Today's Tao / Body, Spirit, Tao. 10-2

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And can you make the body soul and the spirit soul keep Tao with them? (10-2)

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1. Something called Tao is hidden at the bottom of everything. / Algo llamado el Tao está escondido en el fondo de todo. (Ch.62 / Good luck)

2. If people are not afraid of fear, Big's fear arrives. / Si la gente no tiene miedo del miedo, llega el miedo del Grande. (Ch.72 / Tao)

3. Without getting out of the door, you know the world under the sky. / Sin salir de la puerta, se sabe el mundo bajo el cielo. (Ch.47 / Emptiness)

«Interpretation»

Good luck - Tao - Emptiness. Do you wonder why you always feel something is missing? Do you wonder why the world seems so imperfect although Taoists and Zen Buddhists say that it is the manifestation of Tao/Love? Do you wonder why the others are so perfect while you are so imperfect? Lao Tzu says: "Tao (=Love) is hidden at the bottom of everything." If you accept what he says, you can see all the phenomena in the world differently without judging them into good or bad. It is Satori. In fact, whether you accept it or not, you are in the state of Satori all the time. "If I am perfect, why do I feel something is always missing?," you may want to ask me. Then, I reply: "Congratulations!". Please remember this: "When the manifestation fills up the body/mind mechanism, it feels that something is missing somehow." (Zen Master Dogen, Genjokoan 現成公案, «Shobogenzo») In other words, feeling "something is missing" is a good sign that you are perfect. It is called «Big's fear». You are connected to the rest of the world constantly because you are the world. Do you feel uncomfortable about this idea? In that case, remember three Kami, which we discussed in another article two days ago. Ujigami (Kami of your ancestors) will give you the stability in your chronological relation to the holographic world. Small Kami in your surroundings, the stability in your spacial relation to the world. Kami-san (the wife), the stability in your personal relation to the world. (If you are a woman, you are the center, so love yourself completely. If you are a man, love the matriarchal center. In both cases, you are loving your holographic world alike.) Of course, there are plenty of other targets to send Love to. They are easier and more visible examples. If the «Big's fear» is too uncomfortable to bear, use Kami targets, and it will remind you of «Tao = Love = true You».


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Today's Tao / Body soul & Spirit soul 10-1

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Can you make the body soul and the spirit soul embrace Tao? (10-1)

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1. After man's intelligence and discrimination have appeared, we have great hypocrisy. / Después que la inteligencia y el discernimiento del hombre han aparecido, tenemos una gran hipocresía.
(Ch.18 / Little luck)

2. Do it before it has come to exist. / Hágalo antes de que haya llegado a existir. (Ch.64 / Little luck)

3. Even if you try to hear Tao, you can't hear it. / Incluso si se intenta oír el Tao, no lo puede oír.
(Ch.35 / Little luck)


«Interpretation»

Little luck - Little luck - Little luck. Do you wonder why the others are very selfish while you are as altruistic as you can in the world of the harsh economic competition and the constant survival with realpolitik? Do you wonder how hypocritical some presidents and vice-presidents in non-governmental organizations are when they do not show the slightest hesitation to transfer to their Swiss bank accounts the money donated to save Amazonian rain forests, poor African children, or miserable urban souls lost in dwindling consumption and increasing waste. So-called intelligence and discernment are the mother of hypocrisy. Therefore, let's think about how economy functioned before it came to exist as a study subject. Economy has been and will be part of your precious hologram, in other words, the manifestation of Love/Tao. Economy is Love?! Yes, it is. It has been called  Matsuri, which is a Japanese term for the festivities, in general, organized and patronized by a Shintoist temple. After the harvest, the farmers and fishermen donate their foods to the temple, priests and villagers host a ritual, and the foods are eaten and distributed to all. In the process of Matsuri, there is no intervention by a currency or a middleman. Nothing special, right? You can find a Matsuri around you with another term in your language. In Japanese, «Ma» means space; «tsuri» signifies suspension. Matsuri means «the one suspended in the space». This is the hologram.


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Today's Tao / Heaven's Tao 9-6

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That's Tao of heaven. (9-6)

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1. Do emptiness perfectly. / ¡Haga Ud. el vacío a la perfección! (Ch.16 / Bad luck)

2. Being tired and without energy, as if I had no place to go back to. / Estando cansado y sin energía, como si no tuviera ningún lugar para volver. (Ch.20 / Bad luck)

3. All go back to Tao, but it doesn't try to be their master, so we can call it Big. / Todo vuelve al Tao, pero el Tao no se hace su jefe. Por eso, lo podemos nombrar "grande". (Ch.34 / Emptiness)

«Interpretation»

Bad luck - Bad luck - Emptiness. Do you wonder why you are tired and without energy when you are alone, being sick of wearing a social mask to keep your status, relationship, or company? Do you wonder why you don't have any real friends or true family, sort of a shelter you can really count on or you can go back to anytime, particularly when you have difficulty in your life. Are you upset when Lao Tzu says things like "Do emptiness perfectly", feeling that you are more than empty? Without a Taoist's help, you are a champion of everyday emptiness. Do you wonder why Taoism and Zen Buddhism are too abstract to apply to life? Then, I would like to ask you whether you have heard the Japanese word Kami, which means «deity» in Japanese. There are many Kami (plural) in Shintoism of Japan. Your town or village has got many Kami. Your house or apartment hosts many little Kami. They adore a corner in your room. Your ancestors are Kami, too. Kami-san, which literally means Mr/Mrs deity, signifies «My wife»  in colloquial Japanese. There is neither space nor time in Tao. If you desperately need spacial and chronological bearings in your holographic world, why don't you use these Kami as tools that give you directions? Little Kami on the corner (for example, Zashiki-warashi) can be your spacial bearings. Your ancestors are Ujigami (Clan Kami), and take care of your chronological ones. The matriarchal center is Kami-san, the wife. Without fatigue or a mask, as reliable shelters, many little Kami will welcome you. They are your targets to send Love/Tao in your hologram.


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Today's Tao / Retire 9-5

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When your task is completed, you retire. (9-5)

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1. No crime is bigger than greed. (Ch.46 / Little luck)

2. What you can name is the mother of all the material beings. (Ch.1 / Middle luck)

3. Everyone in the world knows what is beautiful, but it is just ugly. Everyone knows what is good, but it is just no good. (Ch.2 / Middle luck)

«Interpretation»

Little luck - Middle luck - Middle luck. Do you wonder why you cannot earn more money although you pray everyday to the most fashionable oriental god among the coolest artists and the highest paid professionals? Do you wonder why you cannot suppress your unquenchable greed forcing you to conquer the world financial market while sacrificing innocent citizens who haven't got the slightest concept of a tax haven. Is greed a crime? "No crime is bigger than greed," says Lao Tzu. Then, you might wonder if crime is evil. Zen Master Dogen answers: "No one can ever do anything evil." You might want to sigh, thinking: "Once again, here comes an oriental contradiction." No, I am afraid not. It is not contradictory. "What you can name" is the visible world, which Master Dogen call "mountains, rivers, and lands" ([sen ga daichi] 山河大地), that is to say, a hologram. It is neither good nor bad. It is just a catalyst. Whether it is greed or crime, it is part of the hologram. Don't judge it. Just thank it. Thanking the hologram including your own thoughts and feelings (for example, "Thank you, my doubts."), do whatever you do naturally as if you were water.


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Today's Tao / Don't be haughty 9-4

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If you are haughty when you are rich and noble, you are asking for calamity. (9-4)

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1. Thanks to this emptiness, the room is useful. / Gracias a este vacío, la habitación es útil.
(Ch.11 / Emptiness)

2. I have big trouble because I have my body. / Tengo un gran problema porque tengo mi cuerpo.
(Ch.13 / Emptiness)

3. Though we can't understand him, let us force ourselves to picture what he is like. / Aunque no podemos entenderlo, debemos esforzarnos en describir lo que es. (Ch.15 / Bad luck)


«Interpretation»

Emptiness - Emptiness - Bad luck. Do you wonder who you are psychologically? Do you wonder what you are socio-economically? Do you wonder if the oriental Nothingness really exists? Isn't it contradictory? You might suspect that behind the enigmatic oriental smile they are hiding something and inventing a religious machine to steal occidental money. Well, I personally understand your spiritual irritation and financial frustration. Today's Koan Horoscope will answer your questions once and for all. Nothingness = Tao = Buddha = Love = True You. Your body and mind are not true You. They are part of your holographic world like mountains, rivers, and lands. But don't despise your hologram (=room) because it is the manifestation of Tao (=emptiness). Your trouble is part of the hologram like your body, so accept it with plenty of Love/Tao. If you are aware that the trouble is part of a hologram, it must be easier to accept it as the catalyst to stimulate the circulation of Love/Tao. Tao projects Hologram. Hologram stimulates Tao. While projecting Hologram, Tao emits itself. It is called Nothingness because there is neither space nor time in Tao. Is it difficult to picture this mechanism? If so, just remember this: "Buddha and you are the same." (Zen Master Dogen, Genjokoan 現成公案, «Shobogenzo»)


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