The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06

son why Tao belongs to the spiri-
tual and not to the psychic plane.
There Is Law which DEGREES
that duality can never be solved
on the same plane. Good and had,
big and small. black and white.
male and female do not fuse here
| In the earthly. manifested World.
Two parallel lines do not meet on
the same plane. But they do meet
in higher dimension. do" Is the
spiritual plane, on which the con-
ltraries OF Yang and Yin are
| identified.
The struggle in the nature of
THE Japanese between the two
trends OF feeling has caused splits,
political divisions. religious diff
ferences. and so on. but II has also
been responsible for endowing
them at the same time with the
purely masculine and feminine
qualities which are clearly visible
I'm their art and literature and In
their religious and social life. But
Il would lead me too far afield to
insist upon the prove this. Let me
only tell you that the manly Bushi-
do corresponds 10 the pity and
sympathy OF the soft aware" so
strongly felt In their poetry and
love of nature. IL is the sympathy
which causes a Japanese TO feel
even in stone an emotional move
ment corresponding to his re-
sponsive and sensitive nature. The
Yang and Yin are alive in the
heart of nearly every Japanese,
themselves In the con-
flict between girl" and "ninjo"
between duty and reason on one
side. and human instincts and |
Dassios on the other. This Is per-
maps the greatest tragedy OF the
Japanese soul. and that whicu
'auses so many suicides in he
country. A whole separate lecture
iould be given on the profoundly
but psychologically inter-
sting subject of the large number
Il japanese suicides. II Is not that
he Japanese are unhappier than
'thers. The solution of this prob
en- has TO be looked for elsewhere
I Is the result of this same
uality. the quality. seeking an
u.let and a moral justification In
peculiar form OF Buddhistic esca-
ology. which gives preference to
VIBRATION over salvation. Ii is the
esult IL the regrettable victory OF
Tariki' over "Jiriki" OF the vic
Dry OF salvation through the pow
r OF a tutelar divinity over the
aviation by ones own endeavor.
I l had but time ! would show
OH that this element OF duality
as slipped into the very concept
{ he human soul. The soul, the
tama" consists of two constituent |
arts-the peaceful. emotional. re-
eptive. "nikitama" and the vigor-
us and active "aratamam."
In conclusion there is no doubt
ut that the political evens OF he
lst view years. refer mostl
, the Manchukuo affair and the
eneva conference-as we'll as the
eneral worlds crisis. are large
I responsible for the creation OF
! .
itlerism and fascism are having
course. their day Of triumph
ut IL was also just about time for
he pendulum TO swing, univer-
llism giving way to nationalism,
nd collectigistic tendencies sue
eeding individualism. Years will
ass, and the Showa Renovation
ill flower, hear fruit and again
i've way to a beautiful enclosion
{ individualism. Panta Rel.
a moyemtnt rs good as long as
S theology Is noble and elevated.
his is the case OF the Showa Re-
ovation Ii differs from imperial
m in that It does not aim at con-
uering by force. but in striving
lstead TO fulfil a cultural mis-
on. 1t nourishes The ambition of
spreading its culture +,