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.You do not have to give up your current religious faith to utilize these ingredients, to attain health and happiness. These teaching will often complement your own religious beliefs. There are no donations, pilgrimages, or special prayers required. You have nothing to lose, but much to gain by reading what followsThe removal of disappointment, covetousness, self-love, greed, and arrogance from your mind will bring you health and happiness. The removal of disappointment, covetousness, self-love, greed, and arrogance from your mind will bring you health and happiness. Yes, even cancer can be cured.
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