"Recovering from an
Illness called Western Civilization"
Monthly Article for the
"Natural Medicine" magazine under the series titled "Saving Earth-The
Natural
Medical Way of Dr.Morishita XII"
Feb. edition 2005
By: Ryu Ohta
Translator: Grace-Eki
This is a book that is both fun and unique.
On the cover of the book there is a
photograph of her in some Indian reserve of
Not only is this woman aware that Western
civilization is an illness, but is quite conscious of the fact that
Western
civilization is dangerous, fatal and toxic not just for mankind but for
all
creatures of Earth and that each one of us must wake up from this
morbid
illusion and do whatever one can to remedy this situation with urgency.
She is exceedingly lucid.
"Since
It is a well-known fact (for the Japanese,
obviously) that
This is an exception among the so -called "civilized"
or industrialized countries.
The reason why is also out of her
perspective.
survival, comes from agriculture." (pg.69)
Agriculture as understood here points to
the technique utilized about from ten thousand years ago in the area of
so
called "cradle of civilization".
It is a combined technique both of
cultivating natural-wild plants and taming animals into domestication.
Chellis Glendinning not only accepts these
observations but goes even further and asserts the damage this process
of "domestication"
has brought unto the human race.
This is a major step forward for a
Westerner.
"In captivity, she writes (Eco-feminist Adele Getty),
male animals proved to be too wild and uncontrollable; the use of the
word break
to describe the domestication process is revealing. To answer the
problems of
this unforeseen predicament, the men sliced off the animals’ male
organs.......
The brutal acts of castration had to have a
dramatic
impact on the male psyche. The
reverberations of this impact are visible even today in Freud’s
castration
anxiety and are unconsciously reenacted again and again, as traumatic
themes so
often are, in the religiomedical procedure of circumcision in rape, in
sadomasochistic acts, and in sexual violence."(pg.80)
But this dark, deep abyss within the
psychological fathom of the Western mind, is hard for a Japanese tc
comprehend.
According to the archeologists, this
technique of domesticating animals came during the KOFUN
period (4th to 7th century A.D.) from
the mainland continent via the Korean peninsula.
Despite that, until Post Restoration-the
beginning of Meiji era when the Western Satanism wedged into Japanese
society,
this technique of castration (for the male domesticated animals) was
unknown/not utilized.
It is an incredible factor. For the
castration of the males in order to
control the reproduction and make the herd more malleable, this is the
basis
and the initial foundation for the process for the "domestication".
Only by this castration technique could the
step from pastoral to a stable and controlled livestock management be
obtained
and maintained.
The sheep, after a year in existence would
be chosen and selected either for castration or for breeding.
The castrated organs of the sheep is said
to become one of the stable food source (after being sun-dried) for the
pastoral people.
A certain Rabbi who is well informed about
Anthropological progress can be understood
as thus;
II) followed by the pastoral
III) then agricultural
IV) and finally industrial
But
This is a major flaw for the Japanese
civilization. That was his critique.
This is an accurate observation...
Pastoral stage is the entrance into the
process for the "domestication" of wildlife.
Japanese history would prove that there was
a voluntary self-restraint to avoid this stage.
These English words; "Pastor, Pastoral" is
used in Christianity for
the priest (or any psychological/mental guide-leader) and in many
Western
expressions as a period of peace, greenery and nostalgia.
Breaking
(Castrating) a
live animal -this leads straight to Genetic Engineering
The key to their successful management lies
in the castration process of the males.
In other words, it is the destruction of
their reproductive capability.
It is to render them impotent.
This occurs not just in the West, but also in
Islam and Judaism. In short wherever monotheistic God is deeply rooted,
so has
this procedure.
This technique is nothing exclusive for the
animal world but can easily be utilized for the human race as well.
Japanese tradition has often embraced
foreign influence with open arms but this is one (among others-see the
Article
# 1 for more details) that never became adopted here.
Pastoral progress=Castration technique did
not became the basis of Japanese culture and it should not be the
foundation on
which a civilization should be constructed.
To break an animal implies destructing,
impounding, cutting, tearing, beating etc; all very similar to how the
Stone
Age mechanism functioned.
In this case it is not about ripping the
flesh off a dead animal but more about destroying alive an entire
species’
biological mechanism.
>From that point of view to genetic
engineering it is conceptually a straight line.
Although there may have been pockets of
resistance, doubts, search or recommendation for other alternatives and
so
forth-fundamentally form the birth of
This whole procedure is labeled the "Western
Civilization".
Japan translated this word as Bunmei
but it was a mistake
arising from misunderstanding –or better yet by not
comprehending the West in all its entirety, which continues even to
this day.
The opposite of civilization/culture is
defined as "wild", but this is an utterly blind assumption.
The fundamental assumption of Western
civilization is to conquer and subdue Nature.
The correct opposite term for this
civilization is actually Nature or nature.
In order to conquer Nature one must "break"-destroy.
And who is going to be the hero-protagonist
for such an endeavour?
That leads to the question of who is
leading mankind in that direction-for it is so contrary to both logic
and
instinct of mankind. Or it should be.
There are two dogmas in the West that
enables this to proceed.
One is that there is an all mighty God, the
Creator who created all this of the world.
And man or Man or even men- has been given
the permission to be his representative here on earth.
to dominate and control all in his
name/glory.
The other is that as mankind "progressed",
he himself became equal to the Creator or should proceed in that
direction.
The former is old-fashioned, passé For the
last five hundred years, ever since the Renaissance, mankind has
adopted the
latter’s dogma and has even killed him off to occupy his throne... This
dogma is labeled
Humanism, -Man as the Centre of Universe.
Molecular
Biology and
Genetic Engineering-Rockefeller’s Enthusiastic Support Enabled Them
"Currently those who are deploying
biotechnologies
(geneticists and corporate managers) tend to share one view of
nature-the "cybernetic
chemical factory" view, which is fundamental reductionistic,
mechanistic,
materialist perspective.
Certainly, for the purpose of philosophical
discussion, they have every right to such a view. However,
when they propose actions that
affect all of us, including many non-human species, shouldn’t we
explore
alternative lines of thought?"
"Cloning the Buddha: The Moral Impact of
Biotechnology"
First Quest Edition 1999 (pg. 74)
The contemporary Western
scientific mentality probably
is as Richard Heinberg states.
If life (or nature) is
understood as "Cybernetic
chemical factory", one must inquire who is the one controlling and
enabling the
computer’s function?
Those must be the scientists as they sit in
the lab of the Creator, followed by those corporate chairmen who feel
they own
the scientists and the financial oligarchs who actually pull the string
of
those research grants.
According to Lily Kay (historian of science
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in her book "The
Molecular
Vision of Life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of
the New
Biology"
The main points are as follows; (this was
written for the Japanese public)
1)
The Rockefellers or the
Foundation wanted to establish a new biological
scientific fiels of research based on eugenics.
2)
For that they hired the
physicists Max Mason and Warren Weaver.
3)
These two had an intense dislike
for quantum physics and embraced the
Newtonian mechanics as an absolute.
4)
They adopted the reductionistic
simplified view that genes determine
and program all
5)
The Foundation by sheer economic
power not only funded them but
reorganized and hired professors, researchers, scientist, students, the
university administrators etc. to suit their dogma/agenda.
6)
Simultaneously, social sciences
and studies were funded in such a way
to pave the way towards the concept that society’s problems are/were
essentially genetically based and can be solved via molecular biology
7)
Scientists sponsored by the
Foundation started to dominate the Nobel
prizes and later went on to occupy high positions within the scientific
academia
as well as research centers within the States
8)
Hence there became born a kind
of social wind that researching within
the field of molecular biology gave one financial security or
easy-easier cash.
9)
Post WWII the human pool
established by the Foundation went on to enter
into governmental positionsor became involved with governmental
projects.
The rest is history as one would say.......
The
Principle of
Eugenics, first applied to Domesticated Animals, then applied to Humans
for the
Same Motive
1)
Post WWII appearance of Erwin
Schrodinger’s (a physicist) classical
work titled 「生命とは何か」(approximate translation-"What
is Life?")
about molecular biology.
2)
In the 1950’s (1953 to be exact)
the geniuses J.D.Watson and
F.H.C.Crick released their Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid model.
3)
Then the whole field of research
regarding life sciences became
enamoured and totally imbued with molecular biological and the eugenics
approach towards research.
Whatever other approach and techniques
utilized prior became old fashioned and no longer meritorious for
consideration.
What are missing from this overall view are
the crucial 1) to 9) steps as researched by Lilly Kay.
The most important basis has not been
clarified.
Then suddenly –we have an appearance of men
like E.Schrodinger whose influence becomes monumental and domineering.
Once when one researches behind the scene,
then social gatherings like the Nobel Prize Awards etc.does lose its
prestige
and awe. It starts to appear almost like
a criminal gathering as the major motive appears not to be the research
for
truth, as much as a means of propaganda- to impress and mold the
public’s
perception i.e. brain-washing so the world shares a common basis of
thought as
designed by somebody else.
The
problem lies in the concept of this word "Eugenics".
The part "eu" comes from the Greek root –to
mean good, moral, and beautiful and so forth, combined with the other
Greek
word "genos" for race; so possibly either coined or taken from the
Greek, to
mean "well-born". Eugenia –incidentally means, in Greek "nobility of
birth".
So "Eugenics" this word
appears to have entered English
around 1883 and was coined by Sir Francis Galton.
A crucial point to remember is the fact
that he is cousin to Charles Darwin, and this is at the height of
British
Imperialism.
The problem lies with who will be the judge as to define human beauty, superiority....
The difference between "eugenic" and "dysgenic" genes.....?Then there is the problem that the Central Dogma of Eugenics, this genetic determinism has yet to be proven scientifically. That this is more like a cult ideology.Whatever research and "proofs" (in an experimental sense) contradictory or even not compatible with the Dogma has been quietly swept under the carpet, never to see the public sunshine.British biologists Dr. John Cairns and colleagues at Harvard Universities in 1988 and later replicated by Dr. Barry Hall of Rochester University- among others, utilizing the E.coli species.
"I
can document (directed mutations) any day, every day, in the
laboratory"
(pg.50-51)
The Real
Motor/Motivating Force of the western Civilization=A Perpetual War
Against
Nature
This is not an isolated phenomena or sheer
coincidence (random act of mutation?)
But a linear, logical consequence stemming
from the castration procedure of "domestication".
This act of violence leads to more.
The essence of the problem lies in the
attitude of arrogance, that hubris of "ordering" Nature around.
So what happens when and if Nature does not
obey?
Needless to say the answer is by
force. The end justifies the means
approach, calling for an eternal war against disobedience.
That is the essence of Western
civilization.
War is not shadow-boxing. It is not a
solitary affair.
There has to be the other side, the
vanquished and victim to receive this force of folly.
And this war, the frontier line of attack
widens by the minutes.
Hence Western people or least the elite
commanders of the West are in perpetual tension of the "victory or
death"
syndrome.
If one searches a comparative period in
Japan of this mentality, it would the middle period of Ashikaga Bakufu-regime
with the Ounin no-Ran (1467-1477) and through
the Sengoku-Jidai smack around the
time the Jesuit Xavier
landed, lasting about hundred ten, twenty years.
(The approximation would be the transitory period
between the fifteenth to the sixteenth century, till 1590 with Tokugawa taking
power or till 1600 with the battle of Sekiga-Hara).
The other time would be from the
appearance of
Commodore Perry (1853), passing the Meiji Restoration 'til present.
I was sincerely surprised and shocked to
find out some historical incidents erased out form history through a
book by a
contemporary writer/researcher Onizuka Hideaki 鬼塚 英昭
These are from his book "The Rosary of
the Showa Emperor" 「天皇のロザリオ」(published Oct, 28th
2004).
This is from the correspondence between the
Portuguese King João III and the
"
「天正少年使節圑」(A group of young
diplomats/messenger-boys sent as the
country representative during the Tensho
reime)
This 天正(tensho) period would
correspond
roughly to 1573-1585 A.D.
It was during this period that the Catholic
Feudal Lords like Ootomo , Oomura , Arima
and others of Kyushu , Southern part of Japan sent a group of
young men as messengers for the Pope at the Vatican(1582).
This is from the report they sent back to
"Everywhere
we go, we encounter many Japanese women. It
is said that there are five hundreds thousands of these
women in
countries, is a sight not to be ignored.
This custom of enchaining
their fellow men and carrying
them off to
faraway places to be sold, is hard to comprehend for after all are they
not
originally part of the same white civilization (white-raced , would be
more accurate)....
The Portuguese church associates exchange
them for limestone ( a necessary ingredient for gun-powder), and they
are sold
in places as far as
4 boys between the ages of 13-14, returning after 8 yrs to
So it is only just 30 to 40 years time span
when all this occurred.
It is exceedingly lucky that
Hideyoshi(Toyotomi) and Ieyasu (Tokugawa) and Iemitsu (Tokugawa) put a
stop to
this malevolent flow entering
But what to do next, now....
It is so blatantly clear that the Western
civilization is an assault on Nature.
A perpetual war that is gaining speed because
of "technology", and would in the end demolish itself to extinction,
but all
the while dragging along the rest of the existence of this whole planet.
A direct path of shortcut is already shown
by Mosishita’s way of "Natural Medicine".