Tag Archives: Heaven
The fly on the wall
What would we see if we could place ourselves out of the picture? Like an impartial outsider looking through a clear window, we see a new world. Without greed, arrogance, hate and everything evil that is attached to our selfish … Continue reading
Reincarnation as a link to Causality
Understanding the law of causality is what will bring peace to the world. Causality is the Truth of Heaven. Our actions today will affect our future. Reincarnation is the process we must understand to see the relationship between cause and … Continue reading
Can Christians believe in Causality?
What is the goal of every Christian? It is to get into heaven, where joy and happiness will be forever: sharing this happiness with love ones. This is the goal of the Heaven’s Truth Church (Tenrikyo). We believe that eventually … Continue reading
Don’t Kill the Messenger/revised
What if the world is a reflection of our minds? The problems at work, the unexpected sufferings are all the results of our minds. The delivery of these sufferings may be from people familiar to us, or may even be … Continue reading
The Two Paths of Mankind
There are two paths of mankind. One is a good path and the other is the bad path. The good path leads to joy, and the bad path leads to suffering. Everyone if given the choice would select the good … Continue reading
Blind Faith in Religion
Just recently I received a couple of messages from a blogger that I was a hypocrite, and an irate message that I did not know what I was talking about. He or she quoted a few verses from the Bible … Continue reading
The Truth of Heaven
What is the difference between Tenrikyo (Heaven’s Truth Chruch) and other religions? I believe that many Tenrikyo followers believe that our church is a unique religion, different from all other religions. But realistically our religion is not much different than … Continue reading
God does not punish
One of my church colleagues once told me that I should come back to attending church. She advised me that it was dangerous for my future if I did not. Was she implying that God would punish me … Continue reading
The World is a Mirror
Sometimes we go through experiences in our lives that is unbearable. We cannot understand why some one we care about suddenly dislikes us. We cannot understand why a stranger has enmity toward us. It is said in the Tip of … Continue reading
God’s Litmus test
What is God’s litmus test for being on the right path to salvation? It is said that if we have anger, we do not know God’s teachings. Anger arises from arrogance. When we feel that we are better than others, … Continue reading