(North of Tokyo)Only A Hub Can Stop All Arrows
Yes, the space shuttle was launched as usual from a NASA base, though with one Japanese astronaut.
Indeed, what goes up must come down, but the space station the shuttle is going to arrive at must be rotating to generate artificial gravity like the one depicted in the movie "2001 -- A Space Odyssey."
In addition, I hope those astronauts would greet 3.5 million homeless people now suffering hard time in the United States, since the space mission is a kind of killing financially those poor people on the mother planet...
SECTION 0: Regulation in Mind and Heart
This subject is not concerned with brainwashing or mean-hearted state education.
When 99 out of hundred citizens of ancient Israel abandoned their efforts to avoid an all-out war with the Roman Empire, they were destined to be completely defeated and lose the land for coming 2000 years.
When 99 out of hundred citizens of Ching dynasty of China abandoned their efforts to reform the nation and introduce the principle of equality of all people, they were destined to be completely defeated in wars against Western powers and the Empire of Japan all through the 19th and 20th centuries.
If no sufficient level of respect for laws and regulations, without mentioning teachings of saints, is found among 99 out of hundred citizens in the U.S. of today, Americans will not be able to be free from the War on Terror and the Wall-Street type of money-related enormity in the 21st century.
So far I can see at least 10 people among 100 around Tokyo who would rather unconditionally respect laws and regulations written on their hearts and minds.
Quel est le ratio autour de vous, Filles?
SECTION I: American Indians
Is This Real
- Indian song -
Let us see, is this real,
Let us see, is this real,
This life I am living?
You, Gods, who dwell everywhere,
Let us see, is this real,
This life I am living?
SECTION II: BUDDHA
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I am secure in the cloak of the Dharma and the inspiring words of Buddha....
There are causes for all human suffering, and there is a way by which they may be ended, because everything in the world is the result of a vast concurrence of causes and conditions, and everything disappears as these causes and conditions change and pass away. Rain falls, winds blow, plants bloom, leaves mature and are blown away...
1) Concerning the body: do not ask to be free of all illness, for when the body is free of all illness, greed quickly arises. When greed has arisen, the precepts soon are broken and progress becomes regression.
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10) Concerning false accusations: do not try to justify yourself or make explanations, for self-justifications only increase the illusion of having a separate self. Once this illusion of a separate self arises, thoughts of anger and revenge soon will follow.
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Truly, the "Wheel of Dharma" is a symbol representing dharma...floating over the domain of transmigration and reincarnation...being done in a moment for Almighty God.
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