(AF from Yokohama City/30s/Female/Housewife)
I am a completely different person from five years ago….
Five years ago, I was not shinja and was miserable who was about to wither my unmei which was given by Kami. I kept changing jobs because I had no confidence in anything I do. Gradually, I closed more and more doors on all the possibilities.
I heard about Shinji Kyōkai from my mother who was shinja, however, I did not accept her words. Such communication between us lasted more than ten years. I do not know why, however, I felt I was protected by Kami through the existence of my mother. One day, I had a bad incident at the workplace and that made me think, “Ok, that’s it. No more…”and I decided to quit my job. When I came home and talked to my mother, my feeling became calm and I could go to work next day. I did not know the reason, but I could spend the day with calm kokoro.
An Impact of Thinking That “It’s Okay.”
My sense of resistance toward Shinji Kyōkai disappeared gradually, and I became shinja after that and started to read the books. All of the teachings flowed into my soul and I realized how much I made mistakes in my life…. I especially highlighted the points that the relationship with family is the most important. I wasn’t cherishing the tie…. Since I always went back to my room after dinner, I did not know how to involve with my family.
I offered kigan about what I could not practice, went to work, and tried to involve with people…. I tried desperately. Gradually, however, the environment at work place changed totally different. I would work all day with a colleague who show a severe attitude to me. However, I could see the partner’s smile as he/she said “Thank you for today” at the end of the day…. An impact was left in my mind that “This is okay”. Then, the impact soon changed the confidence that “This is the best way I need to follow for my life.” At that time, I came to feel that “I really appreciate since I could work in such a good work place.”
The Effort I Try to Put from Now on
I got married two years ago and my husband is shinja now. One day, I read “The Path of Life” and was attracted the words of Tomomaruhime Sensei. “What you need to do is showing gratitude toward parents and ancestors who sent you into this world, and toward surroundings who support you, and trying to raise your personality every day without missing a single day.
The tears were dropped since I felt as if Kami talked to me directly. My father suffered a malignant lymphoma and passed away at the age of forty-six. I really loved my father. Since I could not tell my thought to him, I felt a regret and loneliness that I lost him without giving back anything. However, I decided to change my feelings as a source of energy to hone my kokoro. I found what I live a happy life is to give back to my father.
Now, I involve with my family or relatives from my own and feel the happiness to spend a time with them. I feel the bottom of my heart that I really feel gratitude toward my father and mother, and I am happy to be the member of this family. Kami raised my life and kokoro before I notice. I feel the full of gratitude.
Heeding the Shinji to Understand the Reasons for the Joys Experienced
Shinji is the universal principle (truth), and can also be the guidance of life that foresees the future. Please feel the wonders of a life that flows exactly in a way the Shinji tells us when you live with the teachings of Kami.
Shinji
A true happiness is emotion and impression which you experience when you are surrounded by kokoro of gratitude.
The kokoro of gratitude brings about a strength of unmei.
Therefore, the joy of “living” is overflowed and expanded.
The place where the way to hone our unmei is here (Shinji kyōkai).
When you walk the path of shinja, our life is leaded and become full of joy and happiness.