Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Feel

3.31.19

Reese and Ava Witherspoon

Feel
Gratitude
感恩
Gǎn'ēn
感謝の気持ち
Kanshanokimochi
ps32

Those whose transgression is forgiven
are happy with the gift that has been given.

Those whose sin has been put away
are glad to have another chance to play.

Those to whom no guilt has been imputed
feel their spirit has not been executed.

My bones withered when I held my tongue.
I felt as though I did not know what it was to be young.

Aches turned to moans inside the bones of the bound judge. 
The marrow melded with so much fat it felt like sludge.

My aches entombed groans as though immured.
The heavy burden felt as though it could not be cured.

The pain became ingrained.
It threatened to drive me insane.

I felt depressed from being oppressed.
Sadness became a constant guest.

The weight of judgment weighed heavily upon me.
My head ached so hard I could barely see.

My moisture dried up as in heat.
Dehydration took a seat from head to feet.

The wetness simmered  like it was summer.
My heart pounded beats like an unskilled drummer.

Then I acknowledged my error.
Like the soul of Nineveh, I had become a bearer
of terror.

When I admit my guilt,
it felt like the only thing I had built.

I did not conceal my sin from you.
I admit to that which was not true.

I said, "I confess. I was wrong."
I had made myself a victim for much too long.

"God, I acknowledge my transgression."
My soul was freed from that which had taken possession.

You are my preservation from trouble.
The wealth of happiness will only double. 

You are my deliverance; my hiding place.
My faith in love will find no disgrace.

You surround me with shouts for relief.
Guilt doesn't haunt remorse with grief.

“Be reconciled to God in behalf of Christ
Become an ambassador for liberation from vice.

“I have rolled away the disgrace of enslavement.
From now on you will receive haven as an agent. 

"I will instruct you. You will learn.
You will be rewarded for what you earn.

"I will guide you by design.
Much is said by the circle and the line.

"Do not act as though you have no understanding.
Creation works. It is always handy.

"Use knowledge with instinct.
Avoid being driven to the brink."

To bind the mind to reasonable reason
liberates the soul from classical treason.

Slavery had been defended by Aristotle
though a slave-less society had already been modeled.

He had the law of the excluded middle.
The effect on knowledge is not as large a riddle.

He had the sun revolve around the earth
when axial rotational orbit gave light its birth.

His dialectical method paved a way around conflict.
The reconciliation didn’t always convict the script
but more than one dichotomy
led to conceptual lobotomy. 

The faithful will feel the joy of liberation
that hails the re-birth of greatness for our nation.

Prayers will be made in the time of trouble.
Deliverance will be granted. Gain may more than double.

Innocent are those to whom guilt is not imparted.
They are as happy as when they started.

This spirit does not covet guile.
It does not live to hate or revile.

Grateful are those who are forgiven.
Goodness will become the goal for which life is driven.

Fault will be put away.
Love will see the light of day. 

I no longer feel the weight of that burden.
Freedom felt free. That feeling was certain.

I feel forgiven for that which was wrong.
Liberation has become my favorite song.

Now I walk with faith in times of trouble.
I don't hide myself in my ego's bubble.

I unite with those who are right, 
but disagree with causing strife by blight. 

Great waters do not reach the faithful in a flood.
My marrow no longer feels like sludge.

Tribulations are for those who are not forgiven.
Sing a song. Grace is no longer hidden.

Mercy embraces those with trust.
It will not fade. It will not rust.

We have to celebrate and rejoice.
One of us was dead. Now, he has found his voice.

Rejoice you who are grateful.
Happiness loses that which is hateful.

Sing with joy, all you who are true of heart.
It will bless you with another start.

Justice without cruelty or violence
is in the wind like the sound of violins.

Fairness will be embraced by society.
It will be celebrated with sincere sobriety.

The path to progress is built with organization.
The economy grows providence for normalization.

Grateful are those who are forgiven.
Goodness will become the goal for which life is driven.

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32 Beati quorum

1 Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven,
and whose sin is put away!
2 Happy are they to whom the Lord imputes no guilt,
and in whose spirit there is no guile!
3 While I held my tongue, my bones withered away,
because of my groaning all day long.
4 For your hand was heavy upon me day and night;
my moisture was dried up as in the heat of summer.
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and did not conceal my guilt.
6 I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord."
Then you forgave me the guilt of my sin.
7 Therefore all the faithful will make their prayers to you in
time of trouble;
when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach them.
8 You are my hiding-place;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
9 "I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you
should go;
I will guide you with my eye.
10 Do not be like horse or mule, which have no understanding;
who must be fitted with bit and bridle,
or else they will not stay near you."
11 Great are the tribulations of the wicked;
but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord.
12 Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord;
shout for joy, all who are true of heart.

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Joshua- God saves
Egypt- black country
Gilgal- rolled away or circle of stones
Jericho- place of the moon

Joshua 5:9-10
The LORD said to Joshua, 'Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.' That place is called Gilgal to this day. While the Israelites were encamped at Gilgal they kept the Passover in the evening on the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho.

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I have rolled away the disgrace of enslavement.
From now on you will receive haven as an agent.

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2 Corinth. 5:20
We are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

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Be reconciled to God in behalf of Christ
Become an ambassador for liberation from vice.

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Luke 15:32
The father said to his oldest son, "We had to celebrate and rejoice. This brother of yours was dead and has come to life. He was lost and has been found."

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We have to celebrate and rejoice.
One of us was dead. Now, he has found his voice.

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Rene Descartes
31 March 1596, Descartes, France
11 February 1650, Stockholm, Sweden

The word rational is derived from ratio. It means to compare. It includes the comparison of numbers. Fractions are basically numeric comparisons that serve to measure portions.

Rene Descartes is regarded as a key figure in rationalism. Rationalism was a system of thought that sought to promote the adoption of individual responsibility in reason.

Descartes rejected the scholastic thought that referred to authorities as the source for forming judgments. Classical thought referred to classical authors. Plato and Aristotle were treated as the primary leaders in this kind of thought. Christian scholasticism referred to the bible as well. Rene attempted to reduce reason to that which he could argue with certainty.

Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician and scientist. He has been dubbed the father of modern western philosophy. Subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writing. He spent about 20 years of his life in the Dutch Republic.

The Low Countries correspond roughly to the present-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. They consisted of a number of duchies, counties and Prince-bishoprics until the 16th century. Almost all of this territory was under the supremacy of the Holy Roman Empire. The country of Flanders was the exception. It was under the Kingdom of France.

Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy expresses skepticism for scholasticism. Scholasticism uses dialectic and cross referencing to establish a hypothesis. The system is too internal however in organization. Thoughts are compared with others for testability, but it lacks a method for testing with measurement.

Thought builds agreement in relation to hypothesis, but when a statement is taken as true without respect for alignment with reality, it creates dissonance. Reification of the cause of distortion pairs belief in truth with the misconception of perception from sensation.

Agreement makes the dissonance social as well as personal. Descartes rejected argument based on the authority of the sources. Even an assembly of sources doesn’t necessarily produce a statement that can be tested to rule out false associations. His style of writing used personal expression as a means for ruling out error. His mathematics was aimed at refining a test with measurement prior to trial.

Descartes's influence in mathematics established a measure with a field for perception for the comparison of variables as a function or a shape. The Cartesian coordinate system allows for reference to a point in space as a set of numbers. Algebraic equations are expressed as geometric shapes in two-dimension or more coordinate system.

The system was named after him. He was named the father of analytical geometry. The bridge between algebra and geometry was used in the discovery of infinitesimal calculus and analysis. Descartes was a key figures in the scientific revolution.

Descartes asserted that he will write on this philosophy "as if no one had written on these matters before" in the opening section of the Passions of the Soul. This was a treatise on the early modern version of what are now commonly called emotions. Feelings were contrasted with thought. They were defined as motivational. Thoughts were reflective. Motivations move the soul. Reflections inhibit movement. Emotions stimulate motion.

He was suspicious of his own senses. His best known philosophical statement is "Cogito ergo sum." The Latin expression “Thought thus exists” was contrasted with the French: “Je pense, donc je suis.”

This translates to English as “I think, therefore I am.” The statements can be, found in part IV of Discourse on the Method (1637; written in French but with inclusion of "Cogito ergo sum") and §7 of part I of Principles of Philosophy (1644; written in Latin).

The traditional Scholastic-Aristotelian philosophy was prevalent in his time. His break with academic tradition promoted the development of the new, mechanistic sciences. His fundamental break with Scholastic philosophy was twofold.

First, Descartes thought that the Scholastic method was prone to doubt given their reliance on consensus in agreement as the source for knowledge. Second, he wanted to replace their final causal model of scientific explanation with the more modern, mechanistic model.

Descartes attempted to address the former issue via his method of doubt. His basic strategy was to consider belief that falls prey to doubt false. This “hyperbolic doubt” then serves to clear the way for what he considers to be an unprejudiced search for the truth. This clearing of previously held beliefs puts him at an epistemological ground-zero. He sets out to find something that lies beyond  doubt from here.

He eventually discovers that “I exist” is impossible to doubt and is certain. He proceeds to demonstrate the existence of divinity from this point. Divine truth does not deceive. This serves to fix the certainty of that which is clearly and distinctly understood. It provides the epistemological foundation that he set out to find.

Descartes proceeds to rebuild his system of beliefs on this foundation once this conclusion is reached. These beliefs are re-established with certainty They include the existence of a world of bodies external to the mind. The dualistic distinction of the immaterial mind from the body is the platform for his mechanistic model of physics based on the clear and distinct ideas of geometry.

This points toward his second major break with the Scholastic Aristotelian tradition. He intended to replace final cause explanations with mechanistic principles. He applied this mechanistic framework to the operation of plant, animal and human bodies. Operations work with sensation and the passions. This understanding of motivations culminates in a moral system based on the notion of “generosity.”

He was a creative mathematician, an important scientific thinker and an original metaphysician during the course of his life. He developed the techniques that made algebraic or “analytic” geometry in math. He can be credited with several specific achievements for science.

He was co-framer of the sine law of refraction. He developed an important empirical account of the rainbow. He proposed a naturalist account of the formation of the earth and planets. It was a precursor to the nebular hypothesis.

More importantly, he offered a new vision of the natural world. The vision continues to shape our thought today. It is a world of matter that possesses a few fundamental properties that interacts according to a few universal laws. This natural world included an immaterial mind that was directly related to the brain.

He formulated the modern version of the mind–body problem in this way. He provided arguments for the existence of God in metaphysics. He sought to show that the essence of matter is extension. The essence of mind is thought. He claimed to possess a method of doubt. This method was variously exhibited in mathematics, natural philosophy and metaphysics.

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Rene Descartes
勒内·笛卡尔
勒內·笛卡爾

勒 Lei  to bind     勒 roku    halter and bit    Ri る  ル      Leu  르 le           
内 nei  inner        內 no kanji                        ne ね  ネ      ne   네 yeah             
笛 Di   whistle    笛 teki     flute                   De で  デ      De  데 place
卡 ka   card         卡 ka      card                     ka  か  カ      ka  카 car         
尔 er   you           爾 ore     you                     ru  る  ル      leu  르 le     
                                                                      to  と ト        teu  트 the
                 
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To bind the mind to reasonable reason
liberates the soul from classical treason.

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Sexism Overstated
https://i2.wp.com/www.binghamtonreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/madeleine-albright-quote.jpg?fit=480%2C367 

The statement that there is a "special place in hell" for women who don't help other women doesn't only threaten women. There is a special degree of relativity when the statement comes from a leading advocate for the war on terror in the US. 

There have been two components to the definition for who the terrorist is in the media expression. There was the thread that identified 'expatriated' white males as terrorists. There was also the thread that said that Muslims were terrorists because the sexism of their society harbors them.

That which is false about the implications for either 'profile' effected covert operational applications of 'investigation' and 'prosecution' as related to both the Patriot Act and the NDAA.

The more recent application of special investigations by Congress has targeted the executive branch. It was taken from a long standing tradition that extends back to the House of Commons in England.
James Wilson of Pennsylvania, a future Supreme Court Justice and Convention delegate, wrote an essay in 1774. He called the investigators the "grand inquisitors" who made the "proudest monarchs" tremble at their censures.

The effort to effect the outcome of the vote regarding their investigation has jaded the objectivity of their 'prosecution.'

The "special place in hell" hasn't been reserved for women. It was used to threaten Richard Nixon into resignation from his office. It has been used by Mueller in the investigation of Donald Trump and his associates. It wasn't used in the investigation of the 'terrorist attack' on 9/11/01.

The whole notion of the special investigation unit is based on an inference of the Constitutional authority to legislate. The difficulty is that Congress and covert operations throw out objective investigation in order to obtain the objective of subordinating the authority of the executive office to that of the liberal element in Congress.

The appointment of the special investigator is so closely tied to association with the special prosecutor that the investigator is prosecuting his case during the investigation. The appointment is so lacking in a system of checks and balances that it doesn't warrant the claim to constitutional authority.

The appointment has been used to dismiss executive opposition to the use of legislative authority to precipitate profit from military action. Nixon was prosecuted for impeachment because he was pulling troops out of Vietnam.

The claim that Nixon had authorized the burglary into Democrat HQ was used as a pretense to have him punished for responding to national protests against the war. The date of the 'burglary' was dated to 1972.

Johnson had elevated troop presence in Vietnam after the Kennedy assassination. Nixon started to reduce troops in 1969, his first year in office. He announced the intent to end the war in Paris in 1973.

He was pressured to resign in the same year. It's not a logical fallacy to assert that the special prosecutor and the Washington Post worked together to control public perception regarding the outcome of the 'investigation.' The burglary claim was just a way to tag the person in the presidential office with the name 'crook.'

The special prosecutor's investigation is so laden with pre-determined liberal intent that it doesn't qualify for the standards of due process in law required by the US Constitution. It is an affront to the dignity and authority of the executive office.

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Seek


Seek perfection

Find completion.




Olivia Munn: Sci-Tech Awards

Seek
Perfection
完璧を求めます
Kanpeki o motomemasu
ps27

Seek perfection for completion.
Will I ever lack something to do?

Illumination is the light for my salvation.
What is there to fear?

Knowledge is the path to health.
What do I need to know?

Health is the wealth for happiness.
How am I to find health for balance
in the body and mind?

When unseen pathogens were not known
to be the cause of disease, people were falsely
identified as the cause of plague.

How much life was wasted in the effort 
to eliminate a threat by killing a false cause?

Though the errors of history may stack up 
against me, I will not make the same mistake.

Though war may rise up to exploit me 
to kill others as though they were the enemy,
I will not agree to murder.

Though prices may be raised to convince me that 
war is good for the economy, I will disagree.

I have asked for one thing from life.
One thing I seek. I seek perfection
for happiness; beauty for gratitude;
the design for being in time.

It will keep me happy
for all the days of my life. 

Refinement reduces frustration 
and keeps the mind on task 
for sufficiency in production.

Happiness grows with the gratitification
of seeing quality as a result of discovering
the best that can be found with grace
in the investigation of creation.

I will be kept safe in sage advice.
It will protect me in the day of trouble.

i will dwell in the safety of security
whether it be hidden in the secrecy of shadows
or situated on the heighth of stable structure.

Even now, my head is lifted above the danger
that confounds me and the threat 
that often surrounds me.

Thus, I will give oblation and libation 
with the sensation of great sound 
in the sanctity of this soul
filled serenity.


I will sing and make music for thanksgiving
in the art of this structure.

Listen to my voice. Hear me when I call.
Have mercy and answer me.

The self says to my heart,
"Seek my face." 
I will seek your face.
it is love for others that helps me
to respect myself.

Do not hide from me.
Do not turn from me 
in displeasure.

You have been my helper.
Do not cast me away.

Logic for life will protect me
from personal attack, but  
your support is welcome.

Help me to find the reason
for my design in time.

Show me the level path
because claims for absolute power
are too high or too low.

Do not deliver me into the hands of cruelty
or into the devices of those 
who promote violence for profit.

False witnesses bear testimony that discredits
their credibility. They have to be corrected 
with truth for liberty with justice for all.

What if I had not believed in goodness
in the land for the living? Work for happiness
in the pursuit of perfection. Otherwise, 
the goal becomes another pretension
in the claim to power. You will be comforted
if you wait for your heart's desire.


27 Dominus illuminatio

1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom then shall I fear? *
the Lord is the strength of my life;
of whom then shall I be afraid?
2 When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh, *
it was they, my foes and my adversaries, who
stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army should encamp against me, *
yet my heart shall not be afraid;
4 And though war should rise up against me, *
yet will I put my trust in him.
5 One thing have I asked of the Lord;
one thing I seek; *
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life;
6 To behold the fair beauty of the Lord *
and to seek him in his temple.
7 For in the day of trouble he shall keep me safe in his shelter; *
he shall hide me in the secrecy of his dwelling
and set me high upon a rock.
8 Even now he lifts up my head *
above my enemies round about me.
9 Therefore I will offer in his dwelling an oblation
with sounds of great gladness; *
I will sing and make music to the Lord.
10 Hearken to my voice, O Lord, when I call; *
have mercy on me and answer me.
11 You speak in my heart and say, "Seek my face." *
Your face, Lord, will I seek.
12 Hide not your face from me, *
nor turn away your servant in displeasure.
13 You have been my helper;
cast me not away; *
do not forsake me, O God of my salvation.
14 Though my father and my mother forsake me, *
the Lord will sustain me.
15 Show me your way, O Lord; *
lead me on a level path, because of my enemies.
16 Deliver me not into the hand of my adversaries, *
for false witnesses have risen up against me,
and also those who speak malice.
17 What if I had not believed
that I should see the goodness of the Lord *
in the land of the living!
18 O tarry and await the Lord's pleasure;
be strong, and he shall comfort your heart; *
wait patiently for the Lord.

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Teach


Kate Upton: SI Swimsuit Fame

Teach
Love
愛を教えます 
Ai o oshiemasu
ps71

I have taken refuge in you.
Don't let me down.

Deliver me and set me free.
Listen to my petition. Help me.

Be my shelter, 
a house to keep me safe. 

You are the strength for my safety;
the sanctuary known as home.

Deliver me from harm 
from excessive competition
or adverse circumstance.

You are my hope, my faith,
my deliverance; the confidence
from my youth.

I have been sustained by you since birth.
You protected me when I was in the womb.

I will always be grateful 
for what you have done for me.

I have become a warning sign
to those who are against me,
but you are my refuge and strength.

I will sing praise for your glory
until the sun no longer shines.

Do not cast me off because of my age.
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

False statements are enemies to good thought. 
They are conceptions about perception 
that distract attention 
from perspective 
on true conceptual 
perception.

The enormity of conformity to personal authority
against anybody but me says, "Don't make the effort."

"Don't even try to make a statement for a quality product.

"Don't even think about relations for justice

with mercy."

Faith says, "Stay on task. Remember your goals.
Complete actions that build trust in your reliability
with responsibility. Build relations for trust."

Let those statements that are against me be disproved.
May they be so disgraced that the makers feel shame 
for attempting to shift the blame to my name.

I will work with due diligence
to establish constitutional authority 
for reliable responsibility. 

I will wait with patience.
Redemption by reform
is the means to help others 
to find providence and avoid harm.

I will recount the profound power of the law
for the right to life. The law against murder and slavery
will defend the limitation of spending on national security
to defense. 

Mercy has guarded me from violence and cruelty in punishment
since my youth. Compassion will not fail me when I am old and gray.

The righteousness of truth reaches beyond the sky 
to speak about the wonders of gravity and force 
for the harmony of the celestial spheres.

What keeps the planets in their orbits? 
What pushes the galaxy  on the path
to the dark reaches of unknown space? 

Who can not wonder at the divine design
for the cosmos as the order for production? 

I have seen deliverance from greater adversity
in every close encounter with death.

I have been brought up from the deep places
of the earth. I have been strengthened beyond 
my lack of strength. I have been enfolded 
and comforted by renewal  in life.

I will sing praises with joy 
for the happiness that singing 
brings with the ring of the resounding
pound of sound from the depths of my soul.

My speech will teach the value
of learning from the re-constitution 
of conception for perspective 
on perception. 


71 In te, Domine, speravi

1 In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge; *
let me never be ashamed.
2 In your righteousness, deliver me and set me free; *
incline your ear to me and save me.
3 Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe; *
you are my crag and my stronghold.
4 Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, *
from the clutches of the evildoer and the oppressor.
5 For you are my hope, O Lord God, *
my confidence since I was young.
6 I have been sustained by you ever since I was born;
from my mother's womb you have been my strength; *
my praise shall be always of you.
7 I have become a portent to many; *
but you are my refuge and my strength.
8 `Let my mouth be full of your praise *
and your glory all the day long.
9 Do not cast me off in my old age; *
forsake me not when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies are talking against me, *
and those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together.
11 They say, "God has forsaken him;
go after him and seize him; *
because there is none who will save."
12 O God, be not far from me; *
come quickly to help me, O my God.
13 Let those who set themselves against me be put to shame and be disgraced; *
let those who seek to do me evil be covered with scorn and reproach.
14 But I shall always wait in patience, *
and shall praise you more and more.
15 My mouth shall recount your mighty acts
and saving deeds all day long; *
though I cannot know the number of them.
16 I will begin with the mighty works of the Lord God; *
I will recall your righteousness, yours alone.
17 O God, you have taught me since I was young, *
and to this day I tell of your wonderful works.
18 And now that I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, *
till I make known your strength to this generation
and your power to all who are to come.
19 Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens; *
you have done great things;
who is like you, O God?
20 You have showed me great troubles and adversities, *
but you will restore my life
and bring me up again from the deep places of the earth.
21 You strengthen me more and more; *
you enfold and comfort me,
22 Therefore I will praise you upon the lyre for your
faithfulness, O my God; *
I will sing to you with the harp, O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will sing with joy when I play to you, *
and so will my soul, which you have redeemed.
24 My tongue will proclaim your righteousness all day long, *
for they are ashamed and disgraced who sought to do me harm.

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Remember


Penelope Cruz

Remember
Courage 
Rappelez-vous de courage.
Recuerde coraje.
勇気を忘れないでください
Yūki o wasurenaide kudasai
ps132

Remember.
Danger is required for courage.

There are promises to keep
despite adversity:
"I will not sleep under the roof 
of my house; nor climb into bed;
my eyes will not close 
nor my eyelids flutter down to defeat
in sleep before I find a resting place 
for the promise of the memory 
of the essential essence
of divine presence."

The ark. We heard that it was fruitful

in the field between the trees in the forest.

Let us go to the dwelling place with love.
Let us rejoice with thanksgiving
for the seat of mercy in judgment.

"Rise O light for life. Rise to your resting place

in the heaven under the roof of our sky. 
You and the mighty ark of your promise will attest
to the bounty of our faith."

Let your people be clothed in celebration.

Let the faithful rejoice with jubilation.

"Do not turn away from the face of the Anointed

who suffered the trials of hardship with courage."

An oath has been sworn for the brave.

It will not be broken in truth.

"The fruit of your body 
will sit upon a throne.

"Your children's children

will not be alone
when they keep the covenant
and the testimony  
that truth condones."

The Leader chooses leadership

as the temper for a place in space.
Love for life will be the home 
for habitation.

"I will dwell here 

for I find delight in the light."

Surely, your provisions will be blessed.
The poor will eat in their houses.

Priests will be adored by the horn of salvation.

The instrument will be played for the people with joy.

Valor will flourish there.

Bravery will be adorned with light
from the lamp for the Anointed.

"Your enemies will have to learn from shame,

but this crown will shine to illuminate time."


132 Memento, Domine

1 Lord, remember David, *
and all the hardships he endured;

2 How he swore an oath to the Lord *
and vowed a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:

3 "I will not come under the roof of my house, *
nor climb up into my bed;

4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep, *
nor let my eyelids slumber;

5 Until I find a place for the Lord, *
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."

6 "The ark! We heard it was in Ephratah; *
we found it in the fields of Jearim.

7 Let us go to God's dwelling place; *
let us fall upon our knees before his footstool."

8 Arise, O Lord, into your resting-place, *
you and the ark of your strength.

9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; *
let your faithful people sing with joy.

10 For your servant David's sake, *
do not turn away the face of your Anointed.

11 The Lord has sworn an oath to David; *
in truth, he will not break it:

12 "A son, the fruit of your body *
will I set upon your throne.

13 If your children keep my covenant
and my testimonies that I shall teach them, *
their children will sit upon your throne for evermore."

14 For the Lord has chosen Zion; *
he has desired her for his habitation:

15 "This shall be my resting-place for ever; *
here will I dwell, for I delight in her.

16 I will surely bless her provisions, *
and satisfy her poor with bread.

17 I will clothe her priests with salvation, *
and her faithful people will rejoice and sing.

18 There will I make the horn of David flourish; *
I have prepared a lamp for my Anointed.

19 As for his enemies, I will clothe them with shame; *
but as for him, his crown will shine."

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Pursue

Zoe Saldana

Pursue 
Happiness
幸福の追求 
Kōfuku no tsuikyū 
ps 16

Defend me, Defender. I take refuge in you.

I have said to the Leadership in the rule of law, 
"You are my Leader, my good above all other."

It is the defense of the right to life 
that makes it worth living.

My delight is for those who defend themselves;
upon those who are noble among the people.

Those who shed human blood for propitiation
will have their troubles multiplied.

Liberty with justice, you are my portion in my cup.
Respect for rights earns my lot.

My boundaries enclose a pleasant place. 
I have good heritage as my legacy.

I will bless the Counselor 
who counsels for goodness.

My heart teaches me to seek justice;
night after night.

I have set moral law
as the objective for my ethics. 

My heart is glad. My spirit rejoices.
My body enjoys the natural measure 
of pleasure for hope.

I will not abandon myself to the grave.
Love will not throw me into the pit.

Your design will show me the path to life.
There is fullness of joy in your presence.

The measure for pleasure is not determined
by pain on any account in any amount. 

Pain is simply a reminder that pleasure 
plays an important part 
in the pursuit of happiness
for the fullness of joy.


16 Conserva me, Domine
1 Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you; *
I have said to the Lord, "You are my Lord,
my good above all other."
2 All my delight is upon the godly that are in the land, *
upon those who are noble among the people.

3 But those who run after other gods *
shall have their troubles multiplied.
4 Their libations of blood I will not offer, *
nor take the names of their gods upon my lips.

5 O Lord, you are my portion and my cup; *
it is you who uphold my lot.
6 My boundaries enclose a pleasant land; *
indeed, I have a goodly heritage.

7 I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel; *
my heart teaches me, night after night.
8 I have set the Lord always before me; *
because he is at my right hand I shall not fall.

9 My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit rejoices; *
my body also shall rest in hope.
10 For you will not abandon me to the grave, *
nor let your holy one see the Pit.
11 You will show me the path of life; *
in your presence there is fullness of joy,
and in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Be

Victoria Justice



Be
Happy
幸せになります
Shiawase ni narimasu
from Ps.34

I will be happy.
Happiness will be my praise.


I will rejoice in the fabric of reality.
Let those who listen hear and be glad.


Proclaim the greatness of existence with me.                     
Let us transcend inhumanity with exaltation.


I asked for help when it was needed.
Escape from error was part
of the deliverance from terror.


Look at the light of day and be radiant.
Don’t let shame cloud the way you shine.

I called out in my affliction and I was heard.

Love delivered me from my troubles.

The message of deliverance
embraces those who value life.


Taste and see. Love is good.
Happy are those who rejoice in it.


Respect the right to life.
Use this respect to set an example
for those who do not.


Even young panthers suffer hunger.
Those who read reality to find design
do not lack in the discovery of goodness.


Come youth. Listen to me.
I will teach you to respect rights.


Who among you desires happiness
and would like the time to enjoy prosperity?


Speak truth to power.
Do not defend cruelty or violence.


Turn from evil. Do good.

Seek peace. Pursue it.

Security protects those
who only take risk to value safety.


Punishment is not for destruction.
It is for the correction of those who refuse
to root out the weeds in perception

that led to harmful action
.


Needs cry out. Selection detects them.
Judgment plans for them. Action tends to them.


Sympathy attends to brokenness. Empathy amends
what led to the break
in harmony.


Troubles attend the selection of goodness in design,
but effective production provides deliverance
from turbulent turmoil in time.


Security will protect your organization.
Structure will preserve your conception.

The least force necessary will correct a crisis.

Retribution will punish those who afflict others
with violence, cruelty or oppression.



Those who do no harm will not be punished.
Those who do not require correction
will not be corrected.



34
Benedicam Dominum

1 I will bless the Lord at all times; *
his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

2 I will glory in the Lord; *
let the humble hear and rejoice.

3 Proclaim with me the greatness of the Lord; *
let us exalt his Name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me *
and delivered me out of all my terror.

5 Look upon him and be radiant, *
and let not your faces be ashamed.

6 I called in my affliction and the Lord heard me *
and saved me from all my troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord encompasses those who fear him, *
and he will deliver them.

8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; *
happy are they who trust in him!

9 Fear the Lord, you that are his saints, *
for those who fear him lack nothing.

10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger, *
but those who seek the Lord lack nothing that is good.

11 Come, children, and listen to me; *
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

12 Who among you loves life *
and desires long life to enjoy prosperity?

13 Keep your tongue from evil-speaking *
and your lips from lying words.

14 Turn from evil and do good; *
seek peace and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, *
and his ears are open to their cry.

16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, *
to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and the Lord hears them *
and delivers them from all their troubles.

18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted *
and will save those whose spirits are crushed.

19 Many are the troubles of the righteous, *
but the Lord will deliver him out of them all.

20 He will keep safe all his bones; *
not one of them shall be broken.

21 Evil shall slay the wicked, *
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

22 The Lord ransoms the life of his servants, *
and none will be punished who trust in him.