Thinking Within Connections (Please Do Not Be Deceived by the Workings of Consciousness)

People feel, think, and judge through the workings of consciousness.
We also feel, think, and judge unconsciously, but that is difficult to connect to social activities. However, what we have felt, thought, and judged unconsciously flows at the base of our hearts.
If these are in alignment, we do not feel anxiety, but if they are not, we feel anxiety. It is an anxiety for which we do not know the reason.

A characteristic of this "workings of consciousness" is that it "cannot handle two or more things at the same time." If you focus your consciousness on the "front," your consciousness of the "back" disappears. If you focus your consciousness on the "right," your consciousness of the "left" disappears. If you focus your consciousness on the "part," your consciousness of the "whole" disappears. If you look into the distance, you cannot see what is near, and if you look at what is near, you cannot see into the distance.

Naturally, the reverse also happens.
If you focus your consciousness on the "back," your consciousness of the "front" disappears. If you focus your consciousness on the "left," your consciousness of the "right" disappears. If you focus your consciousness on the "whole," your consciousness of the "part" disappears. If you look at what is near, you cannot see into the distance, and if you look into the distance, you cannot see what is near.

However, even if they become invisible or disappear from consciousness, they actually exist. It is just that they "disappear from within human consciousness."
This is because everything in this world is formed by being connected and supporting each other.
If the part disappears, the whole also disappears, and if the whole disappears, the part also disappears.
If the past disappears, the future also disappears.
If the front disappears, the back also disappears.
And people know this in the world of the unconscious. That is why people feel anxiety when they are cut off from "connections."

Even a person who says "I am me" would no longer be "me" if they were actually cut off from their connections with other people. It is precisely because there are "others" that I can be "me."

When living only in an artificially created town, one forgets about "nature." And one begins to think only about "how comfortable the artificially created town can be made."
As a result, the "nature" that is connected to that "artificially created town" is forgotten, treated only as a "resource," exploited, and devastated. However, people who are only thinking about "how comfortable the artificially created town can be made" do not notice this. They only notice it when the exploited nature can no longer support human society.

That said, if you only focus your consciousness on "nature," human life and society will not be able to function.

If you only think about the "future" and do not think about the "past," you will get lost. This is because "losing the past" also means "losing your compass."
And in fact, modern people, who have come to think only about the "future"—such as the development of science, the economy, and civilization—have forgotten the "past" and are beginning to get lost. And they are about to repeat the history of sadness and suffering that occurred in the past.

So, what should we do? The perspective of "thinking within connections" becomes necessary. The "past" and the "future" are not separate things. They are "one continuous" thing.
The "front" and the "back," as well as the "part" and the "whole," are also "one continuous" thing.
"Japan" and "foreign countries," as well as "children" and "adults," are also "one continuous" thing.
The workings of consciousness only make them appear as if they are "separate things." Therefore, if you are deceived by that, you will become alienated from the "world in which you actually live."
And if human consciousness becomes alienated from the "world in which you actually live," humanity will perish.