Nichiren Daishonin Writes in the Gosho "The Entity of the Mystic law"
The Great Teacher Miao-lo comments on this as follows:  "The True aspect invariably manifests in all phenomena, and all phenomena invariably manifest in the ten factors.  The ten factors invariably manifest in the Ten Worlds, and the Ten Worlds invariably manifest in life and its environment.
This insignificant picture of a young Black boy growing up in America has one aspect of the phenomena of his hair that could affect his desitiny.  The inanimate object or the "Insentient Being" called hair brings out a factor  called a "LATENT EFFECT" that we have discussed earlier in our lecture.  This latent effect is a cause to bring out an Anger from White, Asian and other people who hate "Black Hair."
This 1976 Picture is not a Threat among youth in Hawaii
Hair represent a clear-cut African heritage
This is a clear-cut picture of a clean looking African/American youth however even in 2010 in some regions in America this hair is offensive and intimating.
Barack Obama Hight school graduation pictures in 1979
This high school basketball picture of Barack Obama playing basketball in Hawaii is an iconic shot and image of most African/American Basketball players and this is where his image with his Afro-centric hairstyle is most accepted.
This is picture of Barack Obama as Editor of the Harvard Review news paper. This college image is acceptable in America and this highlights his achievement as the first Black Editor.
This picture of Barack Obama in his college days with the big Afro hair style could have been used to scare Whites into not voting for a Black man.  The Afro-hair style in America is ofensive to many Whites in America.
This photograph of Barack Obama wearing a hat represents a cultural image of many intercity African Americans who wear hats with the big Afros sticking out this picture cause a "Latent Effect" or trigger an emotion in many white people African/American youth.
This is a photograph of President Barack Obama campaigning to be President of the United States of America. In Buddhism there is a world or life condition call 7. Learning  and 8. Self-Realization that we learned earlier in the ten worlds.  Each world can exist in the other worlds for example;having to cut one's hair to win an election is 3. Animality or a condition where the week prey on the srong or the strong humbles himself to achieve a goal.  Let me site an example there are begars on the street looking for "Crack" drugs these individuals are strong people but they humble themselves to beg for change this condition is animality.  Most  politicians understand human nature and they will resort to animality like all humans use this condition when necessary.  President Barack Obama cut his hair knowing it is the best cause to win an election.  Just recently attention has been drawn to his hair because of the fact on it becoming more Grayer since his becoming the President of the United States.  Hair takes on the 10 worlds and all 3000 aspects of the phenomena.

Mark Ndesandjo , U.S. President Barack Obama 's half-brother gestures as he speaks during an interview at a hotel in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. When President Barack Obama landed in Beijing Monday on his first state visit to China, his first order of business was family business. Before he headed to a formal dinner with China's President Hu Jintao , he set aside time to see his half brother and Ndesandjo's wife, who had flown up from the southern boomtown of Shenzhen where they live

The Buddha writes that all phenomena manifests its true entity. Let us examine the President's half brother Mark Ndesandjo who lives in Shenzhen China. He cuts his hair extremely low (esho-funi) oneness of man and his enviroment or he adapts to his enviroment in China. Hair is a sentinent being that represent the Ten worlds.  Long hair and short hair can make a difference.
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