The Sacred Science

I realized that I have not reported the highlights from The Truth About Cancer - A Global Quest series yet.

I wanted to check some of the resources mentioned in the interviews, that I was interested. I am still in the process of checking the resources.

Meanwhile, I thought you might be interested in watching another documentary from The Amazon rain forest.  You may not be able to view this for free for too long, so, I wanted to share this with you now.

This is an 1 hour 15 minutes of Amazon rain forest 'clinic' documentary.

Patients with Parkinson's, Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer, Type II Diabetes, Crohn's Disease, Alcoholism/depression, spent 30 days in the rain forest to experience the Sacred Science.

A Type II diabetic man with blood sugar level over 400 (!) went down to 60s. He went home early before his 30 day stay was up. He continued the diet at home. He is no longer a diabetic.

A prostate cancer patient with high PSA count went from 7.5 to 5.5, then 5.3 after he returned home. 5.5 is thought to be a normal range for his age.

Not all was 'successful' in a usual sense. But it brings a very important points in our healing process.

Life and death both happen in life. If you stay away from death, due to fear of death, you'll stay away from life. Dr. Frank Kinslow says it well.

"Every created thing must change. It must be born, transverse its allotted life span, and dissolve back into the fullness from which it came."  Dr. Frank Kinslow

Back to the documentary....

God is life. Do you fear God? Do you fear life?

There was an interesting exercise the patients did. They were 'looking into each other's eyes' - reflecting on each other. This is something I've done in some workshops and in every Skype group practice session I host.

Not everybody can spend 30 days in the Amazon rain forest and learn the Sacred Science. But you can gain some valuable insights into the foundation of healthy body and mind relationship by watching this documentary. 　→         The Sacred Science

You can start this journey also by learning an Awareness technique, which will help you to get to the true source of healing. You can learn more on my website and my bi-weekly practice sessions.
 (^_-)-☆　　A Touch of Life

Fear Of Being Fooled

I just finished watching the 6th Episode of The Truth About Cancer - A Global Quest.
There are three more episodes left. Since you will not be able to watch the episodes for free after these episodes are aired, I thought I'd list some highlights from the ones I've watched in the upcoming posts. Please watch for them.

Some of my clients were able to watch them as well. While most clients' response to the episodes were positive, there was one person who became angry after watching the first episode. This person wasn't angry about the contents themselves as much as about the title "Truth" and thought the Host was only presenting one-sided information.

She flatly refused to believe that 90% of the doctors would not go through the conventional cancer treatments themselves. She also adamantly refused to give up routine mammogram, not that anybody made her to give it up. She said all of that goes against her belief (trust in the conventional medicine). I figured out the reasons for 'closed' mindedness on this subject later. It is all fear based.

When one's belief system is challenged, it is easier to stay closed minded on that subject than to admit that there might be a possibility of all the previous information you have acquired being wrong. Mark Twain said it well.

"Truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it."  Author, Ayn Rand

And it is a painful process to bring the truth out in the open for all to see. I appreciate all those who have gone through pains to bring it to light.

If you haven't started to watch the series yet, I strongly suggest you do so. You might still be able to watch a few episodes now. Click here to register. A Global Quest

The Truth About Cancer

There's a free documentary series on Cancer.

I watched the previous series which was very informative. But by the time I learned about it they were at the end of the series so I had to hurry up and watch what I could.

I knew many of the topics they talked about but there were so many more successful treatment information on them that I didn’t know. So, I was glad that they are showing the series again.

They are interviews with scientists, researchers and doctors. Most importantly, the successful treatments told by the survivors.

I just found out that this Truth About Cancer series is not a re-run of the previous one but a brand new one. I signed up for this one myself.

The series will start on Oct. 13 at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. ( 6 p.m. Pacific)

Each episode will run for 24 hours so you can watch it any time during that period. The next episode will start the following day.  Hope you will get to see at least some of them.

Miri

You can register here.

The Truth About Cancer Official Trailer and Registration

Here’s the broadcast schedule. Episode 1: The True History of Chemotherapy & The Pharmaceutical Monopoly
(October 13^th  9:00PM Eastern US time)

Episode 2: Cancer Facts and Fictions, Breast Cancer, Hormones, Skin Cancer & Essential Oils
(October 14^th  9:00PM Eastern US time)

Episode 3: Cancer-Killing Viruses, Cancer Stem Cells, GMOs, Juicing & Eating the Rainbow
(October 15^th)

Episode 4: Excitotoxins that Fuel Cancer, Nature's Pharmacy and Healing Cancer with Sound & Light
(October 16^th)

Episode 5: Cancer Causing Blindspots, Toxic Vaccines, Homeopathy & The Power of Emotions
(October 17^th)

Episode 6: The NOCEBO Effect, Healing Vaccines, Advanced Detoxing & Going Inside A German Cancer Clinic
(October 18^th)

Episode 7: Heal Cancer with Clean Electricity, Unique Water, Natural Sunlight & Combining Superfoods
(October 19^th)

Episode 8: Cannabis, Nature's Epigenetic Switches, Peptides & Healing with Micronutrient Therapy
(October 20^th)

Episode 9: Cancer Conquerors & Their Powerful Stories of Victory
(October 21^st)

You can watch the sneak peek of each episode here. 

A Sneak Peek 

Separation Anxiety ②

One of my close relatives by marriage, lived with Separation Anxiety all her life. She was afraid to live alone. But mostly, she was afraid to DIE ALONE.

When her husband died suddenly she became so bitter and angry at her husband. You see, they were supposed to 'go together.' Don't we all wish that?

She not only became bitter and angry at her late husband, she became so mean to all the people around her. It became quite hellish to be around her.

A couple of years before she passed away, I watched this movie. It was based on a novel. I don't remember how I found this movie. I don't even remember the title. But it was a timely movie which gave me an insight to what this woman was going through.

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The Movie Synopsis

There was a family with three young girls. They lived a happy life until their father died. The mother tried to raise the young children by herself but it was too much of a burden.

One day, the mother committed suicide. She couldn't take the pressure any longer. This left the children to live with their grandfather. The mother's suicide became the talk of town. But what became more scandalous was a question why she killed the family cat along side her.

Throughout the following years, all the girls went through difficult situations in their lives. Years later, all three girls returned to the house they were raised by their grandfather, when he passed away.

While the two older sisters were out, the youngest one tried to kill herself by hanging herself from the chandelier upstairs. It was not strong enough to hang her. So, she goes downstairs to the kitchen with the rope still around her neck. She turns on the gas stove oven. Opens the oven door and sticks her head in the oven.

Just then, the eldest sister comes home and walks into the kitchen. Immediately, she pulls the youngest sister out of the oven.

The first thing the youngest sister said was, "I understand it now."

Still frantic, the eldest sister says, "What do you mean? What do you understand now?"

The youngest answers saying, "I understand now why Mother killed the cat."

"What?!"

(I can almost hear the eldest say, what relevance does it have with you trying to kill yourself?)

"I understand why Mother killed the cat. She was afraid to die alone."

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Did you catch that? I know it's a fiction. But can you see the truth in this last statement?
As in my relative's case, this mother was afraid to die alone.
We know we all die alone, even in the same car or airplane accident or shooting incidents.

But some people are absolutely terrified of dying alone. Maybe, it's their religious belief system or background, but somehow this fear of separation from every thing and ultimately from Life itself, creates unbelievable fear.

So, as if to make this fear less fearful, people take others to 'go along' with them.

It's a total speculation here but I think that's at least one of the reasons these meaningless killings happen. The killer knew he was living in hell. He knew he would die alone. But afraid to do so. Hence, killing others to go with him. He won't be alone then.

This is why I said in　Separation Anxiety ①  , that Gun control policy is not the answer to these types of incidents. I stick my neck out to say even wars in the world can not be stopped by politics.

So long as individuals, families, and nations have the fundamental Separation Anxiety from All That Is, Something Great, the Implicate Order, we could never stop the killings and wars.

Let's become aware of All That Is, and Be The Peace that is born out of it.


                           "Be the change you want to see in the World" Mohamed Gandhi

Separation Anxiety ①

The first time I heard the word Separation Anxiety was many years ago. I was puzzled at the context in which this was applied.

A tenant of a tiny apartment used this to describe the behavior of her puppy. Although the tenants were allowed to have a pet outside on the 1/4 acre of land, they were not allowed to have a pet, large or small, inside the apartment. And hers, although it was a puppy, was a big black Labrador.

She kept this adorable puppy inside the tiny, tiny apartment violating the tenant's contract. He was locked up all day in a tiny room while she was away. Sure enough, when she returned, she came home to quite a mess in her apartment. The damage went through the carpet to the padding, all the way to the wood flooring underneath. And the room smelled like ...... you know what.

Instead of admitting she had violated her contract, not to mention the cruelty to her pet, she blamed the puppy's behavior as Separation Anxiety. What an excuse, I thought!


As the meaningless mass shooting incidents escalate in recent years, I see some real explanation behind this word. It applies not only to the misbehaving puppies but also to the absolutely unacceptable behavior of human.

How so? You'd ask. I'm glad you asked.

The killer of the mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon, this week, also shed light on this topic.
The killer left a hate letter stating, among other things, how nobody liked him and how isolated he felt. He felt alone. He had the ultimate Separation Anxiety, the total disconnect from everything. But why did he have to kill others? I'll discuss that on the next post.


David Bohm, who was considered Albert Einstein's intellectual son, talks about Implicate Order.
Implicate Order is form-less 'void.' Yet out of which is born everything that exists. It is before the most refined frequencies of thoughts and emotions. It seems to be void yet it is where all the potentials reside.

Dr. Kazuo Murakami, made a breakthrough discovery while he was a resident Chief Researcher in Oregon. He discovered that the enzyme Renin is the cause of high blood pressure. In the process of his discovery, he came face to face with Something Great. Something beyond science, bio chemistry, and other things which have 'form.'

These are not the only scientists who have found Something Great, the Implicate Order. The great theologians, the artists, musicians, etc., have had moments of awareness of Something Great. Actually, many of us have had this type of  'meeting' with Something Great in our life, especially in early childhood.

It is when we become aware of Something Great or the absolute Stillness of the Implicate Order, our Separation Anxiety, along with all the other fears, dissipate. That's where you feel connected with others, regardless of varying nationalities and ethnic background.

Gun control may temporarily ease the acceleration of shooting incidents. But no policy, no law, can make anybody become aware of the fundamental connection of humanity. I believe, until such connection is established among the individuals, the true gun control can not be achieved either.


To be continued......

Phantom Fear

You've heard of phantom limbs, haven't you? After an illness, injury or accidents, a limb is amputated. But the patient still feels the existence of that limb. What a terrible thing! To be 'bothered' by the sensation of the limbs that caused problems even after they are gone!

There is one thing worse than that, in my estimation.

Phantom Fear!

In my coaching sessions, I see some people who are so worried about everything. Some fears are so strong that it almost immobilize their life. But I have a good news for you.

Fear is phantom. Something unfounded. Fear is....

F = False
E = Evidence
A = Appearing
R = Real


Sometime ago, I came across a local art therapist who worked with children with cancer.

He had a group of children with cancer and he asked them to draw. They were to draw themselves along side what they imagined their cancer looked like to be.

Some drew themselves bigger and stronger than the cancer, shooting arrows at Cancer. They also had lots of friends helping them shoot arrows at the image of cancer.

Some drew themselves very small beside a gigantic cancer monster towering over them, spewing fire out of its mouth, and coming after them.

The first group of children felt they could lick their cancer while the second group was obviously afraid of cancer and didn't think they could beat it.

Guess which group had a greater number of survivors?

You guess it. The first group!

The first group of children felt confident that they can overcome their disease.
The second group of children didn't. They were absolutely afraid of their cancer monster.

Certainly, the both groups had reasons to be afraid. But the first group didn't get that fear, the ultimate defeat, affect them. They went on with their therapies with many friends encouraging them on. While the second group of children succumb to their fear. Although what they feared was not a reality at the beginning, they actually lived out what they saw in their own fear.

I'm not saying fear alone killed the second group of children. There must have been differences in the severity of their cancer between the two groups. Nevertheless, I can't ignore the possibility of what FEAR might have played in their demise.

I have a question to ask. Why should FEAR, something that hasn't  happen yet, influence our health and life?

We want to be careful, what we say, especially to the sick children. These children need to know that they don't have to fight the battle alone. They need to know that they are supported by something much bigger than cancer, the love of people around them.

Kind, loving, encouraging words we speak to them may be the only thing separating those who survive and those who do not.....

Half-Life of Plutonium

Plutonium is rarely found in nature. Plutonium is the most economically important of the trans-uranic elements. Plutonium-239 readily undergoes fission, and it is used for nuclear weapons and for energy. And it was used to create the atomic bombs.


Energy from Fission

The sum of the masses of these fragments is less than the original mass. This 'missing' mass (about 0.1 percent of the original mass) has been converted into energy according to Einstein's equation.
Fission can occur when a nucleus of a heavy atom captures a neutron, or it can happen spontaneously.

Half-life happens when plutonium decays. Many factors play into producing the decaying process. Usually, the half-life is a very, very long time, hundreds of thousands of years.

Half-life essentially means that after that many years, you will have half as much of the original product.  So it doesn’t mean that it will only last twice that length because after that many years again, you have half again. This means, it could exist almost 'forever.'


I'm not a chemist. Why should I be even slightly interested in Half-Life of Plutonium-239? Well, combined with Coriolis Effect, one nuclear explosion can affect the entire earth for millennium to come.

Some good news?

Somebody asked Smithsonian a related question. And here's the Q. & A. reprint in its entirety.

Q. Why could Hiroshima and Nagasaki be rebuilt so soon after they were destroyed by the A-bomb? Wouldn't the fallout remain unsafe for years? 

A. Those two bombs were deliberately exploded high in the air, as a result, much of the radioactive debris was carried aloft and dispersed by the mushroom cloud. 

Moreover, the amount of fissionable material in both bombs was only about two pounds. In contrast, the meltdown at Chernobyl involved some two tons of material released at ground level with no mechanism for rapid dispersal. 

Today, Hiroshima and Nagasaki have background radiation levels well within the world average. 

Tom Crouch, curator, aeronautics, National Air and Space Museum


So, that's why the A-bomb that was dropped 600 feet above ground Hiroshima was called a Little Boy?

So, it was a 'good' thing that the bomb didn't hit the ground?

So, what happened to the debris being dispersed throughout the world? Did this debris dispersion cause the rate of cancers throughout the world to rise?

So, the 'world average' means not only Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but the entire world is safe?

So, is this why my Traditional Chinese Medicine Master told us not to walk outdoors when the wind is blowing?

With more countries getting 'nuclear weapon ready,' can each country be more conscious of the global effects such weaponry could have on humanity?

And the similar questions continue.....

Coriolis Effect

Have you ever heard of Coriolis Effect? I haven't, until last week.

I have an interesting client. He was in Military and instead of fighting a war, he was involved in some 'experimental' projects.

As a young 'soldier', he was assisting many surgeries involving removal of organs. Yes, without a medical license. It was on the job 'training.'

He was also involved with a top secret testing of nuclear explosion effects on numerous animals. Yeah, I can hear the animal rights people now.

Consequently, he has developed interest in medicine, science, chemistry, and numerous other subjects after he became a civilian again. He has studied many things on his own because of his thirst for knowledge.

This client told me about Coriolis Effect and what kind of 'effect' it has on any nuclear explosion.

Simply stated, Coriolis Effect is the effect on the movement of air and water on the surface of Earth.

Because the earth is constantly rotating from the West to the East, any moving object's course is deflected either to the right or to the left, depending on which hemisphere of the earth you are travelling. The moving objects will deflect to the right in the norther hemisphere, while in the southern hemisphere, they will deflect to the left.

You can watch a short PBS video explaining what Coriolis Effect has on weather. 

Coriolis Effect

Now, why will this Coriolis Effect be an interest to you or to me?

If an atomic bomb was dropped in a Northern hemisphere, the nuclear effect will basically cover the entire northern hemisphere. If you are further away from the site where the bomb was dropped, the effect maybe less, nonetheless, it will reach where you are eventually.

This is one of the reasons why Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, which is still not under control, is of a big issue here. Not just Japan, not just the west coast of the US, but the entire northern hemisphere will be 'contaminated' eventually.

And there is a 'half-life' of plutonium issue, which I'll talk about in the next post.

Stay tuned......

Dotonbori Economics 道頓堀 経済学

It seems until not too long ago, that I heard some parents, who wanted their children to finish a meal say, "Eat your dinner. Think of all the starving children in China."

Even then, I wondered how finishing up your meal could save the starving children in China. Even if you saved the left over foods that you didn't eat, how do you get the food to the children in China?

I didn't take any course in politics or economics in college, but this approach of enforcing 'no waste' policy at the dinner table didn't make sense to me.

Growing up, we didn't have lots of money or lots of food. But I never felt lacking. I always felt well taken care of, not because we had lots of things but I felt loved in our family. Now, I'm diverting from the topic at hand. Let me get back.

When I first came to the States, the exchange rate was $1 to ￥360 Yen. I know, I know, I date myself here. A few years ago, Yen got really strong and it broke ￥100 Yen to a $1 mark.

For some years, the Japanese Yen was so strong against the US dollar that there was even a speculation of Yen becoming the World Currency instead of the US dollar. That has come and gone. Yen never became the World Currency.

I was pleasantly surprised to see $1 was over ￥117 when we arrived in Japan this time. This means my dollar can buy more in Japan. By the time we left Japan, it went up to over ￥123! I thought I should have spent more money in Japan! Sorry, we never seem to be satisfied! (^_-)-☆


Shortly before we left for Japan, The Dow's average fell more than 1000 in one morning. Some even lost a half of their portfolio. There was a rumor of another stock market crash. The experts explained that this was due to the sudden fall in the Chinese Yuan. Up until then, the Chinese economy grew so fast in recent years that there were talks of China leading the World economy.

This Chinese economic bubble bust didn't seem to affect the Chinese much. There were Chinese tourists everywhere, tons of them. I've never seen so many Chinese people, all tourists, in Japan, ever before.

We visited Dotonbori in Osaka, for the first time. We were totally taken back by the concentrated number of shops, department stores, restaurants, etc., which seemingly went on forever both the board walk along the river, and under the covered outdoor shopping arcade. We must have walked at least 2 ~3 subway stations distance non-stop! And you guessed it, the Chinese tourists occupied the most of that space. The Korean tourists next and the Westerns last.

It was so crowded that if you didn't walk on the correct side of the thoroughfare, you could easily be swept away in the waves of humanity.

Were they just walking through the arcade? No! There were tons of people in shops, restaurants, and yes, in Starbucks!



We stopped at the crab specialty restaurant for lunch. I love crab! Much to my dismay, there was over three hour wait! We went down to their 'annex' restaurant a couple blocks down the street. They also had over one hour wait.

However, the host, told us, if we didn't mind the non-smoking section they could seat us immediately! Are you kidding?! I can't stand to be in any smoking area. I'm allergic to smoke! Hey, this was the first time, being a non-smoker paid off for me in Japan! (^_-)-☆




I don't want you to think I am speaking with authority on an economic topic here. As I stated earlier, I have no clue about what's going on with politics or economics.

Just today, however, one Chinese friend of ours, 'enlightened' us on the subject. The Chinese economic bubble bust was an 'intentional' thing, much the same as the Japanese economic bubble busted over a couple of decades ago for a reason.

The US caused that bust! The US owed China so much money that we had to 'devalue' Yuan to decrease the debt amount. This, apparently, was what the US did with the Japanese Yen before also.

I don't know if his 'theory' is correct but it somehow made sense. Who wants to lose the World Currency status, right? The US doesn't. I also heard before that the World economy was controlled by 4 major players in the world. And alas, none of them is me. (>.<)

So, it's all 'politics.' No economic growth can be achieved without some political interference. They both seem so superficial and unrealistic, having no true intrinsic value. No wonder I don't understand politics or economics.

Multiple Universe ②

Continued from Multiple Universe ①


In Multiple Universe ①, I marveled at the ancients' understanding of the existence of multiple universe.

It is fascinating to ponder what's beyond our known universe. By the way, the Cosmologists estimate that we currently know about only 4% of the entire universe. I think that is an over estimate.

I suspect as the Cosmologists explore more, that they will come to a conclusion that they might not know 1%, or even a fraction of 1% about our universe.

As much as I am fascinated by our external universe, I am even more intrigued by our microcosms that are created by individual human beings.

You think the pagodas signified the multiple universe and there are countless universes? One thing I'm more certain is that there are far more human microcosms than you can imagine.

The existence of microcosms within our macrocosms, the universe, is so well portrayed by an old film, The Grand Hotel. You can watch the film and/or trailer here. The Grand Hotel   (1932)

The Grand Hotel

A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.

A doctor, a disfigured veteran of World War I and a permanent resident of the Grand Hotel in Berlin, wryly observes, "People come and go. Nothing ever happens", after which a great deal transpires.

One man who squandered his fortune and supports himself as a card player and occasional jewel thief, befriends a meek accountant who, having discovered he is dying, has decided to spend his remaining days in the lap of luxury. An industrialist is at the hotel to close an important deal, and he hires stenographer, who has a totally different agenda,  to assist him. So on and so forth, the drama unfolds. And they are all happening under one gigantic roof where 'nothing ever happens.'

Not knowing what's happening in another person's life, we feel disconnect and think 'nothing is ever happening.' Just 'people coming and going.' They have nothing to do with your life. You have nothing to do with their life. When in fact, tons of unimaginable things are happening in each microcosm.

When people, families, and countries feel no connection with other entities, it is easier to feel resentful, even hate, fight, go against each country in war, etc.

I'm not saying you need to stick your nose in somebody else's business. We are forever individuals. There is no physical unity in humanity. However, we can connect with others at the level of our true essential existence. When we do connect, the universe becomes one. We don't ever have to feel alone, again.

                                               Which universe are you living in?

Multiple Universe ①

We had a chance to visit Osaka, Japan this summer, for the first time. We found one interesting spot in Osaka.

We've seen a "Picture Frame" building in Dubai in the Smithsonian Magazine several months prior. This Sky Building reminded us of the Picture Frame building. So, we definitely wanted to go see it.

The circular Sky Garden was precisely placed between the two tower buildings 500+ feet above ground. The Sky Garden was actually an observation deck. It afforded 360 degree view of the city.

After you reach the 35th floor in an elevator, you then get on a 360 degree see-through escalator to get to the floor just below the observation 'garden.' This escalator 'ride' was a bit scary, more so than the open air circular observation deck.

Visiting the sky garden was interesting, but what caught my attention was the pictures of tower buildings that were constructed throughout human history. It exhibited the Egyptian pyramids, the tower of Babel, pagodas, and many others. It was really interesting to see the humanity's fascination to reach 'heaven.'

I learned a few things about pagodas. Although the architectural designs changed as they traveled from India to Japan, the philosophy behind them didn't. The multi-tiered roofs denoted the ancients' understanding of multiple universe! How did they figure that. Interesting, I thought. The ancients may have had more insights about our universe than we give them credit for.


                                 How many universes are there?

To be continued......... 

Looking Back On 9/11

Some horrific pictures of That Day in America.

Need I say more?  30 Pictures of American That Day  14 years ago.


This is a true story of a blind man and his guide dog, their evacuating saga of That Day. They were in the first tower, right below where the building was struck. An amazing story. You'll learn a lot about the relationship between the blind man and the guide dog. A must read.

No Victor In War

When we went to Japan this time at the beginning of September, we visited some historic sites. This year being the 70th memorial of Hiroshima A-bombing, my husband wanted to visit Hiroshima Peace memorial.

I have visited the Hiroshima memorial on a school excursion while I was in high school. I can still remember the absolute horror I felt upon seeing the aftermath of the A-bomb.

Before visiting the memorial this time, I was told by my Japanese friends that they have 'toned down' the exhibits.

Nonetheless, the effect of the new exhibits was quite the same. Visitors were silent as we walked through the exhibits. Some were quietly wiping their unstoppable tears.

I was especially struck by the remains of some personal effects of perished children. Most of these children were from the families that evacuated the big cities that were thought to be targeted by other bombs. Those children who 'survived' the bombing, somehow walked home almost unrecognizable, only to die a few days later in spite of their family's effort to take care of their irrevocable injuries. Knowing the agonizing process of death, you would think that they would have been better off had they died instantaneously. They wouldn't have had to endure such unimaginable suffering......

I couldn't help but think, if only they hadn't evacuated......

One thing I didn't know was that there were foreigners beside the Japanese who perished.

12 American soldiers and numerous Koreans, who were brought to Japan from Korea as forced laborers. There was an outdoor memorial erected for the Koreans.

Would they have been better off staying in Korea had they had a choice? They had no houses, businesses or work and possibly nothing to eat in Korea, but they may have somehow survived all that.....

One would be made to contemplate on unfairness of one's 'fate' at such a time as this..... 


There is a peace arch, where the eternal flame is offered, in this Hiroshima Memorial Park. On the monument was this inscription.

"Sleep in peace. We will not repeat this mistake."

I could understand this as a 'prayer' but at the same time I wondered if we truly learned anything from this mistake and all the similar mistakes the humanity has made in history.

Sure, there has not been another atomic bomb dropped anywhere in the world for the past 70 years. But the wars have never ceased. The terrorists attacks, including 9/11, somehow continue to happen in different parts of the world. When will humanity ever learn from this mistake?


In front of the 'dome' were a few people who were sharing information with the foreigners. One young volunteer came to share some information with us. He was working side-by-side with another man whose mother is a survivor. His mother was pregnant with him when A-bomb happened. He is an in-utero survivor.

There is a short documentary (20 minutes) on Mr. Mito, his family and what happened THAT DAY. The film was produced by an American couple. It includes Mr. Mito's interview. It will give you a glimpse of the devastating effect of A-bomb. Watch  That Day here.

Warning: Although the images are just a fraction of what you can see in the memorial museum, they may be too much for the faint hearted. Viewer discretion is advised.

Mr. Mito also has a blog if you are interested in reading more about his mother's memoirs and other informative articles on Hiroshima.  Mr. Mito's blog


Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me~~~ ♪　♫　♪　♫　♪　♫　

Teach Them To Fish ②

Continued from Teach Them To Fish ①


So, we started to send him small amount of money. Only a couple hundred dollars a month.
One dollar went a long way at $１＝ P50+Pesos.

We wanted to teach him money management. So, we requested that he would write and tell us how he spent his money each month.

We never received the money report. One time, we asked if he was receiving the money from us. The answer was NO. Oh, dear, what ever is happening to the money we sent him?

The next time I went to the same youth center, I was thanked by the keeper of the center repeatedly for the money we sent. Hey, we didn't send 'you' the money!

It turned out that the money was used to feed the entire 'family' who was living there!


I felt so small. Here, I was aiming to teach this young man money management while it was helping the entire family!

You see, while in the Philippines, we easily spent an average worker's day's wages in one breakfast! What an arrogant thinking I had that I thought we can teach this young man how to handle his money. They don't even know where the next meal is coming from. There was a huge gap in my understanding of the economic differences here.


This young man was able to not only finish his high school but also went on to graduate from college. By the time I returned to the Philippines about 10 years or so later, he was married and running his own Tricycle business. Tricycles, along with Jeepneys are their main mode of transportation.

Just this year, some friends of ours went back to the same village and brought back a picture of this young man and his growing family.

He became an architect and a mason. He is building a house for his friend now.

Mind you, we even thought of adopting him and bringing him over to the States to give him a 'proper' education and better life. However, we realized that bringing him here, totally uprooting him from his environment may not be the best thing for him.

Good thing that we didn't.

Give a man fish. He'll eat for a day. Teach him to fish. He'll eat everyday that he fishes.

Sure we could have given him a fish everyday. But this way, he learned to 'fish' daily on his own. (^_-)-☆

                                            Are you teaching somebody to fish today?


Leo and his family ...

Teach Them To Fish ①

When we see people who are less fortunate than we are, we tend to want to help them in anyway we can.

When I first went to the Philippines, I was shocked by the way most people lived there. Driving through the busy streets in our air conditioned tour bus, all we saw was dilapidated shacks and people roaming around almost aimlessly. It was as if we were driving through Post War Korea, not that I've ever seen the post war Korea.....

When we arrived at the youth center where a certain youth gathering was held, I was even more amazed. The only food served to the children at the meeting was a small plate of rice, and sometimes, a small portion of vegetables on the side.

I felt so bad that I didn't bring anything for the kids. I could have brought candies and toys,....

Since I didn't have anything to give them, I made an Origami Crane and left it on a table one day.

The next morning, when I went by the table where I left the Crane, there were TWO Cranes! How did it multiplied!? When I asked around, one 14 year old boy said he made it. How?!!!

I have to confess here. If I hadn't made thousands of such Cranes in my life time, I don't know if I could have remembered to make one at that time. Somehow, I pulled it off. Then, how on earth this boy, who had never made one before could pull it off?

He said he unfolded my crane, then followed the folds to make him another one! Do you know how impossible, at least, for me, to do that?!

So, I told him that he "deserved" to know how to make a Frog!
If you think remembering how to make a crane was difficult, making a frog was 10 times more so.
Somehow, after several tries, I pull that off also.

And this young man? No, problem. Without me showing him how to make it, he 'produced' another frog with no hesitation!

My, oh, my! Is he smart or what?

In the subsequent trips, I would make sure to bring him some 'difficult' puzzles, etc.

Have you tried to do the Rubik Cube? I could never make all sides, not even one side one color.

This fellow? Within a couple of minutes, he'd have it solved perfectly. It was a 'baby's play' for him!

Why, some years later, the people around him told me that he could take apart a car and put it all back together!

After returning to the States, my husband and I decided to 'support' this young man for his education. Why, he has this talent but no opportunity! He was living in this youth center with tons of other people because his family couldn't 'afford' to feed him!


To be continued......

Things Are Not What They Appear To Be

The way we see our world is so different from person to person. We think our understanding of it is the way it actually is. When in fact, the world we see is all colored by the personal glasses, through which we see the world. Depending upon the color of your glasses you are wearing now, the world could look rosy or dark and gloomy.

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One man got on a rather empty New York subway one day. At the next station, a man with small children came in. The children were unruly. They were running all around the subway car, calling out to each other quite loudly.

The first man was quite disturbed by the children's behavior but what bothered him the most was the fact that their father wasn't doing anything to stop them.

The man's patience was running thin. Finally, he spoke to the father with agitation in his voice.

"Why don't you do something with your kids! They are disturbing everybody here!"

The father who was taken by surprise, responded, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't even know they were running around. We just came from the hospital. Their mother just died at the hospital...."

The man who was so irritated by the children's behavior, now was filled with shame. He had no idea what happened to this family.

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I am not promoting unruly children running around in a subway car here, you understand.

We think what we see is how things are, when in fact, the things are rarely the way they 'appear' to be.......

                                            What color glasses are you wearing today?

Superman Returns

When I was growing up, the only super hero I knew was Superman.

He wasn't even flying in real time. He was flying alright but only in the still pages of the comic books. And those books weren't even mine. They were my brother's. (^_-)-☆

Maybe, because it was in the comic book pages, it was perhaps more believable. Don't you have some of the comic book images permanently etched in your mind? I do, in mine!

There was no special effects in those pages except the ones the comic artists drew. Later on, even when Superman turned up on TV, there was no super special effects like we see now. Oh, yes, this American Superman spoke Japanese! That was a special effect, indeed. (^_-)-☆　

I do remember the beam of X-ray coming forth out of his eyes, though. I did wish I had an X-ray vision. Then, I could see my brothers in the next room, plotting the next move against me in the sibling combat!

I knew Superman would lose his power from time to time, when he was exposed to .... something..... Sorry, I can't remember what it was.

I never knew how he 'renewed' his strength. Frankly, I didn't even question how he did it. I just knew he did.

A few years ago, I found out how he renewed his strength.
Ask (the question) and you shall receive (the answer!)

I learned his secret, when Superman Returns movie came out. I didn't know where he's been or where he came back from but I was glad to find out his renewal secret!

Boy, I'm going on and on about Superman, as if Superman were a real super hero and I sincerely cared for his strength recovery method!

But there is a point here. Be patient with me as I unfold his secret. (*.*)

To renew his strength, Superman would fly straight up to the sky to get close to the sun.
There in the high Altitude (remember the prior post, Attitude Is Altitude ?), he would just 'float' in the atmosphere until he is fully 'recharged!'

While recharging, he is doing Nothing. He is simply floating effortlessly in the endless ocean of possibilities. It looked so relaxing, comfortable and safe that I wished I could join him up there! Later on, I learned that I could join him..... in a slightly different way. (^^)

When life's events, that drain our energy, happen, let's just go up to the sun, 'The Source' of Energy, and just bathe in its healing power.

Of course, we can't fly up to the sky as Superman did, but we can do exactly that in our mind!

Once we are up there in high altitude, there are no cares of this world that drain our energy. Then you realize your body is also very relaxed, and feeling at ease. After such full recharge, you are ready to tackle whatever it was that was bothering you down below.

Because, up in the high altitude, there's only the absolute stillness, out of which all things emerge.

Who knows, you might even develop an X-ray vision if you do this often enough. Then, you will see clearly, what is happening in your life now.  (^_-)-☆

Attitude Is Altitude

I'm not a pilot but I love to fly. There's something about being high up in the sky, looking down on the miniaturized life below.

My mother took me on a short plane trip when I was five years old. I was the only child passenger on that plane. When we landed, the pilot invited me to look inside the cockpit and showed me the instruments. I didn't know what I was looking at, but they were fascinating, nonetheless.  (^_-)-☆

Years later, I learned that there was some analogous use of the flight terminology that mirrored real life.

Attitude determines Altitude

In flight terms, simply put, Attitude is the plane's pitch. Is it climbing or descending? Is it pitched up or down?

Altitude is the elevation above sea level. How high above the horizon the plane is.

If you want to reach high altitude, your plane must be pitched up, climbing, instead of descending.

Do you get the point?

It is impossible to reach new heights in life, if your 'attitude' of life is pointing downward.

Gratitude (see prior post) is one of the 'instruments' that can assist you to reach high altitude in life.  (^_-)-☆


If you want to see a life that's flown far up to the Space, watch this video. Life Without Limit

This should make you ask yourself not what I want in life but what I'm doing with what I have now!

Nick was born with no arms or legs. Remember Gratitude's post? I was using 'no feet' person as an example there, but Nick really doesn't have any!

Did his obvious severe handicap keep him from living a normal life?  No!
Not only he lived a 'normal' life, he overcame countless obstacles, as you can imagine there must have been, to live an extra-ordinary life!

He had gratitude in his heart.  He had dreams. He had confidence. He had unbelievable love in his heart. His Attitude was looking upward!

Now, he is a lecturer, an author and a father! Yes, he fathered a child with his beautiful Mexican-Japanese Australian lady! All this happened because of his Attitude!

I think we have a lot we can learn from this, don't you?


                         Watch your Attitude. Is it going up or is it going down? 

Gratitude

We seem to 'want' many things in life and often forget that we already have what we 'need'.


One might say, "I want new shoes. Why can't I have new shoes?"

Until we see a man with no shoes. Then, he might say, "I am thankful that I have some shoes."

A man with no shoes might say, "Alas! I have no shoes. Oh, how I wished I had some shoes!"

Until he sees a man with no feet!  Then, he might say, "I am grateful I have my feet!" 

We seem to forget to be grateful for what we have, until we see others who have less than we do.

Sure, it's still good to be grateful for what we have when we do compare ourselves with others.

But is there any other way to be grateful without comparing to others?

Here's something to remember. It might help us to be grateful at all times. (^_-)-☆


Gratitude 

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

It turns what we have into enough and more. 

It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.

It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. 

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

by Melody Beatti


                                Let's live each day with gratitude! 

Nipper, the Listening Dog

If you are my age or even younger, you may have seen a logo on some music recordings of a dog listening to a gramophone (phonograph).

[Phonograph] from the Greek; Phono = sound,  graph= writing. →　Sound Writing


The phonograph is a device used for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound.  In its later forms it is also called a gramophone.

The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. Edison's phonograph was the first to be able to reproduce the recorded sound.


So what? You might ask. After all, you don't see many gramophones around lately. It's the 21st century, don't you know?


Even though I have seen the picture of a dog listening to a gramophone, I never knew the story behind it.

The dog's name was Nipper. After his owner died, the owner's brother took care of Nipper. This new owner of Nipper, found some 'records' with his brother's voice on it. Every time he played the record, Nipper will sit in front of the 'speaker' and listen, somewhat puzzled, but nonetheless listen intently to his master's voice.

The new owner was an artist. He painted Nipper listening to his brother's voice. Some years after Nipper died, this picture became a logo for the UK's recording company HMV - His Master's Voice. Later on, RCA Victor purchased HMV's right and Nipper became a RCA's logo.

It took some time before Nipper became a logo of any company, however. One US company laughed at the idea of a dog 'listening' to a record! But, 'listen', Nipper did.

Nipper had something that resonated within him with his master's voice. It was a familiar voice that he grew up with. It comforted him to listen to his master's voice even though his master was long gone.


We have many voices in the world. We don't 'hear' them all. The ones that we hear are the ones that we resonate with. The ones that 'speak' to our heart.

Sometimes, the voice speaks harshly in a self condemning way. We seem to 'hear' the harsh words loud and clear while we seldom hear the still small voice of love, compassion, peace, comfort and the like. When our mind goes on an auto-pilot and the 'mind chatter' starts, it is very difficult to hear the comforting self assuring words.


Both harsh words and encouraging words are present at the same time. Depending on which voice you pay attention to, you will listen to a totally different 'conversation.' All you need is a slight  'shift' in your awareness. Once you shift, you'll be able to 'listen' to the voice of your master any time.　U^ｪ^U


                                Whose voice are you listening to now?