Tag Archives: sufferings
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
God’s Guidance
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
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
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
God’s Gift to Mankind
Someone once asked me what makes the Heaven’s Truth Religion (Tenrikyo Religion) so different from other religions. I remember hesitating and trying to come up with an answer that would try to convince them of the uniqueness of our church. … Continue reading
How to communicate with God
What makes our prayers effective, and answered by God? People have used incantations by spiritual figures in the past. In the Book of Prophecy (Ofudesaki) is the following: Do not think that incantations or magical arts are great. The mind’s … Continue reading
Illness as a Marvelous Blessing?
Sometimes what we wish for does not come to fruition. Some will try to placate us by telling us that better things are planned for us. For example, that lottery jackpot that we missed again may be a blessing in … Continue reading
Evil is like Dust
How difficult is it to change one’s behavior, like the suppression of anger? How difficult is it for one to resist anger when confronted with obstacles? God compared these evils of the mind to dusts that accumulate on physical surfaces. … Continue reading
Retribution, the spark of evil
Retribution is the spark, which fuels evil. Evil is greed, arrogance, and self-love. In the Heaven’s Truth Religion (Tenrikyo), the foundress of the religion, Oyasama once told a follower that when we sometimes confront evil, it is sometimes prudent to … Continue reading
Causality as the Truth of Heaven
Why is causality so difficult to understand? This is a concept that what we do today will affect us in the future, even in our next lives if one believes in reincarnation. Cause and effect is utilized in science and … Continue reading