hagakure 12 steps to the post-capitalist self

the original purpose of the Tea Ceremony is to cleanse the six senses. For the eyes there are the hanging scroll and flower arrangement. For the nose there is the incense. For the ears there is the sound of the hot water. For the mouth there is the taste of the tea. And for the hands and feet there is the correctness of term. When the five senses have thus been cleansed, the mind will of itself be purified.
we had been overpowered by the spectacle...
Of people who regard water lightly, many have been drowned.
only by empowering ourselves...
Plants such as peonies, azaleas and camellias will be able to produce beautiful flowers, end of the world or not. But people become imbued with the idea that the world has come to an end and no longer put forth any effort. This is a shame. There is no fault in the times.

the decision to reclaim our lives...
Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.

entirely ready to get off our asses...
One should every day think over and make an effort to implant in his mind the saying, "The time is right now."

subvert.
When there is something to be said, it is better if it is said right away. If it is said later, it will sound like an excuse.

asked others for mutual aid in our struggle...
"Not to borrow the strength of another, nor to rely on one's own strength ; to cut off past and future thoughts, and not to live within the everyday mind . . . then the Great Way is right before one's eyes."

a list of all accomodations we had made to the dominant culture
People who talk on and on about matters of little importance probably have some complaint in the back of their mind. But in order to be ambiguous and to hide this they repeat what they are saving over and over.
strive to create better ways to live...
Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are not unrelated to these three things. Looking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery .

through meditation, agitation, relaxation, masturbation, gyration, demonstrations, defacement, parody, subversion and satire, to improve our conscious contact with the world around us
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue.

a personal and social awakening...
It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this.

practice these principles in all our affairs...
Nothing you do will have effect if you do not use truth.
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