Grandfather Ωmega

by cybersensei | July 20, 2024 | Blog, Festival, Inspiration

Grandfather Ωmega

Good fortune means different things to different people—different strokes for different folks—if you will ٩(♡ε♡ )۶

Indeed, the antiquated adage—fortune favors the bold is a double-edged sword with razor-sharp teeth residing inside the fickle belly of the Lady Fortuna beast—taming this volatile vassal is the essential core of an Idealistic lifestyle—mind of peace inside a serene ephemeral dream.

The Big Girl and Sanya Tides always turn into the absurd, thus always be redefining this critical word, making sure to give the negative suffix a miss—as adding “mis” to any fortune leads to headaches, heartaches, and disaster.

True fortune is in the locus of the beholder—ban butsu—life in all things—organic, visceral, and surreal—exceptionally good fortune of pure energy had The Little Girl delivering the original Ωmega grandson to Kizuna Jinja Main Gate.

Astral-Sanya entered the Age of Shingo神悟 Zone1界 Way1道—May 4, 2024—initiating the amalgamation of widely dispersed packets of pure energy transformed into a sentient human being.

Called back to homeland Japan, the tutelar deities of his emerging neo-clan anointed his purified soul as his journey is to follow the sun—Under God’s Shadow, so it shall be, as this is the way of ΩNE.

Sanya and the Land Of The Rising Son The frequency of Infinite Mother—also known as Muse—is in the potency of her intoxicating elixir fruit-cake juice.

Magic keys opening untold possibilities, for she has anointed you—Astral-kun, as the Incidental Pioneer, potentiating eminence of the burgeoning neo-societies, as you and your phantasmagorical neo-crew unlock ethereal ports and concealed egresses into infinite opportunities of flourishing neo-youth.

Unlike the rigid hierarchical society of the Japanese, life instantly slips into serenity, whenever you are bouncing on Ωmega Grandaddy’s knee.

A realistic scene featuring a Japanese boy and girl toddler holding one key together, engaging in unlocking ethereal ports and concealed doors leading

The mirth and joy embedded in your living, breathing, toy awaits you at honkei of your neo-clan, where we always expect the best of each other—in fine arts, molecular symmetry, or climbing bamboo trees—I know this may be a little much, but then again, soon enough, you will be turning three.

The glorious life of Astra-kun was conjured into molecular existence by his seminal grandmother, christened by Muse—The Big Girl, along with her sub-par Incidental Occxie, a mere prop in her uncanny movie—melodramatic to say the least.

Sanya Ωmega Grandson has been anointed and blessed by Empress Grace via her steely inexorable edictal order:

You are to become the archetypal example of an enlightened rising son ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

Empress-Grace-Posing-Land-Of-The-Rising-Son-Sanya Celebration Reflecting the emergence of prodigious children the unifier manifested as a consecrated concentration of pure consciousness representing flow into ΩNE.

In the immortal words of Infinity Professor Deutsch:

“Give children access to whatever they want to pour into themselves. And pouring is the wrong metaphor, because children create knowledge internally.”

Bifurcation of industrial education initiated by internalization of words of wisdom embedded in a humble 4-character Japanese compound:

on ko chi shin—温故知新—create the future from the past

Learn from the past:
Astral-kun’s ancestors are pioneers, with the mysterious frequency of beloved Aunty Umeko, connecting him directly to her own extraordinary journey, as she too, was destined to follow the sun.

Establishing Tsuda Juku Daigaku, in 1900, she has bequeathed ΩNE a living creative legacy—formal education for the women of Japan—for all girls inside Mother Earth’s world indeed.

Aunty Umeko as a young woman

A civilized merger of two advanced societies was enjoined by Muse, instructing Aunty Umeko to merge with her visionary counterpart, the esteemed Ms. Alice Bacon; this historical female union having sparked Civilization Three.

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Reimagining the Japanese way as timeless Matriculated Female Warriors enter the fray—reminiscent of formative Onna Bugeisha—neo-mothers of modern-day Japan—Culturalized curators of the neo-clan now revealed as a part of Aunty Umeko’s master plan.

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Live in the present:
On the maternal side of the tree of life resides Bungaku Mama—Astral-kun’s resilient Great Grandmother, a graduate of Showa Women’s University, quite the feat, a thriver and survivor, a testament to her resilience and durability as the representative of the Yasuda-clan.

Bungaku Mama YearBook - Land Ωf The Rising SΩN - cybersensei Bungaku Mama’s name is now synonymous with a massive paradigm shift, and the accompanying changes happening during the bifurcation—neo-societies reflecting the value of being a homeostatic well-rounded sentient being.

Her spirit of resolve carried her family through the trials and tribulations of post-war Japan—her neo-clan now honors her by establishing the Bungaku Mama Juku-Juku—[文学ママ熟塾].

Her sublime legacy to Great Grandson Astral-kun—bestowing a gift of unconditional love, the foundation of her Civil Cultivation Center—the edification paradigm of Civilization Three. 文学ママ熟塾

Plan for the future:
Recently, Muse has brought the future of humanity to Incidental Occxie’s strict attention—the future has now been officially mentioned.

Analytical Idealism has now been firmly planted, spreading its epoch making seeds—perpetually curious children profoundly enchanted—entrust prodigious children to the pedagogical freedom inside the phantasmagorical manifestation of Master Bernardo Kastrup’s prophetic vision and lucid dream.

Master Bernardo’s divinity is reflected in a quirky 4-character Japanese compound—ki men bu sshin—鬼面仏心—Ogre’s Face Buddha’s Heart.

ki men bu sshin—Ogre’s face Buddha’s heart

This delightfully cantankerous Master has a double Ph.D—one for the purge—the other for the merge—his brilliance is the sacrosanct wellspring of knowledge—he holds the ultimate key to the inner sanctuary of enlightenment, last stop before the portal to infinity.

At much personal sacrifice, suffice it to say he is a magnificent exemplification for malleable autodidacts to emulate.

All Great Masters heed the wisdom of their tutelar deity—this is the Japanese Way—Master Bernardo, welcome to the Yamato fray.

Master Bernardo and his disciples

Knowledge is used as a strategic tactic to advance the emerging neo-civilization, the neo-clan generation embracing the shapeshifting core curriculum of the essence of nature—on ko chi shin always enlightens the way.

The core narration of the neo-clan nation is threaded into the fabric of what it means to be Japanese.

Benefits are aplenty when adhering to the rules in the spirit of flexibility.

Model the innate practicality of the Japanese as embodied in the ingrained protocol of Form Order Process—its ingenious power is the deepest reflection of its inherent simplicity:

learn from the past

live in the present

plan for the future

on ko chi shin

Obon: Bring Back Our Dead

by cybersensei | August 12, 2020 | Blog, Culture, Festival

Obon: Bring Back Our Dead

One of the most important holidays in Japan is smack dab in the middle of sticky and humid August, and this is known as “OBON”.

Coming from an occidental society, I thought these custom to be strange at first, but as I came to understand more and more about the meaning of OBON, I found the concept deeply fascinating as I do many things here in the Land Of The Rising Son.

The Japanese worship their ancestors, which is also common in many other Asian countries. For example in Cambodia, I found a high correlation between the Cambodians and Japanese in regards to their ancestor worship belief systems.The Japanese traditionally return to their hometown (furusato or kokyo), in which they still feel a deep attachment, unlike what one may think about their own hometown when looking at it from an occidental perspective.

There, the souls of the ancestors are brought back from the family graveyard to the ancestral home, where they are celebrated with food and sake offerings upon the family altar, for which their spirit will reside during this three day festival.The descendants will offer incense upon the alter as they pray to their ancestors, thanking them for their sacrifice and perseverance.

Culture point: Remember never to blow out the incense you are about to offer to your ancestors, you must wave them in the air to extinguish the flame, blowing them out like a birthday candle is extremely poor etiquette.

I recall, when visiting someone’s ancestral home for the Obon holiday, the children of the neighbourhood dressed in happi coats and fundoshi, would go to each door and pounding the taiko and chanting for the ancestral spirits of the household. Obon traditions vary from region to region and this particular unique experienced occurred in the rural hinterland of Ibaraki prefecture. ハッピ There is also exquisite dancing during this period know as “Bon Odori, which dates back some 600 years. It is during this dancing where the ancestors and the sacrifices they made for us are remembered and appreciated. 盆踊り-02

I truly believe if you worship anything, it should be your own ancestors, who, by virtue of you dear reader reading this post, persevered under extraordinary circumstances to pass their DNA along to you. Now this is something to really be thankful for, don’t you think so?

Why not celebrate one’s own ancestors and the unique heritage right here and now.

You can reach out to your elderly, who are sooner rather than later going to become one’s ancestor. You can tap into their depth of experience, while you still have time to share with them in the flesh.

I’d like to give a shout out to my ancestors on both my occidental and Japanese side, for persevering and passing their incredible gift along; one’s one and only life.

Bonus: I wrote a blog about how the Japanese view death.

https://landoftherisingson.org/how-the-japanese-view-death/

Here’s how to dance Bon Odori

Significance Of Cherry Blossoms

by cybersensei | March 28, 2020 | Blog, Culture, Festival

Significance Of Cherry Blossoms

Yes dear reader, it is that time of the year again, the time where we all gather underneath the exquisite and ephemeral cherry blossoms to celebrate life.

What may look like just a gigantic party in Japan, is actually something that has much deeper meaning and significance to the Japanese.

The time when cherry blossoms are bloom is when the Japanese gather to reflect on just how fleeting and ephemeral life can be, all the while sitting, eating, drinking, and some times singing and dancing as they congregating beneath the majestic cherry trees.

And this year more even so in the light of the most recent global events as we continue our journey in 2020, this year holds even more significance this year.

Around the end of March beginning of April, these beautiful cherry blossoms come out for only a few days, until they are blown away, in the wind, and their life is over, in a mere instant of time.

And so it is for one as well dear reader, as we are merely here for just a fleeting moment in our once in a lifetime.

One of the most profound and meaningful experiences of my entire life was at one’s very first cherry blossoms party in 1987.

Having arrived in Japan just a few short month earlier, one’s Japanese speaking level was, to say the least, just one step from non-existent.

What left a such deep and lasting impression was a simple and genuine gesture from a lovely Japanese lady during my first initiation in to the “Way of Cherry Blossom”.

What this did was to really showed me the Japanese heart in so many ways.

I went to the spectacular cherry blossom party, and of course I was the only foreigner there among 15 non-English-speaking Japanese students and friends.

We were all having a rollicking time, including me off course (what’s not to like: pond of alcohol and forest of meat), except for the fact that everybody was speak Japanese and I couldn’t understand a word anybody was saying.

Off course, this did not detract from my pure enjoyment of the truly surreal scene.

Then, all of the sudden, this wonderful lady stopped everybody in their tracks, including all laughter and boisterous conversations and said to everyone in a headmaster style of leadership. “Look, one cannot speak Japanese, and everybody is having such a good time except for one, this is unacceptable when we have an important foreign guest here in Japan. From now on and for the rest of the party we are all going to speak English”.

This represented a serious problem, not to mention being a serious buzz kill, as none of them, except for a one or two with English 101 beginners skills could speak a lick of English anyway.

This is to where I replied in earnest “No, this is Japan, and I will learn to speak Japanese, so I can to communicate with all of you in Japanese”.

In other words “when in Rome, do as the Romans”.

I believe what I said resonated with everyone, and the party just got better after that.

This is also where, even though I had never yet consciously understood the Japanese ingrained spirit of “omotenashi,” or “hospitality, I then understood and felt the true spirit of Japanese “omotenashi”.

By the way, the word “hospitality” can not truly describe “omotenashi”, which is an ingrained cultural convention woven into the Japanese DNA and can only be understood after experiencing it first-hand.

Please come to Japan and experience the the true meaning of “omotenashi”, sitting underneath the majestic cherry trees, while contemplate one’s own mortality, and the ephemeral nature of one’s own life.

Girls Festival-Hinamatsuri

by cybersensei | March 7, 2020 | Culture, Festival, Shinto

Girls Festival-Hinamatsuri

At the beginning of every March there is the spectacular Girls Festival here in Japan.

As you can see, the ancient cultural of Japan is alive and well in modern Japan today.

The primary aspect of the Girl’s Festival is the display of seated male and female dolls. These two main dolls are know as “obina” and meibina, respectively, and you can look upon these dolls as a representation of the Emperor and Empress.

The dolls on display are modelled after Imperial Court attire based on the royal courts of the

Many of these elaborate displays include a multi-tiered doll stand representing ladies of the court, musicians, and other attendants.

The entire set of dolls and accessories is called the “hinakazari”.

The dolls are usually fairly expensive (¥200,000 to ¥500,000 for a five-tier set, depending on quality) and may be handed down from older generations as heirlooms.

In some areas of Japan, like Ibaraki prefecture, these dolls represent bragging rights and these doll sets can go up to ¥10 million and beyond.

The dolls spends most of the year in storage, and girls and their mothers begin setting up the display a few days before March 3 .

Now, the boys normally do not participate in this event, as May 5, now known as Children’s Day was historically called “Boys’ Day”. The boys get their own special item known as koinobori and Kabuto () on their day and I will be writing about this just before this festive celebration.

The dolls were supposed to be put away by the day after Hinamatsuri, with the the superstition being that leaving the dolls out any longer would result in a late marriage for the daughter.

Historically, the dolls were used as toys, but in modern times they are intended for display only.

During Hinamatsuri and the preceding days, girls hold parties with their friends.

Typical foods include hina-arare (multi-colored rice crackers), chirashizushi (raw fish and vegetables on rice in a bowl or bento box), hishi mochi (multicolored rice cakes),(sakuramochi) (pounded rice that tastes like cherries) and ushiojiru (clam soup, as clam shells represent a joined pair), and amazake (non alcohol sake).

To add further to the fun and joyfulness of this important festival, there is the Nagashi-bina (doll floating”) ceremonies which are held around the country.

The participants make dolls out of paper or straw and send them on a boat down a river, carrying one’s impurities and sin with them. Now this sounds like a little bit of Shintoism in the mix and this is not surprising as most of these auspicious occasion are related in somehow to Way of Japanese.

Have a look at some of the extraordinary doll pyramids here.

If you are in Land Of The Rising Son around the end of February until the March 3, you can find many places with these precious and unique works of art on display throughout our country.