Category Archives: guidance
Tenrikyo /Pain as God’s Blessings
Prophets who miraculous healed people founded many of the religions in the world. What is more impressive to convince others that one is working in behalf of God than to cure the incurable? But enter a religion that tells people … Continue reading
Tenrikyo /Can Illness Be Good for Us?
In the Heaven’s Truth Church (Tenrikyo), God is said to guide us by placing illness on ourselves. We ponder over the illness, and we reflect on how we have been using our minds. We attempt to determine if we have … Continue reading
Is God Trying to Guide Us?
We who are followers of the Heaven’s Truth (Tenrikyo) religion must be very cautious in interpreting what occurs every day. When suffering or inconvenience occurs, is it due to causality, or is it God’s guidance? I often hear people say … Continue reading
Why Do We Suffer/ revisited
Sometimes when people read my old blogs, I review them and add to what was written. This is a blog written in May of 2013. Consider the books in God’s library. In each book, the first and last pages are … Continue reading
Insight into my blogs
A few people have commented on where I get my information to write the blogs, and what my purpose is in writing the blogs. It is mainly to introduce a teaching which I feel will eventually change the world. It … Continue reading
God can heal you?
In many of the sacred books, there are accounts of miraculous healings that were performed by the prophets. Even today there are religions that advocate the healing of illness by prayer. But there are also instances where the prophets could … Continue reading
A Prayer For God’s workings (verse 17-74)
In the Book of Prophecy (Ofudesaki), God tells us that he will begin to work in saving all mankind. God will begin to perform marvelous salvations. Even the date of January 26, 1887 is given as the special day. But … Continue reading
Why God can’t heal me
There are illnesses that God cannot heal, even with our sincere prayers. Some may call this fate, and others call karma, innen or causality. But there are illnesses that God can heal. Throughout time, our sacred books have revealed miraculous … Continue reading
Why do we suffer?
Why do we suffer? Suffering does not discriminate. Rich people, poor people, religious people, nonreligious people, good people, evil people, famous people, powerful people all suffer. The suffering of a child is very difficult to bear. Ever since the beginning … Continue reading