Royal Tutor – Elizabeth Vining

by cybersensei | August 13, 2022 | Blog, Inspiration, Woman Power

Royal Tutor – Elizabeth Vining

The profound influence upon Japan of Ms. Vining, a Quaker English instructor can not be disregarded.

Quakers beliefs include the idea that the presence of God exists in every person―just like the ―rejecting elaborate religious ceremonies and believed in spiritual equality of all

The Quakers also practice pacifism and played a key role in both the abolitionist and women’s rights movements.

Elizabeth Vining was personally selected by Emperor Hirohito to become the private tutor to then Crown Prince Akihito from 1946 to 1950.

Elizabeth Grey Vining Portrait- Land Of The Rising Son

Emperor Hirohito had two requirements.

He wanted a woman tutor, as he didn’t think the Crown Prince had enough feminine influence in his life.

Keep in mind, as was protocol in the Japanese royal family, Akihito was separated from his parents at the age of 3 to be raised by other adults in the imperial household.

He saw his parents only once a week.

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The other requirement was that the tutor be a , but not a fanatic.

This meant Emperor Hirohito had no desire to see his son converted to Christianity, which as the head of was an unfounded concern anyway.

Indeed unlike most other sects and faction of Christians, the Quaker do not actively try to convert others to the dogma of Christianity.

Even so, the influence of an American pacifist on the young prince was regarded with resentment by right-wing intellectuals who complained that Akihito had contracted a spiritual and intellectual ‘fungus’ from his tutor.

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However, Ms. Vining carried out her mandate brilliantly opening a window to the world along with the desire to set him intellectually free.

She also expanded Crown Prince Akihito cloistered palace world by inviting Akihito and his classmates to her Western-style home one afternoon a week.

Elizabeth Gray Vining with Akihito and Friend- Land Of The Rising Son

As is often the case with foreigners who come to Japan unaware of the rigid hierarchy of structure of Japan, she gave each of her pupils an English name to break down formality and encourage more democratic interactions.

Even today in modern Japan today, the strict hierarchy structure of Japan does not facilitate any sort of “democratic interaction” among the rigid social system of .

The nicknames “Jimmy” given to the Crown Prince Akihito was not embraced for when she first called him “Jimmy,” he replied:

“I am not ‘Jimmy,’ I am the Crown Prince.”

Culture point: The are very rarely on the first name basis with anyone―except the immediately family―and more often than not―not even then.

Elizabeth Gray Vining Shaking Akihito's Hand - Land Of The Rising Son Some of the important concepts instilled during Ms. Vining’s tenure came from reading a biography of Abraham Lincoln, discussing Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence, and shared hopes for world peace.

One could say the teaching of these universal principles planted seeds and lead to them rising from the ashes of the war―thus creating the Third Pillar of Civilization―Japan.

Indeed the merging of East and West civilizations started in earnest with overseas missions during the Meiji restoration― in particular, the Iwakura Mission.

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The Iwakura Mission truly marks the beginning of the industrialization miracle of the Meiji Restoration, culminating Mr. Vining’s serendipitous trip to Japan where she blew her fairy dust on the Crown Prince, changing the course of the Japanese forever.

Interestingly enough, she also lectured at Tsuda College, which was established by the author of this article wife’s Great Aunty―Umeko Tsuda, who also became a Quaker during her time in the United States, starting from 1871.

One could say Tsuda Umeko is the tutelar deity of Oneness―just as Ms. Vining― their philosophy aligned that education should focus on developing individual intelligence and personality, creating harmony inside oneself, and by extension the world.

One could say having this elegant female Quaker instilling the Crown Prince with the universal values innate in all those connecting to is herself a tutelar deity surely worthy of recognition.

Indeed, this mostly forgotten historical figure played a significant role in pointing the way of the future to 125th Emperor of Japan, and one can feel her influence permeating the “air” of Japan, even until this very day.

Elizabeth Gray Vining also wrote the book: “Windows for a Crown Prince” in 1952, and referred to her tutelage of Akihito “a fairy story.”

Elizabeth Gray Vining wrote the book- “Windows for a Crown Prince” in 1952 - Land Of The Rising Son

“It’s a fairy story, in that a quite Philadelphia Quaker was picked up and transported halfway across the world and dropped into the heart of the oldest and most mysterious royal court in the world.”

For this serendipitous miracle―an important catalyst for the merging of the Western and Japanese mind―she was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure shortly before her return to the United States in 1950.

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Japan is continuing the natural progression of its ancient civilization as the Japanese continue to blend Eastern and Western values creating a common moral foundation to build our societies upon while seeing new world paradigms, tomorrow and today.

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Eye For An Eye

by cybersensei | August 6, 2022 | Blog, Civilization

Eye For An Eye

The Japanese government carried out a capital punishment event recently.

Interestingly enough, over 80% of Japanese citizens support capital punishment.

One queried two men in their late 20s, curious as to the Japanese youth view on capital punishment.

The first one said he was against capital punishment.

No bleeding heart here however, as he said:

“I would like the perpetrator suffering mental anguish as punishment for their crimes against the society until the end of their natural life.”

The second young man sided with the majority saying:

“Capital punishment must be carried out to atone for crimes against the social conventions of Japan.”

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Unlike the United States—the only other G7 country still executing citizen—Japanese death row inmates never know the date of execution.

This particular execution was carried out to atone for a heinous crime which took place on June 8, 2008.

The executed death row inmate rammed a rented vehicle into a crowded pedestrian area of Akihabara—also know as Electric Town—killing three via vehicular homicide.

The perpetrator then raged into a stabbing frenzy leaving four more victims dead, and inflicting harm on several other innocent victims.

Stabbing Rampage in Akihabara Japan 2008

Execution orders come from the very top.

In order for executions to take place in Japan, the Justice Minister—Yoshihisa Furukawa in this particular instance—must stamp the execution order with the official seal of the Justice Ministry.

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Here the ancient Way of Japan comes into full view—the fact remains—the day of reckoning is only revealed the morning of the execution.

There is no hoopla or fanfare.

There is no one last meal.

There is only a Buddhist priest, the prison guards, and the last walk to the gallows of Japan to be hung by the neck until dead.

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This is in sharp contrast to the United States, as the affairs of capital punishment are the responsibility of each state.

Indeed, depending on the state where the capital crime occurs, there are a variety of execution methods terminating the life of the damned.

This American style lethal justice is carried out using a variety of methods depending on the state:

Lethal injection
Electric chair
Hanging
Firing squad
Gas chamber

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Just to be clear, Japan and the U$A keep company with the likes of Saudi Arabia, China, and Iran when it comes to capital punishment (see full list).

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In a practical observation of executions in Japan, all executions taking place since arriving in 1987 can be considered justified according to the conventions of Japanese society, and the punishment fitting the nature of the crime.

One of the most shocking events experienced in the early days of Japan was between August 1988 and June 1989.

This is where a male perpetrator murdered four young girls in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture.

The girls from 4 to 7-years-old when murdered in his car before dismembering and molesting their corpses.

He also engaged in cannibalism, preserved body parts as trophies, and taunted the families of his victims.

Sentenced to death in 1997, he was executed in 2008.

Deranged mentally ill people are not exclusive to Japan.

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These vile filthy animals lurk in the darkest corners of the demented and lunatic mind—wreaking havoc upon One wherever slithering instances of slime may be designed to go.

In the country of one’s own passport, there was a local serial killer in a reign of terror from 1980 to 1981.

The final count of innocent victims was eleven children.

The perpetrator of these heinous crimes was sentenced to life in prison in January 1982—dying in prison on October 2, 2011—almost 30 full years after these crimes against humanity.

Whether justice was served appropriately for the beloved left behind, is a matter of personal conviction.

Make no mistake about this:

Perpetrators of heinous acts breaching the ancient social conventions of Japan will have to reconcile at the Japanese Ministry of Justice Hangman Department.

The ancient system of Japan has evolved over millennia—founded upon Form Order and Process—including capital punishment protocol, and will continue to enforce the core tenets of the Japanese for the foreseeable future.

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Love Is Fertilizer

by cybersensei | July 30, 2022 | Blog, Civilization

Love Is Fertilizer

It’s what makes life grow.

One could say the opposite of love is hate, but that would be a misnomer.

The top three enemies of love corrupting minds leading to mass depression, despondency, and abject hopelessness for the future should be consider:

Bigotry
Along with its ugly minions—jingoism, discrimination, dogmatism, homophobia, and the most egregious policy ever—national government policy in fact—segregating and judging other by the colour of their skin, not by their quality of their character—Jim Crowism.

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Narcissism
No shortage of these delusions creatures running amok in society in love, deeply deeply in love with themselves.

These mentally ill charlatans are particularly vile, as all others are expendable for material gain, along with a sadistic mentality pleasuring in the administration of suffering and pain.

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One can observe the virus-like phenomena of narcissism infecting the indoctrinated masses—with the truth being:

People with this extremely atrocious behaviour are sensitive to the extreme—fraudulent cowards at core.

Narcissistic behaviour helps protect the narcissist against the grinding feelings of inadequacy and hatred of themselves—paradoxically.

The stark reality as abject failures—homeless without community—with the subconscious realization of reality—their life is meaningless.

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Greed
Nothing makes homo sapiens more violent, cruel, and deadly than abject greed on steroids.

The worshipping and love of money, along with the will to pillage, rape, and plunder as a matter of national policy, is the crux of the matter.

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As previously discussed in the article entitled: I Don’t Love You, I Like You A Lot—love hold different means in different cultures.

However, the universal language of love hold no such restraints—love is something to sprinkled in the air—unconditionally.

In doing so, one can express gratitude while adding meaning to own’s own life.

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Consider the following personally observed true story.

Many moons ago in rural Japan on a dark rainy winter night, a non-Japanese man was observed having just filled two 20-litre cans of kerosene* waiting at the light to carry his fuel through the pouring rain.
* The Japanese heat their homes using kerosene space heaters.

ファンヒーター - Land Of The Rising Son Out of the blue, the driver of a van gestured to this man to come and lay his burden down into the back of a modern beast of burden—Honda StepWagon.

On the ride home, where his wife and child awaited him with the kerosene, it was discovered this family was originally from Sri Lanka.

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Upon arrival, the opportunity to enrich this man’s family further presented itself.

Happening to have a fresh ¥10,000 note in pocket, the truth of universal Oneness was reflected in an act of unconditional love to a stranger.

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The fertilizer of unconditional love was manifested in this material world by presenting an unexpected gift to a stranger.

Random acts of unconditional love were modelled upon one’s own ancestors, as a fundamental humanistic principal when choosing Oneness over self.

Such love was distinctly manifested throughout one’s own life as the Uji-gami of our clan extended such courtesies to strangers along his own journey throughout the sludge of this mortal coil.

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Small acts of empathy and kindness can be considered unconditional love.

Here the protocol of unconditional love fertilizes humanity, shining endless amounts of enlightened light into the darkest reaches of the human condition.

The eternal truth of unconditional love is manifested when sacrificing for Oneness at the expense of self—an unpopular theme in a petty greedy narcissistic world full of the bigoted who are indoctrinated and delusion.

Small acts of random kindness go a long way to making a monotone day brighter—one could say—little dabs of colour—creating nooks and crannies—on the journey of one’s own Way.

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Master Music Molecule Manipulator Maestro Motsuri

by cybersensei | July 23, 2022 | Blog, Inspiration

Master Music Molecule Manipulator Maestro Motsuri

By virtue of living ΩNE’s entire adult life in Japan, the full spectrum of characters from all eight corners of the multiverse have been encountered.

Like most things in life, these people are transitory—ephemeral if you will, but there are rare exceptions.

Master Music Molecule Manipulator Maestro Motsuri is one of them.

ΩNE is attracted to mavericks fulfilling their destiny as a matter of innate drive—Maestro Motsuri stands alone.

The drive to manipulate music molecules was anointed by the Muse upon him entering the atmosphere in 1975—Year of the Rabbit—12 full years after the author of this article.

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Unfamiliar with the significance this 12 year period?

The Chinese zodiac calendar uses 12 animals in a 12 year cycle—entering the atmosphere in the same animal year is akin to becoming a kinder-spirit—as directed by Oneness.

Extraordinarily enough, the ΩNE other exceptional individual consider as Clan—Johnny Rainman—also happens to have been born in the year of the Rabbit (1975), as does Mr. Rotten’s very own fine Son.

Perhaps one has encountered Maestro Motsuri’s remarkable molecule manipulations accompanying TV logos of major indoctrination centres, or sound sprite in movies—among other delights.

Understanding musical molecules molecularly is reserved for those who conceive sound at a quantum level—uniting obscure musical molecules for mini-masterpieces of sound design.

How does Maestro Motsuri do this?

Trial & Error

When the going gets tough, his mastery of music molecule manipulation forces him through, until the client of these masterfully assembled musical molecules—satisfied them beyond their wildest hallucinations.

The deep breath of knowledge concerning obscure music gear motivates him to assemble esoteric arrays of guitar pedals in obscenely long chains—some times reaching over 20 units.

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An extreme patching nightmare to be certain.

Master Music Molecule Manipulator Maestro Mawdsley Studio 04 - Land Of The Rising Son

Seeing his studio is truly an eye opener.

Master Music Molecule Manipulator Maestro Mawdsley Studio 07 - Land Of The Rising Son

Strewn about are modual music gadgets capturing and masterfully manipulate musical molecules—becoming extraordinary aural delights—unlike any other in all universes—throughout the entire spectrum of space and time.

Master Music Molecule Manipulator Maestro Mawdsley Studio 08 - Land Of The Rising Son

He is also highly skilled at sussing out obscure Japanese records from the 70s.

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These discoveries then delights collectors from around the globe who purchase these rare nuggets of Japanese treasure.

One may even see him flipping through stacks and stacks of vinyl in the hidden record shop throughout the nooks and crannies of Tokyo.

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Maestro Motsuri has several kinds of tricks up his sleeve—one of them is making the very best pesto—anywhere on planet earth—or in the entire galaxy for that matter.

Homemade Pesto - Land Of The Rising Son

So the question now remains.

What kind of music molecules will the Maestro manipulate next?

Let’s keep our collective ears peeled—for somewhere, someday, one may very well encounter music molecules manipulated by the Maestro in the esoteric art of music molecule manipulation.

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Taste Of Meiji

by cybersensei | July 16, 2022 | Blog, Culture, Food

Taste Of Meiji

Taste of Meiji

The most exquisite sushi ever encoutered up-to-date was at a 5th generation sushi shop, established Meiji 4 (1871).

Daitokuya is a historic sushi shopis in the pristine Boso peninsula in one’s home prefecture of Sunny Chiba, which also happens to be full of magical mysteries throughout this extraordinary prefecture. Chiba Prefecture Michi No Eki Map - Land Of The Rising Son Interestingly enough, the son of the current sushi master, Kurihara-Taisho is now training in Ginza when once finished (apprenticeship may last 10 or 15 years), he will become the 6th generation to run his family shop, persevering these one and only immaculate flavours of a bygone era.

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In Japan, can one see the preservation of a family history embodied in their shop and the generation of these sushi artisans creating the same flavours of sushi handed down from generation to generation.

Imagine anywhere else in the world where one can go to an establishment and experience flavours created from the sea and the surrounding family farms starting from150 years ago.

大徳家暖簾-Land Of The Rising Son One of the deep charms of Japan is, regardless of the modernization having taken place from the Meiji Restoration, there are still shops in the nooks and crannies in the Land Of The Rising Son preserving the way of Old Japan.
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Even as this is so, true to the nature of the Japanese, the essence of Meiji has been duly captured at Daitokuya.

Here, Kurihara-Taisho now invokes the spirit of kaizen—building upon previous generations—honouring his ancestors deliciously tweaking historic dishes—maintaining the divine heritage of this extraordinary art.

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Speaking of extraordinarily old establishments, take the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Yamagata Prefecture—the oldest hotel ever—run by the same family for 52 generations.

Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Yamagata Prefecture - Land Of The Rising Son

Where else can one find a business established in 705 CE still running today, while holding the Guinness Book of World Record for the oldest hotel?

Time marches on and stops for no one, and it is fascinating to watch Japanese food culture circling the globe over the last 30 plus years—in the form of sashimi and sushi. 大徳家寿司屋-なめろう-Land Of The Rising Son Seeing these morsels of the Gods become loved by those around the world who understand the flavour and texture of raw fish warms one heart greatly.
大徳家寿司屋- 色々 - Land Of The Rising Son Indeed, if a true connoisseur of the delights of the sea, one would make their way to this extraordinary shop and taste the flavours of Meiji-era sushi, if at all possible.
For the truth will remain—one can never sample delicacies such as these anywhere else in the world—but for at this one shop—in the pristine picturesque town of Chikura in Sunny Chiba Japan.

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Unfinished Masterpiece

by cybersensei | July 9, 2022 | Art, Blog, Culture

Unfinished Masterpiece

One would best be served to look upon life as art.

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Art traditionally defined:

1 the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination

2 a skill at doing a specified thing, typically acquired through practice

Here is where one can put away any preconceived notions concerning the arts.

Life can be considered art as per definition 2, and beyond.

The goal of life is to die while creating a one-off extraordinary masterpiece, know as life…

Remember, artist don’t retire—they die or fade away.

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Actually, Reiwa 4 (2022) happens to contain significant milestones—such as the passing of a generation—serendipitously reflected in the divine cycle of life as the newest member of our clan entered the atmosphere and joining the party on May 1, 2022.

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According to the indoctrinated standpoint of the Industrial Education Complex protocol, one would achieved all there ever is in life as specified by the unelected-overlords of this particular universe.

This means being sent off into retirement—a death sentence for those whose whole identity belongs to others, whether religious, corporate, or otherwise.

Indeed, there is now the foul stench of despair in the air, accompanied by hopelessness, which is the direct result of the disconnection from the true nature of oneself and the lurking purpose of destiny in the context on Oneness.

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Recognizing that the art residing inside one’s subconscious-self has been obscured and weakened by the preconceived notions of life imprinted by others.

The reality of one own unique story and journey upon this mortal coil could be consider a piece of art hanging in a far away gallery for the satisfaction and pleasure of the Gods and Goddesses of Oneness.

The final results of one’s masterpiece can only truly be known after the full journey under the sun ends, and the exit into Oneness has transpired.

Most definitely, the quality of art left behind by each individual must be worthy of mention.

Sadly, most lives are lived in quiet desperation working and living someone else’s vision and desire, and the art within abandoned to die.

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Indeed, such selfless personal art can be considered gifts to honour ancestors while leaving signposts for those who come after.

The importance of one’s individual art created into this world cannot be understated as this beauty is all the more necessary in these turbulent times and are a beacon of light countering the bitter ugliness permeating our world.

Therefore, as of this turning point in life, one has felt the calling of a particular piece of art, which has now been recognized.

Like so many things in life—timing is everything.

There is no time like the present, and regardless of the lack of any particular skills to create one’s own masterpiece, consistent daily practice of any new skill is the path the enlightenment and creation of the Way Of One’s Art.

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