First Day of Classes/Adviser Meeting
From his autobiography, "Jihaku":
"Of course, I didn't know what there was in front of me at the time, but just a little bit, I was shown my way to the direction of the dark places in which I should go.
To me, that is the best guidepost there is.
Aren't the people who are "moons" also people who guide other people to the way they are supposed to go? Isn't that the most important thing in a relationship between people?
That road might lead to their downfall. However, even if it is the path to destruction, they are still living just a little bit with their own power. They are not being revived by someone, but with their own feet, while feeling the life within them, they are struggling to live. I think that this is how all human beings should be living.
I also wish that every one of you will want to be like the moons and the light of the moons in your own lives.
The moon does not only shine during the nighttime. At night, if you do not create something and decide to start walking on your own, you can't be shown the way. This is because you can't see anything around you, and you're afraid of being shown what lies ahead. If you stop, that becomes your safety zone.
Even so, the act of picking up one foot and taking a step forward requires an insane amount of courage. However, if you want to leave this darkness that much, it is possible for your feet to take a step onto the path illuminated by the moon.
In short, the one who advances forward is, in the end, you. It is you!"
Gackt - there's so much more there than just music. I saw this on asliceofthemoon 's journal this morning and it seemed really pertinent to all the new beginnings - not just mine, but all of yours as well! Add to that, I woke up thinking of bhajans and so I sang them while I was getting ready this morning. Even though my name is the embodiment of auspiciousness, I've been having a ton of bad luck recently. Hopefully these are some good signs.
I wonder if Gackt was thinking of this 10th century poem by Izumi Shikibu:
暗より暗い道にぞ入りぬべき
遥かに照ら山の葉の月
Out of darkness
on a dark path
I must make my way;
Let it faintly shine,
The moon of the mountain edge.
"Of course, I didn't know what there was in front of me at the time, but just a little bit, I was shown my way to the direction of the dark places in which I should go.
To me, that is the best guidepost there is.
Aren't the people who are "moons" also people who guide other people to the way they are supposed to go? Isn't that the most important thing in a relationship between people?
That road might lead to their downfall. However, even if it is the path to destruction, they are still living just a little bit with their own power. They are not being revived by someone, but with their own feet, while feeling the life within them, they are struggling to live. I think that this is how all human beings should be living.
I also wish that every one of you will want to be like the moons and the light of the moons in your own lives.
The moon does not only shine during the nighttime. At night, if you do not create something and decide to start walking on your own, you can't be shown the way. This is because you can't see anything around you, and you're afraid of being shown what lies ahead. If you stop, that becomes your safety zone.
Even so, the act of picking up one foot and taking a step forward requires an insane amount of courage. However, if you want to leave this darkness that much, it is possible for your feet to take a step onto the path illuminated by the moon.
In short, the one who advances forward is, in the end, you. It is you!"
Gackt - there's so much more there than just music. I saw this on asliceofthemoon 's journal this morning and it seemed really pertinent to all the new beginnings - not just mine, but all of yours as well! Add to that, I woke up thinking of bhajans and so I sang them while I was getting ready this morning. Even though my name is the embodiment of auspiciousness, I've been having a ton of bad luck recently. Hopefully these are some good signs.
I wonder if Gackt was thinking of this 10th century poem by Izumi Shikibu:
暗より暗い道にぞ入りぬべき
遥かに照ら山の葉の月
Out of darkness
on a dark path
I must make my way;
Let it faintly shine,
The moon of the mountain edge.