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ORIGINAL: AquaticSub: It sounded a bit like that to me. It changes things a lot when you are talking about an owner rather than *insert your own personal deity here*. Valyraen is not a god and has no desire to be. He is not all knowing and he can not see what is best for me all the time. He needs my input because even though he is a wonderful, kind-hearted, generous, firm and dominant man he is still only a man.
If you had still used to the story to refer to *insert your own personal deity here*, the response, from me anyway, would have been different. And from me, my reaction would be no different. It was offered in the context of a BDSM forum in the "general BDSM" section.
Yes, I saw the religious tone to it. Yes, I've actually heard the story before. My reaction is still that sometimes, if the cup needs to depend on the fickleness and failings of others (including deity-of-choice), it's better off as porcelain dust and a lesson in impermanence.
武士道と云ふは死ぬ事と見つけたり - this is NOT the same as what happens to the teacup in the story, in the least.
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Once when Lord Mitsushige was a little boy and was supposed to recite from a copybook for the priest Kaion, he called the other children and acolytes and said, "Please come here and listen. It's difficult to read if there are hardly any people listening." The priest was impressed and said to the acolytes, "That's the spirit in which to do everything." quote:
The word gen means "illusion" or "apparition." In India, a man who uses conjury is called a genjutsushi ["a master of illusion technique"]. Everything in this world is but a marionette show. Thus we use the word gen. quote:
To hate injustice and stand on righteousness is a difficult thing. Furthermore, to think that being righteous is the best one can do and to do one's utmost to be righteous will, on the contrary, brig many mistakes. The Way is in a higher place then righteousness. This is very difficult to discover, but it is the highest wisdom. When seen from this standpoint, things like righteousness are rather shallow. If one does not understand this on his own, it cannot be known. There is a method of getting to this Way, however, even if one cannot discover it by himself. This is found in consultation with others. Even a person who has not attained this Way sees others front the side. It is like the saying from the game of go: "He who sees from the side has eight eyes." The saying, "Thought by thought we see our own mistakes," also means that the highest Way is in discussion with others. Listening to the old stories and reading books are for the purpose of sloughing off one's own discrimination and attaching oneself to that of the ancients. quote:
Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige's wall there was this one: ''Matters of' great concern should be treated lightly.'' Master lttei commented, "Matters of small concern should be treated seriously." Among one's affairs there should not be more than two or three matters of what one could call great concern. If these are deliberated upon during ordinary times, they can be understood. Thinking about things previously and then handling them lightly when the time comes is what this is all about. To face an event anew solve it lightly is difficult if you are not resolved beforehand, and there will always be uncertainty in hitting your mark. However, if the foundation is laid previously, you can think of the saying, "Matters of great concern should be treated lightly," as your own basis for action.
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