The Church

and the Word

the

tatemae & honne

of the West.

To stress

works

but give little

signification

to what they

imply;

to judge without

knowing someone.

I

say to you now,

that there is

no

better human.

A function

a

function

-- add the element

of

love

but don’t forget

the variety of

our effects.

There is
surface
and there is depth.
The
waters bow
under in
some

the universe

caves in on itself

bends

in

at the center

to see

another part.

Where in space

and

time it does this

we attribute

everything;

we

foolishly wish

not to see

the absolute arbitrariness

of

it.

We tie
all significance
to the
face

like a line

to a bobber

-- is this
a good spot?

--

unaccustomed to

the fact

that it simply happens
it
must
happen.

That which pulls

us in

isn’t hidden

; it

just

isn’t

seen.

By all means

love the

face: plucking

out our eyes

is to throw away

a Go
d-gi
ve
n

miracle,

a furtive center
to so
many joys.

And yet,
couple your sight
to your
sensitivity

and witness

the

unbearable

simultaneity

of the
Many-face and the

One-.

as such

how can
anyone
love
and
hate

?

A person seeking inner development must first of all make the attempt to give up certain formerly held inclinations. Then, new inclinations must be acquired by constantly holding the thought of such inclinations, virtues or characteristics in one’s mind. They must be so incorporated into one’s being that a person becomes enabled to alter his soul by his own will-power. This must be tried as objectively as a chemical might be tested in an experiment. A person who has never endeavored to change his soul, who has never made the initial decision to develop the qualities of endurance, steadfastness and calm logical thinking, or a person who has such decisions but has given up because he did not succeed in a week, a month, a year or a decade, will never conclude anything inwardly about these truths.

-- Rudolf Steiner



whether or not this altering of the soul by one's "own will-power," this lifting oneself by one's bootstraps, is a metaphysical possibility is against the point. the power of self-discipline, in both the effects and process, is a remarkable thing. there is also, as is obvious here in steiner's last statement, an incredible amount of faith that is required that these things will come with time. but such is the importance of the means, the process, even sometimes over the ends.

"Teaching is only demonstrating

that it is possible. Learning is

making it possible for yourself."

-- Paulo Coelho

「指導というのはなにかの可能性を

学習者に示すことだ。そういう可能性から

できるようになれる行為は、学ぶといわれている。」

－パウロ・コエーリョ

(my translation)

repe(a)t(ition)

globalized song

Death teaches us, not

that we should do as much

as

possible

while we're alive,

but

that we,

within the span

of

our lives, must

discover

what is meaningful

for us

to do

.

in the parks of chuo

in the early morning

the cry of the cicadas is

deafening