say it simple

creation 37

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And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

(Acts 4:32 KJV)

creation 36

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To every thing there is a season, and a time

to every purpose under the heaven.

(KJV Ecclesiastes 3:1)

creation 35

2011-09-27T20:10:00.001+09:00

God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.

(Author unknown)

Forget-Me-Not

2011-09-10T20:29:00.002+09:00

My sweet Canadian friend gave me a bag of seeds of Forget-Me-Not about two years ago. Because it was in late autumn, I decided to wait to sow the seeds until following spring. But, sorry J, it'd been sitting on the vege-rack in my kitchen. Finally, I sow the seeds this late spring hoping for they will sprout out. Yeah, they did but only three shabby looking sprouts survived due to the cool rainy Spring and very hot summer. But there you go, finally, finally, they started blooming this morning in this early autumn. Thank you, Forget-Me-Not, I didn't forget about you.

creation 34

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I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

(Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959)

creation 33

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Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs.

Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees.

(E.F. Schumacher 1911-1977 )

creation 32

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Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

(Grandma Moses 1860-1961)

creation 31

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The earth is the LORD's, and everything is in it,

the world, and all who live in it;

(Psalm 24:1)

creation 30

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Let the heavens rejoince, let the earth be glad;

let the sea resound, and all that is in it.

Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;

let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.

(Psalms 96:11-12)

creation 29

2011-05-30T17:06:00.001+09:00

Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.

(Shakespeare)

creation 28

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Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem,
listen to some beautiful music,

and if possible,
say some reasonable thing

(Goethe)

creation 27

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so as to live for the rest of your earthly life

no longer by human desires but by the will of God.

(Peter 4.2)

creation 26

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Load, the earth is full of your constant love.

(Psalms 119:64)

creation 25

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But ask the animals, and they will teach you,

or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;

or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,

or let the fish in the sea inform you.

Which of all these does not know

that the hand of the LORD has done this?

In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

(Job 12:7-10) (NIV)

Time to Hope

2011-03-30T23:38:00.004+09:00

My wholehearted prayers are with those who have lost their lives and the victims by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan and those who are still working very hard and dedicating their lives to stop the serious damages in Fukushima nuclear plants to protect the rest of people and ecological diversity.

When we experience hopeless situation, it is a time for us to sincerely "HOPE." Life continues to grow and sustain all life not only human beings but also all lives on Earth. The sun continues shining forth over everyone and everything in everywhere. We will overcome together in grand harmony with Nature. Let us share a beautiful prayer with many others, the PRAYER TO VISUALIZE GRAND HARMONY BETWEEN NATURE AND HUMAN BEINGS written by Rev. Masanobu Taniguchi, President of Seicho-No-Ie.

creation 24

2011-02-10T17:42:00.005+09:00

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'"
(Matthew 25:40)

Happy Holidays

2010-12-27T14:25:00.005+09:00

Time flies as if it has a wing. Good thing of it is that we can renew our minds at any time and fill it with full of hope again and again.

The winter solstic reminds us of our planet is turning around the sun as usual and the Spring is on the way.

Many things have changed as time goes by. But we learn how to see unchangeable thing behind the changes such as love and compassion among family & friends.

The changes also tell us how much we are blessed abundantly in the ordinaries, such as clean air, water, fresh fruites & vegetables, cozy place to live, etc.

We do not live alone. Rather, we are created to live in grand harmony not only with people but all life on Earth because we are all sustained by life of God.

If many of us recognize how much we are blessed in our ordinary life and share with others through expressing joy & gratitude, our planet will become more peaceful place. It's all up to us, humans.

Let's share your daily joy on postingjoy to lighten the world with full of hope.

May your home be filled with the joy of family and friends this holiday season.

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-08T14:18:00.003+09:00

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
According to the Ethnologue, there are 6909 living languages on earth and 94% of which are spoken by only 6% of the world's population. English comes to the third language spoken in the world followed by Mandarin and Spanish.

Although there are so many languages, every language has the words to express gratitude. But how often do we actually use them, for an example, “thank you?” Nobody feels uncomfortable when he/she is thanked by others. Rather, “thank you” words make you and others happy.

I was taking a walk with my 83 year old mother yesterday. She uses a small shopping walker and walks slowly. Every time she goes out, people are so kind to offer her their hands at every occasion. So she keeps saying, “thank you” to everybody. I realized, in turn, her “thank you” words make others happy and bring out heartwarming atmosphere.

As she gets older, she tends to stay home and not to meet people because of her walking difficulty. But that experience encouraged her to go out more often because she learned that she can make others happy by expressing her gratitude for their help. Everyone at any age is a precious being at any time.

According to the biblical account, there was one people and spoke one language. But we have spread all over the world and spoken different languages as a result of building a tower trying to reach the God’s Land. I take this story as God’s gift and not God’s punishment. It’s a wake up call for all humankind to recognize that we come from one original source and there is no reason to fight over differences of language, religion and cultural tradition. Using the words to express gratitude and love can bring us to realize that we are all one in Life.

Thanksgiving Day is a tradition of North America when family & friends get together and express gratitude through prayer, hymns and gift giving for the harvest and all the good things in life. If we express our gratitude at regular basis, our life would be flourished and the world will be more peaceful. There are so many we can be grateful for.

Meister Eckhart said, "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank　you,' that would suffice."

creation 23

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For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

(Timothy 4:4-5)

creation 22

2010-09-27T16:52:00.009+09:00

You will find something more in woods than in books.

Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.

(St. Bernard)

A Happy Person

2010-09-26T16:51:00.003+09:00

If you are always a happy person, you must be an expert on how to see the world. Our ordinary life is sustained by abundant Love which will come to appear only when we intentionally recognize it even in a difficult time. It is all up to each of us how we see the world. Make every brand-new day with full of abundant Love.

creation 21

2010-09-05T22:31:00.005+09:00

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,

and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.

(Col. 1:19-20)

creation 20

2010-08-14T22:30:00.006+09:00

The moon was born from his mind;His eyes gave birth to the sun; Indra and Agni came from his mouth; And Vayu [the wind] from his breath was born.

From his navel the midair rose;

The sky arose from his head;

From feet, the earth; from ears, the directions.

Thus they formed the worlds.

(Rig Veda 10:190)

creation 19

2010-08-07T22:55:00.005+09:00

And the world and its desire are passing away,

but those who do the will of God live forever.

(John 2:17)

creation 18

2010-08-04T16:07:00.004+09:00

But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or birds of the air and they will tell you; or speak to the earth and it will teach you; or let the fish of the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the lord has done this. In His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. (Job 12:7-10)

creation 17

2010-08-02T10:38:00.003+09:00

Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own

(William Wordsworth 1770-1850)

creation 16

2010-07-15T19:33:00.001+09:00

Lord, the earth is full of your constant love.

(Psalms 119:64)

creation 15

2010-07-11T20:50:00.003+09:00

The heavens tell of the glory of God.

The skies display His marvelous craftsmanship. (PSALM 19:1)

creation 14

2010-07-07T13:36:00.003+09:00

We can gather that all the creatures of the world lead the mind of the contemplative and wise man to the eternal God. For these creatures are shadows, echoes and pictures ... and vestings proposed to us and signs divinely given so that we can see God. (St. Bonaventure)

creation 13

2010-06-25T16:10:00.002+09:00

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once.

(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832 )

same old same old

2010-06-02T15:38:00.005+09:00

"So, what's new?"

Sometime, it makes me feel awkward because I feel I should do something special and exciting all the time. What's wrong with the nothing much new?

When I was a teenager, doing nothing much special was not cool. I had believed for a long time that there are more excitements outside world that I should go for.

But I gradually realized that continuing living ordinary days is actually precious experience because the same old days will never be the same.

It doesn't mean that there are nothing much we can do for a better life. Rather, we can always change our life for the better.

Seicho-No-Ie teaches that our life is a result of accumulation of every moment and every day life which is created by our minds. Therefore, we should make sure to think good, speak good, and do good. Because our true self is perfect, harmonious and eternal, it is our nature to continue trying to express our true self in our life.

So, how do we create a better life? The key is how much we can appreciate and be grateful for in the ordinaries. There are so many goodness, joy & beauty in our life in which we think as "same old same old."

When you are bored or feeling down, why don't you just take a moment and try to see the bright side of things, people and environment? There are always they are.

The more you recognize goodness & beauty in the ordinaries, the more enriching your life would become. Each day is the first day of your precious life.

after the rain

2010-05-28T13:14:00.003+09:00

after the rain

fresh greens reaching out toward the clear blue sky

creation 12

2010-05-10T13:23:00.008+09:00

To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth.
(Sura 22:64)

Azalea

2010-04-27T15:55:00.006+09:00

Spring bring life

coloring Azalea

refrain in the rain

creation 11

2010-04-26T11:33:00.009+09:00

And he said unto the servant: Look hither and behold the last.
Behold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground; and I have nourished it this long time, and only a part of the tree hath brought forth tame fruit, and the other part of the tree hath brought forth wild fuit; behold, I have nourished this tree like unto the others. (Jacob 5:25)

creation 10

2010-04-23T13:02:00.003+09:00

Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth. (Genesis 9:16)

creation 9

2010-04-21T16:54:00.010+09:00

Only he who possesses absolute sincerity can give full development to his nature. Able to give full development to his own nature, he can give full development to the nature of other men. Able to give full development to others, they can give full development to the nature of other men. Able to give full development to the nature of men, he can give full development to the nature of all beings. Able to give full development to the nature of all beings, he can assist the transforming and nourishing powers of Heaven and Earth. Capable of assisting the transforming and nourishing powers of Heaven and Earth, he may, with Heaven and Earth, form a triad.（Chung Yung, The Doctrine of the Mean from The Book of Ritual [Li Chi ]）

creation 8

2010-04-11T14:42:00.006+09:00

Love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:39)

creation 7

2010-04-07T11:23:00.007+09:00

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. (Psalms 82:6)

2010-04-06T10:35:00.003+09:00

Like beautiful flower petals, love adds beauty to human life. (Open the Doors of Your Life edited by Seicho Taniguchi p.59)

one spring noon

2010-04-05T13:29:00.006+09:00

spring rain

fully blooming cherry
on noon break

creation 6

2010-03-30T16:58:00.004+09:00

And His is whosoever is in the heavens and the earth; all are obedient to Him. (Quran 30:26)

creation 5

2010-03-28T14:12:00.002+09:00

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? (Matthew 6:26)

creation 4

2010-03-27T13:30:00.006+09:00

"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof." (Psalms 24:1)

creation 3

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You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you. (Neh. 9:6)

thought for the day

2010-03-16T14:13:00.011+09:00

The more capable one is, the more modest one tends to be.

creation 2

2010-03-04T20:23:00.008+09:00

The sun and moon revolve to a reckoning/and the grasses and trees bow in adoration/He raised the sky and set the balance/so that none may transgress against the balance. (Quran, 55:5-8)

creation

2010-02-25T00:12:00.010+09:00

He (God) has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men. (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

Happy Recipe

2010-02-16T23:26:00.017+09:00

1. Start your day with full of fresh good thoughts.

2. Count up only good words especially when you feel tired.

3. Read good books that keep your mind full of loving thoughts.

4. Express kindness to others.

5. Appreciate ordinaries in small things.

6. Being grateful to your family, friends, everyone, everything and yourself.

7. Smile

Greetings

2010-01-06T16:27:00.007+09:00

I hope everyone has started a Happy New Year.

I spent my New Year holiday with my family in my small hometown called Fukui in Japan. We decorate kadomatsu, literary means “gate pine,” in front of our house and hung shimekazari, a traditional New Year decoration made of a rope of straw with dangling white paper strips, a big orange, and a branch of green leaf on the front door to welcome ancestral spirits or gods of the harvest.

Every year before Christmas, I order a traditional Christmas wreath made of beautiful evergreen with a big red bow for my family in the U.S. wishing their good health and happiness throughout a new year.

The origin of the Christmas wreath dates back to the ancient culture of the Persian Empire when the wreaths were believed to be a symbol of importance as well as success. But I don’t know exactly when it became the tradition of Christmas decoration.

According to the History of the Advent Wreath in the Catholic Education Resource Center, the pre-Christian Germanic people using wreathes with lit candles during the cold and dark December days as a sign of hope in the future warm and extended-sunlight days of Spring. By the Middle Ages, the Christians adapted this tradition and used Advent wreathes as part of their spiritual preparation for Christmas.

The wreath is made of various evergreens which have traditional meaning: the pine, holy and yew signify immortality so does cedar, strength and healing. The circle of the wreath, which has no beginning or ending, symbolizes the eternity of God, the immortality of the soul, and the everlasting life found in Christ.

Regardless of cultural differences, people seem to like evergreen in general. Besides the holiday evergreens, we decorate our houses or offices with evergreen plants.

I guess it’s because the evergreen which have leaves all year round makes us feel comfortable. It contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year. The idiomatic term, the “evergreen” refers to something that perpetually renews itself, or otherwise remains steady and constant. People say that falling leaves look sad and gloomy as they remind us mortality of our physical life.

But you know, according to a botanist, the trees take off their leaves before winter to give more sunlight to the lower plants and nurture grounds in preparaion for the coming Spring. In Nature, eventually there is no ending. It seems to be depend on how we see it.

There is only growth of life in Nature through natural circulation of helping and sustaining each other. So, if we see our life this way, we may be able to embrace not only our life but all life. We seek for eternity, immortality, everlasting life because we possess them already in our nature. Life is eternal.

“Within you there is infinite power and infinite life.” (from Open the Doors of Your Life Vol. 14 p. 33 by Reverend Seicho Taniguchi)

I wish your new year will be filled with manifestations of infinite joy and happiness of your eternal life.

Seeker of Happiness

2009-11-19T00:06:00.012+09:00

According to the search engine of the Princeton University, their definition of the happiness is “state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.”

Abraham Lincoln said, “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

Dalai Lama said, “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”

So, what is happiness? Do you feel happy when you make a lot of money? Do you feel happy when you are in good health? Do you feel happy when you are having nice conversation with your family? Yes, of course!

I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. Whether one have religious faith or not, we all are seeking something better in life.

Money, a good job, a nice car, a big house, good health, a beautiful wife or a husband, beautiful children, so forth. They are just objects but not meaning itself. The true meaning of happiness should be universal and eternal.

But if a person A’s happiness were not equal to a person B’s, would it be true happiness? What if you lost your house and saving or job, does it mean you are dead-end? Well, you may still have family, friends, good health, at least enough time to think about your life. Then, you will find the way to recuperate from your situation to the better.

It is human nature to seek for better and happier life. Why? Because we all know what true happiness means in our nature.

Seicho-No-Ie teaches us that we live in the world called the “phenomenal world,” which is created by our minds through thoughts, verbal words, and actions. But more than that, human nature is very precious and divine and possesses all goodness same as God.

Even so, because we all have free will, if we believe our nature is a dump imperfect creature, we could live unhappy life. On the other hand, if we believe our nature is infinite goodness, love, and beauty, we can live happy and prosper life. So, it is very important how we believe our nature is in our minds.

According to the Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll conducted in May 2008, 78% Americans believe in God and 15% of the rest believe in a universal spirit or higher power. Only 6% of Americans say they simply do not believe in either. Belief in God is natural to humanity. Rather, no matter if we believe in God or higher power, we all believe in something.

But we are all responsible for our life. Any hard times we may face in our life are not God's creation but ours. Because we are all responsible for our life, we can turn the direction to the better way at any time. The true happiness is in each of us.

Toronto Trip

2009-11-05T00:23:00.012+09:00

I just came back from Toronto last night. There was a series of seminars at Seicho-No-Ie Toronto Centre. About 36 people came to the Truth Realization Seminar on Sunday.

Seicho-No-Ie was brought to Canada from Japanese immigrants who had to triumph over adversity during the war time. It has then gradually passed onto local Canadians and new immigrants.

Canada is a country of diverse immigrants of which government is promoting the multiculturalism as a national policy to keep a harmonious and prosperous society which respects diversity of the people.

During the seminar, the people of diverse backgrounds shared the Seicho-No-Ie teachings that we are all blessed children of God who were born to live the only God-created perfect world in our every day life with joy and gratitude.

It was such a precious moment for me to feel and confirm we are all indeed one in Life of God

of the absolute goodness no matter how different we look or our cultural backgrounds are.

On the way back to Tokyo, I enjoyed the beautiful scenery from my flight. How precious God's infinite creation and infinite diversity are.

Beyond the languages

2009-10-18T11:57:00.007+09:00

One day, I was with my American father-in-law in a car. I got frustrated because I could not express fully in English what I wanted to say because English is not my native language. So I said,

“Dad, don’t you think it would be nice if humans speak only one common language?”

He said, “Well, I think it would be boring if we all speak one language.”

He was thoughtful.

I guess it is true because sometimes even among same-language-speaking people do not understand each other.

According to Ethnologue, there are currently 6,912 living languages, defined as languages that people speak today. Even so, English seems to be spoken in large population with different dialect.

As many of us know, there is a story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11:1-9 in the Bible.

According to the story, once upon a time, the whole world had one language for all people. When people became skilled in construction, they started building a city with a tower that would reach to heaven. God saw this and knew this would lead these people away from God. Then He confused their language, causing them to speak different languages so they would not understand each other. He also scattered the people of the city all over the face of the earth.

Some scholars believe that this marks the point in history where God divided the earth into separate continents. Others interpret this story implies how mortal man-made materials are or how foolish man’s knowledge is.

I would interpret this story that tells us no matter what language we speak or how different looking we are, all humans should live for a common absolute goodness and divinity which is already within every each of us.

The different languages are the tools to learn how we can work together in harmony for a common goodness.

Life of Full of Blessings

2009-09-29T17:17:00.008+09:00

I spent sometime with my beloved parent in-laws who live in Vermont, the beautiful green mountain state. They have an orchard and it was just right time to pick some apples. Although those apples don’t look good as the apples we buy at the grocery store for some bug holes and scratches, the taste was just delicious. I drew a picture of an apple with my water color and added a short phrase of “…How abundant blessings we receive from the Nature” as a small gift of thanking my parent in-laws.

Harvesting apples may sound nothing special to those who live in the farm but it was very special to me at that moment. We do not pay much attention to the ordinaries in our daily life. We tend to pay more attentions to what we do not have or something “amusing.” Yes, sometimes it fun to come across an amusing event. But amusing for 24 hours? No, thanks. I used to enjoy the amusement park to go but no longer.

Rather I enjoy fining out blessings and joy from the ordinaries even as if look tiny things such as getting up in a morning and start a day with watering the plants or feeding the birds. I would rather feel happy in the ordinary conversations with my family and friends as usual. It would make me happier when I were able to share my happy feelings with others and make them happy. These things are nothing special but anybody can do the same at any time. Then why not?

In Truth of Life Vol.7, there is a story of a bright young prince of the big wealthy country. There was nothing that this prince wished for that he could not have. But he was always unhappy for no reason. His father, the King, worried about him and called for ways to make his beloved prince happy with a grand prize. A magician came and offered an ultimate solution in place of a tremendous amount of reward. Of course, the king agreed. The solution was, “Once a day, be kind to others.” Then the prince followed the advice and he lived happily from that day on. (ref. Truth of Life by Masaharu Taniguchi, Vol.7 pp.95-96)

All sorts of unhappiness we experience in our life come from seeking for “more.” It is nothing wrong to seek for a new car, a good job, or a big house. But wanting “more” often the time comes from the belief of lacking. This is based on a belief that we are all imperfect in nature, therefore, we always need to compensate with substitutes taking from others or outer world. In this way, we never be happy.

Our life is full of blessings. The more we appreciate the blessings already given in the ordinaries, the more happiness come to us for it is based on the belief that we are all children of God of infinite life who possess all the blessing within. Then when we share it with others through being kind to others, the happiness will largely expand. The happiness emanates in everyone, everyplace and everywhere. It is all up to us how we see our life.

happy life

2009-09-14T22:40:00.025+09:00

I used to think that a happiness comes from somewhere outer world. So I tried to seek for a happiness through getting more or something better from others. But the more I tried, the more I was lost. Where is a happiness?

Rev. Seicho Taniguchi, the second President of Seicho-No-Ie, teaches us in his book, Messages of Wisdom and Love in p.69:

" You are always the master. You are the ruler of your destiny. You are not the slave of another. So you must not think that your unhappiness is the responsibility of another. You are solely responsible for your happiness and unhappiness."

Seicho-No-Ie teaches us that the world, what we call the "phenomenal world," is a creation of our minds. The latest science explains that what we see as if really exist is eventually what we "want to" see. Think about this example. Would you complain when it were a rainy day? Would you rather appreciate when it were a rainy day as a blessing of Nature? There is nothing wrong with the rain in both cases.

Our daily life is full of "ordinaries." But continuation of our daily life will color our life. Depend on what we think in our minds and how we see things, our life would become different. If you really want to make your life happy, try to see bright and positive side of people and things at every occasion. Your life will change.

Wishing you a happy day today, let me share the following message from the same book of Rev. Seicho Taniguchi with you:

"If you desire to rejoice and if you desire to become grateful, you will soon become happy. A small happiness calls forth a medium-size happiness. A medium-size happiness calls forth an even larger happiness. An even larger happiness infinitely summons up greater and greater happiness for us." (ibid.p.69)

There is no size in happiness. But if we use our mind to appreciate even tiny-looking happiness, it will lead us to greater happiness.

Have a happy day!

How's your mind today?

2009-07-25T22:46:00.006+09:00

There are two types of people in the world. One who tends to be negative about the things most of the time is creating his/her life full of darkness, whereas the other who tends to be positive about the things at any time is creating his/her life full of happiness. Is it true? Like my mother, for an example, she used to tend to complain a lot and see dark side of the things whenever things did not go well with her as if it were the last day of her life. Even when things go well, she tend to be critical. Her such negative attitude was very influential especially for her children. But I have to admit that I too had a similar tendency like my mother for a long time until I learned the Seicho-No-Ie teachings. Therefore, I often see myself in the problematical situation. I had a kind of belief that our life is full of hardships that we have to overcome. I guess I believed that our life is somehow under control of an invisible power something beyond us.

But Seicho-No-Ie teaches that a man is a child of God, therefore, we have already possessed all the goodness same as God of absolute goodness. (If you don't like the word "G-d", you may say something like the "Great Universe," etc. as you like. ) Each of us is responsible for each life because our life is created by our mind. Therefore, we need to make sure to keep our mind bright and full of gratitude all the time in order to manifest beauty and goodness in our life which is our nature. It sounds simple but requires a lot of efforts when you try. But it is well worth a trial. How's your mind today?

"There is only improvement for those who always keep a bright and cheerful sate of mind." (from Open the Doors of Your Life Vol.2 by Rev. Seicho Taniguchi)

family

2009-04-20T13:09:00.003+09:00

Spring has come. Family of life join together to share the joy of life.

Love each other

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Love each other as I have loved you. John 15:12