8/25/11
8/15/11
ももたろう＿new version？？
here is a old Japanese tale to share.
long long time ago, there was old couple living by the river.
One day, when old lady was doing laundry by the river,
huge peach was floating coming from upstream toward the lady. She picked it up and brought it home. She tried to eat the peach with her old man,
when they tried to cut the peach,a small baby boy came out of the peach and they decided to raise, take care as their boy. They named the boy "peach boy"
One day, the boy grow up big and told them that he is going to punish the demon in the demon island who was causing many trouble to good people in the village.
The old lady was surprised,but made a cake bread like thing he could take on his journey to get there.
as the boy walked on, he met a Pheasant, dog,monkey who wanted the piece of the cake he had. they followed him around for it.
and he explained them what he was going to do,and said if they come join his journey,help punishing the demons,he would share the rice cake bread thing the old lady made
So they shared the treat and headed to demon islands, and beat them, and took back all the goods and treasures demon accumulated,and they shared all they confiscated and shared it with the old couple, and others in the village.
but there was modern version of the story just made, lately.
the boy did not explain in the language pheasant, dog, monkey speak, in the language they can understand, so those dog,monkey and dog just ate the treat before even get to the island becoming so full and heavy and started taking a nap on the ground. They tried to wake up by eating vegetable and herb, but that put them even deeper sleep, and decided to give up beating the demons since the cake bread they had was already digested and gone, so when he look back, they are all sleeping on the ground and eventually they got out of sites,and the boy ended up beating the demon all by himself.
And the people in the village are wondering what caused this?,is that because cake bread they ate? or herb? or beef?or pork?that put them into sleep,into deeper dream?,or was it just the fact that the demon were so powerful and pheasant,dog ,monkey,were spy sent from demon's island to begin with?. But at the end, they all found way to own home.
Yes,the boy went back to his house and each went back to where it belong.
(there was more episode behind,it,but they decide to keep the story pretty and cute because his name was "peach boy")
long long time ago, there was old couple living by the river.
One day, when old lady was doing laundry by the river,
huge peach was floating coming from upstream toward the lady. She picked it up and brought it home. She tried to eat the peach with her old man,
when they tried to cut the peach,a small baby boy came out of the peach and they decided to raise, take care as their boy. They named the boy "peach boy"
One day, the boy grow up big and told them that he is going to punish the demon in the demon island who was causing many trouble to good people in the village.
The old lady was surprised,but made a cake bread like thing he could take on his journey to get there.
as the boy walked on, he met a Pheasant, dog,monkey who wanted the piece of the cake he had. they followed him around for it.
and he explained them what he was going to do,and said if they come join his journey,help punishing the demons,he would share the rice cake bread thing the old lady made
So they shared the treat and headed to demon islands, and beat them, and took back all the goods and treasures demon accumulated,and they shared all they confiscated and shared it with the old couple, and others in the village.
but there was modern version of the story just made, lately.
the boy did not explain in the language pheasant, dog, monkey speak, in the language they can understand, so those dog,monkey and dog just ate the treat before even get to the island becoming so full and heavy and started taking a nap on the ground. They tried to wake up by eating vegetable and herb, but that put them even deeper sleep, and decided to give up beating the demons since the cake bread they had was already digested and gone, so when he look back, they are all sleeping on the ground and eventually they got out of sites,and the boy ended up beating the demon all by himself.
And the people in the village are wondering what caused this?,is that because cake bread they ate? or herb? or beef?or pork?that put them into sleep,into deeper dream?,or was it just the fact that the demon were so powerful and pheasant,dog ,monkey,were spy sent from demon's island to begin with?. But at the end, they all found way to own home.
Yes,the boy went back to his house and each went back to where it belong.
(there was more episode behind,it,but they decide to keep the story pretty and cute because his name was "peach boy")
8/9/11
tragedy of the war
tragedy of the war
wrong belief is almost always dangerous.
Part of Japan,Island of Okinawa ended up occupied by US for awhile after the war. Many lives in Okinawa are lost by committing suicide. they had forced to choose suicide before getting killed by enemy for the god's grace .They are lead to believe that suicide was the way to prove the divine and faith in God.
the emperor was believed to be descendant of god in Japanese history,but there was also history that country was saved and protected by nature god in our history. The meaning of Kamikaze was understood in most wrong way from the origin. It is fact as Wikipedia describes that it refers name of Japan's desperate suicide mission for air attacks or the attitude being desperate. being misled in the name of something greater like ”man made god”
Its true origin of ""kamikaze" goes back to ancient history of Japan. when country was attacked by ancient country through Korean peninsula, massive storms repelled the invasion and protected south part island at that time. The stormy wind was called “god wind” (Kami refers god in Japanese, and kaze refers wind.)
real intention and meaning of kamikaze really was divine being that protect land and the country away from people's expectation in miraculous way.
real intention and meaning of kamikaze really was divine being that protect land and the country away from people's expectation in miraculous way.
I have nothing against emperor being our country of symbol, being part of the nationality.
I love country I was born in my own way. It is beautiful and the language and expression are almost artistic.
My grandpa went to war and stationed Okinawa, yet he made back home safe. He walked through the city after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. He could not describe much about what he saw, yet he mentioned that he disliked the emperor and the government who put the country into such devastation.
My grandma told me about people who left for those kamikaze mission. The rumor was that not one of them died in the name of god or for the emperor. They died crying out for their mother. Yet during the war, no one could not say such thing being afraid of the rebel and retaliation being “not patriotic”
There were Japanese American who fought the war,too. They experienced hardship in different way.
they had to prove their loyalty to America more than any American.
we are so lucky to live passed those harsh history living in peace and prosperity up to this day.
when I visited Japan last time, I was on vacation and took nap a lot I had a dream about big auto accident in the middle of nowhere, rice fields. A car was deeply buried in mud a mother with two small child, was stuck in the middle of rice field. She cried out for help to get the car out of mud,but no one heard her crying out for help. People are standing far sites observing how she 's going to dig the car out. They even made excuses to refuse help nicely saying that they have to take care their own children first straight telling lies to her.
I offered help,but she refused to explain why she ran into the mud. So I just kept listening her crying yet I had to take off the scene because I realized I was making her very uncomfortable. She eventually stop asking for help to those people and carried her children out of the car and left the scene.
Later day, I searched dream interpretation. I guess god found her and helped her friends who stand by her side honestly and gave lesson to the others.
Déjà vu
Déjà vu
Things I feel contempt for
there are four things I feel strongly contempt for
1) act of reading someone's mail, letter,and diary 2)act of taking advantage of someone who is weaker in any situation 3)act of bully to weak people 4)act of making fun of anyone.
1) act of reading someone's mail, letter,and diary 2)act of taking advantage of someone who is weaker in any situation 3)act of bully to weak people 4)act of making fun of anyone.
My friend once tried to explain “sins” in bible to me one time.
I was wondering that any chance, is one of those, stealing? or taking advantages of people or bully be one of those sins?
bible sometimes feel to me like a book for "sinners" book for the people in prison for reflection. Maybe that is why I always feel some kind of fear about the book.
Within a year or so in my life, I witnessed and experienced so many behaviors I feel contempt for.
One day,Someone mentioned about day that Hiroshima was bombed 66 years ago, and I remembered the time I traveled through Hiroshima. Yes. the radiation of the bomb did caused many generations problems causing long health problem in the survivors after the war. Wars maybe now one of my contempt lists now?
Yet, I would rather argue meaning of patriotism. Since everybody did things for the war in order to “protect” own country.
Patriotism?
According to one of the online dictionaries,Patriotism is defined by devoted love, support, and defense of one's country,national.
History taught in each country often tend to be different from simple fact in order to glorify own country's mistake or failure in attempt cultivating patriotic attitude in own people. yet real patriotism seems to be always harder to define.
Japan's emperor was believed to be descendant of god in Japanese history. However,somethings were not fully understood outside of the country.
First Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and second one was dropped on Nagasaki. And Japan surrendered officially few days later.
Why Such small country with limited resource was headed to war against the world?
It was all about divinity and resource/money called patriotism or nationalism.
Surely there were a lot of learning associate with it.
When anyone get desperate, or feel out of faith toward life, away from love and security of soul,it tend to act toward self destructive behaviors. Sometimes, it manifest as drinking alcohol,or could be drug use, could be over eating, could be starvation, could be psychiatric disease to protect something that is not characterized by physical thing. All focus tend to go toward destruction of self to end the agony itself? as it seems. It is usually done by both conscious and unconscious stupid decision making. Maybe this apply to a person to person, or to anyone, to any government, any country. And All war was wrong wasting lives, in the eyes of God, in anyone's eye and to the heart. And eventually we all pay the price.
I believe that the peaceful constitution Japan received after the war was gift from God or from our ancestors, ,those who lost lives in the war leaving it for their future generations peace after experiencing the long painful time.
During the war time, country's emperor was worshiped and considered as country's leader,considered as “living god”. Being patriot Japanese had been referred being able to die for the emperor and the country. All the actions was done and described in the name of “god”or in divine, which was promoted by the government. Surely, to express own opinion differentiate from the authority was strictly banned and punished. -(The Clint Eastwood's movie, “letter from iwojima” could give you good idea how it was.）
Each country has certain historic view about incident in own way. surely, American and Japanese shared totally different historic view. I learned the both perspective.
Many lost lives inside and outside of the country just like any other wars,
Japanese fought and died for the country,and American did the same,but there was clear difference about Japanese patriotism and the reason and attitude that American fighting for the war based on their patriotism.
All wars are wrong to begin with, but if those two atomic bombｓ were to be our country's wake up call to end the war,the Wake up call was not be gentle and it seemed very harsh.
But as a result, peace constitution was brought to Japanese, I would like to believe that it might have been a gift from somewhere and hope to be reminded by that intention for peace. It probably was based on tough love. Hope to share the wisdom and experience of our ancestors and godhood.
The constitution now clearly states that emperor is “symbol” of Japanese and It also states people's rights for freedom, and basic human rights are assured and included to make sure country's peace and to keep dignity and nationality to the people.
If ending war were to be right thing,, I guess the war, dying for the god that the government created was not right or not really god's wish. Japan maybe choose to receive “teaching” by doing something stupid attacking pearl harbor. It was just one of desperate stupidity of human kind. It was just like stupidity of Hitler's decision and its dictatorship, action toward Jews and everybody was fighting all over the world in order to “protect” own country.
Irony of the history
Japan has long history and beautiful culture. Our country had been closed door to foreigners for a long time. That created beautiful distinctive culture of its own in artistic way, yet American battle ships were the ones who demanded our opening of the country for commerce,almost forcibly
(ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ships) Well, Japanese tried to westernize the culture and attitude accordingly as a result. It just went overboard trying too hard and I am here wearing jeans and western clothes.
(ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ships) Well, Japanese tried to westernize the culture and attitude accordingly as a result. It just went overboard trying too hard and I am here wearing jeans and western clothes.
History bring such irony sometimes.
Japan was forced to open and led to expand and got beat down to ground. Lost war, lost everything as result of the expansion,but it made through the survival after the war.
After all, we still hold some tradition and beautiful culture. There are many good teaching we could all learn from. It was always pure,and beautiful,so much so that it always manifest in very artistic,and most often appear to be in very tragic way.
The real teaching and learning of Japan as a country was any man,any human cannot be or assume god or cannot act like god(God) over anyone's life or any country.
.In my pinon,government should do nothing other than providing reality check to each life and people just give enough power to do so by voting,but I like the way it is.
.In my pinon,government should do nothing other than providing reality check to each life and people just give enough power to do so by voting,but I like the way it is.
It creates mass conscious in the process,but without any individual giving it power, it has no significant power to anyone. Law of attraction defines everything. Power to each is power to govern self. If each give power and focus toward love and peace, we all can live heavenly with or without government.
hear that Japan?
hear that America?
hear that America?