Origin of The Earth (No.5)

Do we understand the meaning of our lives when we think about the origin of the earth? (No.5)

(December 22, 2008, No. 8)

G: Guardign deity, Kamisama
D: Dragon (Younger brother)
A: Aniki (Channeler, Older brother)


To understand the meaning of “Roots”, Kamisama asked me what do I need to know. He said that the answer is very simple… (The hint is already shown in the previous conversation.)


What do we need to do to know the meaning of roots...

D: To know the meaning of roots... Ah, first, start looking for the things we appreciate around us. Another thing is to find out what makes us as we are now. Also, look for the things we are passionate about.


G: Indeed, all of them are wonderful answers. However, what do you need to do before that?


D: Before that?


G: So. Your answers today are all wonderful, but what do you need to do before that? It came out of a previous conversation.


D: Things I need to do before. What do I need….?


G: Simply? There is roots or there is not…?


D: There is?, there isn’t? ・・・Ah!!! It is existence, isn’t it?

G: Yes! That is right! It is "Existence"! First, we need to recognize that there is roots. Everything starts from their existence.


D: I see! First, there is existence. Do I just accept the idea of “I have roots”?


G: Indeed! You have roots. It is just okay to recognize existence, that is the most important thing.


D: Indeed! I see, but what will change if existence is recognized?


G: Ha, ha, ha. It is up to you, man’s free will. You can think freely. For a person might be a family, and for another it might be money, lover, hobbies, books, companies, and parents, etc…There are unlimited choices, each person can have different roots from others and it is okay. Of course, it doesn’t matter how many.


D: Ah, I am relieved you said so. For instance, can I change today's roots from tomorrow's roots?
G: Yes, it is quite okay. But the true root doesn’t die.


D: I see….. If I recognize my existence, I can see roots automatically!


G: By the way, roots are just a metaphor and can’t be seen. In the composition of roots, there is an external factor that Dragon mentioned a little while ago and there is an internal factor, too.


D: Internal factor? Is it my feeling?


G: Yes, it is. Man's behavior changes depending on feelings. Man's behavior starts from feelings. If roots are the function of absorbing, it is also equipped with releasing function. That is action.


D: Ahhhhh… Complicated!!!


A hint for roots is in an old tale…



G: Ha, ha, ha. Then, let’s me tell you an old tale. There may be a hint in it.


D: Ah. That is great!


G: It may be a long story, but keep listening.


D: No, no! You are the ones that have hang on !


G: Thank you. ･･･ Once upon a time, actually it was in a modern time, there was a fishing village in a remote place in Japan. The fisherman’s haul decreased every year, and in the last few years it was especially pitiful to look at. The village was on the verge of a crisis.


There was a young man who came from a long line of fishermen. He had a degree in Fisheries' Science and had graduated recently. The crisis came just as he was about to take an active part as fisherman.


The elders in the village had come to a decision which made his heart sink.


D: What did the elders decide?


G: They decided to give up the fishing business. The fishermen in the whole village made a decision to stop fishing completely, and they decided to build up the land as a sightseeing spot within three years.



The young man was heartbroken. He had loved the sea since he was a child. Finally there was his chance to be a fisherman...

He thought that if they found the cause of the poor catch, they could find a solution, and the elders' opinion might be overturned.

From that point on, he studied desperately. He thought that he could revive the haul. He had a time limit of three years.

Now, Dragon. Do you see roots here?


D: What? ･･････ fisherman's lineages ･･･ ? poor catch?


G: Of course, it could be, but I want you to pay attention to his “Feelings”. He wants to increase the haul within three years at any cost. His enthusiasm has become 'Roots' for him.


D: Indeed… Feeling, determination, it is an excellent root!

G: Yes, it is. Let’s continue the story.

The young man studied very hard and searched over and over until one day he found something which could be the cause of the poor catch.


Cause of the poor haul...

That was something was the“Mountains”


D: Wow! Mountains? Isn’t it opposite! Why?

G: Mountains in the vicinity were dirty, and pollutants flowed out of them to the sea. It is a story that often exists in Japan.


Either way, he thought that pollution was the cause of the poor haul.


That same day, the young man went to the mountains and began to clean them thoroughly. A lot of garbage was collected, abandoned refrigerators, TV sets, cars, vinyl products, and corrugated cardboard.., and he recycled as much as possible. If he didn’t recycle, they might be thrown away by someone else again.


Then, he negotiated with a factory on the mountains, and made them stop pouring away the pollutants. It was a touching and powerful action.

However the people in the village were still closed to his solution. They were backbiting him, and they were still throwing away garbage on the mountain with an air of ostentatious pride. There even was a person who dispersed excreta, saying that “If you have time to beautify the mountain, why don’t you have time to catch fish?”


The young man was completely perplexed. What can he do to make them stop polluting the mountains any further?


He found the answer in a newspaper. There was an article about the torii (a gateway to a Shinto shrine) which was drawn on the walls. Man stopped urinating on the walls with these drawings. A simple but powerful solution, however, the torii cannot be drawn on mountains.

So, he built a genuine torii. There were seven mountains in the village, seven toriis were made by him and set up by each entrance.

D: Powerful! I respect him…


G: Great deed! The villagers should have been proud of the clean mountains and toriis, which would have helped them with the touristic attractions, but they were against him because he was against the tourism.

One day, an incident occurred. A son of the elder who was of the same age as the young man broke one of the toriis.

D: What! Terrible…


G: Well, Dragon. If you were this young man, what would you do?


D: Hum… I would simply attack him?

G: Ha, ha, ha. Dragon, you are tough, but he didn’t do that. Actually, after this, what he did changed the future of the village.

(Continue)

(It is getting too long but thank you for reading. The next time, it starts from the continuation of this story.)