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3-2:  The concealed soul.
From The myth of the shade.
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Contents.

This, first written in Japanese, was issued in Justnet in 1997 year though it was rewritten several times after that.
And, it was issued in Nyfty in July 31, 2005, translated into English. This was revised in February 12, 2007.
But, I don't know English so well. So, please forgive it for the immature expression.
Hiromasa Noguti.


Three days had passed since Miyagi came back to Tokyo with Kageura. However, the argument is in the condition interrupted as it is, since in the first meeting, they could know the being of the matters slightly. Miyagi was feeling one's irritation slightly. However, it seems Kageura is in the considerably tired condition. And, since it looks to be unstable mentally, it seems it is better to say it is the mental tiredness, not physical tiredness. Anyhow, it may have been natural that it gets confused because it is that it was drawn into the strange world suddenly, and asked like saying "How do you cope?". It seems it is problem it starts the argument by force. It couldn't but make Kageura take a rest for the moment. But, it can't take a easy pose so long because the vengeful god is growing one's force rapidly. Miyagi expected Kageura to recover oneself as fast as he can.
As a matter of fact, Miyagi received the telephone from Kageura today. It walked around the shopping streets here and there at the afternoon because it seems to get tired increasingly if it does nothing, after taking a short nap at the forenoon in the hotel yesterday, he says. If it considers the manner of his talk, it seems he took back the vigor somewhat. Miyagi expected resuming the argument. But, Kageura suddenly asks Miyagi to go for drink with him, saying "I found out a interesting pub". Miyagi got bewildered a little in the unexpected utterance. Just then, Kageura presses Miyagi to do good answer, saying "If so, wouldn't you please come together with Mr. Kumanho?". However, it wavers a little about whether it should accept it. Miyagi felt anxious a little, thinking "Doesn't Kageura get tired increasingly?". But, it may be far better to do so for him than to shut oneself in gloom in the hotel because it is the mental tiredness. Miyagi accepted the invitation after all though it doesn't drink so.
However, it gets amazed at the excited behavior Kageura showed in the pub. After all, Miyagi fell into the plight it keeps on drinking until morning, crawling pubs. Since then, would it have drunk in how many pubs? When it, trying to send off Kageura to the hotel, goes out of the pub all together, the east sky had started to grow light, becoming whitish gradually. Anyhow, it seems it furthermore has to put off the argument though Kageura, even now looks to be vigorous, in spite of almost having not slept. "However, I didn't think him to be such heavy drinker.". Miyagi regretted one's carelessness slightly.
However, when it arrive at the hotel, Kageura says "Let's start again tomorrow!" suddenly. But, when it considers the contents of the talk, it seems it intends it is today, not tomorrow. "Why, is it all right really?". Miyagi, when murmuring like that in the heart, glanced at Kageura with the anxious look.

However, Kageura keeps on speaking, saying "I am tougher considerably than you think." maybe under the influence of liquor. "Tomorrow, I go to the office of Mr. Kumanho by one o'clock. All right?". Kageura, when deciding like that by oneself and saying "good night", started to walk the staircase of the hotel, with the unsafe gait.

Miyagi, after taking a nap for a little while, went to the university and waited Miyagi in the office of Kumanho. However, Kumanho isn't here. He has to teach the students until two o'clock. Kumanho last night had forgotten completely the thing because of maybe drinking. When it turns the eyes on the wristwatch, it is in about ten minutes behind one o'clock. "Should I hear his condition with phone?" Miyagi glanced at the telephone suddenly. However, it does nothing, feeling troublesome. And, since then after several minutes, it heard the sound of knocking on the door. When it answers, Kageura comes into the room, opening the door. Apparently it doesn't seem he is tired. "Why, is it that this man was tough really?". Miyagi had to change slightly one's recognition about Kageura.

When Kumanho returns to the room, Kageura started to speak at once. Why did Cotosiro-nusi appear, changing to the vengeful god? He says it grasped a part of its cause. And, behind that cause, there was a certain mental structure of Japanese people nobody knew. It was the very deep-rooted mental structure born of the historical frictional relationship in between the soul producing Jomon culture and the rationalistic mind bringing Yayoi culture. Now that Cotosiro-nusi appeared, Kageura was feeling this friction reached to the limit the society can stand. Thereupon, Kageura started to talk about that structure.
Japanese people have the basic soul of the Jomon culture in the depths of the mind. In other words, it is that we also inherited the Jomon culture and its soul, as Japanese people have the blood of Jomon people as the genetic foundation. Miyagi said "I think to name it the soul of Jomon", and again started to talk about the rest of the talk.
However, the soul of Jomon was obstructed of the self expression before everybody notice. The self expression like that only is allowed under the special circumstances, for example the festival and so on. It was because the powers hate and suppress the soul of Jomon.
And, in that reason, we also pushed the soul of Jomon into the depths of the mind unconsciously, feeling a fear of the powers' intention like that. As a matter of fact, it was that a logic for suppression like this is the rationalistic mind like the Yayoi culture. However, the rationalistic mind like Yayoi culture is the spirit supporting the powers and the various organizations. Therefore, it can't go well with the soul of Jomon, that is, the personal soul.
Thereupon, the rationalistic mind like Yayoi culture controled the powers mechanism and pushed the soul of Jomon into the depths of the mind. So, it is that we came to have the double mental structure under the mental and social situation the rationalistic mind like Yayoi culture is piled on the soul of Jomon day after day. And, the mental structure like that, before noticing, made the soul of Jomon bear the hatred toward the rationalistic mind like Yayoi culture. In other words, it is that the hatred like that hard to wipe was born into our individual mind and also was inherited by us. Kageura named it the curse of Jomon.

Kageura says. "The mental structure like this brought us the certain habit characteristic of us since then Yamato defeated Cotosiro-nusi. That habit makes us oppress our personal mind and leads us to do the service to whole of the society or to the powers mechanism. Or, it may have to say it is the habit of self-alienation at the certain meaning because it is that it works for the organization with making oneself empty. Of course, it seems this kind of self-alienation for the organizations is seen also in the foreign countries. However, it has to say our self-alienation persistently is our characteristic problem cultivated by our history. In other words, I think the problem we now are facing is the problem produced out of our mental structure.".
Miyagi nods in silence. And, he asked Kageura, saying "In other words, does it mean we invited the vengeful god in question to this world?" as if it confirms one's understanding. Kageura says. "Yes, I can't but think so if the vengeful ghost is the real existence really. Furthermore, Cotosiro-nusi isn't ordinary vengeful ghost. It is that it is the vengeful god itself really, and is the curse of Jomon keeping living in our mind even now.".

At far olden days, the Jomon people were obliged to accept the Yayoi culture because of various reasons. And, the circumstances like that forced them to accept the blood of Yayoi people, and influenced the formation of Japanese people, that is , Wah and also the Japanese culture strongly. It for the moment can say it is because the Jomon people needed the Yayoi culture and saw the brightness of the advanced technology into the Yayoi culture. And, the most of people gaining the win in the fights almost always had the blood of Yayoi people more than the others. So, it seems that the ancient people thought the Yayoi culture important, had the contempt for the Jomon culture.


Note; There is the opinion saying Yayoi People ruined the Jomon people. However, if it considers the relationship in between our brain and our language or other, it notices it is the misunderstanding. The thing comes to be clear in the undermentioned page.
10-3 : The peoples with the certain singularity.

Kageura says. "In that reason, the ruler and the ruling class hated the soul of Jomon. In other words, it can say the soul of Jomon was the weak mind for them, and also was the mind resisting against the powers.". Miyagi says. "Sure, so, the powers mechanism changed the olden gods and goddesses to the gods supporting the powers and also goddesses with establishing the hierarchy of the gods and goddesses. It was natural that it drove out the Jomon culture, isn't it?". "Yes, the people also pushed one's soul of Jomon into the depths of the mind, to survive or to gain the powers mechanism's favor.". Kageura, when answering to Miyagi like that, again started to talk the rest of the talk.

The rulers in each period kept on suppressing the soul of Jomon, regarding it as the detestable soul. In that reason, the soul of Jomon, with getting oppressed for long, bore suspicious heat involving the horrible curse. The suspicious heat like that is keeping on oozing out of us together with the horrible curse secretly even now. And, it was that it also is the deep-rooted curse Cotosiro-nusi kept on bearing against the powers for a long time as well. It can say the cause why Cotosiro-nusi appeared to this world, changing to the vengeful god is our mental structure like that really, is the social circumstances surrounding us. Anyhow, it was certain the curse like that stealthily coming out of the people now is growing rapidly.
The present Japanese people have both the blood of the oppressed people and the blood of the winning people. And, the core of suppression like that was the rationalistic mind symbolized in Yamato. "Therefore, in this case, it is natural that the object for suppression is the soul of Jomon symbolized in Cotosiro-nusi's family.". Kageura, saying like that, finished talking for the moment.

As a matter of fact, the social and mental relations like that now can be found out of anywhere of the society. First of all, the individuals' thinking is in the condition restricted terribly by the logic of efficiently running the organization. And, the logic of an individual's living almost is in the condition ignored except the convenience of the rich persons or privileged classes. It seemed it is natural that the curse in question is increasing the force so rapidly. Anyhow, the social condition like this is showing Japanese society has the certain contradiction hard to avoid.
That is, as a person relates to the political powers, the soul of Jomon he has as the core of the mind is apt to fall into the oppressed situation. It is because the work to approach the powers also means the entrusting one's mind to the rationalistic mind like Yayoi culture. Therefore, it also meant it oppresses the soul of Japanese people, that is, the soul of Jomon. Even if it is the ruler or ruling class, it isn't exception. Kageura, saying like that, watched Miyagi's reaction.
Miyagi says. "Certainly the man of power also seems to hold the curse like that in the depths of the mind. So, he, before noticing, puts the curse upon one's mind to ask for the powers. In other words, he may try to ruin oneself unconsciously.". Kageura says. "Yes, it is the natural result because a man of power also has the double mental structure as well. But, since it persistently is the mental matters, it doesn't know whether the man of power always falls into the situation like that. Anyhow, it is certain the present Japanese circumstances invited the vengeful god in question.".

Kageura looks to be talking with the firm belief about this matter. Miyagi asked him to talk the rest of the talk. Kageura says. "Anyhow, Cotosiro-nusi as the vengeful god is putting the curse on the suppressor having the cultural and political intention like that. In other words, His target is the powers mechanism of the people called Wah. By any chance, isn't Cotosiro-nusi wanting to untie the soul of Jomon from the chains of the rationalistic mind in question? I guess like that.".
Just then, Kumanho asks Kageura to explain the words of the powers mechanism of Wah. Kageura started to do the explanation at once, saying "Yes, as you thought, it is the political system to keep the centripetal force of the powers by oppressing the soul of Jomon in the rationalistic mind's demand, if it says it simply.".

Before Yamato appeared, each tribe worshiped each gods and goddesses and respected others' gods and goddesses. In that meaning, the soul they inherit could be free. However, it means the centripetal force of the powers is weak. In that reason, the freedom like that didn't go well with the civilization the Yayoi culture produces. Not only the civilization born from Yayoi culture but also all the civilizations want the strong political centripetal force, trying to run the organizations efficiently. And, the social circumstances like that demanded to adopt the hierarchy of the gods and goddesses, at the ancient time.
So, the civilization changes the gods and goddesses supposed to indicate the individual's lineage to the gods who support the powers mechanism, and also goddesses. And, the civilization's behavior like that made the centripetal force of the powers strong more than before.

Strangely Kojiki is describing the historical progress like that clearly without the intention like that. Anyhow, the gods from the Jomon period, and also goddesses were oppressed like that. And, the individuals are obliged to change to the organ of the organization called the civilization. So, the individuals' identity was thrown into the dangerous situation it is apt to be lost. The social aspect like that doesn't look to have changed even now. So, it must be that all the Japanese people, before noticing, prepared the condition necessary for Cotosiro-nusi's appearing. It was that Kageura stated like that one's opinion with the considerable self-confidence.

Then, Miyagi says "But, isn't it strange a little?" suddenly. "Er, what meaning is it?" When Kageura asks him like that in spite of oneself, Miyagi says "If we conflict with Cotosiro-nusi, it seems we are about to support the rationalistic mind in question, but it is impossible, isn't it?". However, Kageura was bewildered for a instant. It is certain the vengeful god in question put the curse upon the powers mechanism of Wah, trying to ruin it. And, if the powers mechanism like that collapses, it seems it also is certain the soul of Jomon is untied. "But, if we conflict with Cotosiro-nusi, is it that we are obstacle of untying the soul of Jomon?". Kageura had fallen into the strange contradiction.
Kumanho says. "But, our opponent is the vengeful ghost persistently. We shouldn't think about this so deeply. If we all are ruined by him, the soul supposed to be untied is lost together with us, too.". "Er, certainly it may be so.". What a careless man I am ! Kageura blushed with shame in spite of oneself. Would it be one's strange interest in Cotosiro-nusi led oneself to the mistake like that? Or, would it be the result born of one's prejudiced logical calculation elated at one's reasoning? Anyhow, Kageura again realized the danger of a thinking apt to hide even a simple truth, knowing one's self is falling into the trap like that.

At ancient times, Cotosiro-nusi as the vengeful god put the curse upon the Yamato Powers and the people supporting the powers like that. And, the present political system fundamentally had the same structure as the ancient political system in that it oppresses the soul of Jomon. So, the people are forced to live with giving the political system like that one's service, pushing the soul of Jomon into the depths of the mind. And, we now are living as the descendant of both the political suppressor and oppressed people and giving the present political system one's service. In other words, it can say Cotosiro-nusi's target already is all Japanese people without the exception. It was certain Cotosiro-nusi is trying to throw Japan into the hell fire.
Kumanho says. "Cotosiro-nusi can be a Savior if he isn't the vengeful god. But, the present situation isn't so. We would have to fight with both that vengeful god and the rationalistic mind like Yayoi culture.".

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