What causes family breakdown? Spirituality

 What causes family breakdown? Spirituality

What causes “family breakdown”? From a spiritual perspective, the phenomenon of “family breakdown” may be becoming more prevalent today.

In the past, there was an incident on a train where a young person was smoking and, when confronted, assaulted the person who had admonished them.

This individual’s family home was in Nara Prefecture, and when the media visited, it was reported that the parents had already severed ties with their child.

Such cases of family breakdown may be appearing more frequently in society.

Currently, due to the “diversity of values,” even within families, differences in values are becoming more apparent, which may be weakening communication.

First, let us discuss the concept of “presence.” Psychologist Sigmund Freud suggested that whether a person is eating, sleeping, or relieving themselves, some degree of “pleasure” arises, and humans, as beings seeking pleasure, are governed by the “pleasure principle.”

In an extreme sense, it is not an exaggeration to say that “presence” = “pleasure.” When one feels happiness, one can simultaneously feel a strong sense of “presence” and intense “pleasure.”

Not being able to feel “presence” is not merely about lacking that sense; the human body and mind influence each other, and this can generate “stress” as a threat to life.

The “stress response” places a person in a state of choosing either “attack” or “escape” toward the source of stress. Both options require energy and can generate energy in the body and mind.

In other words, when conversations or values do not align with certain family members, it is not just a matter of disagreement. Spiritually, this misalignment can manifest as “stress” that threatens one’s sense of personal “presence,” which may contribute to family breakdown.

The cause of “family breakdown” is “spiritual growth” and “spirituality.”

The causes of “family breakdown” can also be seen from a “spiritual” perspective in relation to “soul growth.”

“Soul growth,” which I have discussed many times on this blog, refers to the idea that the growth of knowledge comes from each individual “realization,” and similarly, the growth of the heart, or “spiritual maturity,” comes from each individual “realization” of the heart.

When one’s “spiritual maturity” increases, their presence in a spiritual sense becomes stronger, their creativity to fulfill the hearts of others grows, and the more “realizations” of the heart they have, the broader their perspective becomes. This is not a difficult concept—it is essentially about becoming a “spiritually mature adult.”

Conversely, “low spiritual maturity” means having weak spiritual presence, tending to prioritize the desire to fulfill one’s own heart over fulfilling the hearts of others, and having fewer “realizations” of the heart, which narrows one’s perspective. This is not a difficult concept either—it is spiritually akin to being a “child.”

When most people have “low spiritual maturity,” the tendency to prioritize one’s own heart over others’ hearts becomes more prevalent, making it difficult for anyone to fulfill each other’s hearts. This connects to the previously discussed concept of “presence,” and spiritually explains why “family breakdown” is more likely to occur.

The causes of “family breakdown” are “feminine dominant energy” and “spirituality.”

The causes of “family breakdown” can also be considered from a “spiritual” perspective in relation to the influence of “female-dominant energy.”

In “spiritual” teachings, it is said that the overall energy of the Earth is gradually shifting from “male-dominant energy” to “female-dominant energy.”

This is not a force that changes abruptly like an on/off switch, but a gradual change, similar to the relationship between the sun and the moon, and it influences the entire Earth regardless of gender.

“Female-dominant energy” is still only at its early stages, and the mental energy of young women tends to display “opposing energies” such as joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure. This can manifest in society as “polarization,” “contradictions,” “inconsistent policies,” or wave-like fluctuations.

Men tend to “restrain and control” their mental energy, making their mind and body tend to become rigid, while women tend to “release and control” their mental energy externally, making their mind and body more flexible.

Change occurs more easily in the flexible than the rigid, and the era marked by “female-dominant energy” is the beginning of a “highly changeable period.”

Thus, among the causes of “family breakdown,” the “female-dominant energy” may contribute to division as a form of polarization, and its flexible force may make collapse more likely.

From a “spiritual” perspective, the largest causes of “family breakdown” appear to be “diversity of values” and the presence of “low spiritual maturity.”