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How to Eliminate Anger

In one of our sacred books (Osashizu), God tells us that if we have anger, we do not know God’s teachings.  In my case, people have often told me I have much anger, and to “chill out”.  But how does … Continue reading

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Natural Disasters as a result of God’s Wrath

How does God communicate his disapproval with us? In the Book of Prophecy (Ofudesaki), God tells us that the anger and regret of God is manifested by severe weather and geological disturbances. In this world, landslides, thunder, earthquakes, And great … Continue reading

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Heaven’s Truth for Dummies

Believe that God descended from Heaven to help mankind remove evil from his or her heart. Believe in causality and reincarnation and our bodies are borrowed from God; our souls live forever. Remove evil (greed, arrogance, and self love) from … Continue reading

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A World too Arrogant to Believe in Causality

Throughout the sacred books, God reminds us that we do not understand? What is it that we do not understand? We do not understand the concept of causality and reincarnation. God also tells us that without understanding causality, one cannot … Continue reading

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The Truths of Heaven

True sincerity is said to be the truth of heaven. Causality is also said to be the truth of heaven. What is the relationship between causality and true sincerity? The principle of causality states that good thoughts and behavior results … Continue reading

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Suppose

Suppose one can heal one’s own illnesses and disease. Suppose one can do this by eliminating greed, arrogance, and self love from one’s minds. Suppose there is a prayer that asks God to help us with this difficult task. Suppose … Continue reading

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The Wrath of God

Webster defines anger as a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism. Is anger ever appropriate? Anger that arises from arrogance is considered inappropriate. Anger that arises from love is justified and appropriate. In the Tip of the Writing … Continue reading

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Situations + Arrogance = Anger

Anger causes stress, high blood pressure, irrational behavior, and actions that we may regret later. These are result to oneself, and do not account for the sufferings that anger  causes to others.  If we can remove anger, our lives will … Continue reading

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How do you control anger?

It seems like all my life I have been trying to control my anger. Yes, anger management. I keep promising myself that I can arrest this emotion, but I always seem to fail. Why is anger so difficult to prevent … Continue reading

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Planting Seeds

Have you ever started a garden? It requires much work. For a seed to sprout, and grow into a healthy plant requires one to plant the seeds, water it, remove the weeds, and fertilize. The following is an analogy between … Continue reading

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