Old Sausage comments

This is the very natural development of anything, birth, growth, death. In ancient times and in a primitive society, the priest provided social services, like counseling, mediate in disputes, protection, etc. With the increase in the population, all these functions were taken by non Buddhist entities like police, social services, etc. The Buddhist priest was not necessary anymore, and to survive without alms and sponsors they resorted to funeral services that before were provided by them as one of their functions. 49 years ago the abbot of the Zuiganji told me ¨Do not look for satori here, go live in society and study in books by yourself, satori does not grow at the temples anymore.¨

That you have to be trained into smiling tells me that what we are receiving is nothing more than an empty gesture of hipocresy, like the smile of a hiena.

Intellect, the power of thinking has deluded humans into believing they are not animals, like chimps, gorilas or hienas.

Thank you for the joke, bwahahahaha!

Knowing the mentality of human beings, Kawasaki will now be flooded by old people who want to live longer. Ha, ha, haaa.

Humanity has reached 8 billion, and naturally the instinct of reproduction is crumbling in many developed societies.

Japanese politicians specialize in vague an meaningless laws and resolutions because they do not know what to do and don't want to "lose face", since ancient times.

No, they forgot to mention China, and Putin, that´s all, don´t you think? (laughter)

Reclining on my chair, I chose to laugh.

Excellent article JT, congratulations!

I´m going to write short because I foresee my comment being censored by JT.

In my youth I studied neurology under the guidance of Dr. Antonio Damasio (a world famous neurologist)

Nobody can ever know what happens inside a human brain.

Motives are spoken words that in turn are a translation of the chemical and electrical activity of the brain in a verbal form.

Apart from brain, there is nobody in what is called you.

Every night you sleep, and the entire universe is gone because brain has turned of wake consciouness.

When I die,

All good and embarrasing things I have done,

Go up in a in a wisp of smoke,

From the chimney of the crematorium.

Zen master Ikkyu Sojun

JT, excelent article, congratulations!

How is it possible to judge without enough amount of data?

I do not sympathise with the couple nor with the royals. But I want to be as fair as humanly possible. If I had enough data on their brains workings and all the circumstances, I do not think I will be able to process it, hence my reluctance to judge.

At the exam the student says in clear voice and perfect pronunciation, this is a pen, those here are fingers, and this is my nose....

I am a nobody, unable to recall all the information needed to make a sound assesment on this topic. For this reason my mind has found a way to reduce variables to the core. Find a way to control the driving forces of absolutely all living creatures (survival/reproduction) and you have solved all problems. I know that such a task is impossible, as it is to appeal to the consciousness of the human race. I walk the path of acceptance and feel very well, perhaps you can.

Instead of ruminating over the troubling thought, “you say, ‘I’m having this thought, let that go for now,’’’ .. Yeah, that easy! Sure.

Very interesting article JT, thank you.

I wander what would be the possible repercusions of this crime on the behavior of politicians at large.

Congratulations! JT, this is an article that deserves a Nobel Prize.

It could be another reasonñ the person suffers from bipolar dissorder and is in the manic phase. I know by personal experience having done exactly the same.

I live very close to Heiwa no Mori Koen, and I know and have cooperated with Mr. Iwamura in collecting signatures to stop this awful and ridiculous affair. As far as I know it is all about brown envelopes going from construction companies to ..... well you know.