I had never been very deep into anime or manga. It is something that I don’t usually see unless/until it it becomes a live action move lol.
–Side note, the term Harae is in reference to purification as it appears in the Shinto traditions.
Anyways, when I have encountered the live action movies like Azumi or Rurouni Kenshin, there are thematic elements that stood out to me and stuck with me. Elements of characterization, ethics, etc. When I looked deeper into it, I was seeing elements that drew upon Buddhism, Taoism, and Shinto.
One element that was interesting to me was the way that the concept of ethics and purity can show up in different characters. A unique blending of ideas related to innocence, virtue, purity and also the capacity/grit for doing whatever it takes to complete a mission.
When I had gone deeper into Taoist research, this had a unique resonance with the embodied psychology that has been charted. Ideas pertaining to the original purity of the Immortal Soul, the Hun, the Po, and the 5 virtues, etc.
And there have been interesting ways that this has shown up in wider Japanese culture with elements of the arts and specific terms for meditative states.
I have been drafting something just as a way of exploring the ideas. But would anyone be interested in a project related to these ideas. I’m seeing it as a field that could passively integrate and develop these qualities and also provide an active exploration of different qualities in accordance with a person’s directed intent. —A good general effect is that it can clean and program energy over time and also develop a clear state of consciousness.
Would anybody be interested in this?
- Interested
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