IS IT GOOD OR BAD TO BORROW MONEY?
For some twenty years I experienced all kinds of suffering, due to my debts. Several times my property was attached and once I went into bankruptcy, so you can imagine the financial suffering I endured. From these experiences I reached a kind of attitude or “philosophy on debts,” about which I am going to write. […]
Read moreCAUSE OF POVERTY
As you know, the goal of our church is to establish a world which is free from disease, poverty and conflict. I have discussed and explained various aspects of disease from every possible angle. I shall continue to clarify the problem of disease from the point of view of the art of spiritual healing revealed […]
Read moreDO NOT IGNORE MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION
I believe what is most lacking in Japanese politicians is economic knowledge. Economic knowledge, in essence, is the ability to calculate. Not only in politics but also in every other human affair, nobody can be successful if he ignores this. When I say calculation, I do not mean monetary computing alone; no one can clearly […]
Read moreTHE REASONS GREAT GENIUSES ARE BORN
A lot has been printed in the newspapers lately about a five-year-old child who can paint wonderful pictures. I would like to write on how prodigies such as this one are born. Outstanding geniuses have appeared every once in a while throughout the written history of man. We have often heard of famous musicians in […]
Read moreBAD INFLUENCE OF EARLY SCHOOLING
It seems to me that in recent years people in general have developed intelectually while they have degenerated mentally. This may sound odd, but what it means is this: People who are mentally shallow, though witty and clever on the surface, have increased in number, while it has become difficult to find individuals who have […]
Read moreMY PHILOSOPHY ON BEING IN DEBT
I suffered from debts for a long period of time, as I have said before, and I feel nothing is more depressing than this. Once a person falls into debt, he usually finds it quite difficult to pay off, as most people must know from their own experiences. At the time an individual borrows money, […]
Read moreA NEWSPAPER THAT INSPIRES VIRTUE
As I read the many kinds of newspapers and magazines published today, l am appalled at the number of items and articles dealing with evil deeds such as burglary, murder, theft, fraud, illegal business transactions, illegal disposition of merchandise, concealing of valuable goods, smuggling, suicide, double suicide, and adultery. If people outside of Japan read […]
Read moreLAWMAKING BODY AND LAW-ERASING BODY
The national Diet of Japan (the national assembly) is referred to as a law-making body. This is because new laws are being made every year. It is not something to be proud of, however, for it is because of the crimes which are increasing all the time that members feel they have to constantly make […]
Read moreRELIGION AND GOVERNMENT
Religion and government are closely related; yet, strangely, most people have not paid much attention to this fact. In the past, governmental administrators did not like to see any religion touching upon politics, and religion in general was oppressed. This was the actual state in Japan up to the end of World War II, a […]
Read moreARE EVILS IN SOCIETY THE RESULTS OF ENVIRONMENT?
There is an old saying in Japan, “Where there are sound assets, there is a sound mind.” This means that when people have a sufficient supply of the necessities of life they are virtuous in word and deed, and there are quite a number of prominent people who attribute the present state of Japan, its […]
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