqu'un comprenne de ses oeuvres. Après deux cents ans, Joh Price a réalisé le rêve de Jakuchu. C'est formidable.
Jakuchu et CG

The architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said to Mr.Price, "Do you spell God with a capital G? Well, I spell Nature with a capital N."

When Mr.Price was 24yrs old, he went to New York to buy a sports car as a college graduation gift. Instead, he bought an old Japanese painting. In this painting he found the beauties of nature. After that he collected 600 works. This year, he is 77 yrs old.

Now, Jakuchu, Rosetsu and Edo artists are revaluated through Mr.Price. How wonderful! I really appreciate this.
Jakuchu and CG ←I like this idea. Good thinking!
It's so important for us to revive great painters.

Link The Shin'enkan Foundation in Los Angeles
You can see tigers in large size :)