Words of Mind

Words have sounds and meanings. If words had no sounds, People would be lonely. If words had no meanings, People would be stupid. Hear sounds and get meanings. Make sounds and give meanings. Words make people human. |Newer:  Thoughts Show Human Nature |Older:  Forgetting Gives Comfort |日本語:  言葉が人を人にする

Learning Brings wisdom And tiredness. Forgetting Gives nonsense And comfort. |Newer:  Words Make People Human |Older:  Beauty Is Devotion |日本語:  忘却は疲れを癒やす

Beauty's no desire. Beauty's an ideal. Beauty is devotion To a lot of people. |Newer:  Forgetting Gives Comfort |Older:  God Proves Human Worth |日本語:  美しさは無欲、理想、情熱だ

Comparison with people Does not prove human worth. Comparison with God Proves human worth to you. Comparison with people Arouses jealousy. Comparison with God Leads to improvement. |Newer:  Beauty Is Devotion |Older:  Forget Yourself |日本語:  人との比較をやめよ

Forget yourself And then forget That you're a person And then forget That you exist, And you'll get truth. The truth takes you To your true self. |Newer:  God Proves Human Worth |Older:  Reason and Emotion Are Good |日本語:  自分を忘れよう

Reason is good. It makes you cool. Emotion is good. It makes you warm. Their harmony Is beautiful. Have a cool head And a warm heart. |Newer:  Forget Yourself |Older:  People Go to the Future |日本語:  理性と感情の釣り合いが大切だ

People go to the future As birds fly in the sky. Birds look up at the sky That's higher than the Alps. People think of the future That's wider than the sky. People go to the future That's full of hope and dreams. |Newer:  Reason and Emotion Are Good |Older:  Explore the Meanings of Words |日本語:  人は未来へ羽ばたく

Explore the meanings Of words and language. Good people's words Have proper meanings. Bad people's words Have empty meanings. Meanings of words Are human thoughts. |Newer:  People Go to the Future |Older:  Everyone Has Their Own Mind |日本語:  言葉の意味を考えよ

You understand What you consider, And you don't know What others think, But I want you To understand That everyone Has their own mind. |Newer:  Explore the Meanings of Words |Older:  Like Seeks Like |日本語:  皆が心を持つ

Flowers bloom near flowers, And birds sing near birds. People live near people, And stars shine near stars. There is good near good, And there's evil near evil. They're birds of a feather. It's true like seeks like. |Newer:  Everyone Has Their Own Mind |Older:  Copy Good People |日本語:  類は友を呼ぶ

You are like good people If you copy them. You are like bad people If you copy them. You are you, of course, Even if you copy, And so, copy good, Great and happy people. |Newer:  Like Seeks Like |Older:  Follow Rules If Possible |日本語: 優れた人をまねよ

A human strength Is using language. Language is rules That people make. If you break them, You can't use language, So follow rules If possible. |Newer:  Copy Good People |Older:  Humans Go Up |日本語:  約束はなるべく守れ

Going down is easy. Going up is hard. Falling is easy. Raising is hard. Resting is easy. Working is hard. Going down is natural. Going up is human. |Newer:  Follow Rules If Possible |Older:  Personality Is Great |日本語:  人は上を目指す

Personality is great, And your character is good. Everything is different, So bouquets are beautiful. Everyone is different, So the world is interesting. If all people were the same, Could you love the crazy world? |Newer:  Humans Go Up |Older:  Go Outside of Yourself |日本語:  人の個性は素晴らしい

Egoists Stay in darkness. They look pupae In cocoons That they spin. Go outside Of yourself. There's light there. |Newer:  Personality Is Great |Older:  Separate the Past and Future |日本語:  自分の殻を脱ぎ捨てよ

The past can't make the future. The present makes the future. The past does not exist. The present does exist. And the ghost of the past Does not have future dreams. Separate the past and future. You can and will do it. |Newer:  Go Outside of Yourself |Older:  Overcome This World |日本語:  過去と未来を切り離せ

People fear to die If they want this world. They don't fear to die If they don't want this. Just before your death, Overcome this world, Have a peaceful mind And wait for your end. |Newer:  Separate the Past and Future |Older:  Discover Ways to Make You Good |日本語:  この世の未練を捨てよ

People seek ways That they'll get better. Discover ways To make you good. Give up your ways To make you bad. It is God's will That people are better. |Newer:  Overcome This World |Older:  Dreams Bring Lots of New Ideas |日本語:  優れた人になる方法を学べ

People have complex, Mysterious dreams. It is their right To have great dreams. Mysterious dreams Carry deep meanings. Dreams bring a lot Of new ideas. |Newer:  Discover Ways to Make You Good |Older:  People Think and Think |日本語:  夢には意味がある

People think and think Of the mystery Of the universe, Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Even if they think, They may not understand. Even if they don't think, They may understand. |Newer:  Dreams Bring Lots of New Ideas |Older:  Peace of Mind Is Precious |日本語:  頭を空にして分かることもある

Human rights Are important. Sovereignty Is important. Peace of mind Is more precious And important Than all rights. |Newer:  People Think and Think |Older:  Spirits Bring Words to Life |日本語:  心の自治が大切だ

Words are made by people, So they're human children. Children look like parents, So words look like people. But words are not children Human bodies have. Words are made by spirits. These bring words to life. |Newer:  Peace of Mind Is Precious |Older:  Be Modest and Try Hard |日本語:  心が言葉を紡ぐ

However you make effort, However you have knowledge, However you plan schemes, They're useless when you're vain. People who are always modest And try hard at all times Will put on crowns of glory And sing triumphant songs. |Newer:  Spirits Bring Words to Life |Older:  Everyone Has Merits |日本語:  謙虚に努力する人が凱歌を歌う

All people have strong points. If you do not think so, You should find other good, And you will understand That everyone has merits. |Newer:  Be Modest and Try Hard |Older:  Truth Is Good; Lies Are Bad |日本語:  誰にも一つはよさがある

The truth is good, But lies are bad. If evil is known, Its power falls, So wicked people Tell lies and fictions. Live honestly And speak the truth. |Newer:  Everyone Has Merits |Older:  Mind Understands Mind |日本語:  正直ならば善人だ

The human mind can't be looked at, And it cannot be talked about. The human mind reveals itself When people close their eyes and lips. They can look at the surface only And talk about the surface only. In short, it is the human mind That understands the human mind. |Newer: Truth Is Good; Lies Are Bad |Older:  Do Your Best |日本語:  心が分かるのは心だ

Don't mind your weakness But use your strength. Don't fear mistakes But do your best. Don't want results But put in effort. Don't battle others But beat yourself. |Newer:  Mind Understands Mind |Older:  Your Happiness Is Found by You |日本語:  最善主義の人となれ

You may be envious Of happy people, But in the end, They're other people. Their happiness Can't make you glad. Your happiness Is found by you. |Newer:  Do Your Best |Older:  Humans Can Speak Language |日本語:  幸せは自分でつかめ

Human beings Can speak language. Knowing it Is our right. We should use it Properly. How does language Make us happy? |Newer:  Your Happiness Is Found by You |Older:  Your Preference Is Your Nature |日本語:  人間だけが言葉を使う

What do you like? It's your true nature. Scholars like learning, Artists like beauty, Traders like money, And priests like God. Your preference Is your true nature. |Newer:  Humans Can Speak Language |Older:  People Do Not Know Many Things |日本語:  人は好みで決まる

People don't understand the universe, They do not understand fine particles, And they don't understand their own minds either. People do not know very many things, So they should keep on learning every day. |Newer:  Your Preference Is Your Nature |Older:  Selfishness Hides Personality |日本語:  人が知らないことは多い

People who forget themselves Show their personality. Their true personality Shows if they forget themselves. Selfish and self-centered people Hide their personality. Their false personality Shows if they are egocentric. |Newer:  People Do Not Know Many Things |Older:  Lovers of Money Are Ridiculous |日本語:  我を忘れたとき個性が出る

People who like jewels, Why do you like stones? People who love money, Why do you love paper? People who crave liquor, Water is more important. All of them are frantic And ridiculous. |Newer:  Selfishness Hides Personality |Older:  A Third of a Life Is Dreams |日本語:  お金に狂う人は滑稽だ

Two-thirds of a day Are waking hours. A third of a day Is sleeping time. When people sleep, They often dream. A third of a life Is sleeping dreams. |Newer:  Lovers of Money Are Ridiculous |Older:  Lonely Time Has Great Value |日本語:  夢は重要だ

Lonely time Has great value. It gave birth To religion, Literature, Art and science. For alone time, People are wiser. |Newer:  A Third of a Life Is Dreams |Older:  There's Wisdom in the Past |日本語:  孤独の時に価値がある

There's wisdom in the past. There are dreams in the future. If they do not exist, The present won't exist. The wisdom of the past And the dreams of the future Produce the present day Between the past and future. |Newer:  Lonely Time Has Great Value |Older:  Make Use of Your Strong Points |日本語:  英知は過去に夢は未来にある

Since people have strong points, They justly have weak points. If they don't have weak points, They will not have strong points. Smart people are unkind. Kind people are cowardly. Right people are obstinate. Make use of your strong points. |Newer:  There's Wisdom in the Past |Older:  Knowledge Brings Assumptions |日本語:  長所を生かし切れ

Have a lot of knowledge For the right decision. Don't make an assumption For the right decision. But a lot of knowledge Brings absurd assumptions, So distinguish knowledge From absurd assumptions. |Newer:  Make Use of Your Strong Points |Older:  Dead People Are Precious |日本語:  先入観と知識を区別せよ

My dead relatives Are more precious to me Than some living strangers. My dead relatives Make their presence felt More than living strangers. Living and dead people Make their presence felt. |Newer:  Knowledge Brings Assumptions |Older:  Trusting Hearts Create Bonds |日本語:  人は死んでも存在感を残す

There is a bond Between two people Who trust each other. There is no bond Between two people Who doubt each other. Bonds are created By trusting hearts. |Newer:  Dead People Are Precious |Older:  Don't Want but Feel Happiness |日本語:  信頼がきずなを作る

Don't want happiness But feel happiness. It's not in the world. It is in the mind. Future happiness Will be wonderful. Present happiness Is more wonderful. |Newer:  Trusting Hearts Create Bonds |Older:  Science Was the Occult |日本語:  今の幸せを探せ

The start of science was the occult. Astronomy and chemistry Developed from astrology And alchemy respectively. The bottom line is that modern science Developed from the ancient occult, And similarly, future science Will grow out of the modern occult. |Newer:  Don't Want but Feel Happiness |Older:  Geniuses Forget Themselves |日本語:  科学のもとはオカルトだ

All geniuses Are highly focused And frequently Forget themselves. A gift of theirs Is self-forgetting. Forget yourself, And you'll be focused. |Newer:  Science Was the Occult |Older:  Truth Is Honest Language |日本語:  天才は我を忘れる

Tell the truth, And you'll learn it. Seek the truth, And you'll get it. Do not lie, Or you'll be fooled. Truth is honest And frank language. |Newer:  Geniuses Forget Themselves |Older:  True Knowledge Gives Wisdom |日本語:  真実は言葉に宿る

There are true And false knowledge. True knowledge Gives wisdom, But false knowledge Leads to trouble. Get wisdom And save trouble. |Newer:  Truth Is Honest Language |Older:  Human Light Is Belief |日本語:  よい知識と悪い知識がある

The sun is in the sky. Its light is on the ground. What's in the human mind? Is it the dark or wrong? Light darkness and right wrongs, The sunshine of the mind. Human light is belief. Belief is the sun in mind. |Newer:  True Knowledge Gives Wisdom |Older:  Trust God and Love God |日本語:  人の光は信仰だ

A starting point Is faith in God. Have faith in God, And you'll trust people. A starting point Is love for God. Have love for God, And you'll love people. |Newer:  Human Light Is Belief |Older:  God's Light Is Hope |日本語:  神を信じ神を愛せ

God's light is hope. Satan's darkness Is despair. Only light Pierces darkness. God beats Satan And brings hope, So call God. |Newer:  Trust God and Love God |Older:  Self-confidence Is God's Gift |日本語:  神の光は希望だ

Self-confidence Is given people Who trust in God, And vanity Is given people Who don't trust God. Self-confidence Is God's good gift. |Newer:  God's Light Is Hope |Older:  Go the Way You Think Right |日本語:  神が人に自信を与える

Go the way That you think right. Right your wrongs If you know them. Keep your faith well And live fully Even in trouble Or temptation. |Newer:  Self-confidence Is God's Gift |Older:  Ancient People Were Happy |日本語:  信念を貫いて潔く生きよ

There were happy people Even in ancient times. They did not have fears Of the two world wars. There are happy people Even in the country. They do not know crimes In fast-growing cities. |Newer:  Go the Way You Think Right |Older:  Bad Thoughts Block God's Light |日本語:  後れた文明にも幸せはある

God's help is needed By bad people More than good ones, But bad people Will face the fact That their dark thoughts Shut out God's light Like clouds block sun. |Newer:  Ancient People Were Happy |Older:  Light Shines on Truth |日本語: 神に逆らえば恵みはない

Don't lie. Lies make Hearts dark. The dark Is filled By light. Light shines On truth. |Newer:  Bad Thoughts Block God's Light |Older:  Think of God and Light |日本語:  光はすなおな人に臨む

Think of God, And all evil Will be gone. Think of light, And all darkness Will be gone. God beats evil. Light fills darkness. |Newer:  Light Shines on Truth |Older:  We're Loved by God |日本語:  仏と光を思え

Our lives are precious. It's a small crime To take dogs' lives. It's a great sin To take our lives Because we're loved Deeply by God. Oh, I thank God. |Newer:  Think of God and Light |Older:  Human Beings Listen to Reason |日本語:  神は人を愛する

Animals Live by instinct. Human beings Listen to reason. Animal instinct Takes their freedom. Human reason Gives them freedom. |Newer:  We're Loved by God |Older:  People of Culture Do Not Worry |日本語:  本能を克服した人は自由だ

People of culture Do not worry. Ones of no culture Often worry. Fools of no culture Do not worry. Fools of culture Don't exist. |Newer:  Human Beings Listen to Reason |Older:  Cleanse Your Own Mind |日本語:  悩む人は頭がよいが教養がない

Intelligence, Feeling and will Are shallow minds. When you forget'em And think of nothing, Your mind is deeper. If you want it, Cleanse your own mind. |Newer:  People of Culture Do Not Worry |Older:  Know Your Own Mind |日本語:  心の汚れを取り除け

Know your own mind Before their minds Because your mind Has the unknown. Minds are expressed In words and acts, So grasp the meanings Of words and acts. |Newer:  Cleanse Your Own Mind |Older:  Eternal Sleepers Dream |日本語:  自分の心を知るべきだ

People often dream When they sleep long. Dreams are affected By mental states In waking hours. Eternal sleepers May also dream. |Newer:  Know Your Own Mind |Older:  Don't Tell Lies but the Truth |日本語:  死んだ人も夢を見る

Don't tell lies but the truth. Don't like false flattery But love true criticism. Don't use false flattery But make true criticism. If true, both flattery And criticism are good. |Newer:  Eternal Sleepers Dream |Older:  Religion and Learning Are True |日本語:  うそを捨て真実を取れ

The essence Of religion Is the knowledge Of God. The essence Of learning Is the knowledge Of humans. If you know About Both God And humans, You will Completely Find out The truth. |Newer:  Don't Tell Lies but the Truth |Older:  The Dead Lived in the Past |日本語:  宗教と学問の両方が真実だ

There were lifeless people in the past. There'll be unborn people in the future. If we could go to the past and future, Our life and death would not be important. |Newer:  Religion and Learning Are True |Older:  Images from Eyes Are Not Real |日本語:  時間の行き来は生死を超える

A reflection of the moon Looks like the moon but is not it. A reflection of a man Looks like the man but is not him. Images on television Are not real things but visions. Images from two eyes, too, Are not real things but visions. |Newer:  The Dead Lived in the Past |Older:  Geniuses Think; People Learn |日本語:  瞳に映る映像は幻だ

Geniuses Think. People Learn. People Copy Geniuses' Works. Geniuses Lead. People Follow. Geniuses Are strange. People Are dull. |Newer:  Images from Eyes Are Not Real |Older:  Think of God and Talk to Him |日本語:  天才は創り秀才は学ぶ

It's meditation To think of God, And it is prayer To talk to God. If you think of And talk to Him, You are like God. |Newer:  Geniuses Think; People Learn |Older:  Ideals Change the World |日本語:  神仏に交われば神仏に近づく

People with ideals are young Even if they're fifty years old. People without ideals are old Even if they're twenty years old. An ideal moves some people, And the people change the world. I am hopeful that the true youth Make the future glorious. |Newer:  Think of God and Talk to Him |Older:  Be Honest |日本語:  志が世界を変える

Honest people Come to love truth And to hate lies. They learn wisdom. They get justice. They have virtue. |Newer:  Ideals Change the World |Older:  Everybody Loves Truth |日本語:  うそをつくな

Everybody wants to know new things with curiosity. Everybody wants to know what is correct and free from errors. When all is said and done, everybody naturally loves truth. |Newer:  Be Honest |Older:  Liars Hoodwink Themselves |日本語:  人は真理を好む

Liars hoodwink others and themselves. Liars laugh at the important truth. Liars violate the trust of people. Liars break the precious human spirit. |Newer:  Everybody Loves Truth |Older:  The Bond with God Is Strong |日本語:  うそは自分をも欺く

The ties with people are so weak Because they often doubt each other. The bond with God is very strong Because He always trusts all humans. |Newer:  Liars Hoodwink Themselves |Older:  Believers' Efforts Fructify |日本語:  神とのきずなは永遠だ

Believers' efforts fructify Because they found the city of God, But unbelievers' efforts fail Because they build the Tower of Babel. |Newer:  The Bond with God Is Strong |Older:  Beat Your Past Self |日本語:  信仰する人の努力は実を結ぶ

Don't fight other people. Rather fight your past self. Don't beat other people. Rather beat your past self. If you vie with others, You'll be a loser someday. If you battle your past self, You're a winner always. |Newer:  Believers' Efforts Fructify |Older:  Believers Find Happiness |日本語:  過去の自分に勝て

Believers are so good. They will find happiness. But unbelievers, oh, Fear judgment after death. |Newer:  Beat Your Past Self |Older:  There's Everything in You |日本語:  神を信じる者は幸を得る

Reflect on your own self. There're other things in you, There are past things in you, There're future things in you, And there is God in you. Reflect on your own mind, And you will be aware That you are part of God. There're minds eternally, And there are thoughts with God. Exist by your deep mind And live by your pure thoughts. Reflect on your own thoughts. There's everything in you. |Newer:  Believers Find Happiness |Older:  All Results Have Causes |日本語:  己のうちに全てがある

Loving people know love. Studying people get wise. Good deeds lead to virtue. Working people gain wealth. All results have causes. It's the whys and wherefores. Don't just want results. Rather make those causes. |Newer:  There's Everything in You |Older:  Mind Appears in the World |日本語:  どんな結果にも原因がある