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Michio Kushi

Quoting Michio Kushi:

“Yoga breathing control is practiced to influence our thinking. The lungs correspond to our fore brain and can influence our consciousness.”


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“As you know macrobiotics has helped thousands of sick people; but this is kindergarten. The purpose of macrobiotics is to become free to change all of this world into what we want – unhappiness to happiness, sickness to health, war to peace, misery to love. When you attain this freedom you become the children of the Kingdom of Heaven.”


New York Times coverage on the passing of Michio Kushi is linked – Click Here.
Please rest in peace… Hope to be learning from some of your students.

We all have to die physically some day of something & since I am putting away Haruki Murakami books into storage, this Murakami quote seems appropriate:

“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.”

Sad, yes, but he lives on & I love the way he is remembered – His words quoted from his memorial page is so touching. Click here.

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Haruki Murakami Monday

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“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”

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僕はとても I’m a very imperfect human being.
不完全な人間なんだ。
不完全だし So imperfect, often I make mistakes.
しょっちゅう失敗する。
でも学ぶ。 Then I learn
2度と同じ間違いは and swear to myself to never make the same mistake twice.
しないように決心する。
それでも同じ間違いを Then invariably, I find myself making the same mistake.
することは少なからずある。
何故なら僕が It’s because I am a fool and imperfect.
馬鹿で不完全だからだ。
そういう時には Those times, I can’t help but hate myself a bit.
やはり少し自己嫌悪になる。
そして3度は同じ間違いを And then I swear to myself to never make the same mistake 3 times.
犯すまいと決心する。
少しずつ向上する。I improve a little bit.
少しずつだけれど、 Just a little bit but
それでも向上は向上だ。 no matter how little, (I tell myself) improvement is an improvement.
(村上春樹) Haruki Murakami

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Blown away realizing the 8,000 seat concert hall is packed in the last post “Joyful”? How about Yokohama stadium …HUGE; sold out. She’s a powerhouse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD5Bk7jK-bE

Started out as humble street performers. Song title = “Hoshi” = star …but written Earth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXIcDiZ9ME8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b797zNguTEE

Actually much prefer the sounds of acoustics and harmonica in a more cozy space over electric guitar blasting in this gigantic show place but … (a little bit) sadly, they’ve gone mainstream.