Perfect Liberty Peace Tower
Non sectarian monument built at the PL Holy Land In Japan. It is dedicated to all those from the beginning of time who have lost their lives as a result of war
PL Precept # 11 Always be with God
PL Precept #14 World Peace is Everything
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WOW and wow again.. Good morning everyone, here it is a few days before the big day.. everyone is having a family get together soon, has had one or is planning one. Last night at church we had our monthly Thanksgiving service. After service on the 21st, tradition has it that we have Japanese Curry on rice.. We get two different choices, mild and spicy along with a green salad.. and yes there is always a dessert, members bring in goodies too. Last night it was a big honking apple pie from Costco that was front and centre for those with a sweet tooth.
On our way home I turned to my friend Eartha and said ” I could go for a hot dog right now”. I really really meant it, I’d had hot dogs on my mind since the other dat, Not any hot dog, but the big ones we get from Costco, steamed. It is the closest to the Montreal dog that I drool over. I’ve learned to eat it bare. No condiments. Why, cuz they don’t always have them out, and because it is messy if you are going to be eating it in your car..BEFORE you drive out of the lot.
Obviously we did not stop for hot dogs.. it was late and time to get home. But the thought has not gone away, because in doing my research for the blog… look at what I found… No there is no point in my going out and buying hot dogs and buns.. that is not how it works with a craving… The best part of eating an “all dressed” hot dog, is to go and get one from a vendor who knows how to dish them out. Do you agree?
Everyone has their own specialty. Something they do well. I accept that making a good hot dog is not one of mine.
In PL we have a Precept … Precept #13 – There is a Way for Men and a Way for Women. I’ve always had a bit of a problem with the wording, and I’ve had many a discussion about this with various ministers and officials of the church.. I am of course limited due to the fact that this ministry is out of Japan, and few of the ministers, I myself can dialogue with, speak with a good command of the English language. I do not speak Japanese.
So to me, and this is MY take on it after years of study and being with PL. we men and women are like the hot dog, we come in one shape (human) the shapes and sizes differ, but we all hot dogs. And then depending on where we live and the customs and beliefs we are adorned with as we journey along. We appear to be other than what we actually are. (in this missive, hot dogs =^_^=) human beings.
We, each and every one of us, may take a different path, or use different condiments to enjoy our hot dog, in the end, we are satisfying a craving, an urge, a desire….. What is different is how we want our hot dogs, our choices are what we decide to do with the hot dog…. and in the end, the choice we made, was it a good one?
Oh my, won’t you be happy when I find myself hot dog and move on…… cravings !!!!
Have a super happy day everyone!
Namaste – Oyashikiri
I have the huge honor of sometimes getting to read a Sr. Minster’s words, I’m always left with a new way or a different perception of one of the Perfect Liberty Percepts. This minister lives in another country, so it’s not like I can just pick up and attend one of his services. When I have heard him, his messages have been insightful.
That is one of the ways we learn in life, by listening. Not only to being aware of our own adventures, and understanding the values we learn and the blessings we receive. We learn by “listening” paying attention, to verbal and non verbal communications that come our way.
Part of the PL culture is sharing our blessings and challenges. We call them testimonies. It hasn’t really caught on here in Canada, but in South America, and Asian countries, ie. in particular Japan, where PL was born, standing up and sharing what your faced during your week, or that day, and what you learned, not only acts like a cleansing in a way, but it gives others an insight on something in their own lives, that they relate to or with.
One of the Precepts that I have worked on and I imagine I will continue to work on, is PL Precept #4 Being Annoyed limites your expressions.
Or if you wish.. PL Precept #5, One’s Self is lost by being emotional.
The Sr. Minister, tells of how when he and his wife were travelling to a special event, they had a long way to travel, and he was driving fast. He was doing 74 mph on a hwy that was usually 65 mph. However he missed when it changed to 55 mph, and guess what.. he got a speeding ticket. AND when he was stopped, the police officer gave him a notice .. the ticket and fine etc would follow. We had a very unhappy Sensei.
In PL we reflect on what happened, and why……….what Precept we were not following.
In this case, he and his wife during the trip, had one of those marital moments we all know if we have ever coupled, where a quarrel happens and the response to that is silent stewing. He was not paying 100% on what he was doing, Refer back to PL#4 and PL# 5.
19 miles over the limit, the disharmony cost him $211.
In telling of this expensive lesson, a church member said, “you are lucky, 19 miles over the limit means you lost 4 points. Had you been going 1 mile more over the limit 20, you license would have been suspended. Your insurance premiums will likely be affected in the next 3 years!… but here is a good thing to know, If you take a course at the traffic school, 4 points will be reduced, this would reset your points.” Sensei was very happy to learn this, the member was very kind to have explained this to him.
In this experience, Sensi learned a lesson, in sharing it, he was blessed with information he had not had before. “Life depends on how we accept things” PL Precept # 16 All things progress and develop.
PL Precept #1 Life is Art
Oyashikiri
There is a saying or teaching in Pl that encourages us to let go of excessive attachment or concern about someone or something. “EN wo Tsukeru”
In one of our books “Live with Passion” by Rev. Yumiko Tsuyama she gives an example of a your couple whose child was seriously ill with pneumonia. They were constantly at the hospital, fussing, fretting and agonizing over the state the child was in.. The fever was not going down.
They went to church and prayed with the minister. He asked them to put their faith and trust in God. After their prayers as they were leaving to go back to the hospital, Sensei surprised them by suggesting that they go to a movie. It took everyone by surprise, but they did go see a movie.
Later the friend reported to the minister, “I was so worried and couldn’t stop thinking about my baby, but gradually, as I watched the movie, I became interested and laughed and laughed. I forgot everything else. After the movie, my wife and I returned to the hospital. It was a miracle. Our baby’s fever was gone”
The worry and “negative” stress of the parents, (EN) unknown to them could be felt by the baby, it unsettled the baby’s own “energy” and impeded the work of the “Universe” True faith is not easy. It is a life long practice.
PL (Perfect Liberty) Principle #15 – I will no do anything overly
Each and every one of us, has concerns that cannot be resolved easily.Problems that could seem trivia to others may be serious problems for you, because you have to deal with them everyday. How you proceed, how you live with your “challenges” in life, makes a big difference. A positive state of mind is something that we cultivate and encourage in others and ourselves.
Live a prayerful life
namaste – Oyashikiri
Love Life
moon Bridge,Zhangjiaije, Hunan,Chian (gettinglost,beautiful-portals.tumblr.com
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) found on lasm.org
Today was a day for listening. First at home, then at church, and again at the hospital. I listened. My head was filled with words, feelings and thoughts that kept going round and round. After a brief lunch, I got back in the truck and drove towards the outskirts of the city. Driving for me is therapeutic.
Sometimes like this Japanese ama, I feel like I’m diving for something, and I may or may not find it. This ama was searching for shellfish off the shores of Japan.(1930’s) We know there is a message or “something” that we should be “seeing” or grasping….but will it happen…. only time will tell.
Shaolin Kung Fu Student, Henan Province, China, 2004,
Everyone we meet in life, has a “story”, an interest, hobby, something they enjoy that means something to them. And, everyone, at one time had a family, or someone who gave them birth. They have history, and they live each day making their own way in this world, one moment at a time. Sometimes it seems endless, and other times, everything just gets lost in limbo, and truth becomes too jumbled too hard to piece together.
The young man I saw this morning, was granted another chance at life, he was aware and in physical pain. Some times the pain we feel is just so unique it is beyond words. Yet through the pain, he felt the moment when love touched his weary broken body.
Love is a powerful medicine, and a divine state of being.
We are all capable of such love, to both give and receive.
Love of life, has to begin with you.
Today was a new beginning.
The man I met this evening, said he wished he could live in the past.
Yet in his reality of the moment, he is an artist who created a world that was of the past, and he had done it well. His way of dealing with the present is to create a yesterday where others can see how Native American’s lived back in the days of the “wild West”
Interesting how I met with one energy who wanted to escape the past, and in the evening, I was with someone who prefered the past.
Yet both, can only live in the present … in the now…
How lucky was I … that the Universe gave me a Yin/Yang day.
How was yours? Life is good, it really really is.
Everyday is a good day, when I get to spend time with you..
Namaste – Oyashikiri
like bamboo
I will go my way
yesterday was yesterday
and today, will be today
such is the way
when all we do and say
is lived in one day
me you
bamBoo
namaste – oyashikiri
bamboo t emple,Hokoku-ji,kamakura,kanagawa
photo by koki konkdo Fivehundredpx
photo Damien Douxchamps
What are my 3 wishes for today. I pray that I remain, calm, confident and centered. It is not because I’m concerned or worried about the hospital procedure, but rather it is the coping with my inner disquiet when I am asked to drink something that I find totally distasteful, and it produces a physical reaction from my body that I don’t enjoy living through.
Have you seen what they are doing to watermelons in Japan? They are growing them in clear square containers, more convenient to the consumer I would guess, but that is not what nature intended of the fruit. I have gone now a long time without solid food, and truth be known except for the first couple of hours when I got hungry, I’ve not really thought much of food, since I had to deal with my diabetic self, reacting to the lack of food and the awful sickly sweet liquid they want me to force down.
Unlike the helpless fruits that are forced to grow in confined spaces, I have choices. The procedure today is a simple one, done I’m sure zillions of times on adult humans everywhere, a must in the course of our regular health check ups. So thought my body will have to endure this interruption in its daily routines, my mind, and focus will be on this New England get away. I will be calm, because I’m happier in a calm state, and I will stay centered knowing that nature is all around me. Nature will continue to provide serenity to all those who seek the freedom of God’s embrace and the blessings that are ours when we live in a state of prayer, keeping our connection to the Universe alive.. always in our hearts.
Life is God
God is Life
Centered in God, I am
Confident, and I am
Calm…
J
procedure-colonoscopy
Challenge – working without my desk top which will be in the shop for at least 7 days!
Opportunity – work with new Asus lap top that I just got recently, and have not had the time to really work with it.
Life is good when we realize that the choices are ours to make when we are presented with the unexpected.
Have a good day my friends, enjoy this wonderful spring weather…..
Namaste – Oyashikiri
masks from display in a shop (Japan)
Changes, every day we encounter a change in our lives. It is no different with a church. the church of PL is headquartered in Japan as you all know. In Japan the fiscal year is from April 1 – till March 31st of the following year. Thus when changes occur, they are announced at the end of the year with the changes taking place immediately (almost). Ministers are transferred to new communities, and this includes the churches in North American, South America etc.
Change will occur in our church, Rev. Tiago has been transferred to the church in Los Angeles. Rev. Atsushi Tsuji a young minister from Japan will be coming to Canada. What wonderful adventures for these two young men. Rev. Tiago and his young family are not long in Canada having come here from Brazil. He has learned to live in the extreme cold of a Canadian winter, and now will head for the dry heat of Los Angeles, California.
Rev. Tsuji will not only experience a change from his Native Japan, but he will be coming to his first assignment here in Canada, And no, dear readers, he does not speak English, never mind French. Fortunately he will arrive during the spring season, and will grow into his new home with the delights of a Canadian spring with the multitude of early spring flowers, tulips, crocus and the like.. In Canada, especially here in Ottawa, we have a bond with Holland, that is expressed with a magnificent show of Tulips in parks and in private gardens.
Picture below were taken during the Ottawa tulip festival, where the tulips are planted to offer up the photographer, tourists and visitors a chance to admire and enjoy their beauty. smiles, and of course to showcase our beautiful city.
So it is, we wish these two young men much success and adventure on this new journey in life that they are embarking on..Changes although at times a challenge, with packing, paperwork, and organizing in such a short period of time, we work through it, step by step, and when tackled with enthusiasm and sincerity (makoto) the rewards are a million fold.
For those of us who are not leaving, there will be a gap, a new personality will enter the community, and we will all have to adjust. Again, it is how we will meet this new opportunity that will determine our temporary disruption to “daily living” God/Universe is always going to ensure that we grow in spirit
changes are what make us better people.
Namaste – Oyashikiri
Church of Perfect Liberty is a non denominational Church that welcomes everyone in community, our goal is World Peace
PL Precept #1 Life is Art
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tulipfestival.ca
That in the sky, the heavens above, there is no east/west, north/south, it is the human need for words and direction, that these distinctions were made. Then over time, the mind believed it to be true… Because it was said, does not make it so.
Buddha “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by Your anger.
PL Principle # 5 I will not get angry at anyone or anything.
In PL (Perfect Liberty), PL Precept #4 Being Annoyed Limits your Expression,
PL Precept #5 is One’s Self Is Lost by Being Emotional.
The picture above is of a boulder with indentations, found on the grounds of Shikoku temple. Japan. It is said that if one hits it with another rock in different places, it will give a sound of various musical notes.
Namaste – Oyashikiri
*artist in Japan, Ojisan Jake
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