What do we do when illness occurs in our lives? First we must determine if it is from God’s guidance or is it from our own soul. In the Ofudesaki, the illness of cholera is mentioned.  God tells the early followers that the suffering is not illness, but it is God’s guidance to purify the mind. God told the early followers to purify their minds and not to be depressed to eliminate the sufferings of cholera.  Could God have also created the Covid pandemic to help purify the minds of the world?  But like other religions, the Tenrikyo religion followed, and advocated the isolation of people, wearing of masks, and the injection of controversial  covid vaccine. We did not follow God’s instructions of purifying our own mind to eliminate suffering of covid. This would of been a great opportune time for the religion to stand up to the world, to teach the world about the soul and the pure mind to eliminate illness.

On the same subject, how many of Tenrikyo followers depend on medicine to cure our illnesses? How many of us are on blood pressure, diabetic, or heart medications. Should we depend on physicians and medicine for our health, or should be rely on God’s teachings of the soul to be healthy and happy? Remember in the Ofudesaki, God tells us if we purify our minds, only joy and health will appear from our own souls. When this happens we are saved. Something we should all ponder when the next pandemic occurs in the world. 

In summary, God tells us to know the Origin of human beings. God created the perfect human body from the existing organisms in the ancient ocean, and God placed the pure mind (shinjitsu) of God into the first couple. This combination of the perfect body and the pure mind should result in only joy to each soul, but negative thoughts have infected our minds, resulting in suffering to our bodies. God tells us to remove these negative thoughts so only joy and health will come from one’s own soul, as intended by God when human beings were created. Our negative thoughts are not compatible with the perfect human body. This is why there is suffering and illness in the world. God tells us how to remove our negative thoughts in the Ofudesaki, and also how to spread the teachings to the world. 

Again the Ofudesaki can be be found on the Ofudesaki Study Group on Facebook, and also can be purchased at amazon. The book cover is read and titled Ofudesaki. Please do not obtain the e-book as it is not formatted correctly. Also a summary of the Ofudesaki, God’s Recipe for Health & Happiness also can be obtained at Amazon. Again do not purchase the e-book as it also is not correctly formatted.