Know Yourself

Said a despairing client to the psychiatrist, “No matter where I go I have to take myself along – and that spoils everything.”

Both what you run away from – and what you yearn for – is within you.
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A disciple came to the Muslim Master Maruf Karkhi and said, “I have been talking to people about you. The Jews say you are one of their own. The Christians consider you to be one of their saints. And the Muslims look upon you as a glory to Islam.”

Maruf replied, “That’s what they say here in Baghdad. When I lived in Jerusalem, the Jews dubbed me a Christian; the Christians, a Muslim; and the Muslims, a Jew.”

“Then what are we to think of you?” (more…)

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Hike & Hot Springs in Hakone

Mt. Takanosu (834 meters)
 Please bring your food and drink.

We will meet at the gate of Hakoneyumoto station(Odakyu line) at 9:50 AM.
From Shinjuku Station, take the Odakyu Line (Express going towards Odawara) leaving at 7:50AM. This arrives at odawara at 9:30. Change to the Hakone Tozan Line, leaving at 9:32 and arriving at Hakoneyumoto station at 9:48AM
If you’d like to go from Shinjuku, get on the front of the 7:50 Odakyu Line express train at Shinjuku Station. David will get on the first car
at the next station (Yoyogi Uehara).
Please don’t be late since we MUST catch the 10:10AM bus going to Hatajuku (20 minutes, 380 yen).

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Hike course: Hatajuku – Mt.Takanosu – Mt Sengen – Shiroyama – Hakoneyumoto
The total course time for the hike will be about four and a half hours.

Especially, the red and yellow (maples) leaves should be so wonderful.
As we will go to a Hot Springs after the hike,
please bring a change of clothes and a towel if you wish!
 
* Please wear trekking shoes (or exercise shoes).

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CHARITY LIVE

Music & Dance (JAMBO is one of the sponsors)
7-11PM (Ebisu)
SEE THE FLYER for more information.

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SPECIAL!! FOREST PARK

Shinrin Koen – Hiking, Chrysanthemum Festival, Fall Colors Light Up (Participation Fee: 1000 yen, which includes the entrance fee)

We will meet at 10:27 AM at the ticket gate of Shinrin Koen Station on the Tobu

Tojo Line. If you go from Ikebukuro, take the 9:30 Tobu Tojo Line Express train (going towards Ogawamachi), which arrives at Shinrin Koen Station at 10:26AM. We will then take the 10:32 bus (200 yen, 7 minutes) to the park.

Those who wish to go together from Ikebukuro, please get on the front car of the Tobu Toujou 9:30 train there.

This is a huge, beautiful park in Saitama with wonderful gardens, woods, nature and bike paths, a frisbee golf course, etc. There’s also a Chysantemum Festival (exhibit) and Autumn Colors Light Up from 4:30PM. Should be a lot of fun!!!

Please take a look at the HP:

  • http://www.shinrin-koen.go.jp/event/index.html
  • http://www.shinrin-koen.go.jp/event/2012/10/36_1.html (Chysantemum Festival)
  • http://www.shinrin-koen.go.jp/event/2012/10/post_14.html (Fall Colors Light Up and Starlight Illumination from 4:30PM)

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Int’l Friendship Sushi Party

From 6:30-9:30pm at the Polygon (behind the Oriental Bazaar on Omotesando)   
Map: http://www.kokusaika.org/english/polygon.html

For JAMBO members, the cost is 3,000 yen for men and 3,000 yen for women w/reservation (or plus 500 yen if you go directly without making a reservation). 

All beer, wine, cocktails, sot drinks + sushi buffet, garden salad, veggies, cheeses, breads, and pies for dessert included. 

Reservations can be made with David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp or phone (03-6599-8112) by November 9.   

Half of your admission fee will be donated to Global Greengrants Fund, a group that provides grants for local environmental work in Africa, Asia and other poor areas (http://www.greengrants.org/). So you can have an enjoyable evening and help a good cause at the same time. If you’d like to go with David, please meet at Exit A1 of Omotesando Station  at 6:15PM on the 10th.

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The Secret of Living

The way to overcome the inertia or stagnation produced by anxiety is to grasp the significance of change as the stuff of life. Life is ever-new creation. It is a false sense of security that inspires one to resist change. To flow with the flux of change, and yet remain anchored in the eternal, is the secret of living.

The key to the problem of suffering is (more…)

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Hike, Game & Party

Nori’s Hike and New Game & BYO Party (Daytime Participation Fee – 1000 yen: Party fee – 500 yen (includes veggies, meat, fish for the BBQ))

Meeting time/place: 10:35 AM Kounanndai Station of the JR Negishi line ticket gate
Leave Shinagawa Station on the 09:47am Keikyu line, arriving in Yokohama at 10:05. Transfer there to the 10:12 JR Negishi line train and go to Kounandai, arriving at 10:34

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Please wear good shoes for about 4 hours walk and bring some lunch and drink.       
       
Course: Kounanndai → Segami community woods →Segani pond→ Momiji bridge→ Itachi river→ Earth plaza→ Hongoudai Sta

15:00 ~17:00 Earth plaza Team game. in the Information Forum (4 desks and 30 chairs)
          Doing a well known game from the US – ” Wheel of fortune”
          You can guess idioms or country names when you see the pictures
          about African life, people, nature, the food for 1 week and so on.
          The worst team will have a penalty game.

If you’re only joining the party (not the hike), meet at the JR Tsurumi east exit ticket gate at 18:00

BYO Party in a large, 11F riverside apt. in Tsurumi, where David’s friend Clyde lives.
We will have a lot of fun there. Party fee – 500 yen (includes veggies, meat, fish for the BBQ).
Please bring whatever snacks and drinks you want. We can buy food and drink near Tsurumi Sta.

Leader: Nori 090-8436-3903

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Change your consciousness and you’ll change your life

“You are free to believe what you choose and what you do attests to what you believe.”

You most likely believe that your experiences have taught you what is real and what is true – at least for you. However, what you may not know is that your beliefs – conscious and unconscious – have determined (more…)

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What is a school?

All of us have attended school at some time in our lives, and we tend to think of it as a place where we sit in a classroom and learn things. This can indeed be an important part of learning, but if we define school as “a place to learn,” our whole life experience and everywhere we go is a school.

I questioned what a school should be like when I started JAMBO School this month. Mostly, JAMBO School is an English school, teaching English conversation to adults in the classroom. However, just as important, it provides students with opportunities outside of the classroom to use their English. (more…)

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You have to laugh

“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it! (Ecolonometrics in Action,, July/August 2001, 9)

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