Anime Lectio: Ya Boy Kongming!
1. Why do Anime Lectio?
Anime Lectio is a time for us to stop and take a breath. Between work, activities, family life, and social media, our minds are always moving. We rarely take time to contemplate and ask, why am I watching this anime? What’s the point of all this? And, how is this making me feel?
2. Put away all distractions
(phones, work, etc.)
We are so enslaved to things that stimulate our minds. Let this be a moment for us to free our minds, look inside of ourselves, and be at peace.
3. Deep Breathing
Take several deep breaths. Let your mind relax. If you’ve had any questions, desires, or struggles that you’ve been hiding or stuffing away, let them rise up to the surface.
4. Open yourself to God’s Presence
Remember God places all our thoughts and desires inside of us, and He uses them to draw us closer to Himself. God gives us a community to help us understand who we are and what He is calling us to do. The faces of other people you know and don't know are like signs of God’s presence.
5. Think About What’s on Your Mind in Relation to the Anime
Think about what’s been on your mind in relation to the anime. The following is an example of such thoughts written by me.
It's said that those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. While this sounds like a simple idea to learn, it's not an idea that seems clear to most people. Learning from history and not repeating it is one way to achieve progress. Repeating history in a different way based on what's needed in the present can also be used to achieve progress depending on what's repeated, how it's repeated, and why it's repeated. An interesting example of this can be seen in the anime series Ya Boy Kongming!.
6. Brief and written explanation of the anime
Pay attention to how the brief and written explanation of the anime seen on this blog, or seeing the anime for yourself since that's better than any explanation, might “speak” to you or shed light on the things that have been on your minds.
The anime series Ya Boy Kongming! starts off with a dying tactician from the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China. The tactician's dying wish is to be reborn in a time where he can use his military tactics for peace. When he's born as his younger self in the present, he ends up meeting a young girl who likes to sing, but isn't confident about her singing ability despite liking and wanting to do it and make a living out of it. Greatly impressed by her singing voice, this tactician decides to help this young girl by using his tactical knowledge to increase her popularity as a singer, which also requires the help of other characters in order to pull this off, which eventually happens.
7. Reflect on the anime
Has this brief and written explanation of the anime shed any light on what's been on your minds? The following is an example of a reflection on the anime from me.
Strategies that are used for war/fighting can also be used for peace/non-violence. Repeating these strategies in a different way can be helpful if you know what you are doing, which can't always be seen by others at first before the strategy actually starts, but can eventually be seen and make sense when the strategy actually does start. By actually starting, I mean the strategy itself, not what you and others need to do to get the strategy started, which may not make sense to others. This is a matter of trusting the strategist since they know what they are doing before you do.
8. Final Prayer
Please voice any prayer intentions for friends, family, or people around the world that relate to this anime. The following is an example written by me.
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