Table of Contents
Preface 13
Chapter 1 The Power to Believe: Creating a New Reality for Your Life and the World
1 My Lifelong Dedicated Search for the Truth
Standing as religious leader: I suffered from a lack of understanding by those around me 16
The realization in my early 20s: I was only taking love from others and not giving it back 19
2 How Happy Science Developed Great Power
Starting Happy Science with nothing and struggling to run the organization 21
Why do Happy Science teachings cover so many different fields? 24
Great miracles like none in the past will occur from now on 26
Happy Science is creating major trends in Japan 27
Influencing the world with our way of thinking, ideals, and power of thought 28
3 Carrying Out Activities to End Wars Around the World
Being at an important turning point of the era 31
Working to eradicate the root cause of religious wars 32
Providing logical philosophies to overcome potential wars in Asia 34
Forgiveness and reconciliation are possible only because there is the Being greater than humans 36
4 The Power to Believe Will Work Miracle
Happy Science is spreading into Asia and Africa as well 37
The difficulty of being accepted by society 40
Great outside power will come to those who have faith as they make efforts 41
The Happiness Realization Party is openly active, without hiding its connection to Happy Science 43
The power to believe: its true meaning 44
Life-Changing Words 1: The Limitless Power of Faith, and the Miracle to Cure Illnesses
Chapter 2 Starting from Love: Solve Life's Problems and Become an Expert in the Study of Life
1 The Desire to be Loved is a Human Instinct
Humans naturally want to be loved 50
The desire for love can be a driving force to try hard 51
The desire to be loved can be a source of suffering 52
Various situations that make it difficult to love others 54
2 The Pain of Love that Comes with Life's Problems and Organizational Management
Various problems come with parental and marital love 56
The pain of not being understood regarding personnel management for Happy Science's development 58
The difficulty of organizational management: Saint Francis of Assisi and Mother Teresa 60
The difficulty of practicing "nurturing love" in organizational management: Shakyamuni Buddha 61
3 Become a Professional in the Study of Life by Learning to Love and Believe
Overcome each koan that appears in your life, one at a time 64
One of the significances of studying religious teachings is to became a professional in the study of life 65
Keep believing even when miracles do not happen 66
Our challenge for the infinite future - bringing the world closer to the Kingdom of God 68
4 Transcend Hatred with Forgiving Love
Even if you hate a person's deed, do not hate his or her essential being 69
Some countries teach their people to hate other countries 70
The opposite of love is jealousy, which is the root of hatred 72
5 What the World Needs is the Love of God
The love of politicians should be to make their people happy 74
Practice the Love of God in your daily words and actions 75
Life-Changing Words 2: To Love is to Set Others Free, Believing the Goodness of Their Hearts
Chapter 3 The Gate to the Future: Use Your 30,000 Days of Life to Benefit the World
1 Awaken and Set Up Your Goals in the Early Stages of Your Life
Looking at your life from the viewpoint that life is comprised of 30,000 days 82
Set up your aspirations first and encourage yourself to achieve them 84
It is extremely difficult to make a mark in Japan our of over 100 million people 85
2 Happy Science Has the Power to Foresee the Future
The development of 30-plus year of Happy Science, and our future visions 88
Taking the time to create and nurture believers 91
The forecast of the world economy and politics: violent fluctuations 93
The strength of the Happiness Realization Party: the ability to foresee the future 95
The foolishness of generalizing one case 97
How we should view and judge the one-sided information of the mass media 99
3 The Keys to Open the Gate to the Future
Do not agree with the thoughts and logic that would lead individuals and society toward degradation 101
Strive tenaciously throughout your life, both in your work and at home 103
4 What Will Happen to You in the Future, After Your Death?
The other world awaits us after death 105
The knowledge about Heaven and hell will change our way of life 106
The power of the Truth opens up a path of salvation for your ancestors and relatives who are lost 108
Carry out your missionary activities to save the souls of many people 108
Life-Changing Words 3: Have a Strong Conviction on Wealth
Chapter 4 The World Religion of Japanese Origin will Save the Earth
Building up a Nation that will Serve to Eliminate All Conflicts from This Planet
1 The Fundamental Spirit of a Nation Stems from Religion
The age of love and mercy has arrived 114
Is a nation that denies religion allowed to prosper? 115
Establishing a spiritual backbone in "a drifting country" Japan 116
There is no future for people who cannot assert what is right 117
2 Experience the Moments When You Feel the Light and Rebuild your Life
As spiritual beings, humans inhabit physical bodies to live on earth 118
The final judgment on the personal level that each of you will face after death 120
Japan's religious situation is quite different from the international norm 121
Humans are children of God and Buddha, and are endowed with a part of His Light 123
3 The Mission that Japan, a Major Country, Must Fulfill
The theory of evolution is just a hypothesis, not the truth 125
Calamities on Earth and the creation of new civilizations are two sides of the same coin 126
I was born to tell of a hopeful future 128
4 Eradicating All World Conflicts
My true work is that of World Teacher 131
Differences in religions emerge from the differences in spiritual abilities of their founders 132
At the root of world religions is God named "Elohim" 133
The mission of Happy Science is to eradicate all world conflicts and open a bright future 135
Life-Changing Words 4: Towns with 100 People Who Believe in Me Shall Not See Catastrophic Natural Disasters
Chapter 5 What is the Faith in the God of the Earth?: Living in the Age of the New Genesis of Earth
1 El Cantare is the God of the Earth
Happy Science is more than just a Japanese religion 140
The Happy Science faith has evolved in accordance with the scale of the organization and its teachings 141
El Cantare-belief acknowledges the existence of the God of the Earth 144
The true image of El Cantare is hard to capture for contemporaries 146
2 The Truth About the Descent of El Cantare's Core Consciousness
The first descent was under the name "Alpha" and the second, "Elohim" 148
Alpha decided the direction of Truth for Earth 149
Elohim taught the distinction between light and darkness, good and evil 150
The governing principles Elohim taught 152
El Cantare's branch spirits descended to earth and launched new religious movements 154
3 Establish Faith in the God of the Earth at the Core of All Religious Beliefs
The possibility of crisis for humankind and intervention form outer space 155
Leaving behind "the Laws of the Earth" that people in the future should rely on 157
I assume ultimate responsibility for the Earth 158
The true meaning of "In Heaven and on earth, I alone am to be revered" 159
4 Now is the Beginning of the New Genesis of Earth 160
Chapter 6 The Choice of Humankind: Uphold freedom and Democracy under the God of the Earth
1 The 21st Century: "Peace and Stability" or "Shakeout of Humankind"?
The significance of my first Tokyo Dome lecture in 22 years 164
Alpha: the God of Origin and the God of Creation 166
Humankind witnessed the rise and fall of seven civilization in these on million years 167
2 Various Nuclear Crises the World is Facing
North Korea's nuclear development is now inviting a critical moment for the third time 169
The nuclear situation in Asia and the Middle East 172
3 The Status Quo of Various Countries in Light of World Justice 173
The U.S. 173
Russia 174
China 174
North Korea 175
Japan 175
4 Humankind Now Stands at an Important Crossroads
The problem of separation of religions and state in free and democratic nations 176
The problem of monotheism in theocratic countries 178
5 Message from El Cantare, God of the Earth 180
Afterword 185
What is El Cantare? 188
What is a Spiritual Message? 190
About Happy Science 192
Contact Information 195
Happiness Realization Party 198
Happy Science University 199
Happy Science Academy Junior and Senior High School 200
About IRH Press USA 201
Ryuho Okawa's Laws Series 202
The Trilogy 202
List of Other Books by Ryuho Okawa 207
