Samurai Counseling 6
Are you interested in Fractal Psychology? Fractal Psychology (founded in Japan by Mau Isshiki) can easily analyze the cause of problem. You can learn how it is possible and how it is effective to solve problems reading an entertaining scenario! Let's enjoy!
[Case No. 1 Repay for the Past 6]
John: Oh God, Tokyo, that’s too far….
Robert: Madam did leave a message for you. She left instructions to introduce you to Satoru in the event that you came to see her during her absence. She has given Satoru all of your particulars.
John: Satoru? Who’s that?
Scene: A room resembling a kendo studio in the basement of Madam’s Bel Air mansion. (John, mouth agape, staring at the samurai in front of him.)
(Satoru is a Japanese man in his 20’s, dressed like a samurai. He resembles Goemon, the legendary Japanese outlaw hero. He is sitting on the floor wearing a hakama, brandishing a bamboo sword.)
Satoru: Stand at attention!
John: What? At attention?
Satoru: (Stands up, waving his bamboo sword) Do as I say or I shall beat the living daylights out of your rotten spirit!
John: Whoa! Wait, wait! Is this what Madam was talking about?
Satoru: No, this is simply my avocation.
John: Spare me…
(Satoru swings the bamboo sword down without compunction.)
John: Wait, I’m the victim here! Kane’s the one you ought to thrash, not me!
Satoru: I know of no Kane. (Swings again) Don’t evade the issue! You say you have been treated deplorably. If so, that is solely because you engaged in a malicious act in your dream!
John: That’s ridiculous. I don’t remember my dreams and I don’t control them.
Satoru: Fool! This is why you remain ordinary. If you desire to escape a beating, go there and prostrate yourself.
John: Prostrate? What do you mean?
Satoru: I will demonstrate to you the proper way to perform this. (Satoru casts himself down on the ground.)
Satoru: I’m really sorry. I admit to being in the wrong. I was self-centered. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with just doing what felt good to me without regard for anyone else’s suffering. And so I caused you to suffer as well. I apologize. (Sinks down even lower.)
Satoru: Very well then. This is what it means to prostrate yourself. You try it now.
John: What? Did Madam give these instructions?
Satoru: Yes, indeed. Madam has imparted to me the essence of this method. That is why you must do as I instruct.
John: All right, I’ll try anything. So who am I supposed to apologize to?
Satoru: You must question your own heart. You will then discover the poor soul whom you have tormented and robbed.
John: You mean Luke? I told Madam about him. But that happened 30 years ago.
Satoru: Just do it!
John: (Gets down on the ground very slowly) I am really sorry. I admit to being in the wrong. (He begins to lower his head, then looks up at Satoru.)
Satoru: What are you doing?
John: I did it, I prostrated.
Satoru: (Drops down on one knee, brandishing his bamboo sword.) Y-you blockhead! What manner of prostration do you call that? Utterly devoid of heart. I shall beat the living daylights out of your rotten spirit!
John: It doesn’t matter. No one’s listening.
Satoru: Fool! Pray, what do you believe you are doing right now? Might you desire to destroy your life by devoting years to a lawsuit? Do you expect to achieve peace of mind from that? I can tell you that is not going to happen. You must resolve the problem at its fundament. Crush the seeds before they sprout. And that is exactly what I’m teaching you now. Be more humble, open to my words. You are entirely too arrogant! John: So we’re back to that again? Arrogant? Okay, I’ll do it. That’s what you want, right?
Satoru: (Smites John’s shoulder with the bamboo sword.) Ill-mannered knave! You have quite an attitude. We are attempting to teach you, gratis, a hitherto unknown method of rapid problem resolution. You rob not only Madam’s time, but mine as well. And yet, far from comporting yourself earnestly, you fritter away your precious time! Your attitude is precisely the reason you’ll never be anything more than you already are in this life. And still you fail to realize this?
John: (Biting his lip) Um, right, I understand. (Turning serious.) I’m really sorry. I admit to being in the wrong. I was self-centered. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with just doing what felt good to me without regard for anyone else’s suffering. And so I caused you to suffer as well.
Satoru: Repeat! A hundred times!
John: (He starts to turn around. He’s about to protest, but shuts up.) I’m really sorry. I admit to being in the wrong. I was self-centered. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with just doing what felt good to me without regard for anyone else’s suffering. And so I caused you to suffer as well. (He meekly raises his head a very tiny bit.)
Satoru: That’s right. These are your words, the very words that the person causing your suffering will one day utter in their turn. Embrace that firmly in your mind.