February 2
SUBSTANCE AND SHADOW
A shadow is cast by a substance. As such it is impossible to have a shadow without a substance. But a substance can be without shadow.
Two birds are perched on a tree. The one above is majestic and self-composed. The other below feels happy and miserable eating sweet and bitter fruits. Seeing the sublimity of the bird above, it moves upwards. Finally it merges in the majestic bird just as the shadow merges in the substance.
The Jivatman (Jiva-Atman) or the individual soul is the shadow of Paramatman, the Cosmic Substance.
--- Vedanta
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ROCHEFOUCAULD
RÉFLEXIONS OU SENTENCES ET MAXIMES MORALES
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Il faut de plus grandes vertus pour soutenir la bonne fortune que la mauvaise.
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Le soleil ni la mort ne se peuvent regarder fixement.
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25.—We need greater virtues to sustain good than evil fortune.
26.—Neither the sun nor death can be looked at without winking.
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Death toll from California Lunar New Year massacre rises to 11 as police look for motive
米カリフォルニア州、春節イベントで銃撃事件
An 11th victim died from injuries Jan. 23 after an elderly gunman’s deadly rampage at a Los Angeles-area dance hall, California police said, as authorities were still searching for a motive behind one of the state’s worst mass shootings.
Police identified 72-year-old Huu Can Tran as the suspect in the massacre, which took place during a Lunar New Year celebration at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, a dance hall popular with older patrons of Asian descent.
Tran allegedly killed 10 people on the night of Jan. 21 and wounded 10 others, then traveled to another dance hall in the neighboring city of Alhambra where his attack was thwarted by the dance hall’s operator. Tran later fatally shot himself as police approached a van he was driving.
All of the deceased were between the ages of 50 and 80.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Jan. 22 that “everything is on the table” in terms of identifying the reasons for the shooting. (Reuters)
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Dueteronomy 027
Chapter 27
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***** The Altar on Mount Ebal *****
1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:
3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.
5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.
8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
***** Curses From Mount Ebal *****
9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.
10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
