Category Archives: karma
Changing your future
How important is it to understand causality (law of cause and effect) in order to understand God’s intentions. By understanding causality, we can also understand that the body is a thing borrowed from God and the mind is ours to … Continue reading
What is the future of the world?
What is the future for the world? Some of the Sacred books prophesize an Armageddon of destruction, where only a few of the religious are saved. In the Tip of the Writing Brush (Ofudesaki), the following verses: Step by step, … Continue reading
Steps to a joyous world
How do we find true joy? These are the steps according to the Heaven’s Truth Church/ Tenrikyo Understand the concept of reincarnation. In the Osashizu it states that human go through birth after birth. The soul is eternal while the … Continue reading
Why is life so difficult
Why is the path to a joyous life so difficult (salvation)? Why is faith tenuous and wavering? The answer may be the law of cause and effect (karma, innen). What we sow, we reap. Even if we wake up the … Continue reading
The Zimmerman case revisited
There are many people that do not believe in the law of causality. The law of causality states that good thoughts and actions brings forth joy, and evil (greed, arrogance, and self love) thoughts and actions brings forth suffering in … Continue reading
Can I find a better spouse?
Sometimes we feel that we are in control of our destiny and future. For example, some people divorce thinking that they can find a better mate. But unfortunately they end married to the same type of person. We sometimes are … Continue reading
Cause and Effect (karma)
We would like to share the joys of our religion to the world. We believe in the most sacred book, the Tip of the Writing Brush (Ofudesaki), which contains God’s truth. This is the foundation of our faith. We believe in the … Continue reading
The Potential To Be Happy
As human beings we all have the potential to be happy. It is like our bodies were created to be happy. But what has gone wrong? As we go through life or lives if one believes in reincarnation, this potential … Continue reading
On our long journey
In our lives, we live through many experiences, some which are pleasant, and some that are not. Some would say this is due to the effects of causality. We must have faith in God, and open our minds to what … Continue reading
God’s Guidance
The following is a verse from the Tip of the Writing Brush: Day by day, disorders will come to your bodies. Ponder over it! God is informing you of your mistaken minds. 4-42 What does this mean? The law of … Continue reading