We are hurting God
What kind of world is it when in the past millions of people have been killed in wars? We are killing people we do not personally know. In the Ofudesaki, God tells us that our bodies are not ours, but loaned from God. By killing and hurting people, we are destroying God’s possessions. God also tells us that it is our own souls that monitors our behavior for our actions on our thoughts. It is the soul that collects or demerits from acting on our negative thoughts, stores them, and eventually manifest these fates as suffering and illness when the right opportunity arises. This is why suffering occurs in the world. We reap what we have sowed. If everyone understood these teachings, there will be health and happiness in the world. This is why God tells us we must understand our own souls.
過去に何百万人もの人々が戦争で殺されてきたというのに、いったいどういう世界なのか。私たちは個人的に知らない人々を殺しているのだ。おふでさき』の中で、神は私たちの身体は自分のものではなく、神から借りたものだと教えている。 人を殺し、傷つけることによって、私たちは神の所有物を破壊しているのです。 神はまた、私たちの行動を監視しているのは、私たち自身の魂であり、私たちの思考に基づいて行動しているのだと教えている。否定的な考えに基づいて行動することによって生じる不利益を集め、それを蓄積し、やがて適切な機会が訪れたときに、苦しみや病気としてこれらの運命を現すのが魂なのだ。これが、この世に苦しみが生じる理由である。私たちは蒔いた種を刈り取るのだ。もしすべての人がこれらの教えを理解すれば、世界には健康と幸福がもたらされるだろう。だからこそ神は、私たちは自分自身の魂を理解しなければならないと教えているのだ。
Que tipo de mundo é este quando, no passado, milhões de pessoas foram mortas em guerras? Estamos matando pessoas que não conhecemos pessoalmente. No Ofudesaki, Deus nos diz que nossos corpos não são nossos, mas emprestados por Deus. Ao matar e ferir pessoas, estamos destruindo os bens de Deus. Deus também nos diz que é a nossa própria alma que monitora nosso comportamento, pois nossas ações são baseadas em nossos pensamentos. É a alma que coleta os deméritos de agir de acordo com nossos pensamentos negativos, armazena-os e, por fim, manifesta esses destinos como sofrimento e doença quando surge a oportunidade certa. É por isso que o sofrimento ocorre no mundo. Colhemos o que semeamos. Se todos entendessem esses ensinamentos, haveria saúde e felicidade no mundo. É por isso que Deus nos diz que devemos compreender nossa própria alma.
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OFUDESAKI 17-37
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To start to place illness as guidance to help you see the negative thoughts in your mind, and to let you see your future if you act upon these thoughts.
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Summary of the Ofudesaki
Summary of the Ofudesaki
God wants everyone to understand one’s own soul. Without understanding the soul, one will not be able to understand why suffering or joy appears in this world.
What is the soul (mune)? Most religions believe in the soul or spirit. When our physical bodies stop functioning, our souls leave our bodies and ascend to heaven, and eventually it returns back to earth to continue our journey. What function does it serve? It appears to save our essence (core) of who we are, and take it to our next destination. This is why we exist for eternity. But what other functions does the soul have?
The Ofudesaki tells us that it is our own soul while present in our borrowed bodies, that collects our demerits from acting upon our negative thoughts, stores them, and eventually releases the demerit (negative energy) as suffering back to us when the right opportunity arises. The right opportunity to manifest the fate may not appear until our next lives. We eventually reap what we have sowed because of our own soul. The soul monitors our behavior, and justice is given out.
You may wonder, if death gives us a new slate to start over again. Is a baby innocent like many people think they are? When our physical bodies die, the soul collects our negative fates with their associated negative thoughts, and takes them to our next destination. Our memories are erased, but our fates, and their associated thoughts go on to the next destination. Death does not give us a fresh start. This is why suffering or joy appears in the world, and why we all have different thought patterns.
Now that we know why there is suffering and joy in the world, what can we do when negative fate appears in our lives? God tells us when suffering occurs, to ponder our own minds for the negative thoughts that are attached to the suffering. The obstacles or sufferings that appear are only messengers of your negative fates. Do not blame others or God, and act on your negative thoughts when suffering appears. This non- action is how one removes these negative thoughts from the mind. For some it will be easy to remove their negative thoughts, but for others because of the amount of negative thoughts they have collected, it may take more time to remove their negative thoughts. When their minds are pure of negative thoughts, they can lessen their attached fates that are appearing, or eliminate them and future negative fates totally. Only positive fates will come from their souls!
What are the negative thoughts that God wants us to remove? God tells us they are the thoughts of disappointment, covetousness, self-love, greed, and arrogance. These are the thoughts we must ponder, when obstacles or suffering appear in our lives, and not act upon them. When our minds are pure, only health and happiness will come from our souls.One can try to remove these thoughts by oneself, but it will be difficult to do without understanding the soul. This is why God wants us to understand one’s own soul.
What happens next? For some, the attainment of health and happiness will be the goal. But for many, they would like to see others saved. This is where God comes into play.
What God wants us to do.To these people (missionaries), God tells them to spread the truth of the pure mind, soul, and God’s guidance that may appear. To these people we have spread the teachings, some will be receptive to the teachings and understand the soul and pure mind. God calls these people nihon. But for others they will not be able to understand the teachings because they refuse to, or are incapable at this time. God calls these people kara. God know how difficult it is for people to understand new concepts and teachings. This is why God helps us convince these people we have spread the teachings to, by giving them guidance.
God had given us a special prayer called the Youki-tsutome (timber Service). With this special prayer, we are asking God to convince these people we have spread the teachings about the soul, and the pure mind.
What will God do to these people we have spread God’s teachings when God accepts our prayer with a pure mind? God will place blessings of guidance to the people we have spread the truth of the soul and pure mind. God shows them their negative thoughts in their minds by the guidance given. By these illnesses, God is showing them their future, if they act on their existing negative thoughts. This is what their own souls do if they act upon their negative thoughts. It is their own souls that monitors what they have done, and metes out joy or suffering. God’s guidance is to help people understand what their souls do. Those who understand the soul and pure mind will understand the illness given as guidance that appears, and come to our places of worship to be healed of their illness, and further given more information of the teachings. They are called youki or timber. God will continue to guide them. When their minds are pure, then they will spread the teachings to others, and perform the Youki- tsutome to save others. This is how the teachings are spread to the world.
おふでさきのまとめ
神はすべての人が自分の魂を理解することを望んでいる。魂を理解しなければ、なぜこの世に苦しみや喜びが現れるのかを理解することはできない。
魂（ムネ）とは 何か？ほとんどの宗教は魂や霊魂を信じている。肉体が機能しなくなると、魂は肉体を離れて天に昇り、やがて地上に戻って旅を続ける。魂はどのような役割を果たすのだろうか？私たちの本質（コア）を保ち、次の目的地まで運んでくれるようだ。これが、私たちが永遠に存在する理由である。しかし、魂には他にどんな働きがあるのだろうか？
おふでさきによれば、借り物の肉体に宿った魂は、私たちの欠点を集め、蓄積する。これらの欠点は、私たちの否定的な考えに基づいて行動することによって引き起こされ、やがて適切な機会が訪れると、苦しみ（否定的なエネルギー）として私たちに戻ってくる。運命を現す適切な機会は、来世まで現れないかもしれない。私たちは最終的に、魂によって蒔いた種を刈り取る。魂が私たちの行動を見守り、正義が下されるのだ。
死は私たちに新たな始まりを与えるのだろうかと考える人もいるだろう。多くの人が信じているように、赤ちゃんに罪はないのだろうか？肉体が死ぬと、魂は私たちのネガティブな運命とそれにまつわるネガティブな思考を集め、次の目的地へと運ぶ。私たちの記憶は消去されるが、運命とそれにまつわる思考は次の目的地へと向かう。死は私たちに再出発を与えない。これが、この世に苦しみと喜びがある理由であり、私たちがさまざまな思考パターンを持つ理由なのだ。
世の中に苦しみと喜びがある理由がわかったところで、人生に否定的な運命が現れたとき、私たちはどうすればいいのだろうか。神は、苦しみが生じたときに伴う否定的な考えについて、自分自身の心を熟考するようにと教えている。現れる障害や苦しみは、あなたのネガティブな運命の使者にすぎない。苦しみが現れたら、他人や神を責めるのではなく、自分の否定的な思いを行動に移さないこと。この行動を起こさないことが、あなたの心から否定的な考えを取り除く方法なのだ。ネガティブな思考を取り除くのが簡単な人もいれば、ネガティブな思考をたくさん溜め込んでしまっているために、ネガティブな思考を取り除くのに時間がかかる人もいる。いったんネガティブな思考から心が純粋になれば、現れているネガティブな運命は緩和され、あるいはそれらや将来のネガティブな運命を完全になくすことができる。ポジティブな運命だけが、彼らの魂からやってくるのだ！
神が私たちに取り除くことを望んでおられる否定的な思いとは何だろうか？神は、失望、貪欲、自己愛、貪欲、傲慢の思いだと教えている。これらの思いは、人生に障害や苦しみが現れたときに考えなければならない思いであり、行動してはならない思いである。私たちの mindsが純粋であれば、魂からは健康と幸福だけがもたらされる。だから神は、私たちが自分の魂を理解することを望んでおられるのです」。
次に何が起こるのか？ ある人にとっては、健康と幸福を得ることがゴールだろう。しかし多くの人は、他の人が救われるのを見たいと思っている。そこで神の出番となる。
神が私たちに望んでいること これらの人々（宣教師）に対して、神は、現れるかもしれない純粋な mind、魂、神聖な導きの真理を広めるようにと言われる。私たちが教えを広めた人々の中には、教えを受け入れ、魂と純粋な mind を理解する人もいます。神はこうした人々を nihon と呼ぶ。しかし、教えを理解しようとしない人や、現時点では理解できない人もいます。神はこれらの人々を「から」と呼ぶ。神は、人々が新しい概念や教えを理解することがいかに難しいかを知っておられる。だからこそ神は、私たちが教えを広める相手に納得してもらうための導きを与えてくださるのです。
神は私たちに、Youki-tsutomeと呼ばれる特別な祈りを与えてくださいました。この特別な祈りによって、魂と純粋な mind についての教えを広める人々を納得させてくださるよう、神にお願いするのです。
神が純粋な mind で私たちの祈りを受け入れてくださるとき、私たちが神の教えを広める人々のために神は何をしてくださるでしょうか？
神は、私たちが純粋な mind と魂の真理を広める相手に、導きの祝福を置かれる。神が彼らに与える導きによって、神は彼らの心の中にある否定的な考えを示される。もし彼らが今抱いている否定的な考えに基づいて行動するなら、神は病気によって彼らの未来を示される。神は病気によって彼らの未来を示す。もし彼らが否定的な考えに基づいて行動するなら、それは彼ら自身の魂がすることだ。彼らの行動を監視し、喜びや苦しみを与えるのは彼ら自身の魂なのだ。神の導きとは、彼ら自身の魂が何をするのかを理解させることである。魂と純粋な mind を理解する者たちは、ガイダンスとして与えられた病気の発現を理解し、病気を癒し、さらなる教えに関する情報を得るために、私たちの礼拝所にやってくる。彼らは youki と呼ばれている。神は彼らを導き続けている。彼らの mind が純粋であれば、教えを他の人々に広め、他の人々を救うために Youki-tsutome を行う。こうして教えは世界中に広まっていく。
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What We Sow, We Reap
My native language is English, with some familarity with Japanese. I use a translator on the internet, so sometimes the information I receive or send out is not correct. There are some words that are difficult to translate. Unfortunately some of these words are important in understanding the Ofudesaki. One word is mune. People translate it as chest, breast, lung, stomach mind, heart, spirit, and soul. Tenrikyo Headquarter’s translates mune as God’s heart in the first verse of the Ofudesaki. The other word is kokoro, which is also translated as mind, heart, and spirit. I find both of these words mune and kokoro intermingles in many of the posts and articles, which causes confusion in understanding.
God tells us throughout the Ofudesaki that we do not understand the mune. What is the mune? God tells us to ponder what comes from our mune. God tells us to become single minded (pure mind) or Kami-ichijo with what comes from our mune. What comes from our mune? It is our fates that come from the mune. The mune is our soul. We reap what we have sowed because of our souls. In the Ofudesaki if you place soul where mune is written, God’s message will become more clear.
The message of the soul is what we must understand, and spread to the world. If the world knew that it is their own soul that monitors our behaviors, do you think that the evil actions of human beings will occur? We can understand why suffering and joy occur in the world. In this world, we have people hurting and killing each other, thinking there are no consequences. This is why we must understand the first verse of the Ofudesaki.
For the people that are suffering, In the Ofudesaki God tells us we do not have to suffer. When negative fate appears from our souls, God tells us how to remove it. By removing our negative thoughts, God tells us we can eliminate suffering. This pure mind is what God wants us to understand and attain.
In the Ofudesaki, God reminds us to understand the Origin of human beings. Why does God want us to understand the Origin? God wanted to see us live the Joyous life, so God will be spirited. God wanted to create the perfect body to live the Joyous life. From the ancient muddy ocean, this locality (jiba), God selected a fish and sea serpent as the first couple. God selected and added the good qualities of other sea creature into the first couple to create the perfect body to live the Joyous life. Then from heaven, God added God’s pure mind (shinjitsu) to the first couple. Human beings with a perfect body and pure mind should live the Joyous life. Only positive fates should appear from their souls. But unfortunately negative thoughts have infected the mind. These thoughts are not compatible with the perfect body. This is why there is suffering in the world. Therefore God wants everyone to understand the Origin. It is to make them aware of the pure mind that was given to the first couple, that will bring only health and happiness to our bodies.
The last topic is God’s guidance that is written throughout all 17 chapters of the Ofudesaki. Many times just words will not convince people. God wants people to spread the truths of the soul and pure mind, but people may not be convinced. This is where God will help us save others. God has given us the Youki-tsutome-tsutome. With this Service we are asking God to help people to understand the soul, and what it does. God places illness on their bodies dependent on what negative thoughts are in their minds. God is showing them their future if they act on their negative thoughts. This is what their own souls do. When these people understand the guidance given, they will come to our places of worship to be healed and informed further of the soul and pure mind. They will be able to purify their own minds by understanding what comes from their souls. This is how the teachings spread to the world.
Finally, it is my opinion that we do not have to suffer when we decide to spread God’s teachings. It is our own soul that protects us when our minds are pure. With God’s blessings of our special prayer, and the instructions in the Ofudesaki, our journey to spread the teachings should only bring us joy and health.
私の母国語は英語ですが、日本語も多少話せます。インターネットでは翻訳機を使っているので、私が受け取ったり発信したりする情報が正しくないこともあります。 翻訳が難しい言葉もあります。残念ながら、おふでさきを理解する上で重要な言葉もある。そのひとつが「mune」。 胸、乳房、肺、胃、心、精神、魂と訳されます。天理教本部では、おふでさきの第一節で mune を神のheartと訳している。もう一つの言葉は kokoro で、これもmind、heart、spiritと訳されている。 おふでさきの最初の一節にある「heart」と「kokoro」が混在し、理解を混乱させています。
神様はおふでさきを通して、私たちが mune を理解していないと教えています。mune とは何か？神は私たちに、私たちの mune から来るものを熟考しなさいと言われる。神は私たちに、mune から来るものに対して一心（純粋な心）または上一条になりなさいと言う。何がムネから来るのか？ それは、9999宗から来る私たちの運命です。mune は私たちの魂である。魂があるからこそ、蒔いた種を刈り取ることができる。 おふでさきの mune のところに魂を置くと、神のメッセージがより明確になります。
魂のメッセージこそ、私たちが理解し、世界に広めなければならないものだ。 もし世界が、私たちの行動を監視しているのは自分自身の魂だと知ったら、人間の邪悪な行動が起きると思いますか？ 私たちは、なぜこの世に苦しみや喜びが起こるのかを理解することができる。この世界では、人々が互いに傷つけ合い、殺し合っている。だからこそ、私たちはおふでさきの最初の節を理解しなければならないのです。
苦しんでいる人々に対して、神はおふでさきで、苦しむ必要はないと教えている。私たちの魂から否定的な運命が現れると、神様はそれを取り除く方法を教えてくださいます。 ネガティブな思いを取り除くことで、苦しみをなくすことができると教えているのです。この純粋な心 (shinjitsu)こそ、神が私たちに理解させ、到達させたいものなのです。
おふでさきの中で、神は私たちに人間の起源を理解するよう戒めている。なぜ原点を理解しろというのか。 神様は、私たちが陽気ぐらしをするのを見たい、そうすれば神様もお勇みくださる。 神は、陽気ぐらしをするための完璧な肉体を創りたかった。太古の濁った海、この地（ぢば）から、神は最初のカップルとして魚と海蛇を選ばれた。そして、その最初の夫婦に、他の海の生き物の良いところを選んで加え、陽気ぐらしをするための完全な体をお造りになりました。 そして、天から神の純粋な kokoro (shinjitsu) を最初の夫婦に加えられた。 完全な肉体とpure mind (shinjitsu)を持つ人間は、陽気ぐらしをすべきである。魂からはポジティブな運命だけが現れるはずです。しかし残念なことに、否定的な思考が kokoro (mind) に感染している。これらの思考は完全な肉体とは相容れない。これが世界に苦しみがある理由です。 だから神は、すべての人に『起源』を理解してほしいと願っている。それは、最初のカップルに与えられた pure mind (shinjitsu)に気づかせ、私たちの肉体に健康と幸福だけをもたらすためなのだ。
最後のトピックは、おふでさきの全17章を通して書かれている神の導きです。言葉だけでは人を納得させられないことが多い。神は人々に魂と pure mind (shinjitsu) の真理を広めることを望んでおられますが、人々は納得しないかもしれません。そこで神様が私たちを助けてくださるのです。神様は私たちに、Youki-tsutome を与えてくださいました。このおつとめで、私たちは神様に、魂とは何か、魂が何をするものなのかを人々が理解できるようにお願いしているのです。 神様は、kokoro (mind) の中にどのような否定的な思いがあるかによって、彼らの体に病気を負わせるのです。神様は、もし彼らが否定的な考えに基づいて行動するならば、彼らの未来を示しておられるのです。これは彼ら自身の魂がすることなのだ。これらの人々が与えられたガイダンスを理解したとき、彼らは私たちの礼拝所にやってきて癒され、魂とpure mind (shinjitsu) についてさらに知らされるでしょう。魂から来るものを理解することで、自分の心を浄化することができるようになるのです。こうして教えは世界に広がっていくのです。
最後に、神の教えを広めようと決意するとき、私たちは苦しむ必要はないというのが私の考えだ。私たちの kokoro (minds)が純粋であれば、私たち自身の魂が私たちを守ってくれるのだ。特別な祈りによる神の祝福と、おふでさきの教えがあれば、教えを広める旅は喜びと健康だけをもたらしてくれるはずです。
Meu idioma nativo é o inglês, com alguma familiaridade com o japonês. Uso um tradutor na Internet, portanto, às vezes, as informações que recebo ou envio não estão corretas. Há algumas palavras que são difíceis de traduzir. Infelizmente, algumas dessas palavras são importantes para entender o Ofudesaki. Uma palavra é mune. As pessoas a traduzem como peito, peito, pulmão, estômago, mente, coração, espírito e alma. A sede da Tenrikyo traduz mune como o coração de Deus no primeiro verso do Ofudesaki. A outra palavra é kokoro, que também é traduzida como mente, coração e espírito. Percebo que essas duas palavras, mune e kokoro, se misturam em muitas das postagens e artigos, o que causa confusão no entendimento
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Deus nos diz em todo o Ofudesaki que não entendemos o mune. O que é o mune? Deus nos diz para refletirmos sobre o que vem do nosso mune. Deus nos diz para nos tornarmos unidos (mente pura) ou Kami-ichijo com o que vem do nosso mune. O que vem do nosso mune? São os nossos destinos que vêm do mune. O mune é a nossa alma. Colhemos o que plantamos por causa de nossas almas. No Ofudesaki, se você colocar alma onde está escrito mune, a mensagem de Deus se tornará mais clara.
A mensagem da alma é o que devemos entender e divulgar para o mundo. Se o mundo soubesse que é sua própria alma que monitora nossos comportamentos, você acha que as ações malignas dos seres humanos ocorreriam? Podemos entender por que o sofrimento e a alegria ocorrem no mundo. Neste mundo, temos pessoas se machucando e matando umas às outras, pensando que não há consequências. É por isso que devemos entender o primeiro versículo do Ofudesaki.
Para as pessoas que estão sofrendo, no Ofudesaki Deus nos diz que não precisamos sofrer. Quando o destino negativo surge em nossas almas, Deus nos diz como removê-lo. Ao remover nossos pensamentos negativos, Deus nos diz que podemos eliminar o sofrimento. Essa mente pura é o que Deus quer que entendamos e alcancemos.
No Ofudesaki, Deus nos lembra de entender a origem dos seres humanos. Por que Deus quer que entendamos a Origem? Deus queria que vivêssemos a vida alegre, para que Deus fosse animado. Deus queria criar o corpo perfeito para viver a vida alegre. Do antigo oceano lamacento, nesta localidade (jiba), Deus escolheu um peixe e uma serpente marinha como o primeiro casal. Deus selecionou e acrescentou as boas qualidades de outras criaturas marinhas ao primeiro casal para criar o corpo perfeito para viver a vida alegre. Então, do céu, Deus acrescentou a mente pura de Deus (shinjitsu) ao primeiro casal. Os seres humanos com um corpo perfeito e uma mente pura devem viver a vida alegre. Somente destinos positivos deveriam surgir de suas almas. Mas, infelizmente, os pensamentos negativos infectaram a mente. Esses pensamentos não são compatíveis com o corpo perfeito. É por isso que há sofrimento no mundo. Portanto, Deus quer que todos entendam a Origem. É para torná-los conscientes da mente pura que foi dada ao primeiro casal, que trará apenas saúde e felicidade aos nossos corpos.
O último tópico é a orientação de Deus que está escrita em todos os 17 capítulos do Ofudesaki. Muitas vezes, apenas palavras não convencem as pessoas. Deus quer que as pessoas divulguem as verdades da alma e da mente pura, mas elas podem não se convencer. É nesse ponto que Deus nos ajudará a salvar os outros. Deus nos deu o Youki-tsutome-tsutome. Com esse Serviço, estamos pedindo a Deus que ajude as pessoas a entender a alma e o que ela faz. Deus coloca doenças em seus corpos dependendo dos pensamentos negativos que estão em suas mentes. Deus está lhes mostrando o futuro que terão se agirem de acordo com seus pensamentos negativos. Isso é o que suas próprias almas fazem. Quando essas pessoas entenderem a orientação dada, elas virão aos nossos locais de adoração para serem curadas e informadas sobre a alma e a mente pura. Elas serão capazes de purificar suas próprias mentes compreendendo o que vem de suas almas. É assim que os ensinamentos se espalham pelo mundo.
Por fim, minha opinião é que não precisamos sofrer quando decidimos divulgar os ensinamentos de Deus. É a nossa própria alma que nos protege quando nossa mente é pura. Com as bênçãos de Deus em nossa oração especial e as instruções do Ofudesaki, nossa jornada para divulgar os ensinamentos deve nos trazer apenas alegria e saúde.
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