Byakko Magazine Issue 119

By Byakko Press

In "Spiritual Independence" and "Pure Kotodama: The Power to Move Heaven and Earth," Masami Saionji offers guidance for becoming a peace-minded, spiritually independent person, and she explains the tremendous harmonizing effect that our light-filled words and thoughts have on the world. Also featuring a report from one of the evacuation centers in Tohoku where Byakko prayer colleagues were working, as well as a report on Yuka Saionji's speech at the United Nations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Byakko Press
• Release date: Jan 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463273142

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 119

Volume 19, No. 1, Issue 119

E-book edition © 2020 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 Grace Roberts. Contributing Editor: Stephen La Rivière.

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IN THIS ISSUE

Daily Reflections by Masami Saionji

Transforming Experience into Light by Rika Saionji

Spiritual Independence by Masami Saionji

Yuka Saionji Speaks at the United Nations — a special report

Healing Ourselves by Yuka Saionji

Peace-Minded People at the Evacuation Center — a special report

Words Move Heaven and Earth by Maki Saionji

Anan: a novel by Masahisa Goi

Chapter 7: The Wounded Demon

Spotlight on a High-Dimensional Consciousness — Excerpts from August and September 2011, by Masami Saionji

News from Overseas:

Retreat in Biarritz, France

Mandala exhibit in Slovakia

Changing Ourselves and the World

Prayer for World Peace

INs

Handwritten Mandalas

Harmonious Breathing Method

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

Not even God can intervene in matters that you yourself have chosen and decided on.

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When we have no inner hopes, beliefs, or clear vision for the future, we are easily thrown into a flurry by our immediate circumstances.

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Our feelings of guilt and our misplaced sense of duty are intimidating us and tying us in knots.

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Just by adding one little extra word, peace-minded people breathe new life into others.

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Talent and ability are not acquired through effort. They are a natural part of us, and they blossom when we acknowledge them.

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If we expect negative situations to emerge in our lives, it means we are allowing them to happen. If we expect positive things to happen, they will indeed happen.

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When we rebel against our inherent divinity we are propelling ourselves into dire circumstances.

Originally published in Japanese, September – November 2011

Transforming Experience into Light

by Rika Saionji

Year of the dragon

The year 2012 is now upon us—the year of the dragon. Since I was also born in the year of the dragon, my heart is filled with hopes for making this year a special one.

In November of last year, the king and queen of Bhutan visited Japan. The king’s refinement and grace instantly sparked an interest in all things Bhutan. When I saw the king and queen on television, I, too, was glued to my seat, unable to take my eyes off them as I listened to their words.

During the visit, the king said something interesting about dragons, something which left a deep impression in my mind. He said it while paying a visit to children in the area struck by the earthquake and tsunami. The king was asked by the children whether he had ever seen a dragon. He said that he had—that a dragon signified experience. All of us have a dragon living inside our heart, and it grows by eating experiences. This, he said, is how we grow stronger day by day. No matter what kinds of experiences we have, all our experiences make us stronger. Finally, the king added: Let us bring up our ‘inner dragons’ with great vigor. The children listened with earnest faces to each and every one of the king’s words.

The ability to experience

For me, the year 2011 was filled with all kinds of incidents, encounters, and experiences. There were painful experiences, sad experiences, and experiences of deep prayer. All of them made me stronger, and in the end, I feel, they were experiences that drew love forth from inside me. In thinking about this, I deeply feel that every experience we have in this physical lifetime, whatever it may be, is an experience to be truly grateful for. Unpleasant things quickly emerge and fade