My Crazy Clock

Friday, July 9, 2010

I have an atomic clock.　　I like it because I don' have to adjust time and replace batteries.

This clock is getting crazy. It sometimes shows one hour ahead. I get panicked when I wake up and check the time. Oh no! I am late. I should wake Airin up right now! After that nervous moment I notice the clock is one hour ahead. I think it better than one hour behind.

Today's words from Eckhart Tolle are.

Presence Removes Time.
Without time, no suffering, no negativity, can survive.

ただ今にあることで時の概念を無くす

時がなくなれば、あらゆる苦しみ、あらゆるマイナス感情も存続できなくなる。

時は誰にでも平等だと思うけれど、なんと私たちの生活は時間の制約を受け

息苦しくなっていることだろうか。

Thursday,　July 8, 2010

I have had a pain at around the base of right thumb for about two weeks and I can't open canned juice. Maybe I have a tenosynovitis.　My daughter advised me to see a doctor. She is always my good adviser. So I went to the hospital to see a orthopedist. Unfortunately the orthopedic surgery is closed on Thursdays and I returned home. Anyway I applied a cold compress and fixed with tape. I hope it will work.

Today's words from Echhart Tolle are,

Every Time You Walk

up and down the stairs in your house or place or work,
pay close attention to every step, every movement, even your
breathing.
Be totally present.

あなたが歩くあらゆる瞬間を
階段を上や下に上るとき、あらゆる動き、呼吸までも
すべての瞬間にじっと注意をはらいなさい。
完全に今にありなさい。

Bullying

Tuesday, June 6, 2010

This morning my daughter told me that she was bullied by her school mates.
Some of her shool mates gave my daughter stern looks. When Airin, my daughter asked A chan the reason, she said, "That's why I don't like you." And her friends answered, "We are friends of A chan." I told Airin that those things happen at school and you shouldn't look back crossly at them. Don't care about them. You should pretend to be kinder and nicer. They will stop bullying you soon.

I hope Airin to grow up with a kind, strong heart.


Today's words from Eckhart Tolle are,

See If You Can Catch Yourself Complaining,

in either speech or thout,
about a situation you find yourself in,
what other people do or say, your
surroundings, your life situation, even
the weather.
To complain is
always nonacceptance of what is.

文句を言っている自分に気がついたら

自分の状況や他人の言動や、自分の環境、状況、天気にさえ
言葉や思考の中で文句を言っている自分に気がついたとしたら
現実を受け入れていないということである。

Thursday, July 1, 2010

I will start a new English Class, Eiken Koza today. I will do all my best to pass my students on the next 5th grade test. I hope all my students to be more confident.

Today's words from Echhartl Tolle are,

Observe How The Mind
labels an umpleasant moment and
how this labeling process,
this continuous sitting in judgement,
creats pain and unhappiness

どのように思考が不快な瞬間を決めていき、
どのようにそれが進んでいくのかを、観察してみなさい。

このような継続的な判断が行われていくことで
苦しみや不幸せが生まれてくるのである。

Thought of Michael Jackson

Monday, June 28, 2010

I spent my weekend thinking of Michael and listening to his music. He passed away one year ago at 6am on June 26th, Japan time. That's why I felt like seeing the movie "Michael Jackson Comemorated."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD19YTqRVZQ

That was not the movie but just a home video shooting by one of his ex-managers. To be frank, It was a big torture to keep watching for 2 hours. But It was good that I could see the real Michael in front of his familiar guys. He was exchanging blue jokes with them and got embarassed when he noticed he forgot taking off his michrophone when he was using bathroom. He was also a human like us.

Rest in peace, Michael! I love you!


Today's words from Eckhart Tolle

Feeling will get you closer to the truth of who you are than thinking.

MRI Brain Scan Day!

Friday, June 25, 2010

Yesterday All of my family, my daughter, my husband and me,
got MRI brain scans and that's why I namede the day MRI Brain Scan Day!

I have a migraine and my husband pursuaded me to take brain scan. I didn't like the big sound during the scan. It caused me another headache. My husband didn't mind the noise and he could take a nap!

In the afternoon on the same day, my daughter got MRI brain scan, too. Her doctor recomended that scan because she has got slant trouble on her eyes and she falls too much.
She didn' t care the big sound and she could take a good nap.

Like father, like daughter!

Today's Eckhart Tolls words are;

Whenever You Notice

that some form of negativity has arisen within you,
look on it not as a failure, but as a helpful signal that is telling
you: "Wake up. Get out of your mind. Be present."

I will put Japanese translation from now on.

あなたの中に否定的な気持ちが沸いてきたときは失敗と思わずに、
「目覚めよ。　思考から抜け出し、いつも今にあるように」
そう、気づかせてくれるサインだと思いなさい。

雑念よ！　あっちへ行け！

Performance Studies

I have just read the book written by Sato Ayako. She is a leader in the field of performance studies in Japan.

The title of the book is キレない心を育てる！キレない心を育てる！

She shows that how we should cope with our negative feelings and change them to positive ones.
And also she emphasizes the importance to teach children that they should ask for help when they have things they cannot solve by themselves.

She cited the Serenity Prayer and I realized the importance to practice this in my life.

God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage
to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the
difference.

God! I need all of them, the wisdom, the serenity, the courage.

I found the similer words from Eckhart Tolle's Meditation Deck.

Wherever You Are, Be There Totally.

If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappyp,
youhave three options:
remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally.
If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one
of those three options, and you must choose now.
Then accept the consquences.