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LordFangor
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My Coven- Sacred Obsessions
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My secondary Sire is xRONINx. I also have the profiles SwordofDamocles and Prometheus.
I have been on VR over 7 years.
I have read more books than I can remember. I have attended more university level courses than most people. I have a number of degrees, which give me no particular pleasure. I have an interest in history.
Currently Reading: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind- Shunryu Suzuki
It is always good to show benevolence to the weakest among us, that would be children, the homeless, the battered, the defenseless, the attacked, the forlorn.
I have an interest in swords, knives and blades. I also have an affinity for shotguns. I also have an interest in the Samurai and Bushido, Buddhism, Zen, spiritual enlightenment (yeah, I know, don't say it), vampires in literature. I own a number of first editions signed by Anne Rice. A few of the signatures I acquired in person.
I also own hundreds of books, many are first editions, signed and unsigned.
Bushido means Military-Knight-Ways
The following is contained in the book Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe, published in 1900. Yes, kiddies I have read it.
Principles of Bushido: Of the following which is of greater importance? They are all important, but to me, it is LOYALTY.
I. Rectitude or Justice
Bushido refers not only to martial rectitude, but to personal rectitude: Rectitude or Justice, is the strongest virtue of Bushido. A well-known samurai defines it this way: ‘Rectitude is one’s power to decide upon a course of conduct in accordance with reason, without wavering; to die when to die is right, to strike when to strike is right.’ Another speaks of it in the following terms: ‘Rectitude is the bone that gives firmness and stature. Without bones the head cannot rest on top of the spine, nor hands move nor feet stand. So without Rectitude neither talent nor learning can make the human frame into a samurai.
II. Courage
Bushido distinguishes between bravery and courage: Courage is worthy of being counted among virtues only if it’s exercised in the cause of Righteousness and Rectitude. In his Analects, Confucius says: ‘Perceiving what is right and doing it not reveals a lack of Courage.’ In short, ‘Courage is doing what is right.’
III. Benevolence or Mercy
A man invested with the power to command and the power to kill was expected to demonstrate equally extraordinary powers of benevolence and mercy: Love, magnanimity, affection for others, sympathy and pity, are traits of Benevolence, the highest attribute of the human soul. Both Confucius and Mencius often said the highest requirement of a ruler of men is Benevolence.
IV. Politeness
Discerning the difference between obsequiousness and politeness can be difficult for casual visitors to Japan, but for a true man, courtesy is rooted in benevolence: Courtesy and good manners have been noticed by every foreign tourist as distinctive Japanese traits. But Politeness should be the expression of a benevolent regard for the feelings of others; it’s a poor virtue if it’s motivated only by a fear of offending good taste. In its highest form Politeness approaches love.
V. Honesty and Sincerity
True samurai, according to author Nitobe, disdained money, believing that “men must grudge money, for riches hinder wisdom.” Thus children of high-ranking samurai were raised to believe that talking about money showed poor taste, and that ignorance of the value of different coins showed good breeding: Bushido encouraged thrift, not for economical reasons so much as for the exercise of abstinence. Luxury was thought the greatest menace to manhood, and severe simplicity was required of the warrior class … the counting machine and abacus were abhorred.
VI. Honor
Though Bushido deals with the profession of soldiering, it is equally concerned with non-martial behavior: The sense of Honor, a vivid consciousness of personal dignity and worth, characterized the samurai. He was born and bred to value the duties and privileges of his profession. Fear of disgrace hung like a sword over the head of every samurai … To take offense at slight provocation was ridiculed as ‘short-tempered.’ As the popular adage put it: ‘True patience means bearing the unbearable.’
VII. Loyalty
Nonetheless, true men remain loyal to those to whom they are indebted: Loyalty to a superior was the most distinctive virtue of the feudal era. Personal fidelity exists among all sorts of men: a gang of pickpockets swears allegiance to its leader. But only in the code of chivalrous Honor does Loyalty assume paramount importance.
VIII. Character and Self-Control
Bushido teaches that men should behave according to an absolute moral standard, one that transcends logic. What’s right is right, and what’s wrong is wrong. The difference between good and bad and between right and wrong are givens, not arguments subject to discussion or justification, and a man should know the difference. Finally, it is a man’s obligation to teach his children moral standards through the model of his own behavior: The first objective of samurai education was to build up Character. The subtler faculties of prudence, intelligence, and dialectics were less important. Intellectual superiority was esteemed, but a samurai was essentially a man of action. No historian would argue that Hideyoshi personified the Eight Virtues of Bushido throughout his life. Like many great men, deep faults paralleled his towering gifts. Yet by choosing compassion over confrontation, and benevolence over belligerence, he demonstrated ageless qualities of manliness. Today his lessons could not be more timely.
And the following are my comments;
And it is not necessarily duty or honor to a country or some damn flag. This is something I COULD NEVER do, because I understand how corrupt governments and their symbols truly are.
And I have always harbored the thoughts that dwelling on money was detrimental to an individual.
Do not mistake kindness for weakness. Do not mistake love for weakness. Some loyalty is forever no matter what has happened or will happen. Most of you will not understand that concept. Strange thing loyalty, even when one is angry and hurt, there is still that tug, that stirring, that refusal to take that final step.
True Patience is bearing the unbearable. Sighs....
To each of us the unbearable is personal.
So if, you ask me a personal question will I answer it? Highly unlikely. I really told you everything you need to know.
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LF you make me hard! Have a 10
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