What Does it Mean to be Saved?

Posted on July 3, 2023 by heaventruth
What does it mean to be saved?  In both the sazuke and the Joyous Service we are asking God to save others, What does it mean to be saved. The following is from the Joyous Service:
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ashiki haraute tasuke tamae Tenri-o-no-Mikoto
Evil thoughts sweeping, save them please, Heaven’s Truth God.
 
We are asking God to help sweep the evil thoughts of others in the first part of our prayer. These dusts are disappointment (regret), covetousness, self-love, greed, and arrogance. By sweeping these dusts, we are saved.
 
Does this mean that when we sweep our evil thoughts, we will be saved? God throughout the Ofudesaki tells us to sweep our own evil thoughts from our minds. When our minds are pure, God tells us we will be spirited, have no fear, have no danger, God’s protection given, have future of joy, and free and unlimited blessings given. So being saved also means having happiness.
 
                     The removal of disappointment, covetousness,
                            self love, greed, and arrogance from your
                                     mind will bring you happiness
 
Our teachings are therefore very clear and simple. The question then becomes, how do we remove our evil thoughts from our minds? These directions are in the Ofudesaki.
 
The next post: Understanding our own hearts/souls(mune) to purify our minds
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OFUDESAKI 14-3

Posted on July 3, 2023 by heaventruth

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

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Our Prayer to Save the World

Posted on July 2, 2023 by heaventruth
In the previous post, I have discussed the sazuke. Let us talk about the Joyous Service that God has granted to us. What is the Joyous Service? Is it the teodori (hand dance)? Is it a prayer to save oneself, others, or us? The following is the prayer:
 
Evil thoughts sweeping, save (them) please,
Heaven’s truths Saving God.
 
Just a word to you, what God is saying, listen please.
Evil things spoken not.
These workings (of human creations), earth and heaven representing,
wife/husband created and brought forth.
This is this world’s beginning.
 
Evil thoughts sweeping, same (them) quickly.
Everyone purified, Kanrodai.
 
God throughout the Ofudesaki says that God is preparing the early followers to perform the Joyous Service. How do we prepare for the Joyous Service? First God says to understand one’s own heart to purify the mind. It is the heart/soul in each of us that monitors our behavior. We reap what we sowed because of our own heart/soul.  When suffering appears from our hearts/souls, God tells us to ponder our own minds for evil thoughts, and not act upon them. This is how we gradually purify our minds. God call this the path of the heart or the path of the Original pure mind. We must purify our minds first.
 
When our minds are pure, are we ready to perform the Service? No, God prepares us to spread the teachings to kara (people that don’t understand the teachings). What are the teachings we must spread to others? God tells us in the 2nd part of the Joyous Service.
 
Just a word to you, what God is saying, listen please.
Evil things spoken not.
These workings (of human creation), earth and heaven representing,
Wife/husband created and brought forth.
This is this world’s beginning.
 
We must tell them about God’s Original pure mind given from heaven, to the first couple that started human beings.  From earth, the instruments (sea creatures)  in the muddy ancient ocean was used to create the perfect body to live the joyous life. God wants us to return to this Original pure mind so our bodies can enjoy the joyous life. We must tell people about the Original pure mind without disappointment, covetousness, self-love, greed, and arrogance. We must teach them about their own heart/soul, so they can purify their own minds. Then when we perform the Joyous Service, God will help us save others, and bring these people we have spread the truth, to our places of worship. God also calls this the harvesting (ryuukei) of members.
 
In summary, when we purify our own minds, spread the teachings, and perform the Joyous Service, God guarantees an abundant harvest. This is how our teachings spread to the world.
 
God has given us this special prayer of the Joyous Service to propagate the teachings that will save the world. But the world does not know these teachings because we are not following these steps, and placing importance on worldly matters. We must follow the instructions in the Ofudesaki, and place trust in God’s teachings.
 
In the next post, what does it mean to be saved.
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OFUDESAKI 14-2

Posted on July 2, 2023 by heaventruth
Interpretation:
Izumu can also be defined as having a not pure mind.
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Our Prayer to Heal the Sick

Posted on July 1, 2023 by heaventruth
The sazuke or the breath (iki) is said to have healed people of serious illnesses. But does it work now? God tells us to perform any service or prayer, one must have a pure mind. This is a mind without disappointment (regret), covetousness, self-love, greed, and arrogance. In the Ofudesaki, God continues to prepare the early followers to attain the Original pure mind (shinjitsu). God tells us when one attains the Original pure mind, any blessings will be provided by God. God has granted us Services to help save the world. This includes the Joyous Service, and the Sazuke which we are talking about today. The blessing that God gives out is all dependent on our own pure mind. We must know God’s truths, and apply it to ourselves, before we can save others.
Before performing the sazuke, tell people the following: One must have a pure mind to live a happy life without suffering. To purify the mind one must understand one’s own hearts. It is the heart/soul or that monitors one’s behavior. If we do good, it rewards us, and if we do bad, it punishes or guides us. These rewards or punishment may not appear until the next lives. We reap what we have sowed. If the person can understand these teachings, and they give us permission to pray, proceed with the sazuke.
In Japanese:
Ashiki harai tasuke tamae Tenri-O-no-Mikoto (3 time)
Namu tasuke tamae Tenri-o-no-Mikoto 3 times
Then repeat the previous step 3 more times
In English:
Evil thoughts sweeping, save ( her or him) please , Heaven’s truth Saving God X 3 (hand dance)
God, cure (him or her) please, Heaven’s truth Saving God. X 3 (we are physically praying over the affected parts of the body with our hands)
Then repeat the previous step 3 more times.
Justification for the sazuke:
We are asking God to help sweep evil thoughts from this person to save them in the future.
For now, asking God to cure the disease or suffering, so they can be convinced of God’s workings to help one purify their minds. They can then purify their minds by understanding their own hearts and the Original pure mind.
This justification of healing of people, is like the grant of safe child delivery. This grant only worked on people that were inclined to understand the teachings. It was not contingent on the person having a pure mind, but was contingent on the person understanding the teachings, and applying it in the future to save themselves, by purifying their minds.
In summary, one must have a pure mind to perform the sazuke. One must convey the teachings about the Original pure mind and the heart/soul to the person we pray for. The person must be able to understand the teachings. We must ask permission to pray for them to cure their illness. If all these steps are followed, God will provide the blessings of healing!
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OFUDESAKI 14-1

Posted on July 1, 2023 by heaventruth

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Understanding Our Own Hearts/Souls

Posted on June 30, 2023 by heaventruth

Why does God tell us in the Ofudesaki that we do not understand the “Mune”. God tells us in the first verse of the most sacred scripture in the world. What if the whole world understands the mune. There will be world peace and prosperity. What is the mune, and why is it so important to understand?

 

According to the Ofudesaki, it is the mune or heart/soul that monitors our behavior. It collects our demerits from our evil actions, stores them, and eventually releases them back to us as our negative fates. This is why the phrase “ponder what comes from the heart/soul” is often found in the Ofudesaki. We reap what we have sowed because of our own hearts/souls.  It is not God that punishes or rewards us, it is our own heart that accomplishes this. God cannot forgive us for what evils we have done.

 

This is the message we must spread to the world. There is justice because of our hearts/souls. We cannot escape our fates. For many, the manifestation of our fates may not appear until our next lives, resulting in delayed karma. The understanding of this concept of karma due to our own hearts, will prevent most people from acting on their evil thoughts.  This is why when we understand the heart/soul, we do not hate the people who do evil, but we inform them of the heart/soul, and pray to God, to help them sweep their evil thoughts away, to save them. These people who do evil, do not see their future sufferings. 

 

Many people believe that our Service, the Joyous Service is most important in saving the world, and their efforts go in performing the daily Service with enthusiam and conviction. But without the spreading of God’s truths first, and understanding the importance of the heart in purifying one’s mind, the performance of the Service is not accepted by God. What does this mean? People will continue to do evil because they do not know the teachings, resulting in their future sufferings.

 

What are common grounds we share with other religions? Most believe in a loving God, majority of religions believe in karma and reincarnation. These are beliefs that we can agree on and start a conversation with. We can then share new ideas like the heart/soul that monitors our behavior. We can tell them of the Original pure mind, a mind without disappointment, covetousness, self-love, greed, and arrogance, that will bring upon only joy.

 

For some people they will then understand the heart/soul to purify their minds. But for others, we will need God’s assistance to help them understand the heart, to purify their minds. This is where the Joyous Service comes into play. With this prayer, we are asking God to help us save the people we have spread God’s truth to.  With God’s work, these people will understand the heart/soul and purify their own minds. With the purification of their minds, their hearts will only bring upon joy.

 

This is why we must spread the teachings of the heart/soul to the world. People do not need to suffer!  Only if they can understand their own hearts/souls.

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OFUDESAKI 13-120

Posted on June 30, 2023 by heaventruth
Interpretation:
One needs to have the Original pure mind for God’s blessings.
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OFUDESAKI 13-119

Posted on June 29, 2023 by heaventruth
Interpretation:
Attaining the Original pure mind is most important to living the Joyous life.
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OFUDESAKI 13-118

Posted on June 28, 2023 by heaventruth
Interpretation:
For any prayer, including the prayer to receive rain, one needs to have the Original pure mind, if one wants blessings from God.
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