Johrei is not a religion
in the
ordinary sense of the word. Literally, it
is a complete way of life.
Our purpose is to help in the building of a
new world, to accelerate spiritual science
so it will keep pace with the progress of
material science, thus contributing to the
evolvement of a true civilization.
"Construction of a new world" is more
fitting than "building" to describe our
work, but "constuction" can be too
easily misconstrued as a physical
engineering and erecting project rather
than the work of fulfilling God's Plan.
As you well know, the material side of
civilization has made great progress
and is still progressing. Almost from
the beginning of our recorded history,
however, the spiritual side has been
lagging far behind.
The result of this imbalance is that
material science has become so
predominant that people everywhere
are dazzled by it and the significance
of spiritual things is almost completely
overlooked. In fact, the majority worship
material science and are satisfied to be
its slaves. They have placed their precious
lives completely in its hands and feel they
are safe. Not yet realizing that science
cannot guarantee life, they continue to
trust it blindly. This is how people still
think today.
God has great compassion for this fallacy
and intends to awaken His children to
the true meaning of life through me.
He has revealed that man's life does not
belong to the material world but in its
true essence is of the spirit, and that
is governed by Him, its Creator.
You may wonder why a truth of such
tremendous importance to all living
beings has been so largely unknown
or ignored by the majority of the human
race. It is due to the profound wisdom
of God. According to his plan, it was
necessary to bring material science
forward to a certain point of advancement,
a temporary condition of the transitional
period.
Now the time is right to accentuate the
spiritual side, clarifying that which
belongs to the spiritual as distinct from
that which belongs to the material,
bringing both into balance and thus
enabling the correction of past human
errors. When man becomes fully aware
of the spiritual relm and its true
significance, material and spiritual
science will advance hand in hand.
A new world will then emerge, for
the old order will come to an end
and the new order will take its place
Our sole aim is to aid in this transition
to a better world, the true civilization
God has planned for the earth.
From:
Techings of Meishu-Sama
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