Sunday, May 29, 2016

Japan - Temple Life, Hakone Predictions

...and here he is, translating from Japanese to Taiwanese a piece of paper that my son acquired, the function of which is very similar to a fortune cookie or horoscope prediction of the future.

The first one Andrew got said some good things, which felt pretty good to him.  So he thought, "Hey, I'll get another, to see if it agrees."  Sure enough, it was similarly positive.  A little later on he pushed his luck, however, and obtained a third.  This last one was not at all positive and sank the good vibes accumulated with the other two.

Fortunately, there is something you can do with the negative predictions.  Those pieces of paper can be affixed in a place where the negativity will not follow the person outside of the temple, but stay in the presence of monks who can squelch their influence:


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