Today's Tao
He doesn't dare to act. (Ch.64)
Do not act.
That is to say, do not intervene in the natural transformation of your hologram.
"But, what can we do? We have to eat and sleep! We've got to go to school or work!", you may say.
If you think so, just do it.
Your thoughts are part of the hologram.
So are your acts.
Whatever you do, you are in fact doing nothing.
Whether you are literally sitting or running around, you are doing Zazen 坐禅 (=so-called "meditation"), which is what Zen Buddhists call "sitting".
You don't have to meditate because life itself is your meditation.
Then, what do we have to do in our life, or our living meditation?
It's easy.
Do nothing.
That is to say, receive and send the maximum amount of Love (=Tao).
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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 64
Tao answers your question!
☞Do you like sushi? The real simple sushi they serve in a authentic sushi bar in Japan. Not fancy California rolls with avocado inside. What is an uncarved block? A good example is a nigiri sushi ("nigirizushi"). An uncarved block is the state of being as you are. Without exotic sauces. With just plain wasabi and Kikkoman. You enjoy the quality and the freshness of the fish. The young girl in Yasunari Kawabata's «The Dancing girl of Izu
» is another good example of being an uncarved block. This low-class dancer behaves with no awareness of class difference. She doesn't even mind running naked out of the huge rocky bath of the open-air hot spring to say hello to the boy student. The "uncarved block" attitude will surely lead you to "Kami nagara no michi", which means "the way like gods". Daisetz Suzuki explains this well in his «Zen and Japanese Culture
».
». At the time of writing, about the turn of the first millennium, the Japanese aristocratic society was relatively matriarchal. A wife lived with her mother while her husband visited her at her family's residence. The children were raised under the influence of the mother's family. On the other hand, the samurai society was more patriarchal, or male-dominant sort of. A man's love to another man was considered something pure and genuine whether it was platonic or not. Ihara, Saikaku's «
» portrays the love between a samurai and a samurai, a samurai and a boy, or a man and a monk; in short, the love between a human and a human.
». The Onsen Geisha, Komako, was considered as an ideal feminine being. If you are curious about the business practice of the profession, check Kafu Nagai's «
». Both giants in modern Japanese literature practically lived these stories though they are fictional.
» is too scanty. I want something with more detail!" "How about Zen Master Dogen's «
»?" "Oh, no, it's too bulky. Besides, it is too abstract. I can't use his teachings in life!" "Well, I've got a perfect book for you. It is neither too bulky nor scanty. It is relatively pragmatic." "What is that?" "«
». It you don't have much time, you can read only «
», but there are many interesting things to learn in the other chapters, too." "For example?" "Did you like the passage you read Tao by Matsumoto video blog 
», looks at this John Manjiro as a man who made friends with his own destiny. "Ibuse-san, did John Man fight against the tide while the young woman in «
» and the two animals in «
» accepted their destinies?" ☞Even though she is young and beautiful, she only sleeps. Is it good enough for the customers? Who knows. Does this kind of institution still exist now. Nobody knows. Yasunari Kawabata, the Nobel prize winner and author of «
» cannot answer the question now. You have to read the novel and find it out for yourself. "Kawabata-san, do the sleeping beauties accept what is going on in the mind of their customers?"
/ Shiosai» has been cinematized five times. The stars of the times such as 
and 
acted the leading role Hatsue. Yukio Mishima said that he had been inspired by «
», and Hatsue is the Japanese Chloe. Unfortunately, the DVDs with these legendary actresses are not available at Amazon. This «
» is "family friendly" and will not embarrass the parents while viewing it.
» in 1964. As one gets older, the sound of silence seems to change into that of something else. In the case of Yasunari Kawabata, he heard «
». He was 55 years old when he finished writing the novel in 1954.
».
» and browse it. Compare the book you have chosen with the poet's masterpiece, and make sure that the book in your hand is easier to understand than «Siddhartha». If you want something more authentic as for Buddha's life and more visually helpful, Osamu Tezuka's cartoon «
» is recommended.
» is not a bad English title, but the title of Osamu Dazai's masterpiece is called «Ningen Shikkaku» in Japanese. A Japanese-English dictionary will tell you that the word "shikkaku" signifies failure or disqualification. Its antonym in Japanese is "gokaku". It is undoubtedly the happiest Japanese word in February and March, when most entrance examinations are held. "Ningen" means a human being. Dazai is declaring: "I flunked the examination as a human being!". What will happen if you fail it? Shusaku Endo, the author of «
», «
», and «
», may answer: "Whether we succeed or fail, all of us go to «
» eventually".