Let’s assume the space of consciousness. Wave of thought flows in it. The basic nature of wave is the principle of superposition. In the place where one wave flows, other waves can flow. When one emotion(which is wave) is held , other emotions can be held at the same time. Though it is the particle which opposes to the wave. Where one particle exits, there cannot be another particle. And one place holds either one particle present or none present. That is, if there is a particle at one point, it is impossible that there is none at the same time at the same point. The low of contradiction and the low of excluded middle symbolize this state. These laws are basics of logic. A is A and cannot be non-A. Also, if it is not A, it is non-A. Joy is just joy, and at the same time it cannot be sadness or anger. On the other hand thought, idea, is wave. So the low of contradiction rule and the low of excluded middle are not applied to thought. In the heart there can be joy, sadness(non-joy), anger(non-joy, non-sadness) at the same time. Human existence is wavelike. It cannot be able to understood with logic. I suppose that the logical thinking may not be able to capture the problem of human existence.
The wave consists of a layer structure from long wavelength to short wavelength. It is a feature that a refined wave passes through a rough wave. Wireless communication catches radio wave by tuning in to the required frequency, but if the frequency is different the radio wave cannot be noticed, even if the wave is flowing. We recognize the thought wave which is sympathized by ourselves. And the thought wave which is not tuned in is not conscious. X-ray passes through the body . There is no body for X-ray. However X-ray has the power to harm the human body . It is the same for the mind. The thought wave can move mind unconsciously. Ultrasonic waves have the power to destroy objects even if they are not heard.
We act on motivation, desire to do something. Motivation is a feeling with emotion. The thought wave is not noticed if consciousness is not sympathized. However, the motive happens to induce a person’s action without noticing. Thinking is also the action of brain, and we think based on motivation. That is, we think to justify our motives. Emotion has strong power, and motives with emotion dominate thought. Even when thinking correctly, it is often seen that we are guided by emotions.
The layer of consciousness becomes deeper and deeper, and the consciousness related to the physical body may have a bottom. That is selfishness. Our real life runs on this bottom. A long time ago, human beings began their social lives. Each of them took position in society, and the idea of self arose with an awareness of the position and the body as one. So the self reflects human relation. And then, instinctive desire to maintain the physical body was converted to the maintenance of the idea of self. And so it became selfishness. Selfishness seeks food, clothing, and housing, and pursues the power to strengthen the position. A practical daily life is managed with this selfishness as an underlying motive.
When we talk to people, we pay attention to the meaning of words, but we catch the movements of the eyes, the mouth, the gesture and etc. of the people who speak. And we react emotionally without noticing. Emotion is a deeper consciousness than intellectual work. Emotions propagate through interview, dialogue, etc. If there are many people who have similar emotions, the thought waves resonate and make a groan. People seek self-stability, but when society becomes unstable, they become unstable and anxious. In order to avoid this anxiety, the self attempts to make a group and to be a member of it so as to get the self-stability. The groan of the thought wave rises here and it will become the self of organization. It comes to pursue the selfishness of the organization. Although a social movement arises with pure spirit, the original spirit is left aside while it is growing. The organization pursues the wealth and fame of itself.
When social condition causes people to feel uneasy, the thought waves make a roar, and social riot occurs. However, people’s feelings are not exactly the same. So the roar evens out sooner or later by the difference of interest, thought, religion, morality, etc. With the change of the situation especially of economic condition, there occurs a conflict between selfishness. This is the basic type of history. Greed and power, the symbols of selfishness, are the driving force of history. They reproduce conflicts while expanding them.
Self-awareness is to know one’s own feeling in the heart. By directly capturing one’s emotions, the emotions are relativized. Then the possibility to get out of the state in which emotions drag consciousness comes out. If you can be aware of your selfishness and control your emotions, you will be able to avoid the misfortune that the greed for power cause. And history may change. Organization covers individuals and make self-awareness impossible. I think each person’s self-awareness might be connected to peace rather than a large-scale peace movement.
It is the self-attachment and selfishness that hinder self-awareness. When driven by selfishness, you lose control of your consciousness. The breath in this condition is obviously not a breath without stagnation. It will be pushed inside. Breathing is strongly linked to mind. Can’t you dilute the selfishness by exhaling stagnation
Purifying mind and body is called “MISOGI (禊）” It is a breathing method of 禊 to try to spit out the dirt in mind. Dirt is self-attachment and selfishness. It is the purpose of the breathing method to pass down through the bottom of physical mind, that is selfishness, and sympathize with the layer of more refined consciousness. Altruism belongs to the thought wave flowing under selfishness. It flows into everyone’s mind. The breathing method of 禊 is to breath without stagnation. It try to tune in to a universal, open mind which is in the other side of the physical mind.
The purpose of training is not to create a new self. The thought of creating a new self is already one self-attachment. If you are off your guard, you give selfishness a chance to control your mind unconsciously. If you can release your self-attachment, altruism will appear on your own. The child who has no self-attachment is kind and gentle. It is a goal of training to release the self-attachment. It is an effort to know oneself widely and deeply.
KNOW THYSELF !!