A Japanese Jungian Perspective on Mental Health and Culture by Akita Iwao; & Waka Shibata & Kittredge Stephenson

Author:Akita, Iwao; & Waka Shibata & Kittredge Stephenson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Shōbei addressed Kisuke with san10 upon seeing him remain grounded. We should not stop striving after “a sacred circle of light above the head,”11 which both the janitor and Kisuke have. Psychotherapists need to be the ones who remain grounded in order to help clients remain grounded. As mentioned previously, the personality structure of people in the state of personhood disorders is disordered due to a pursuit of godhood. The mental attitude of remaining grounded becomes especially important for therapists when seeing clients in the state of personhood disorders.

Let’s take a look at Raskolnikov, one of the main characters in Crime and Punishment, the novel written by Dostoevsky. Raskolnikov divided people into ordinary and extraordinary, while giving extraordinary men a right to cross over even the law. Considering himself to be extraordinary, Raskolnikov murdered an elderly moneylender. This is the tragedy of one who couldn’t remain grounded and who gave himself the rights of godhood. As he became aware that he would not be able to maintain his existence at the level of an extraordinary man, he surrendered himself to justice and accepted his sentence. It was a prostitute, Sonya, who supported him. Although deeply religious, Sonya became a prostitute to help her family. Her deep wound and anguish supported him. It was the kind of help that could only be provided by someone living in hell every day. I do not know if the Judeo-Christian God also placed Himself in hell, but Jesus Christ did bear the cross. This was the root of His salvation.

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