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❤️ ❤️Mantra of Luminous Liberation by Literacy: Escaping the Lunacy Prison in the City of Lost Angels ❤️ ❤️

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Uncle

By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS 💗💗 Published 2 months ago 2 min read
Japan Heavy Metal > GALNERYUS - ANGEL OF SALVATION

flying. . . .

fighting and fighting,

running, re-ran away, repeating. . .

struggling in the chaos of poverty,

disliking school, and thinking sad thoughts.

eaching myself about history,

living in the UCLA holy library of gnosis

reading and reading and re-reading

. . . . . luminous reading liberation . . . . .

. . . . . . . . .luminous reading liberation . . .

. . . . . . . .. luminous reading liberation . . .

flying

reading and fly

flying . . .

fighting and fighting. . .

failing, fearlessly, my 11th grade as

desiring to join some macho gangs

trying to recruit me, however, my uncle

hugging me, laughing, and protecting. . .

soul to soul, Asians with Asians. . .

surviving the concentration prisons. . .

. . . . . luminous reading liberation . . . . .

. . . . . . . . .luminous reading liberation . . .

. . . . . . . .. luminous reading liberation . . .

flying . . .

fighting and fighting. . .

experiencing the world at war, my uncle . .

looking into my eyes of tears, heart bleeding. . .

telling me in a loving voice to finish my education. .

. . . . . luminous reading liberation . . . . .

. . . . . . . . .luminous reading liberation . . .

. . . . . . . .. luminous reading liberation . . .

flying . . .

fighting and fighting. . .

showing me to read more to be more. . .

having grown up in Japan, myself . . .

buying me Japanese classical authors . . .

. . . . . luminous reading liberation . . . . .

. . . . . . . . .luminous reading liberation . . .

. . . . . . . .. luminous reading liberation . . .

. . .Yukio Mishima’s “Decay of the Angel” . . . . .

. . . . Kenzaburō Ōe’s “A Personal Matter”. . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . Natsume Sōseki’s “I Am a Cat” . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . Yasunari Kawabata’s “Sound of the Mountain” . . . .

. . . . . luminous reading liberation . . . . .

. . . . . . . . .luminous reading liberation . . .

. . . . . . . .. luminous reading liberation . . .

redoing many of my classes as a senior,

. . . . . graduating, arigato, Saint Uncle. . .

. . . . . later earning a PhD. . . .

Thank you! Arigato. . .

Thank you! Arigato. . .

!Thank you! Arigato. . .

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About the Creator

SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS 💗💗

DR. WAYNE STEIN Ted Talk Speaker, Amazon Author, Asian Gothic Scholar; Yoga Certified, Black Belts. Writer Program Admin, Writing Center Director, Cancer Survivor, Korean Born , Raised in Japan and Italy, grew up In Los Angeles. 💗💗

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  • Sid Aaron Hirji2 months ago

    knowledge is suffering-love how you tied it

  • Sandy Gillman2 months ago

    I love the way you join struggle and learning together here.

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