The Reincarnator
Another 'black belt', a friend of the previous, unfortunately suffered
a severe psychological breakdown which led to him dressing up in his teachers
clothing and proclaiming himself the reincarnation of this teacher (who was
very much alive at the time) This involved him also in walking around
smothering himself in 'magic' medicines to ward off bad influences.
This man had traveled around the country trying to get other instructors to
acknowledge his 'achievement' to no avail. The local dojo member who tried
to care for him was very worried as to what might happen to him and
attempted to restrain his violent outbursts. The man's wife - who had put
him under great pressure to father a child- was no help at all to him and
may have indeed been one source of his illness. The sad thing about him was that he never sought any aid from his own teacher throughout this time. Eventually this
'reincarnation' returned to the oblivion of his home town and hadn't been
heard of until he was encouraged by his 'friend' to venture into the 'cyber
realms' of bulletin board misinformation and blame everyone except himself else
for his experiences.
We should feel sorry for such people, not be educated by them, and give them
the compassion they deserve without being misled by them.
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