Today's Tao
Although he does everything for others, he has more. (Ch.81)
First, who are "the others"?
The others are you.
All the other beings are an extended part of your own self.
The self under your control, Jiko 自己, and the self beyond your control, Tako 他己. (☞See Moonlight and Dewdrops / Dogs and Roosters 80-12)
They are the same hologram.
Therefore, Jiriki 自力/ Self-power, and Tariki 他力/ Other-power are the same. (☞See «Related Articles» below)
These concepts are useful tools to reduce resistance.
Second, what is the act of doing everything for others?
It is that of doing nothing.
Doing nothing is sending Love (=Tao) by accepting all.
This is the true Za-zen 坐禅. This is the true sitting.
You receive Tao's energy through a hologram (=the world, =your life) without resistance by accepting all.
Then, you emit the energy while projecting a hologram.
Everything exists to maintain this cycle.
You live for this cycle. (☞See Eternal cycle 58-5)
Therefore, the most religious act of all is living.
Living is a catalyst, so there is neither better living nor worse living as long as you are emitting Love.
What is happening in your hologram doesn't have the slightest importance.
You are doing nothing no matter what you are doing.
In other words, you are sending love no matter what you are doing.
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» was written in the seventeenth century. Please compare this classic with Tatsuo Kimura's «Transparent Power
», which was written by a Japanese Mathematician working at Tsukuba University in 2008. Aikido and the quest of "the power / Ki" will never cease to impress us. Aikido 合気道 literally means "Tao of synchronized energy".
» first. The work is considered a masterpiece in Japan, and many students read it at school. Into a cave under the stream, a frog was swept. The salamander blocked the entrance of the cave with his body. The salamander had been captured there because his body was too big to get away. Now he had a "friend". If you have some time, before you go straight to «
», please read his «
». It is about a young fisherman cast away by a typhoon and rescued by an American boat when it was illegal to leave Japan. Their docile acceptance of what it is and what it is happening will certainly give you another flavor when you read «Black Rain». Although 
is excellent, the end of the story is not precisely the same. It is worth reading the novel. Which after-taste do you prefer?
and introduced by Robert Wilkinson. / "Therefore the sages: -Manage the work of detached actions - Conduct the teaching of no words" On the right, «Tao Te Ching (Skylight Illuminations)» translated by 
and introduced by Lama Surya Das.
. / "Thus, the sage manages affairs by 'nonaction' and teaches by 'saying nothing.'" On the right, «A Taoist Classic: The Book of Lao Zi» translated by 
.
/ Ten nin go sui 天人五衰», the woman who has been the heroine in the first book «
/ Haru no Yuki 春の雪» answers to the question of reincarnation. It is worth reading how she explains it if you are interested in this intriguing concept.
». Now the company owns two baseball clubs in Chiba, Japan and Busan, South Korea, and sells «Koala no march / The march of Koalas», or 
, which is believed to be one of the sweets most sought-after by tourists. Is this the result of a never-ending fight and competition? No, it is the happy ending of a love for baseball and sweets. Our beloved Lotte is always "the sweetheart of your mouth" (or our champions at heart).
» available for Kindle. Here we have one in Einstein Books and another in Public Domain Books. It is important to compare the translations. Besides, one has to be aware that most of them are interpretations rather than word by word translations.
". There is a band called "
". A few decades ago, it seemed that Japan had abandoned being "Japan" and was transforming all its territory into "Tokyo". All the provincial areas wanted to be as sophisticated as Tokyo, and the country was on the verge of a successful transition from "lost Japan" to "Greater Tokyo". Old soldiers did not disappear easily, and now it seems that the pendulum has changed its direction completely. The fastest aging industrialized nation is creating a bigger and bigger mass of post-comsumers. The younger Japanese haven't got cash to spend for sure, but they are still happy because spending money is no longer "sexy" there.
» can be translated as the Great Learning for women. It is a samurai version of «
» for girls and young women. The book was published in 1716 and based on Kaibara, Ekken's teachings. Yukichi Fukuzawa, the gentleman on Japan's 10,000 yen bill, wrote a modern and democratic version of it, called «The New Great Learning for Women / Shin Onnna Daigaku». ☞«
», which is a collection of translated works of Kaibara, Ekken by Ken Hoshino, includes «The Philosophy of Pleasure / Rakukun». 
. The name of the world-famous monster is 
. He lives in the virtual world of the video game 
, in case you don't know it. Monsters and robots are not enemies in Japan. They are friends that console the hearts and souls of tired Japanese workers, students, and children, who more desperately than ever want to leave this reality for a virtual one. Nevertheless, it is not appropriate to blame technology for their daydreaming because the wish of escape is something rather "traditional" there. Please look at the samurai-like man on the left. He is in fact a fisherman called «
». He is riding a turtle, which is taking him to a "Paradise under the Sea". To modern-day Hawaii, Tahiti, or New Caledonia? It doesn't matter. The turtle is surely taking a tired Japanese worker to the paradise to which his ancestors once belonged.
's works tell us about the facts the Japanese hesitate to admit. Shigeru Mizuki's manga «
» will show you the adorable superstitions lying at the bottom of the Japanese collective psyche.
», Robert M. Pirsig tells us about the father/son relationship and the man/nature tie. On the other hand, in «
», the story tells us about life, which is sometimes synonymous to Zen.
» in 1900. Bushido signifies "The way of Samurai / Tao of Samurai". Yamamoto, Tsunetomo was a real Samurai and "wrote" «
» about 1716. Hagakure signifies "Hidden by the leaves".