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MACROBIOTICS,

THE WAY OF HEALTH
AND HAPPINESS

Since our galaxy was formed by whirpool motion in the
infinite space of the ocean of the universe, and our solar
system began to form within the galaxy-, an unknown time has
elapsed. While the earth developed to nearly its present
condition, more than four billion years have passed. Biological
life has existed on this planet for more three billion years,
and our mankind has had its progressive development for
probably over 20 million years. Although it is uncertain how
the ancestors of our human species were living and adapting
to their environment, during our recent development as homo
sapiens, especially within the span of recorded history, we
have seen more than 20 major civilizations rise and fall.
During these constant vicissitudes, we, mankind, have
experienced health and sickness, chaos and stability, war and
peace, poverty and prosperity, happiness and unhappiness, as
if we have been riding upon waves. Our present chilization
and this modem age are not exempt from these fluctuations.
Our modem civilization has been offering material wealth
and technological conveniences to the majority of the world's
populations, together with ample information and varieties of
knowledge. At present, we are seeing the blossoming of
such benefits: worldwide distribution of food for everyone s
survival, transportation which enables us to be on the opposite
sides of the globe within the same day; communication
systems through which we can know instantaneously what
has happened on other continents; well-organized religious
and educational programs; universal control of govermental
administration; and an impressive degree of scientific and
technological development. It is no longer only a daydream
that we may colonize other planets. To the far depths of the
ocean, to the far reaches of space, to the far ends of the
polar regions our explorations are penetrating eveiywhere.

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