Worldview Winds

Assumptions colour your experience of reality.

The Hebrew Ruach (רוּחַ) and the Japanese Kamikaze (神風) demonstrate this through the concepts of wind and worldview…

The Hebrew word Ruach (רוּחַ) is used for The Holy Spirit. First appearing in Genesis 1:2, Ruach speaks of wind and the breath of life, God’s creative empowerment of those who are in relation with Him.

The Japanese Kamikaze means “divine wind”, the name for the 1274 and 1281 typhoons which destroyed Kublai Khan’s ships sent to invade Japan. During World War II, Kamikaze was revived to apply to the Japanese Navy’s suicide pilots who crashed their explosives ladened planes into allied ships . Kamikaze has since been imported into english to describe behaviour showing reckless disregard for safety or personal welfare.

Ruach (רוּחַ) and Kamikaze (神風) both speak of wind but one flows into people to empower creative life while another flows out from people to cause the death.
Winds with different origins and destinations.

A worldview is the set of assumptions you have about the world, how it works and humanities’ place in it. It colours what you do or don’t do with your life and the lives of others.

Be careful which you have.