Today's Tao / You can't see Tao 14-1

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Even if you try to see it, you can't do it. (14-1)

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1. Earth models itself upon heaven. (Ch.25 / Tao)

2. He takes people's heart as his own. (Ch.49 / Middle luck)

3. Tao never has any desire, so we can name it Small. (Ch.34 / Tao)


«From Yama Uba»

Hag

Don’t worry.

Just follow me.


«Interpretation»

Tao - Middle luck - Tao.

Do you wonder what you have to do with Tao? What is the relation between you and Tao? To understand this, the biggest obstacle to the Cartesian mind with a dualism between man and matter is the concept of the Self. In Zen Buddhism, they have found a solution in clearly declaring that there is no such a thing called Self - Mu Ga (No self). Lao Tzu agrees by saying: "The sage always has no heart." But you may wonder what are the thoughts and the feelings that come into your system. Zen Buddhists' answer to the question is:

"尽十方界無一人不自己
[jin juppo (jippo) kai jiko ni arazarumono hitorimo nashi]

In ten nooks and crannies of the whole world, there is no one who is not your own self."

That is to say, the incoming information to your system is the same whether it is visual, sensory, or conceptual. Without using your sensory organs, can you hear what others say? Lao Tzu says: "(The sage) takes people's heart as his own." The world as well as your own self is part of the hologram, which is the manifestation of Tao/Love/Buddha. Then, who are you? True You are Tao/Love/Buddha itself. What do you do in your life? Tao disguising as Yama Uba the hag tells you: "Don't worry. Just follow me?"


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Today's Tao / Love the world 13-13

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If you love the world as you love your body, you find the world inside you. (13-13)

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1. Gods attained One and got spiritual. (Ch.39 / Tao)

2. Therefore, the world under the sky is happy to support him and never hates him.
(Ch.66 / Middle luck)

3. Although he doesn't know the intercourse of a male and a female yet, his male organ erects itself.
(Ch.55 / Emptiness)


«From Yama Uba»

Valet

It is very kind of you.

It got so dark that we were panicking.


«Interpretation»

Are you afraid of darkness? Are you afraid of meeting someone in the dark? Are you afraid of some spiritual sensation in the dark? Are you afraid of touching someone in the dark? Are you afraid of exposing your vulnerability in the dark? Are you afraid of spiritual communication in the dark? Don't be afraid of darkness. In Shintoism, we say: "You see the truth in the dark. You see illusions in the light." Are you afraid of the truth?


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Today's Tao / Your body = World 13-12

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Therefore, if you act as if your body is the world, you can entrust yourself with the world. (13-12)

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1. It is relaxing and plans well. (Ch.73 / Emptiness)

2. Truly, Everything and Nothing give birth to each other. (Ch.2 / Good luck)

3. Our side dare not advance one inch, but retreat one foot. (Ch.69 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

This is the pass of Agero.

There aren’t any villages around here.

Night has almost fallen.

Come to my shack.

Sleep there if you like.

«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Good luck - Good luck.

Do you believe in destiny? Do you wonder why your destiny is not favorable to you? Do you go to a church or a temple to ask some deity to have your wish come true? Amida Buddha's role is the same as that of Heaven's net in Taoism. He is responsible for all what happens in this world. Do you wonder why Amida Buddha is not treating you fairly? Are you sure that he isn't? Aren't you as shortsighted as most investors in a stock exchange? Aren't you unhappy about the current situation simply because you are not capable of seeing further in the future? Aren't you refusing a kind offer by Tao as the diva and her valet are hesitating in front of the hag? Hologram and Tao "give birth" to each other. If you try not to advance in your holographic world, surely you will advance. Namu Amida Butsu.


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Today's Tao / No body, no trouble 13-11

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If I don't have my body, I don't have any trouble. (13-11)

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1. Earth attained One and got stable. (Ch.39 / Good luck)

2. Why do I know what's going on in the world under the sky? (Ch. 54 / Tao)

3. The life of everything; grasses or trees, is soft and fragile. (Ch.76 / Middle luck)

«From Yama Uba»

Hag

[Off]

Hello, hello?

You!

Two tourists over there!

[Enter Hag]

You are looking for a night’s lodging, aren’t you?

Let me help you.

«Interpretation»

Good luck - Tao - Middle luck.

Do you wonder how you can use telepathy? Do you wonder how you can send your message to all without letting them know it? Do you wonder how you can read someone else's mind? Do you wonder why a miracle doesn't take place in your life? Zen Master Dogen says: "If you are reading your own mind, you are reading other people's mind." What the others think is what you think. It is logical because your own self and the others belong to the same hologram. Zen Master Dogen also says: Zen Master Dogen "Sometimes it uses the letters of one hundred grasses; sometimes it uses the letters of ten thousand trees." Grasses, trees, mountains, rivers, and people, including your own self, exist as prayers in order to help you like Yama Uba the hag so that you will emit more Love/Tao. The teachings of the living prayers are all miracles. So is your entire life.


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Today's Tao / Trouble and body 13-10

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I have big trouble because I have my body. (13-10)

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1. Learn it in the family, and its attainment is abundant. (Ch. 54 / Little luck)

2. The best way is to stay empty. (Ch.5 / Good luck)

3. Then, you can see the beginning of the distant past. (Ch. 14 / Middle luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Valet

How strange!

It is not about time the sun set, but it’s getting dark!

What can we do, madam?!


«Interpretation»

Little luck - Good luck - Middle luck.

Do you wonder what you can do with the past of your family? Do you wonder why you have to suffer because of what your family did long time ago? Do you wonder what you can do with your own past? Do you wonder why you have to be responsible for what you did before? "The best way is to stay empty," says Lao Tzu. What does he mean by "empty"? It is to know that your holographic world is empty. Time is just a  tool or a parameter to organize the sequence of holograms. Past, present, and future take place simultaneously since there is no time in Tao. In Shintoism, they put it this way: "During the day the light projects illusions. At night, without the light we see the reality."


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Today's Tao / Trouble = Body? 13-9

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What does it mean by saying that big trouble is like your body? (13-9)

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1. They are mixed and one. (Ch.14 / Tao)

2. Many easy things must be the origin of many difficulties. (Ch.63 / Bad luck)

3. Who can have excess and give it to the world under the sky? Only those with Tao can.
(Ch.77 / Little luck)


«From Yama Uba»

We should leave our palanquins here and walk up to the mountain pass of Agero on barefoot.

Buddha will appreciate our effort.

You see, this is our journey of mortification.

«Interpretation»

Tao - Bad luck - Little luck.

Do you wonder why some people are so crazy about mortification and others respect those who sacrifice their body for an extremely painful one? Do you think that you have to work hard in order to get what you want; for example, being accepted as an elite or a chosen disciple, running away from the wheel of karma, going to Heaven, or just getting a promotion or finding a wealthy boyfriend? The answer is, as usual, simple: Mortification is useless. Do nothing. What is «Do nothing»? It is emitting Love/Tao/Buddha. Whether you know it or not, you are only doing this in your holographic life. Do you have to mortify your body or meditate for 30 years to get a promotion or find a boyfriend?


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Today's Tao / Like excitement 13-8

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This is called that favour and disgrace are like excitement. (13-8)

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1. He doesn't stick to anything, so he doesn't lose anything. (Ch.64 / Good luck)

2. They simply know nothing. That's why they don't know me. (Ch.70 / Emptiness)

3. Expressed "Tao" is plain and has no taste. (Ch.35 / Emptiness)


«From Yama Uba»

We are on our straight way to Buddha’s temple.

Once one visits it, he is saved.

When he dies, Buddha will come and take him to Heaven.

«Interpretation»

Good luck - Emptiness - Emptiness.

Do you wonder how you can be saved? It doesn't matter who saves you. Do you have to do something special or must you not do something particular if you want to be saved? In Japanese Buddhism, you don't have to worry much because all of you will be saved by Buddha and become Buddha after «death». Why all? Because your own individual self exists in a hologram. After «death» you no longer stick to the hologram and you remember that true You are Tao/Buddha. Since you are Buddha, you are in Heaven no matter what you are experiencing in the hologram, which true You do not belong to. The other people in the hologram can recognize your individual being in there but don't know that true You are Tao/Buddha. Whatever happens in the hologram, it works as a catalyst to stimulate true You. That's all. The truth is sometimes too easy for some to believe.


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Today's Tao / Lose 13-7

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When you lose it, it excites you. (13-7)

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1. Being weak is Tao's means. (Ch. 41 / Bad luck)

2. If gods were not spiritual, they might rest. (Ch.39 / Emptiness)

3. It's just a result. Don't boast. (Ch.30 / Little luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Diva
They always say Heaven is ten thousand billion leagues away.


«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Emptiness - Little luck.

Do you wonder why you have low self-esteem? Do you wonder why Heaven is far away from where you are right now? Do you wonder why you are not capable of being spiritual enough to be accepted in the chosen "elite" group while trying as hard as a rat running in the wheel. Do you wonder how you can shut the big mouth of a person who boasts of his generosity, virtue, or something socially correct? Let's answer these questions once and for all. Heaven is where you live right now no matter how contrary it seems. Your life is the manifestation of Tao/Love. To accept it as it is, the concept of Kami-gami (gods and gods) in Shintoism is useful. You are a god. So is a boasting person full of hypocrisy. If you have low self-esteem, you are lucky. You are a weak Kami. With this idea, you can accept all more easily. You are accepting Love/Tao through the holographic world filled with gods. This is what we call Dark Depth Female (Gen pi 玄牝) in Taoism.


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Today's Tao / Get 13-6

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When you get it, it excites you. (13-6)

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1. It is omnipresent and has no name. (Ch. 14 / Little luck)

2. Having lost mercy, there is righteousness. (Ch.38 / Bad luck)

3. Soften the light. (Ch.56 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Valet
Here we are, madam.
We are on the border.
Please take some rest.
In the mean time, I will ask the villagers how we can get to the Temple.


«Interpretation»

Little luck - Bad luck - Good luck.

Do you wonder why some people tell you to do something for the world? Do you wonder why they don't ask you to «do nothing» as Lao Tzu says, in order to save the planet? Do you wonder why mercy and righteousness are really important while Lao Tzu says that they were created after people had lost Tao? Do you want to be recognized by the world as a famous do-gooder? Soften your light! Don't shine! It is useless to be considered as someone brilliant.


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Today's Tao / Disgrace 13-5

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You regard disgrace as something bad. (13-5)

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1. It is not dark even if it is under it. (Ch. 14 / Bad luck)

2. Empty, as if he were a valley. (Ch.15 / Bad luck)

3. And value eating the mother. (Ch.20 / Middle luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Now, Kyoto is far away.

They have finally reached the river on the border.

«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Bad luck - Middle luck.

Do you wonder what good it is to practice Taoism or Zen Buddhism? Do you wonder what benefit you can get from it? Do you wonder how you can apply the teachings in life. Well, please picture a river, a river on the border. Some Buddhists believe that the river separates the world of the dead from that of the living. Others believe that it is the border between the world of the enlightened and that of the ignorant. Zen Buddhists think that it doesn't matter because there are neither life nor death. The Japanese believe that everyone and everything becomes Buddha as he crosses the river after his life. While living, you are constantly practicing Tao whether you are aware of it or not. Your biggest benefit is to know that you are Tao. Do you need to further apply this to your life?


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Today's Tao / Favour 13-4

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You regard favour as something good. (13-4)

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1. That's why the sage puts his body last, but it comes first. (Ch.7 / Bad luck)

2. Though things grow thick, respectively they go back to their root. (Ch.16 / Tao)

3. If you hammer and sharpen it, you cannot keep it long. (Ch.9 / Good luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Musicians

[Singing]

It is a long, long journey.

How many mountains have they climbed?

How many bridges have they passed?

«Interpretation»
 
Bad luck - Tao - Good luck.

"I have a dream," said a man. Do you wonder if he has accomplished his dream? You have a dream, too. Do you wonder how you can accomplish your dream? "Life is a journey." People want to say this. Do you wonder if they know what it really means? There are many mountains and bridges in one's life. Do you wonder if they know the mountains and bridges are part of the hologram? So are the persons who pronounce these words. To accomplish your dream, what do you have to do? Lao Tzu answers: "Put your body last". Let others go first. Why? To remember that your own self does not exist really. It is a part of an illusion called a hologram. To realize your dream, forget your dream first.


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Today's Tao / Favour and disgrace 13-3

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What does it mean by saying that favour and disgrace are like excitement? (13-3)

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1. A bragging man is not successful. (Ch.24 / Little luck)

2. If a thing is strong, it gets old. (Ch.30 / Emptiness)

3. His bones are weak, his sinews are soft, and his hold is tight. (Ch.55 / Tao)


«From Yama Uba»

Me?

I am her valet.

I am travelling with her.

«Interpretation»

Little luck - Emprintess - Tao.

Do you enjoy hearing someone bragging about his success? Do you wonder why he brags about his success? Do you wonder why you have to put up with someone bragging about his strength? His bones are strong. His sinews are hard. Do you envy them? Why? It is probably because you don't know how Tao and Hologram function exactly. A bragging man is part of your holographic world, which true You are projecting. So is a strong person. In fact, so is your own self projected in the scenery like the clouds in the sky. If you know this, you have nothing to feel jealous of. Just be like a baby. What does a baby do in front of a successful person? He just smiles.


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Today's Tao / Big trouble 13-2

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Big trouble is like your body. (13-2)

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1. "I do no work and the people get rich by themselves." (Ch.57 / Emptiness)

2. One who knows is not knowledgeable. A knowledgeable one doesn't know. (Ch.81 / Tao)

3. Defending the soft is called strength. (Ch.52 / Tao)

«From Yama Uba»

She sings, and dances to the song.

So beautiful and so popular.

All Kyoto is crazy about her.

She is going to visit the Temple, the Temple of Righteous Light.

«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Tao - Tao.

Do you wonder why it is that the more you work, the poorer you are? Do you wonder why it is that the more intellectual you are, the less intelligent you are? Do you wonder why it is that the less you learn, the more you know? Do you wonder why it is that the softer you are, the stronger you are? Do you wonder why it is that the more beautiful and popular she is, the further away she is from salvation? The answer is: the more firmly you believe in material existence, the more attached you are to your hologram. If you are stuck there, you have forgotten that there is always the hag, or Tao, behind everything you see. How can you remember it? Quite a few ways. One is to be like water, for example. Do you think water gets rich while working harder?


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Today's Tao / Excitement 13-1

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Favour and disgrace are like excitement. (13-1)

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1. I hear that a person who takes care of his life excellently never meets with a one-horned water buffalo or a tiger while he travels in land. Nor does he wear armors and arms after he enters an army. (Ch.50 / Emptiness)

2. Big's note has almost no voice. (Ch.40 / Little luck)

3. Valley God exists any time any where. (Ch.6 / Tao)


«From Yama Uba»

But do you know why she is called Diva the hag?

Of course, you know.

Because she is well known for her song about a hag who prowls in the mountains.

«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Little luck - Tao.

Are you afraid of meeting someone you don't know or visiting somewhere you have never been to? Are you afraid of the dangers you may experience in your future? Are you afraid of war? Are you afraid of being drafted or being shot? Tao's note have no sound. It is the same as Zen Buddhists' «the song of the dragon». They are Yama Uba the hag who prowls in the mountains, in order to sustain your holographic world. You cannot hear her directly. You have to hear her through this world. That's why this world is the prayer. You cannot neither hear nor see Valley God, or the god of emptiness. It is another name of Tao. It exists any time any where, even behind the last thing you want.


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Today's Tao / Not that one, but this one 12-7

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Therefore, he leaves that and takes this. (12-7)

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1. Even if you try to hear it, you can't do it. (Ch. 14 / Emptiness)

2. If you can beat any, you won't see the end of this cycle. (Ch.59 / Bad luck)

3. I alone am stubborn and incompetent. (Ch.20 / Bad luck)


«From Yama Uba»

Valet

[To the audience]

I am from Kyoto.

Do you know who my lady is?

You must know her because she is a very famous singer, Diva the hag.

Ah,h,h.

Now you know.

«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Bad luck - Bad luck.

Do you wonder what stupid thing you are doing in life? Do you wonder whether it is hopelessly useless? Do you wonder what decision you have to make professionally or personally? Do you wonder what the purpose of life is? Zen Master Ikkyu's answers to the questions are quite simple. In Yama Uba, life is represented by the singer, Diva. Tao which projects your life is represented by the hag. If you try to listen to the hag's song, or Tao's song, you cannot hear it. Since the sounds belong to the holographic sphere, you need an interpreter. Sometimes, he is a singer. Sometimes, he is a mountain. Of course, he can be you; not the true You, but your own self projected as the holographic world. Behind every decision you make, there is the hag symbolizing Tao. If you know this mechanism of Tao and Hologram, you can beat anyone because your own self is the world. You are as stubborn and incompetent as the mountains and the rivers. Chaung Tzu
says: "Don't move until you are forced to." Think about this profoundly. Who is moving? Are you really moving? Do you have to move?


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Today's Tao / Belly 12-6

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That's why the sage does the belly but doesn't do the eye. (12-6)

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1. You will return to a baby. (Ch.28 / Tao)

2. A criterion returns to be odd. (Ch.58 / Little luck)

3. I alone don't move. There is no sign yet. (Ch.20 / Tao)


«From Yama Uba»

Act -I

[Enter Monk. He squats in the corner. Enter Diva and her Valet]

Diva

[Singing]

The shadow is the light. The two resemble each other. Buddha’s might takes us to the temple.

«Interpretation»

Tao - Little luck - Tao.

«Buddha’s might takes us to the temple.»
means
«Tao/Love/Buddha/True You projects your holographic world.»
Do you wonder what are Yin and Yang? Somebody might have told you that Yin means shadow and Yang, light. Zen Master Ikkyu says in his play Yama Uba: "The shadow is the light. The two resemble each other." They are just two points of reference. Some fantasies have been added to Yin and Yang for long. In Taoism, we have to discuss the concepts of the return and the cycle. To do it, we need a point to return from and another to return to. That's all. No wonderful fantasies of the light and the shadow. When you behave like a baby, you can go back to Tao, which means that you can remember true You are Tao. When you impose on yourself the criteria invented by others, you have to suffer. But don't worry because your suffering is just sending you some signs:
"Don't move. Do nothing. Just emit more Love/Tao."


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Today's Tao / Coins 12-5

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The coins hard to get make man's behaviour bothered. (12-5)

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1. Protect its darkness. (Ch.28 / Bad luck)

2. It's going away, so it's said to be far away. (Ch.25 / Tao)

3. But it seems that it had created the one who created everything. (Ch.4 / Middle luck)


«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Tao - Middle luck. Do you wonder how you can meet the partner of destiny? Do you wonder why you have to break up with your partner of destiny? Do you wonder why your destiny doesn't treat you right? Or, do you wonder why Tao doesn't treat you right? Have you started suspecting that you are not one with Tao? If it is so, please check this list.

1. You can avoid acting directly?

2. You do know what «Do nothing» is.

3. You can accept all as part of your hologram.

4. You know that true You are Tao.

5. You can be like a baby or water.

6. You can avoid judging any.

If one of your answers is negative, you are not one with Tao. But, wait a minute. What is Tao? True You are Tao. How can you not be one with Tao? The answer is quite simple: You have just forgotten that true You are Tao. All you have to do is to remember it. You have the one and only destiny: Tao is true You. The rest is your hologram that Tao or true You project.


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Today's Tao / Riding and hunting 12-4

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Riding and hunting make man's mind go crazy. (12-4)

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1. It is called the minute being. / Se llama el ser diminuto. (Ch. 14 / Middle luck)

2. Where a division encamps, brambles will grow. / Donde una división acampa, zarzas crecerán.
(Ch.30 / Good luck)

3. It is easy to treat a thing before it has appeared. / Es fácil tratar algo antes de que haya aparecido.
(Ch.64 / Tao)


«Interpretation»

Middle luck - Good luck - Tao.


心こそ心まよはす心なれ
心に心、心ゆるすな

[kokoro koso kokoro mayowasu kokoronare
kokoro ni kokoro, kokoro yurusuna]

Mind! It's the mind that confuses the mind.
Mind! Don't let the mind take over the mind.

(Zen Master Takuan 沢庵禅師, «Fudo chishin myoroku 不動智神妙録»)


Do you wonder if you can suppress your mind? Please look at these Japanese characters carefully. You can recognize a character is repeated six times. The character is 心, which is pronounced [kokoro] and translated as «mind» here. The translation in this context is totally correct because it is pronounced [kokoro], but sometimes the linguistic combination of 心-Mind is questionable and misleading. You may have already encountered a spiritual motto like "Suppress your mind." You might have wondered what it means. Haven't you ever asked yourself if one can really suppress his mind? The answer is that the word "mind" should be replaced by "mechanism". Tao is the circulation of "minute" energy without volume. The circulation is stimulated by the hologram, which is projected by Tao. This is the Tao/Hologram mechanism. When you try to suppress your mind, which is part of the hologram, you cause a "short circuit" because you are projecting and destroying it at the same time. Then, please remember the translation of 心[shin]-Mechanism.

The Zen Master Dogen says:
"The life of right now exists in this mechanism; this mechanism exists in the life of right now."
いまの生はこの機関にあり、この機関はいまの生にあり
(Zenki 全機, «Shobogenzo»)


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Today's Tao / Five tastes 12-3

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Five Tastes make man's mouth injured. (12-3)

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1.If gods were not spiritual, they might rest. / Si los dioses no fueran espirituales, podrían tomar un descanso. (Ch.39 / Emptiness)

2.In the old days, a man who knew well about Tao comprehended Dark Depth minutely and subtly. / En los viejos tiempos, un hombre que sabía muy bien sobre el Tao comprendía Profundidad Oscura minuciosamente y sutilmente. (Ch.15 / Tao)

3.Therefore, those who act according to Tao are one with Tao. / Por tanto, los que actúan de acuerdo con el Tao están uno con el Tao. (Ch.23 / Emptiness)


«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Tao - Emptiness. Do you throw away a ball-point pen before you finish the entire ink completely? Do you eat your French fries without leaving tiny hard pieces stuck at the bottom of the paper box? Do you leave half of your meal on the dish because you are taking too much calorie. Do you chew a piece of meat in your mouth only three or four times before you swallow it? Please don't forget that there is Tao inside a ball-point pen, food, and everything. They are Tao's manifestation. Let's appreciate them with respect. Knowing Dark Depth is knowing that any part of this holographic world is the manifestation of Tao/Love. When you forget this, it is a good sign that you have also forgotten true You are Tao.


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Today's Tao / Five notes 12-2

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Five Notes make man's ears deaf. (12-2)

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1. Bees, scorpions, and vipers don't sting him. (Ch.55 / Little luck)

2. Name or body, which is more familiar? (Ch.44 / Emptiness)

3. Tao accomplishes its tasks and has no name. (Ch.34 / Middle luck)


«Interpretation»

Little luck - Emptiness - Middle luck. Do you wonder why certain men and women undergo cosmetic surgery? Do you wonder why you should not try it and transform your face and body to be better and closer to perfection? Do you wonder why some people are reckless enough to "upgrade" their nose or breasts while knowing that there is a serious risk of disfiguration later on? Do you wonder why some want to be pretty or famous no matter how much it costs them financially and physically? Bees, scorpions, and vipers never sting a baby because he is as he naturally is. A baby does not seek for neither name nor body. Your biggest task is living. By living, you emit Love/Tao whether you are aware of it or not. Your fame is just an idea without substance. Your body is just a part of a hologram. If you are living, your task has already been completed.


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Today's Tao / Five colors 12-1

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Five Colours make man's eyes blind. (12-1)

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1. The life of everything; grasses or trees, is soft and fragile. / La vida de todo, las hierbas o los árboles, es suave y frágil. (Ch.76 / Middle luck)

2. There is something sure inside it. / Hay algo seguro en su interior. (Ch.21 / Bad luck)

3. Learn it in the country, and its attainment is rich. / Apréndalo en el país, y su logro es rico.
(Ch.54 / Good luck)


«Interpretation»

Middle luck - Bad luck - Good luck. Do you wonder why you have to be strong? Do you feel sick and tired of being told to be strong? Do you wonder what is wrong with being weak? We all know that the life of anything is soft and fragile. But remember that there is something sure inside it. What is it? Of course it is Tao. Let's look at the life of everything as teachings and prayers. The prayers are not only written with letters but also with anything, including the nature, the man-made objects, the society, and people. If you understand this, you can avoid your spiritual trap. You don't need any institution to belong to. Zen Master Dogen put it this way: "Sometimes it uses the letters of one hundred grasses; sometimes it uses the letters of ten thousand trees." You can even learn it from your country. Then, your attainment is rich. One of the richest attainment is accepting Strong = Weak. It can be your key (Kanreisu) to accept other teachings more easily.


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Today's Tao / Nothing is working 11-7

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Thus, something can be useful because nothingness is working. (11-7)

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1. There is a saying when you use arms. (Ch.69 / Little luck)

2. It's called the beginning of everything, the form without a form. (Ch. 14 / Tao)

3. Not to know "knowing" is difficult. (Ch.71 / Little luck)


«Interpretation»

Little luck - Tao - Little luck. Do you wonder why you have to be active? Do you wonder why Lao Tzu says that you have to be passive particularly when you fight. Do you wonder why people always ask you to be positive? Do you wonder what being positive is? Do you wonder what is wrong with being negative? Do you wonder that Lao Tzu might prefer being negative than positive? Do you rather feel tired of being forced to be positive by others? Yin and Yang are just two points of reference, nothing more. Some people have added some fantastic interpretation for the points. So, positiveness and negativeness are in fact the same. They are just tools to explain how the Tao/Hologram mechanism works. Tao doesn't have a form. The form you see belong to the hologram. So do your knowledge, memory, and sentiments. Everything seems difficult if you refuse to accept that knowing is not your individual and personal act. But if you do, everything is easy. If you don't know something, it is because you don't have to know it. If you think that you are the one who acts something actively, everything will be difficult. Be passive. This is how you activate your Dark Depth Female.


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Today's Tao / Room 11-6

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Thanks to this emptiness, the room is useful. (11-6)

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1. Even if you use Tao, you can't exhaust it. (Ch.35 / Middle luck)

2. He brings back people's excess to the state it was before. (Ch.64 / Good luck)

3. I see them go back again. (Ch.16 / Good luck)


«Interpretation»

Middle luck - Good luck - Good luck. Do you wonder why you eat too much? Do you wonder why you keep eating too much even though you have excess weight? Do you wonder why you are gaining excess weight while trying to lose it. You just want to blame your personal Tao that does not listen to what you are asking for and does not grant you the state you desperately need to be in. Having learned that Lao Tzu said that the sage brought back people's excess to the state it had been before, you simply want to pay any amount of money to that wise Taoist weight watcher in exchange with his publicized promise of bringing back any former state of anything. Is there any Taoist weight loss magician? Who knows. Some methods may work. Others may not. In any case, the consequence is always the same. You see your weight go back up again. Then, you feel cheated, and ashamed of yourself, repeating the same mistake again and again. If so, stop thinking like that. But how, Mr Taoist? This is the problem. You know the answer if you are a good reader of «Tao by Matsumoto»: by loving your body as the manifestation of Tao/Love. You accept it as it is and love it as it is. You don't need to change as you don't have to standardize the clouds in the sky. Your body is a beautiful cloud in the sky, which is filled with Love/Tao. Going back means remembering this.


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Today's Tao / Doors and windows 11-5

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You cut out doors and windows, and you make a room. (11-5)

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1. Water benefits all the material beings very well, and doesn't contend. / El agua beneficia a todos los seres materiales muy bien, y no lucha. (Ch.8 / Tao)

2. Tao gives birth to this. / El Tao da a luz a esto. (Ch.51 / Good luck)

3. There is no one in the world under the sky who can comprehend it. No one can practice it. / No hay nadie en el mundo bajo el cielo quien lo puede comprender. Nadie lo puede poner en práctica.
(Ch.70 / Good luck)


«Interpretation»

Tao - Good luck - Good luck. Do you wonder how you can put Tao or Zen into practice in your life? I hope you don't, but some seekers of Taoist or Buddhist enlightenment may wonder how they can profit materially or metaphysically from the oriental philosophies and the exotic practices. Other followers are rather modest and simply wonder why they cannot understand what they are learning and reading so desperately. Please listen attentively and sensitively to what Lao Tzu says in Chapter 70 Actor: "There is no one in the world under the sky who can comprehend it. No one can practice it." Oh my goodness, we are hopeless. No, not at all! You are not at all hopeless. You are perfect, rather. Tao is like water. Tao benefits all. You are benefitting from Tao all the time without being aware of the fact. Tao is the light that gives birth to your holographic life. Besides, do not forget what Tao is. It is true You. In conclusion, what Lao Tzu is telling us is not about capability, but absence of obligation. In other words, you don't have to comprehend how Tao works. Nor have you got to practice it intentionally. Your life itself is the "practice" of Taoism or Zen Buddhism. What else do you have to do besides living?


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Today's Tao / Cup 11-4

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Thanks to this emptiness, the cup is useful. (11-4)

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1. This is called matching the limit of space and time. / Esto se llama ponerse en el límite de espacio y tiempo. (Ch.68 / Bad luck)

2. Big's note has almost no voice. / La nota del Grande casi no tiene voz. (Ch.40 / Little luck)

3. This is called being against Tao. / Esto se llama estar en contra del Tao. (Ch.30 / Bad luck)


«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Little luck - Bad luck. Do you believe in miracles? Or rather, what do you think the true miracles are? In the Jinzu 神通 chapter of his «Shobogenzo 正法眼蔵», Zen Master Dogen implies the projection of a hologram with time and space is the true miracle. What does this mean? Plainly speaking, he is saying that everyday life is a miracle. Science is getting closer to what he says. Now we know that we cannot recognize anything until we reorganize it in our brain. Science is a metaphor to teach us how Tao and a hologram function. Zen Master Dogen says: "The song of the dragon is not something like do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. Nevertheless, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do were born from the song of the dragon." This is another way to explain how a miracle works. The song of the dragon is Tao. It is not do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do, which notes are part of a hologram. Therefore, the notes are born from Tao. If you think about this, all the miracles are possible. If you understand this, now you are ready to live your everyday miracles. Reading this article is a miracle, too. If you doubt these miracles, you are against Tao.


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Today's Tao / Clay 11-3

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You knead clay, and you make a cup. (11-3)

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1. If you love the world as you love your body, you find the world inside you. / Si ama el mundo como a su cuerpo, encontrará el mundo dentro de sí mismo. (Ch.13 / Middle luck)

2. Learn it in the body, and its attainment is true. / Apréndalo en el cuerpo, y su logro es cierto.
(Ch. 54 / Bad luck)

3. If you carve wood on behalf of Big's carpenter, you surely hurt your hand. / Si uno talla la madera en nombre del carpintero del Grande, seguramente lastima su mano. (Ch.74 / Bad luck)


«Interpretation»

Middle luck - Bad luck - Bad luck. Do you wonder why you are so beautiful? Do you wonder why you are so ugly, rather? Do you wonder why you are too skinny? Do you wonder why you are too fat, rather? Do you love your body enough? Do you love your life enough? Do you love your world enough? Do you wonder why Tao doesn't love you enough, or treat you fairly? Do you wonder what is going to happen if Tao stops circulating Love? All these questions boil down to one crucial question: "Do you think that Tao exists outside you?". No, you should not. You are Tao itself. Then, you might wonder what will happen if Tao/Love stops circulating Tao/Love and doesn't exist any longer. Do not worry. It never happens because there is neither space nor time in Tao. Since you exist now, Tao exists forever. Nothing exists outside Tao. Neither does inside it, strictly speaking, because there is no volume. Time and space are man-made concepts, which only exist in your interpretation of the holographic world. Your body exists to teach this to you. Your body is a part of your holographic world. You learn how to love the entire world with your body. You learn how to use your physical body to express your love to the rest of the world. So, please stop judging your body because you are judging your holographic life. If there is no self, how can you distinguish yourself from the others? If you try to carve and transform Tao's holographic body and manifested world, you surely hurt your hand. You will be like some casualties of the disfiguration caused by cosmetic surgery.


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