May 23, 2021  Shinja Kokoro no Moto Benkyōkai about Health
Summary of Shinji from Kyōshu Seishisha Tomomarukō Sensei

Shinji
Live and have dreams.
Dreams will blossom in the kokoro that lives asking Kami for a positive kokoro.
Human beings, who live today, have forgotten their dreams and do not have confidence in their life.

To the Shinja
Live and believe in the strengths of your unmei.

Read the Shinji each day and let them become a part of your kokoro.
Your will to live will gradually grow stronger and you will live with a positive kokoro.
The Shinji are the principles of life through which Kami speaks to the kokoro (soul) of each person.
Thus the more they are deeply read, the human kokoro becomes positive and strong.
This is how the kokoro of human beings is guided and protected by their unmei.

The teachings bring out true health in the kokoro (life) of a shinja.
The kokoro continues to be increasingly fulfilled by love and enveloped in thoughts of contentment and gratitude.
To know and attain what is true health, learn the teachings with family members and deepen your family connection with the principles.
When the teachings become the support in life, all people (human beings) live and have dreams in the hands of Kami.

This month’s Shinja Kokoro no Moto Benkyōkai is about Health. The first part of the Shinji begins with a deep understanding.
Live and have dreams.
Dreams will blossom in the kokoro that lives asking Kami for a positive kokoro.
Human beings, who live today, have forgotten their dreams and do not have confidence in their life.

This is an important set of information you should know about Health and living a healthy life. You must live and have dreams. ‘Dreams’ that Kami points out are not ‘wishes’ of what you want to become, or what you want to do. It is more of a directive to focus on the details of everyday life, enjoying what you can do to serve people with pleasure. For example, setting up your ‘to do list’ for the day, or even just planning what you want to make for lunch today. These may sound insignificant to your health, but they are such important feelings that bring livelihood and energy that affects your health.

To live each day and have dreams, it is important that you ask Kami for a positive kokoro every day in your kigan in the morning and evening, and at any time of the day. And Kami suggests this because our life is consumed in a money-oriented society. Money-oriented points out the materialistic thoughts that reside in our society—seeing everything in terms of gain and loss that results in the loss of your confidence in life.

Confidence is not something that you earn through work or credentials. It is a kokoro that grows as a result of good train of thoughts which was shown in a past Shinjikansha (gratitude), kandō (inspiration), chōwa (balance), yūki (courage), jishin (confidence).  Kansha (gratitude) is a kokoro that has the capability to accept things without judgment. Which leads you to kandō (inspiration), that helps you to react and respond accordingly and with ingenuity to the other person or the situation. And because the kokoro flows from kansha (gratitude) and kandō (inspiration), it brings chōwa (balance)—peace and harmony. Chōwa (balance) then brings forth the yūki (courage) from within to be more involved and proactive which eventually grows into jishin (confidence) about yourself. The loss of confidence emerges when you lack in the kokoro to be useful which discourages the good interactions with people. And having relationship/people issues will leave you feeling with no sense of belongingness and filled with loneliness.

 

The Shinji is followed by five points that we must realize in order to live a healthy life.
To the Shinja
Live and believe in the strengths of your unmei.
The first thing we must do is to realize and have faith about the wonderful strengths of an unmei given to you. Do not blame your family that they are not being nice. Do not blame your boss for not treating you respectfully. Or do not blame the environment for all the uncomfortableness you are experiencing in life. This Shinji tells you not to expect others to change for you, but to focus on the inner self and have faith that you can be useful for the society and strive to hone your capabilities. 

 

The following is the second realization.
Read the Shinji each day and let them become a part of your kokoro.
Your will to live will gradually grow stronger and you will live with a positive kokoro.
Kami teaches us that the only way to bring out the strengths we own is to read the Shinji each day and let them become part of your kokoro. The more you learn the Shinji, you will start to realize some of the things about yourself that think differently from the principles.  Or the differences in values as opposed to others. And if there is something you realize you need to fix and change about yourself, do so with kigan.
Then, your will to live will gradually grow stronger and you will live with a positive kokoro.  Your will to live is your feeling to be active about being involved with people. There is a Shinji that teaches us that ‘No one can live alone.’ And as this one phrase of Shinji tells us, people are meant to support each other. So therefore, it is better not to be picky and choose who you want to be involved with, or try to ignore those people you’d rather stay away from—but to treat everyone the same and with respect. And the more you meet people and interact, the more you learn. And the more you gain something valuable from people, the more you can give to share that with your own touch of wisdom and character. Keeping this mindset will help you stay positive each day.
The third realization.
The Shinji are the principles of life through which Kami speaks to the kokoro (soul) of each person.
Thus the more they are deeply read, the human kokoro becomes positive and strong.
This is how the kokoro of human beings is guided and protected by their unmei.
Shinji are the words of Kami. It is not man-made. As Kami reveals in this third realization; The Shinji are the principles of life through which Kami speaks to the kokoro (soul) of each person, it is a wisdom that shows us how to live. And because it comes from the true Kami that exists, the more they are deeply read, the human kokoro becomes positive and strong.
Shinji has been continuously revealed throughout the Era of Daishin, the Era of Chokushi, and the Era of Shinkon. And it is a salvation that Kami continues to reveal for us. And especially the Shinji revealed today are invaluable guidance based on the movement and where we are heading as a society along with what needs to be done. As long as you follow the guidance from Kami, your life will be guided and protected by your unmei—which means that your capabilities will be extended within your parameters and be able to live a life of meaning and purpose.

 

And the fourth realization.
The teachings bring out true health in the kokoro (life) of a shinja.
The kokoro continues to be increasingly fulfilled by love and enveloped in thoughts of contentment and gratitude.
Your kokoro will remain positive and anchored if you continue to be in touch with the Shinji and live by the teachings. And this state of your kokoro is true health that Kami teaches us. And your kokoro will increasingly be fulfilled with love to serve and support the people you have encountered in your life. You will be enveloped in thoughts of contentment and gratitude.
Gratitude is a kokoro of acceptance with a big heart. For instance, someone points out your shortcomings. You will be able to accept their opinions with appreciation and be thankful for their honesty. People who can always live with gratitude have a healthy mind/kokoro. If the kokoro is healthy and positive, your physical health will gain stability. Even if you do have certain health issues passed on to you genetically, the kokoro is protected and you can live each day without big problems.

 

Lastly, the fifth realization. This part identifies the concluding point of what health is.
To know and attain what is true health, learn the teachings with family members and deepen your family connection with the principles.
When the teachings become the support in life, all people (human beings) live and have dreams in the hands of Kami.
We learned that true health grows from the heart/kokoro. If that is so, to attain true health, create a family that learns the teachings with family members and deepen the family connection with the principles. Strive to have a family that makes the teachings as part of them and have candid conversations.
When the teachings become the mainstay and when the teachings become the support in life, all people (human beings) live and have dreams in the hands of Kami. As mentioned at the very beginning, to have dreams is the key to have true health. Having a dream is to live life in mutual support with your family, having myriads of encounters, and just be involved with people. A person who doesn’t want to go out and meet new people is without a dream in their kokoro. When you live by the teachings, you learn to have confidence with who you are, you can be proactive, you can be useful, and live with enthusiasm—which is to find health, both in your mind and your body.