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 28, 2004. Since this English edition was the unsatisfactory translation and performance, this was rewritten now. January 16, 2005. This was revised a little in April 19, 2008.

4. The Jomon people's world view. 4-4. The world view lurking to us.

If it follows the Jomon people's worldview, we are living in this world understood as the appearance of the gods and goddesses, not in mere physical world. It is that that is all things of this world tell us something. And, in this case, the first words emitted from the god or goddess were the name of the said god or goddess. It is because the name like that expresses the divine nature, that is, the characteristic of the god or goddess. However, it isn't the god or goddess tell us one's name unilaterally. It is that it persistently is the conceptualization and phenomenon caused between the said person and the god or goddess.
Needless to say, in this case, we are the subject of perception. And, the existence telling us one's name is the object of perception. In other words, the conceptualization and phenomenon need a spirit who want to perceive something and also a spirit who wants to be perceived. And, not until the god or goddess, that is, the object for the perception is conceptualized, it becomes the phenomenon for the cognition-subject. If it explains it with the physics's concepts, it can say not until the cognition-subject makes the object(the undulation) materialize as the phenomenon(the particle) though it isn't the conscious action, the object like that, with being conceptualized, is perceived as the actual existence.
But, it isn't that the above process shows the turn at causation. It should say it expresses the turn at the logical relations. And, it is certain that in this case, the existence to be perceived isn't a god or goddess itself. It is impossible it sees soul. The existence we perceive is the self-expression, that is, the undulation emitted from a soul, or is the combination of the undulations like that. In passing, it is natural that undulation is perceived, becoming particle in this case. Anyhow, since it can't perceive the spiritual existence directly, the above conjecture is proper.

But, the above mentioned conceptualization is not necessarily limited to the conceptualization carried out by the words. Especially, when the object is still unknown, it seems it is better to say the distinction, that is, the primitive of conceptualization occurs before it is conceptualized. And, the first distinction occurs between cognition-person and the whole of the object. In passing, the cognition-person in this case should be called cognition-subject. In other words, the world gets divided to cognition-subject and the object of perception. Needless to say, it is natural that the individual objects are distinguished from each after the first distinction. It has to say the conceptualization by the words is the explanation of the distinction like that persistently. In other words, the conceptualization by the words comes after the distinguishing of each objects. But, the cognition-person and the object of perception both are the spiritual existence persistently, if it follows Jomon people's worldview. At least as for the human being, it would be that it thinks such explanation about the distinction the name of the said object, that is, the name of that spiritual existence.

By the way, the human being not only perceives something but also is in the condition always perceived by something. It seems to be the natural conclusion if it sees the relations between the human being and human being. Moreover, at the Jomon people's worldview, the nature always tells us one's name as a time uttering something. As a matter of fact, it means the nature as phenomenons always is perceiving us. In other words, it can suppose the nature as the phenomenons is the self-expression the gods and goddesses show. Needless to say, the way for perception the cognition-subject like that has is quite different from our way.
However, if the above reasoning is proper, it has to say not only human being but also all the soul(gods and goddesses) not only can perceive each but also can exchange the information with each. Rather it may be better to say this world is composed of the information like that. The soul(god or goddess) is the actual existence persistently though it isn't the reality. Not until it is summoned to this world by the cognition-subject, it can be perceived as the reality. And, it is nothing else but to be the conceptualization and materialization(phenomenon) of a soul(god or goddess) emitting the undulation. In this case, if it is said about the cognition-subject, it is said to be "conceptualization". And, if it is said about the object, it is said to be "phenomenon".
Therefore, one phenomenon is the self-expression of one soul(god or goddess). But, if the phenomenons as the parts of one phenomenon are watched, the parts like that all also are the expression of a individual soul(god or goddess) persistently. In other words, one god or one goddess is composed of many gods and goddesses. Needless to say, the self-expression like that materialize with exchanging a information only in this world, not in other world. As it stated before, it is because the souls(gods and goddesses) staying the spiritual world are perceived by nobody and also can't make action. Therefore, it also can't be given even the conceptualization called the distinction. Not until a soul(god or goddess) like that, with emitting the undulation, stimulates the cognition-person, it can be given the conceptualization called the distinction. And, it is the phenomenon for the cognition-subject. Therefore, it can say that the soul(god or goddess) staying the spiritual world is one, is countless and is zero though it never be nil probably. In other words, it is the illogical existence.

By the way, it is said all the things of the material world exist with the nature of undulation and particle, according to the modern physics. However, we can't see the undulation itself. So, assume it emits the light toward the screen through the two slits. In this case, even if it could see the interference fringes of the light, it can say it only saw the trace of the undulation, not the undulation itself. In other words, it only perceives the trace of the undulation called the particle persistently though it is possible it imagines the undulation is in there.
Therefore, if one soul(god or goddess) tries to be perceived by something, the undulation out of him has to materialize as the particle which has the information corresponding to the way something like that has for perception. Needless to say, it is natural that someone like that in this case acts as cognition-subject. It is because the major premise of materialization is cognition-subject. In other words, the materialization and also conceptualization are provided by the relation of the cognition-subject(observer) and the object. As it stated before, it is that the undulation is perceived as the phenomenon, materializing as the particle for the said observer. If so, it isn't so hard to notice the relationship between the object for perception and the cognition-person have the point in common to the relationship of "Kan-musubi" and "Takami-musubi".

In passing, if one observer firmly believes that the certain unknown existence, that is, the certain unknown undulation is in this world, the undulation like that may materialize as the phenomenon in front of his eyes. But, it is natural that it needs the premise such undulation can keep the logical consistency into reality. And, in this case, even if it asserts the observer brought such phenomenon to this world, it wouldn't be exaggeration if Jomon people's worldview is proper.
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By the way, as it stated before, it is impossible that the individual soul(god or goddess) existing in the spiritual world is in the condition able to distinguish like the objects to exist into the nature. Moreover, the spiritual world isn't the simple Idea World if my conjecture that the conceptualization gets caused by the relations in between the cognition-subject and the object is proper. In spite of that, if it evolves the Jomon people's worldview, it can't but think all the concept exist as the soul(god or goddess) and as the object and cognition-subject in the spiritual world. Furthermore, they are the actual existence unable to be perceived as far as it is there. It is certain it is contradiction if it thinks it logically.
However, as it stated before, the spiritual world is illogical world. If it dare to explain it, it is the unidentifiable actual existence unable to get the materialization and conceptualization. But, it is that it never be nil as long as cognition-subject exists.

Cotosiro