Tag Archives: innen
Where are the new members?
It is said that God uses analogies and parables in teaching mankind. In the year 1838, God was said to have descended from Heaven upon a small farming town in Japan, to save mankind. In teaching the early followers, God … Continue reading
Why we suffer/revised
Where is God? You hear stories about someone missing a flight, where the airplane crashes and everyone dies. They are often quoted “God was looking after me”. But what happened to the other 200 passengers that perished on that flight. … Continue reading
Where is God
Where is God? You hear stories about someone missing a flight, where the airplane crashes and everyone dies. They are often quoted “God was looking after me”. But what happened to the other 200 passengers that perished on that flight. … Continue reading
Causality, Innen, Karma 101
It is human nature to seek fault from the outside, and not find fault within. We tend to blame others for our misfortunes. We blame our parents who raised us incorrectly, we blame our teachers that were incompetent, and we … 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
Can Arrogance be the Devil?
Ignore the color of the skin of the racist. It is the evil of arrogance in the thoughts that emanate from the soul of the individual. Arrogance is no stranger to color, gender, and physical features. Arrogance is evil. It … Continue reading
Work as God’s Blessing
You hear of people that love to work, and they wake up in the morning eager to work. But for many of us, we attempt to prolong our sleep, and dread going to work. Daily we look at our clocks, … Continue reading
The Soul
What causes events to occur? Everything happens because of energy. What is energy? According to Wikipedia, energy is a property of objects, which can be transferred to other objects or converted into different forms, but cannot be created or destroyed. … Continue reading
True Sincerity as the Truth of Heaven
True sincerity is a mind that accepts sufferings and inconveniences in life with joy and without worry. The path of true sincerity is a difficult path. Who among us can accept suffering and inconvenience with joy? How can we accept … Continue reading
Beware of strangers; you may be on the wrong path
In the beginning, God created the world. God felt lonely; so heaven and earth as a model, God created husband and wife. At first there was goodness and purity of the mind, and there was joy and happiness. But as … Continue reading