Byakko Magazine Issue 151

By Byakko Press

Issue 151 includes part 2 of Masami Saionji's "Life and Choices," as well as a report on her participation in the 20th International Chief Justices of the World Conference in Lucknow, India. In "Nothing Can Harm Your True Self," Masahisa Goi explains how we can be grateful for even the unpleasant things that happen in our lives. Also features an interview with Fr. Mapendo Kasongo Pascal of D.R. Congo, the final installment of "The Angel and the Mystery of the Red Tulip" by Masao Murata, and the first chapter from Book II of Masahisa Goi's novel "Anan."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Byakko Press
• Release date: Mar 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463554784

Byakko Press

Byakko Press is the publishing wing of Japanese peace organization Byakko Shinko Kai.For a complete list of our books and other publications, please visit the Byakko Press website: www.byakkopress.ne.jp.May peace prevail on Earth!

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Issue 151

Volume 27, No. 1, Issue 151

E-book edition © 2019 Byakko Shinko Kai

All rights reserved.

Published by Byakko Shinko Kai

Founder: Masahisa Goi (1916-1980)

Chairperson: Masami Saionji

Publisher: Yuzuru Kikkawa

Senior Editor: Mary McQuaid

Cooperating Editor and Designer: David W. Edelstein

Translated by: Mary McQuaid, David W. Edelstein, Kinuko Hamaya, and Stanislav Ujhazi. Volunteer staff: Hiroko U. Kawasaki.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Daily Reflections by Masami Saionji

Life and Choices (part 2) by Masami Saionji

Nothing Can Harm Your True Self by Masahisa Goi

Masami Saionji speaks at Chief Justices Conferencein Lucknow, India by Maki Saionji

Fr. Mapendo Kasongo Pascal visits Fuji Sanctuary

The Angel and the Mystery of the Red Tulip (excerpt from Children Who Went to the Spiritual World) by Masao Murata

Anan: a novel by Masahisa Goi

Book II, Chapter 1: Daibadatta’s Delusion

News from Overseas

Peace activities in Poland

Byakko retreat in Potenza, Italy

Peace pole planting in Australia

Byakko booth at Festival of the East in Italy

Editor’s Corner

Thoughts of Masahisa Goi

Prayer for World Peace

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Byakko (白光) is a Japanese word meaning ‘white light.’ It is the clear and free-flowing light emitting from the deepest and highest condition of a human being. This publication is for people who wish to call forth this pure light in their daily lives, letting it create a bright future for humanity and the planet Earth.

Daily Reflections

by Masami Saionji

Whether our life ends in worldly success or failure has no importance at all. What matters is our consciousness at the moment of death.

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No matter how much a person strives, labors, and dedicates themselves to building their own success and reputation, their life will be empty with that alone.

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Living today in the midst of a darkness filled with omens of Earth’s destruction and the fall of humanity, we continue to solemnly form the Divine Spark IN, unknown to others. Sending that ray of light to the people of the world is the most precious and sublime way of living.

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Divine-minded people have come to exist in a portion of the divine and spiritual realm, rather than in the material realm where they have lived until now.

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Natural talent, precious life energy, creativity, positive thinking—these gifts are granted not only to special people, but belong to all people equally from birth.

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Many people are permanently trapped by things in their own past, such as setbacks and suffering. If your past way of living is the standard you use when you envision the future, you cannot expect to find hope or happiness.

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Like climbing a stairway one step at a time, the wishes and goals of our divine consciousness will slowly become higher, until at last we will be able to reach and accomplish goals that hardly seem believable.

Originally published in Japanese, August – November 2019

Life and Choices

by Masami Saionji

We are pleased to present this excerpt from Masami Saionji’s book Life and Choices (English publication pending). This book is compiled from a series of talks given by Mrs. Saionji in 2004. The talk published here was given in Wakayama, Japan, on March 23, 2004. The first part of this talk was published in issue 150.

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Why prayer for world peace?

Our negative thoughts and words are not only directed to other people, but to ourselves as well. I am no good. I am incompetent. I am useless. I fail at whatever I try to do. When we continually think this way, we are creating ourselves accordingly. We might soon forget our momentary thought that we casually put into words, but its energy remains, and we must find a way to let it go

This is why we have the prayer May peace prevail