Typed by Takeharu Kikuchi (Kodokan)

April 12, 2006 (Wednesday)
The Tale of Two Colours: Blue and Green.
Tipping Point Comes When Devil Turns Green.
二色物語。悪魔が緑色になるとバランスが崩れる。
A disaster. Hot bath water overflowed like larva into my room (103) of Hilton
Green Park. I was so heavily concentrated on an idea for today’s essay that I wastotally absent-minded, unaware of the bath I’d turned on. Turning pale, I mopped up
hot water with the bath towel. Too late. A phone rang, followed by a knock on thedoor. A security officer said, “The water seeped through the flow and came down tothe ground flow. You must evacuate.” Not again! Embarrassed. Felt like hiding
into a hole and disappear. Felt small. I apologized. Silence lasted an hour.
“Sorry, it’s never happened in Japan. Water’s supposed to stop automatically.”
The young officer said with a golden smile, “I know. You’re not the only one.” My
guilt feeling was dissolved immediately. But this bath water tsunami got everything,soaking wet, including my memos I’d scribbled on the city map.
Now what? Damage done. I’ll write about D on the last day of my stay inEngland. What’s not supposed to happen happens, under extreme pressure. Thedevil creeps in. Murphy’s law (what CAN happen WILL)? No. The devil’s law.
The devil made me do it. Or the demons lurking in the green forest, Hilton Green
Park. The Green Men are found in churches and were carved on houses. Medieval
churches have survived, because the Green Men, carvers’ devices, fought thedestructive Reformation for survival.
It reminded me of powerful Ents in The Lord of the Rings by Christian writer J.R.R.
Tolkien. Ents, not really devils, are half-way between men and trees, Possessors ofwisdom in the deep forest. (The Pitkin Guide)

DI saw lots of those sculptures on the gates of churches and houses atStratford-upon Avon, Oxford Univ. campuses and Eaton facing Windsor Castle.
“They are guardians,” said Pauline Lobo, British Tours guide. Even such anexperienced (6 years) wasn’t aware of the historical background of the Green Men.
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Typed by Takeharu Kikuchi (Kodokan)

The Royal Family has been haunted and protected by the Green Men since 11thCentury, even before Oxford Univ. came into being in 12th century. Royal Blue vsGreen, or devilish green.
Tony Blair used Royal flight for his private purpose and was accused on the front
page of the Times for today. Prime Minister is private (green) not blue-blooded andmakes people green with envy. Monarchy is blue. British monarchy is more
greenish than Japan’s. Constitutional monarchy is greenish blue. If Republic
overtakes monarchy, the nation’s system goes democratic. Blue turns green.
Japan has turned green, democratic. Democracy needs money as an equalizer.
Lack of noble thought makes people greedy and grotesque. Greenbacks become acapitalist’s religion. Gross.

GSpiritual people argue: Money can’t buy love. Material people play the devil’s
advocate, arguing that money CAN buy love. Devil’s evil and flirtatious. (Satan isnot flirtatious and satanic to the sage.) Pauline says “Paradise Lost” by Milton tells
us that evil often wins over good. The whole day (9 hours) private trip with Pauline
tour. I got what I wanted:Mind: She got me thinking – putting everything I saw into a historical perspective.
Debate and dialogue.
Body: we walked a lot on the country roads and campuses.
Soul: I got to the heart of British soul and in turn Japanese soul. Both nations
have constitutional monarchs.
Spirit: The spirit of Yoshida Shoin and Krishnamurti moved me out of physical andgeophysical boundaries. It takes spirit to keep mind, body and soul in balance.
To lose the balance, one can’t concentrate.
Today’s essay. The poorest and unfocused piece of argument. How can I write
a quality essay with this divided attention? Now, the British monarchy is divided
between older people who don’t accept Camilla, a commoner, and young people whodon’t care. The former blue, the latter green. Blue-blooded Charles has beenswayed by the green women. Diana, fond of color green, felt closer to her butler boy
friend who also loved green. Her jealous royal and dishonourable husband turned
green decor in her Palace into brown. Blue came back with a vengeance.

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