The origin of Japanese culture and, the world view as its logical conclusion.

Hiromasa Noguti. Mail-address cotosiro@js6.so-net.ne.jp. September 13, 2003. This was renewed in March 27, 2004. Since this English edition was the unsatisfactory translation and performance, this was rewritten now. January 23, 2005. This was retranslated in April 6, 2008.

3. The soul like Jomon lurking to Japanese gods and goddesses.
3-1. The origin of Japanese double standard.

As it stated before, the Japanese people are holding the soul of Jomon to the depths of one's heart. It is because the Jomon culture based on Japanesque brain is living into us with our brain inheriting the Japanese language from our ancestors and the Jomon people. However, we now are in the diluted condition in the blood of the Jomon people considerably. It is because the inhabitant of Japanese Islands chose the Yayoi culture. In other words, it can think Japanese history is the history of the fight between the tribes who chose Jomon culture and the tribes who chose the Yayoi culture. At any rate, Jomon culture gradually came to be concealed to the depths of the heart together with its expression openly or secretly as the Yayoi culture spreads. In those days, the rulers to acquire the supremacy in Japanese Islands almost were the Yayoi people. Soon, they start to gather as the one political force, while repeating the many wars. And, the principle for the concentration of powers was the rationalism based on Yayoi culture. So, the gods and goddesses are forced to unite hierarchically under the one family, that is, Yamato because of the rationalism like that. In other words, the gods and goddesses were forced to change the divine nature of them because of the hierarchy of the gods and goddesses. And, they also lost their freedom.

On the other hand, the gods and goddesses in the Jomon society weren't in still the clear hierarchy because the soul of Jomon was in the condition held in the heart of the people's mind. The Jomon culture is based on the animism and also on the method of distribution like the primeval communism. So, it seems the gods and goddesses also had kept the considerable freedom and the relatively equal condition. As it stated before, the distribution system, the economic system, the political system and the form of the religion, and so on didn't change for long in principle in the Jomon society in spite of the frequent commercial trade and the change of political circumstances.
In the society like that the free gods and goddesses are the symbol of the people's free mind and dignity. It is certain the people in Jomon society were praising the freedom considerably. And, the mental environment like that mainly was cultivated by the frequent trades exchanged among various peoples or tribes. It would be because the Jomon people originally were the sea people. Anyhow, it isn't so hard to guess the Jomon people to have been the extrovert very much, and to have gotten the knowledge from the various people, going to the far lands in the small boats before they obey the Yayoi culture.

However, the individualistic mind Jomon culture cultivated was quite the nuisance for the rulers governing the Yayoi society. It is because the rulers in those days were forced to acquire strong powers because of the various political circumstance. So, they tried to lay the other political forces under one's reign with the various means. Therefore, the soul of Jomon, understood as the individualistic mind and as the mind of the barbarians and the mind of resistance from especially the rulers having the strong powers, fell into the oppressed circumstances. This is suggesting the ruling class with the characteristic of Yayoi people continued to confront the lower class having at least the mental characteristic of Jomon people for long. Of course, it needs hardly to be said there was the confrontation for long between the tribes with Yayoi culture and the tribes living under Jomon culture in those days.

The rationalism based on Yayoi culture the rulers want is the civilization's mind, is the powers mechanism's mind wanting organizing the persons. It can't go well with the liberalistic mind anyhow. So, the soul of Jomon fell into the situation pushed to the depths of the mind because of the trend of times. It is because the people accepted the Yayoi culture for one's survival reluctantly and pushed the soul of Jomon into the depths of one's heart. In other words, our mind was forced to hold the dual structure composed of the following two mind. That is, it is the soul of Jomon lurking to the bottom of mind, and on the other hand, is the rational mind based on Yayoi culture to oppress the soul of Jomon. However, such circumstances invited the deep-rooted curse to be aimed to the rational mind based on Yayoi culture, made such curse grow in the people's mind. If it states this state about the gods and goddesses, it is expressed like the "Tatari-gami(vengeful god or vengeful goddess)". Thereupon, it thinks to name such vengeful mind the curse of Jomon. However, as for this curse and vengeful gods and goddesses, it will be explained detailedly in other works because it is different from this theme.

By the way, the part of myth in Kojiki is describing the sight of the oppression to be aimed against the gods and goddesses. In other words, it can say the ancient Japanese history in Kojiki was expressed as the confrontation of the two lineages, that is, Ama-tu-kami(the gods and goddesses of heavens) and Kuni-tu-kami(the gods and goddesses of ground). In passing, the Ama-tu-kami is composed of the Yamato's gods and goddesses, and so on mainly, and the Kuni-tu-kami is composed of the Izumo's gods and goddesses, and so on mainly.
According to Kojiki, the gods and goddesses of the heavens side conquered the gods and goddesses of the ground side if it is said simply. Furthermore, not only the gods and goddesses of the ground side but also the gods and goddesses of the heavens side were changed to support Yamato's supremacy, losing the freedom. It was the hierarchy putting on the top Ama-terasu. And, such history of the gods and goddesses was described in Kojiki and Nihon-shoki by Fuhito Fujiwara and his sworn friend, that is, Yasumaro Oo, and so on. The Kojiki and Nihon-shoki really is symbolizing the rationalism to be based on Yayoi culture. And, the rationalism like that was kept as the mental and political principle for the governance from the Yayoi period at least until the end of Second World War.
In modern Japan, the European constitutional monarchy and other systems, and so on were used by the said government for the modernization of Japan since the Meiji era. In other words, Western European systems like that were grafted on the principle of the rationalism like Yayoi culture. The modern Japan have been built upon such history whether it likes it or not. Even if it finished as the defeat of the Second World War because of the thing, we have to see the history like that straight. It is because the history like that already became our blood and flesh. And, the blood like that and also flesh includes our deep-rooted problem. Therefore, we have to examine the blood like that and also flesh in detail in the calm mind without the emotional approval or denial. And, it thinks we need to correct our mistake, noticing our mistake.

In spite of our history like that, the soul of Jomon is living in the depths in our mind as the mental footing of Japanese peoples even now. It was because there is the characteristic ability of our brain. On the other hand, the rationalism based on Yayoi culture also is surviving for the governance, being camouflaged with the European social systems. It is that our mental dual structure and curse to the logic of rationalism in question never be the relic of the past. Really, it is our present problems. And, it can understand the thing at once if it sees the unemotional logic of organization suppresses the personal logic continuously.
Therefore, we first have to notice that our mind and culture is based on the mental dual structure like that. And, we have to take back our original mind, that is, the soul of Jomon. This is the natural proposal because it is that our country adopted the democracy at least as for the system. If not, Japan has to rely on the imported temporary principle and the democracy of only system without noticing our real soul. And, if the condition like that continue as it is, we always would be forced to keep building the house of cards. But, it doesn't seem it is wise selection. We need to perceive one's real soul really now. The unsuitable world view and the distorted historical viewpoint leads us to the horrible tragedy. Even if it doesn't examine the past history, it seems it is the natural conclusion.

Today, it seems our norm for the behavior is losing the function at the various parts. By any chance, it may be the punishment laid on us because of our not noticing our real soul. It is because we don't try to make our subjective recognition hold the consistency. It is because we are caught to the objective recognition and to the prosperity of material civilization too much. The norm for the behavior is based on the logical and emotional consistency of the mind. And, the consistency like that is born of the relationship of individuals' subjective recognition and a kind of biological logic coming out of fused egos.
In this case, it is that the objective recognition is the means to support the subjective recognition persistently. The unconcern to the subjective recognition leads the individuals' mind to be in immature condition with not having the consistency for recognition. And, at that time, the people are apt to act with the temporary emotion. If the condition like that continues as it is, it will cause the ruin of the human nature, the ruin of the culture and community soon.
NEXT 3-2. The divine nature of the gods of the especial heavens side(Koto-ama-tu-kami).PAGE
As it stated before, it can say the spread of the doubtful religion and of crime hard to understand are the remarkable phenomenon indicating the thing. The culture is the origin of the various standard at the said community, and is the centripetal force of the community persistently. And, the standard like that is supported by frankly exchanging the information among individuals, not by the vessel called the organization. If the standard like that is seen from the viewpoint of ego, it is supported by the fused egos. But, if the present situation is seen, it seems our community, giving the maintenance of the organization the priority, almost ignores the personal mind and problem.
Furthermore, today, since the information among the individuals is apt to be exchanged through the organization, the logic for organization or the intention of the organization is apt to mix to such information, before it notices. In other words, there is the possibility the present general information transmission obstructs the original and especially personal information transmission necessary for the society. Of course, for the effectiveness of the norm or for the effectiveness of various social standard, the power of the organization is necessary. However, it shouldn't forget the norm and social standard result from the fused egos persistently.

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