tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66573998452920807562024-03-18T02:48:52.501-07:00Nam Myoho Renge Kyo ~ Chant For HappinessLearn about the only kind of Buddhism that says the way to attain happiness is through your own desires! Hosted by Jamie Lee SilverJamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.comBlogger1680125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-90921739323781465632021-07-23T12:19:00.008-07:002022-09-26T10:19:19.387-07:003 Keys to Revving your Chanting Engine! (And getting to an hour a day!)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7205zt-BqAQxg00KD0V1XVhQVTXQ1DhiX3fe87ozq0aM41TYWaGSR4WCLkdAQitnu-4A5lAIX5C4okjCMYPDPSnbKfmdZqyBeYeAtDr1YEgGumxHNOIhH-EQInLHvPel5TXM1A7KU6lA/s4032/20210702_200001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7205zt-BqAQxg00KD0V1XVhQVTXQ1DhiX3fe87ozq0aM41TYWaGSR4WCLkdAQitnu-4A5lAIX5C4okjCMYPDPSnbKfmdZqyBeYeAtDr1YEgGumxHNOIhH-EQInLHvPel5TXM1A7KU6lA/s320/20210702_200001.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Hello Beloved Friends! </i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>I took this photo from Mulholland Drive in LA when Aaron and I were visiting LA. He's now in Portland doing his ultrasound fellowship. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>My son's not just a doctor, he's a visionary. There is a new version of ultrasound available to doctors and he aims to be one of the first M.D. academicians teaching it to residents!</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>I'm here in Phoenix doing my EFT Tapping work (mostly through zoom anywhere in the world) with people who have experienced loss and are ready to reclaim their lives better than ever. I teach people to communicate with their nervous systems in a way that opens a path to peace and happiness. This results in less stress and more self-compassion. With my loving support, we pave a new way. </i></span></p><p><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>3 Keys to Revving Your Daimoku Engine </b></span></i></p><p><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>(and getting to an hour a day or more) :</b></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>1. S</i></span><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">how yourself some self-compassion. </i></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>It's okay if you are not perfect from the beginning. Do more and more every day to get to a solid hour. Just don't give up! </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Also, when I began this 100-day campaign, I wasn't sure of my exact targets, but I knew the more I chanted, the more clear they would become. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Each day strive more and more. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>2. Make a pact with your Buddha Buddies! Find someone to challenge a 100-day daimoku campaign with, that's the best way. And if you can't find someone you know, just join along with me! </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>3. Become stronger and stronger each day, and when obstacles arise greet them with joy and say "I was expecting you!" and turn poison into medicine! </i></span></p><p><i style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My email is: ChantforHappiness@gmail.com</i></p><p><br /></p>Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-59462237159537583802021-07-14T10:31:00.001-07:002021-07-14T10:31:33.106-07:00What does Nam-myoho-renge-kyo mean and why do we chant it? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPxkV-YSLAUpkKZYt0UY4GIX7K7X2fRmFutUYa_nNcMDyplUD1teNbS1Ni5z867q7WpU5mXylQFb4Av-7JNzOyIPjyrHEasTdizxRB1gtBs_4L4XTMC3_jjbtzD-YXCbD0jZ4IsLg0dM/s1600/earthheart.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPxkV-YSLAUpkKZYt0UY4GIX7K7X2fRmFutUYa_nNcMDyplUD1teNbS1Ni5z867q7WpU5mXylQFb4Av-7JNzOyIPjyrHEasTdizxRB1gtBs_4L4XTMC3_jjbtzD-YXCbD0jZ4IsLg0dM/s320/earthheart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>What does Nam-myoho-renge-kyo mean, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>and why do we chant it? </b></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>By Jamie Lee Silver, ChantforHappiness.com - </b></span><br /><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(Not an official SGI site)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>(Subscribe by putting your email in the box to the right. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>Translate button is at the top right.)</b></span></div></div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the mystic law that means:</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I fuse my life </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">with the mystic law of cause and effect </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">through sound vibration (or sutra)." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It is the title of the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha's highest teaching that declares all people possess the Buddha Nature...all people are Buddhas...and we can access this nature, and the wisdom, fortitude, resilience, and happiness that we possess by calling our Buddha Nature forth in our lives using this phrase. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">We are all Buddhas</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"> - </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">(We do not pray to the Buddha for favors...we pray to connect with our own Buddha-nature and change from the inside, so that our environments may change) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We possess the key to enlightenment </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">we can </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">tap the river of life </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">that runs through ALL life </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">- summoning the mystic law </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">realizing </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">we ARE the Mystic Law. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ~ </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and we ARE Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ~the Mystic Law. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we have something we don't like in our lives, we chant to summon the power of the mystic law, use that power to change from the inside, and show actual proof of the power of our own lives, and our lives will glow with brilliance. People around us will naturally want to know what gives us this glow. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It works the same way when we have a goal. We chant, "I am determined to fulfill this goal so I can show actual proof and raise the vibration of the entire world!" <br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Yes!</span><div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I like to think of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as "I am one with the rhythm of all life." It is the rhythm that exists within all of life...the reason for the turning of the tides...the reason for the seasons...the atoms that exist within every single cell...from an elephant to a spec of dust...to the cells in our hearts and minds. Everything possesses this connectedness...this rhythm. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It is all-encompassing and contains the wisdom and energy of all of life itself...the whole universe. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo we tap into that energy and access it for our lives...directed towards our desires and for the fulfillment of happiness for all. In this practice, it's okay to have desires. More than okay! We don't have to alleviate them. Desires make us who we are and lead us to chant. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">When we chant we change the internal life within our lives. We change the core and fiber of our lives. We change our karma. And when we make that internal change, our ENVIRONMENT (meaning everything that is not within our own skin, our jobs, our relationships, our sense of self, everything we experience and think) ALL of that changes to reflect our internal change. We call this "</span><span style="color: blue;">Human Revolution</span><span style="color: red;">."</span></b></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When we chant w</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">e harness the energy that is our birthright. And we chant for however long we wish, twice a day, every single day, to get and keep our lives in rhythm. </span></b></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When we are in rhythm we are in the right place at the right time... to find out about <i>and get</i> the job...or to meet the man of our dreams...or to protect our child from danger. </span><div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>When we are in rhythm life isn't so much of a struggle as it is a joy...we see the beauty in everything and we feel our lives overflowing with appreciation. </b></span></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We chant for something and get it or something better. We get access to internal happiness and strength that cannot be blown away by any event or obstacle. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">In fact, we view obstacles themselves as benefits, as strange as that may sound....because obstacles make us chant more, and when we chant more we draw even higher life conditions and deeper satisfaction into our lives. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">What can we chant FOR? Anything. We chant for others, we chant for our planet, our countries, and ourselves. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We can chant for whatever our desire may be...even if it might not be the "right" desire for us. In the act of chanting, we will change our karma and our desires themselves will naturally begin to shift. We will open our lives to the deeper wisdom within...the deeper yearning, the REAL desires that we have forgotten or given up on. We will grow. We will prosper and we will blossom. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We will gain the wisdom of the right action to take - because ACTION springs from wisdom. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The challenge is...we need to do it. We have to chant to bring all this rhythm and harmony out. And that's why we practice together as an organization, the SGI, The Soka Gakkai, our fellowship of friends who support each other, chant for each other, and create a new Soka family for each practitioner. We are so fortunate. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We are in this life together...sharing our challenges and our successes. If you are not yet connected to the SGI please go to <a href="http://sgi-usa.com/">sgi-usa.com </a>and find your local members. You will be so glad you did. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Some Powerful Quotes from our mentor Daisaku Ikeda from <a href="http://ikedaquotes.org/">Ikedaquotes.org</a>:</span></b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">THIS moment, this instant, is important, </span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">not some unknown time in the </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">future. </span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Today, this very day is what matters. </span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">You must put your whole </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">being </span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">into the time that exists <i>now. </i></span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">For future victory rests in the </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">present moment.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">BUDDHISM holds that everything</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;"> </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">is in a constant state of flux. </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Thus, </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">the question is </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">whether we are to accept change passively </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">and be swept </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">away by it, </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">or whether we are to take the lead </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">and create positive </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">changes on our own initiative. </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">While conservatism and self-protection</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">might be likened to winter, night, and death, </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">the spirit of pioneering </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">and attempting to realize </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">the ideals evoke the images of spring,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">morning and birth.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Do gongyo (our daily recitation of the Lotus Sutra) </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">and chant daimoku with a fresh spirit. </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">And, filled with </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">renewed vitality, </span></span></b><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div style="font-family: times; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Build a history of accumulating fresh benefit."</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Daisaku Ikeda, from Ikedaquotes.org</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-9068614002930627682021-06-26T17:59:00.004-07:002021-06-26T17:59:53.457-07:005 Ways to Really Enjoy the Silent Prayers!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWG3-BqjQCXxTGaNnlx38RwT0MHyM9vka2fPi1yYD2qu-IqH22FiqT0yMAJXIKfnNSGm2iT64SngsupCPX-PmByD1igtbRI2Q3B2ZAOKtZaOsYFaZJhP6NxSIUKDxU2__NnPqcjEgM0s/s1067/Screenshot_20210624-060857_Facebook%257E3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="1067" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWG3-BqjQCXxTGaNnlx38RwT0MHyM9vka2fPi1yYD2qu-IqH22FiqT0yMAJXIKfnNSGm2iT64SngsupCPX-PmByD1igtbRI2Q3B2ZAOKtZaOsYFaZJhP6NxSIUKDxU2__NnPqcjEgM0s/s320/Screenshot_20210624-060857_Facebook%257E3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a beautiful Phoenix sunset!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hello my friends! I know it's been ages since I've written. I'm living here in Phoenix where the sun shines every day. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I moved here to be closer to my son Aaron, knowing he was going to be leaving for a year's medical fellowship in hand-held ultrasound in Portland in July. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">His next adventure is about to begin! After his fellowship, he will teach other doctors this important new skill! He and I have loved living five minutes from each other. We've chanted many mornings at 6:00 am together.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have been loving my practice of Buddhism. These days I concentrate on getting an hour of Daimoku and luxuriate in the silent prayers. As I appreciate and love my practice, I appreciate and love my life. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Here are 5 Ways to Really Enjoy the Silent Prayers: </span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1. Slow down! What's the hurry? I remember so clearly the day I met Daisaku Ikeda. One of the things that struck me the most was how took time to take everything in. He got out of the car in front of the San Francisco Civic Center, looked up to see the SGI Flag hanging proudly and he stopped and threw his arms open as if he was taking it into his heart. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I was surprised. I thought a man with as much to do as Sensei would be in a hurry. But he takes it IN. Let's savor and love each moment of our prayers! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2. Feel the prayers. Really feel them. Thank the Gohonzon, your life, and your scroll. Thank Nichiren Daishonin. Think about how he traveled from temple to temple seeking true Buddhism, and how he made a vow at 16 to be the wisest man in Japan. Pick any of your favorite treasured stories of him, Tatsunokuchi, addressing Hachiman with fury...whatever you wish. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. Take TIME thanking Daisaku Ikeda, Josei Toda, and Mr. Makiguchi. I picture them in prison, and all they went through and solemnly thank them. Without them, I would not be chanting. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">4. After having a wonderful time praying for the SGI and your own silent prayers, savor every ring of the bell for your dear friends who are no longer here physically. I ring the bell very slowly as I let each ring of the bell carry the vibration to each of my lovies. And I pray for them, not just say their names. I offer gratitude and love. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">5. In the last prayer I encircle the globe in white light and picture a smile on the face of the world. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh, what a glorious practice we have! I hope you are well and happy. And I hope you love every minute of your practice and your LIFE! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">With Love, Jamie Lee Silver, ChantforHappiness@gmail.com</div></span><p></p>Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-37675227435535708972020-10-05T19:29:00.003-07:002022-09-26T10:21:41.024-07:00PowerPrayer to Raise Our Life Conditions Now!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQ48cgjbZOnYiuPf0KlO-OnV5MZ5fnuMSUwVN8gds1SRLQVOP2PszQ52NZDiFr5ClFc8Co8fl34NJ4XejhBeenpj9XW05xx8Uezou71-y1HSDOZz1QfymM2rqpnX_z6NOlBRwDMedimk/s1600/20200307_144556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="778" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQ48cgjbZOnYiuPf0KlO-OnV5MZ5fnuMSUwVN8gds1SRLQVOP2PszQ52NZDiFr5ClFc8Co8fl34NJ4XejhBeenpj9XW05xx8Uezou71-y1HSDOZz1QfymM2rqpnX_z6NOlBRwDMedimk/s320/20200307_144556.jpg" width="155" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hello beloved readers! </i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">In these uncertain times, what's a Buddhist to do? </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I have great news for you, THIS IS OUR TIME! Buddhism shines when times are tough. Now, more than ever we can show actual proof through our lives. Now, more than ever, even if we don't have meetings to go to, we can do shakubuku with our bright shining lives. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">No matter what we are going through we have the option to let our Buddhahood shine through. I find myself being even kinder than I've ever been. I'm smiling at everyone. I'm letting cars in and I'm never angry in traffic. I'm making sure I let pedestrians walk and wave to them. I do these things all the time, but now I do them even more. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">As Buddhists, we are the last ones to give in to hopelessness! We have no hopelessness! We are Buddhas and we dance! As Daisaku Ikeda says: "If we don't have hope we have to Create it." and we have the perfect place to do it! Right in front of our Gohonzons is where it happens.</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Now is the time to up our levels of Daimoku. Now is the time to make sure that we are not just mindlessly letting our minds wander while chanting. Now is the time to leave our phones in the other room as we chant! Now is the time to invite our friends to chant with us (if it's advisable where you live) Now is the time to focus and PRAY. Now is the time to raise our life conditions! </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">You asked me, so here is something I created for you based on how I am praying right now: </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b>PowerPrayer to Raise our Life Conditions to make every day a joy no matter WHAT!</b></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>By Jamie Lee Silver, chantforhappiness.com </i></b></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">While chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo: </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Gohonzon! My life! </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Now, more than ever </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am tapping into the life force of the universe </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">that is MY life force. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">As I chant, </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am bringing forth the full power of the universe inside me to raise MY life condition </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and raise the life condition of everyone </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and everything on the planet. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Right now I am chanting to end the suffering of anyone who is suffering. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am determined to keep my life condition SKY HIGH </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">so anyone who comes in contact with me </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">is brightened by my presence! </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Goohonzon! I am born to win! I am a Buddha!</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am determined not to give in to fear. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am determined to keep my head up </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and show actual proof of the power of this practice. </span><br /><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am determined to be present. Be smart. Be all I can be. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">This is my moment! This is all our moment. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">All the shoten zenjins in the universe come to our planet right now and end this coronovirus. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Shoten zenjin! Wherever you are in the universe come to earth right now through the power of my daimoku. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am now tapping into my own power as a Buddha </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">more than ever before. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I will win! no matter how our lives may change, </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">may we all be strong </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and have such an incredible life force </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">that </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">we can overcome and persevere through anything. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">May this planet be more united and positive than ever before. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">May LOVE rule this world...starting with me! </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">And, may the youth of the world rise up and realize their power to make this world their own. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Nam-myoho-renge-kyo!!!</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6OmZczBKGexcJd2gu6jGIfP-FbUwiLeMftyCcF4YAquJ-WBU-J0ILIsYrAFZGPzq3ULVOOQ-IEdon8j41EBezZ3z6BX7DGrPE6D3FlC589AelS-SnUHl0alm0yQRB79GAXyVg7koVzc/s1600/Business+Card.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="544" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6OmZczBKGexcJd2gu6jGIfP-FbUwiLeMftyCcF4YAquJ-WBU-J0ILIsYrAFZGPzq3ULVOOQ-IEdon8j41EBezZ3z6BX7DGrPE6D3FlC589AelS-SnUHl0alm0yQRB79GAXyVg7koVzc/s320/Business+Card.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><br /></p>Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-73383997102137816632020-09-25T08:12:00.003-07:002022-09-26T10:22:43.682-07:00PowerPrayer to Make it Happen Now! We are NEVER alone. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1j4URK272dtr2sw0ws0f5U3geuwQwze7zfmNcEgctANTIRtwqSpKlnwVUA0xLYcciioFYLCXJ2twaSZFFfaPl7HOtCL4SMkXMt8YZkERviR39k9mymVUZTLFuL555ggSadWOW2gYx_Q/s1600/colorful+sunset.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1600" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1j4URK272dtr2sw0ws0f5U3geuwQwze7zfmNcEgctANTIRtwqSpKlnwVUA0xLYcciioFYLCXJ2twaSZFFfaPl7HOtCL4SMkXMt8YZkERviR39k9mymVUZTLFuL555ggSadWOW2gYx_Q/s320/colorful+sunset.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">From Daisaku Ikeda: </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"Though we may seem </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">to be chanting alone, </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">we are not. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">As we chant, </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">untold billions of heavenly deities </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">are facing the Gohonzon with us. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">In this way, </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">the protective forces of the universe assemble en masse (altogether)</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and work to safeguard each one of you, </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">manifesting in your environment </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and the actions of the people near you, </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">the actions of your friends and fellow members." </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">~Daisaku Ikeda</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><br /><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">This is the quote I was referring to at our last meeting. I LOVE this quote! </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">PowerPrayer to SEE ACTUAL PROOF! </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">While in front of the Gohonzon tell your life as you chant: </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>LIFE show me this practice works. </b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>BUDDHAS get busy! I demand results now! </b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>Every nam-myoho-renge-kyo I chant makes a difference. </b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>With this Nam-myoho-renge-kyo I am CHANGING my life now! WIth This Daimoku</b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>With this Daimoku I am changing my karma. </b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>Now! Let me see results in _____________________</b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>And reach this goal____________________________</b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>and feel this way_____________________________</b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>Gohonzon, blow me away with actual proof so that all around me will wan to know how I did it. </b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>And I can tell them Nam-myoho-renge-kyo </b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>and invite them to a meeting!</b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>Let me encounter the people who are searching for this practice, searching for happiness now! </b></i></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">__________________________________________________</span><br /><br /><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am grateful to you my friends. Grateful for every single one of you. You touch my heart. You inspire me. And we are getting to know one another in person at our meetings. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Every morning when I face the Gohonzon and chant, my first prayer is for the untold billions of deities within my life, body, and spirit to wake up and greet the untold billion deities on the Gohonzon.</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">And knowing that untold billions of heavenly deities are with me as I chant my two hours every day. Well, it just boosts my spirit, my daimoku, my hope, and determination. I am the Buddha. And so are you! </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">No matter what you are facing, Daimoku will get you through. Please remember that I can't give individual guidance via email. Please go to your local senior in faith for guidance. That is the beauty of the Soka Gakkai. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Have a great weekend! </span><br /></p>Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-46374996428852684942020-09-12T08:08:00.003-07:002022-09-26T10:23:30.995-07:00Has This Blog En-couraged You? Seeking Feedback <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VPZGKGuzHIk6b259v1vDGuIktBSo9NBiQ86ExlkoIVcUTn3y9BGqtsWehE1B8chxkF_kbopSN4DIEEWgO6adq8yN-UY_OUJ5wmMuXIIsMmS9jDTo5vHTKDQj3ff4QQplv1atYFOJEh8/s720/FB_IMG_1598667416304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VPZGKGuzHIk6b259v1vDGuIktBSo9NBiQ86ExlkoIVcUTn3y9BGqtsWehE1B8chxkF_kbopSN4DIEEWgO6adq8yN-UY_OUJ5wmMuXIIsMmS9jDTo5vHTKDQj3ff4QQplv1atYFOJEh8/s320/FB_IMG_1598667416304.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div style="text-align: center;">Now is our time to win! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a sunset from just a few days ago! </div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;">First of all, I want to express my deep appreciation to you, my beloved Blog readers. We are now in our 12th year together. I know some of you started reading this blog in 2009 when I posted the determination to end my depression and take the rest of the world along with me on this journey...to inspire each person towards happiness...and introduce them to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;">Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and the SGI. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;">Even though I've always made it clear that I don't speak for the SGI, and that these writings are my own. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;"> My determination has always been the same as Mr. Toda's to </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: left;">RID THE WORLD OF SUFFERING! </span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I have pictured people sitting down at their keyboards saying : "Happiness Has to be in here somewhere!" doing a search, finding the blog, and beginning to chant. Many of you have written to me to tell me your stories. And you've written to request guidance, which you've found I don't give. I always encourage you to go to your local SGI leaders. I'm sorry to disappoint you but it really is best to have a local leader chanting alongside you!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">So, if you've been connected, or reconnected to the SGI and chanting through ChantforHappiness.com could you please send me an email at chantforhappiness@gmail.com? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Sending much love as always on this auspicious day, September 12th, the anniversary of the Tatsunokuchi persecution. Now is our time to stand up, that is for sure. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I'm chanting to strengthen my life and truly believe in the power of my life. That's where it is at for me. And, as always, chanting for every person who encounters these words! </span></p><p><br /></p>Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-70159149561544990832020-08-07T20:28:00.004-07:002022-09-26T10:24:46.930-07:00What Does Nam-myoho-renge-kyo Mean, and Why Do We Chant it? <div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPxkV-YSLAUpkKZYt0UY4GIX7K7X2fRmFutUYa_nNcMDyplUD1teNbS1Ni5z867q7WpU5mXylQFb4Av-7JNzOyIPjyrHEasTdizxRB1gtBs_4L4XTMC3_jjbtzD-YXCbD0jZ4IsLg0dM/s1600/earthheart.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPxkV-YSLAUpkKZYt0UY4GIX7K7X2fRmFutUYa_nNcMDyplUD1teNbS1Ni5z867q7WpU5mXylQFb4Av-7JNzOyIPjyrHEasTdizxRB1gtBs_4L4XTMC3_jjbtzD-YXCbD0jZ4IsLg0dM/s320/earthheart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>What does Nam-myoho-renge-kyo mean, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>and why do we chant it? </b></span></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif"><b>By Jamie Lee Silver of ChantforHappiness.com -</b></span><br /></div></div><p><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>The literal translation of Nam-myoho-renge kyo is:</span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"I fuse my life </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">with the mystic law of cause and effect </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">through sound vibration (or sutra)." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It is the title of the Lotus Sutra, the Buddha's highest teaching~ that declares </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">ALL people possess the Buddha Nature...all people ARE Buddhas...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and we can access this nature by calling it forth in our lives using this phrase. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">Being a Buddha</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"> - </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">is tapping the river of life that runs through ALL life - </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">summoning the mystic law </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">by </span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">realizing </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">we ARE the Mystic Law. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ~ </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">we ARE Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ~the Mystic Law. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I like to think of it as "I am one with the rhythm of all life." It is the rhythm that exists within all of life...the reason for the turning of the tides...the reason for the seasons...the atoms that exist within every single cell...from an elephant to a spec of dust...to the cells in our hearts and minds. Everything possesses this connectedness...this rhythm. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It is all-encompassing and contains the wisdom and energy of all of life itself...the whole universe. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo we tap into that energy and access it for our lives...directed towards our desires and for the fulfillment of happiness for all. In this practice, it's okay to have desires. More than okay! We don't have to alleviate them. Desires make us who we are and lead us to chant. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">When we chant we change the internal life within our lives. We change the core and fiber of our lives. We change our karma. And when we make that internal change, our ENVIRONMENT (meaning everything that is not within our own skin, our jobs, our relationships, our sense of self, everything we experience and think) ALL of that changes to reflect our internal change. We call this "</span><span style="color: blue;">Human Revolution</span><span style="color: red;">."</span></b></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When we chant, w</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">e harness the energy that is our birthright. We chant twice a day, every single day, to get and keep our lives in rhythm. </span></b></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">When we are in rhythm we are in the right place at the right time... to find out about <i>and get</i> the job...or to meet the man of our dreams...or to protect our child from danger. <span style="color: red;"><b>When we are in rhythm life isn't so much of a struggle as it is a joy...we see the beauty in everything and we feel our lives overflowing with appreciation. </b></span></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We chant for something and get it or something better. We get access to internal happiness and strength that cannot be blown away by any event or obstacles. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">In fact, we view obstacles themselves as benefits, as strange as that may sound....because obstacles make us chant more, and when we chant more we draw even higher life conditions and deeper satisfaction into our lives. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">What can we chant FOR? Anything. </span></p><p><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We chant for others, we chant for our planet, our countries, and ourselves. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We can chant for whatever our desire may be...even if it might not be the "right" desire for us. In the act of chanting, we will change our karma and our desires themselves will naturally begin to shift. We will open our lives to the deeper wisdom within...the deeper yearning, the REAL desires that we have forgotten or given up on. We will grow. We will prosper and we will blossom. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We will gain the wisdom of the right action to take - because ACTION springs from wisdom. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The challenge is...we need to DO it. We have to chant to bring all this rhythm and harmony out. And that's why we practice together as an organization, the SGI, The Soka Gakkai, our fellowship of friends who support each other, chant for each other, and create a new Soka family for each practitioner. We are so fortunate. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I hear from people all over the world, and some have strong SGI groups in their towns and others are completely alone. I love that we can connect through the power of the internet. From the moment I began chanting 35 years ago I have had the deep desire to share this practice, this practice that WORKS, with everyone who is looking for the real, practical means of creating happiness and results in their lives. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We are in this life together...sharing our challenges and our successes. If you are not yet connected to the SGI please go to <a href="http://sgi-usa.com/">sgi-usa.com </a>and find your local members. You will be so glad you did. </span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Some Powerful Quotes from Daisaku Ikeda from <a href="http://ikedaquotes.org/">Ikedaquotes.org</a>:</span></b></span><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">THIS moment, this instant, is important, </span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">not some unknown time in the </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">future. </span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Today, this very day is what matters. </span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">You must put your whole </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">being </span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">into the time that exists <i>now. </i></span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">For future victory rests in the </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">present moment.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">BUDDHISM holds that everything</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;"> </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">is in a constant state of flux. </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Thus, </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">the question is </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">whether we are to accept change passively </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">and be swept </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">away by it, </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">or whether we are to take the lead </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">and create positive </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">changes on our own initiative. </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">While conservatism and self-protection</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">might be likened to winter, night and death, </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">the spirit of pioneering </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">and attempting to realize </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">the ideals evokes the images of spring,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">morning and birth.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">DO gongyo and chant daimoku with a fresh spirit. </span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">And, filled with </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">renewed vitality, </span></span></b><br /><br /></p><div></div><p><br /></p><div style="font-family: times; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Build a history of accumulating fresh benefit."</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Daisaku Ikeda, from Ikedaquotes.org</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></span></b><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxZPrt6VuuK2el_hq-pLeZoeckZl9HNjZJtkBcoXwAB-X58JmiyCyLp9QXFA1_8zRHnWyTE9kra8p4rPukmdRuAg2vDc2EOVlwxNQoTGpRXUmvlT984A3PgKAgMMrDwMPy-m1xSMVoIM/s1600/Jamie+at+table+in+Kauai.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxZPrt6VuuK2el_hq-pLeZoeckZl9HNjZJtkBcoXwAB-X58JmiyCyLp9QXFA1_8zRHnWyTE9kra8p4rPukmdRuAg2vDc2EOVlwxNQoTGpRXUmvlT984A3PgKAgMMrDwMPy-m1xSMVoIM/s320/Jamie+at+table+in+Kauai.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">In Kauai with my son Aaron last September!</span></span></b></span></i></div></div>Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-45638231845130070492020-07-10T06:53:00.007-07:002022-09-26T10:26:55.537-07:00PowerPrayer to Transform Fear Into Power! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b>Now is our time! </b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b>Now, if we succumb to the fear around us, </b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b>if we are focused on our feelings of helplessness, </b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b>if we give in to our reeling minds, </b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b>we will truly suffer. </b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It's so easy. I know it is. I know it is because I am a human Buddha just like you are...and I live in Florida, one of the COVID hotspots, while my son Aaron is in Arizona...the OTHER COVID hotspot! </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">But even this virus is no match for the Buddha. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I challenge all of us Buddhas, </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">we who are chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">must not give in to despair or fear. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b>We must raise our Life Conditions </b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b>Tap into our Buddha Nature ~</b> </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">By chanting for our LIFE CONDITIONS to RISE </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">so we can be above the fear, </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">above the noise, </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">above all the NEWS! </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">If we feel powerless right now, </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I understand it. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Last week I had my moment of feeling powerless too. </span><br /><br /><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">While I was chanting today (and yesterday!) </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Life! </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I hear you loud and clear! </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Now is my crucial moment. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Now is our shared crucial moment! </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I join my voice with all my fellow Buddhas to </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">DEMAND I rise above this fear. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I AM THE BUDDHA. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I ROAR. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">With every Nam-myoho-renge-kyo </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I change my karma </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I change my family's Karma</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I change the karma of this world. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Gohonzon, LIFE! </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Together we chant to alleviate this and every virus. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We chant for infection rates to GO DOWN. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We chant for our protection </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and the protection of all living things. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">My Daimoku is joined with all others right now</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">With this renewed awareness of my much I ROCK, and How POWERFUL I am, I know that I am the Buddha. </span><br />
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Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-74063035789170632382020-07-02T06:42:00.000-07:002020-07-26T14:38:14.591-07:00Universal PowerPrayer for Great Benefit for All <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Today is July 2nd, 2020 it is Five Years since Benjamin Lee Silver became one of my Shoten Zenjin. Over the years you have chanted with me and shared your lives with me. I am so grateful to each and every one of you. </span></i></b></span><br />
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">I developed PowerPrayers to keep determinations in mind while chanting. I read them before chanting to help focus my thoughts and direct my prayers while chanting the name of the Mystic Law - Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. This is my adaptation of the universal PowerPrayer...the prayer for each person who is sitting in front of their Gohonzon to realize their dream of kosen rufu and happiness.</span></i> </b></span><br />
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Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-21860949030373985022020-06-30T12:31:00.003-07:002020-07-26T14:40:01.097-07:00Inspiring Victory of Dr. Aaron Michael Silver <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One day, when he's not saving the world, Aaron will write his own story, but for now, as Aaron's proud Mom, I want to fill you in with my version! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been practicing for 36 years. When I was pregnant with Aaron 30 years ago I did a million Daimoku for him. I chanted to impact his karma BEFORE he was physically born. I chanted for financial security, a beautiful home, the maturity to be a good mother, and for Aaron's karma to be changed BEFORE birth. I chanted for him to easily make friends, and to be happy, and to have a dream and pursue it. We read "On Attaining Buddhahood" to him in the womb. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Aaron was amazing from the git-go...happy, engaged, and super active. He bounced off the walls and his father and I bounced right with him ~ enjoying every moment of our high-energy child! He excelled at everything he did, from acting to baseball, to academics to running. He was elected to lead almost everything he did. He's a natural leader. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He began chanting as soon as he could talk, and chanted along with me often as a child. His Eight-year-old experience was printed in the World Tribune. He brought his baseball team from the last place to the Championship through Daimoku. Through his wisdom, he took action to host his own extra practices for the team, and that was just what they needed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Together, we chanted for the BEST Schools for his life. He got his Omamori Gohonzon when he headed off to the University of Illinois as a PreMed major. In Loyola Medical School (his first choice school) he got his large Gohonzon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">During his first year of Medical School tragedy struck when his best friend, his brother Ben, began losing his mind to Schizophrenia. The next two and a half years were truly terrifying as we did everything, and chanted countless hours of Daimoku to help Ben stay alive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Five years ago this Thursday, July 2nd, Ben became eternal. Throughout this challenge, Aaron studied, worked hard, took on leadership in Medical School, and graduated Summa Cum Laud. He won the "Hardship" Award for extraordinary hardship during medical school, then headed out to Phoenix for Residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today, while serving as SGI YMD District Leader, he challenges himself to chant an hour a day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">He is Chief Resident at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix where the rise of COVID is slamming his hospital. He is chanting that the staff does not get sick. Please join me in chanting for his staff! And in chanting for this virus to go away! I am so proud of this Buddha! </span></div>
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Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-52847551724465770992020-05-28T06:23:00.001-07:002020-07-26T14:47:55.694-07:00PowerPrayer for Going From Victim to Victor! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Though we speak of the "three obstacles and four devils" appearing, no one wishes to have to face adversity. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That is surely a natural human reaction. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">is a source of </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">JOY. </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How could that be? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It doesn't seem possible. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But it is, in fact, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"We need to </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"own"</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> them (our obstacles) as </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">something we ourselves have </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">summoned up</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">...we are in charge, we are the protagonists...the struggle against the three obstacles and four devils is indeed a great joy."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"As Nichiren Daishonin writes: "When a tiger roars, gales blow; when a dragon intones, clouds gather" (The Workings of Brahma and Shakra," WND-1, 799) When we adopt this attitude ~ </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;">I summoned this storm!</span>" </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">~ our hearts will be filled with the bright sense of hope and purpose." (All quotes from the 2013 August Living Buddhism, pages 21, 22) </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>We will be better off for them. </b></span><b style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </b><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>We summoned these storms. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Realizing this takes our lives from Victim to Victory! This simple change in perspective brings incredible power to our Daimoku. When we are chanting we can address our lives and roar like the lions (Buddhas!) we are. What follows is a PowerPrayer I offer you to reclaim your life and move from Victim to Victor. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As always, I offer you my writings from my heart, not as an official SGI representative, although I love the organization and encourage everyone to participate - if you are not yet a member please use this link to connect: <a href="http://sgi-usa.org/">sgi-usa.org </a></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: yellow;">From Victim to VICT</b><b style="background-color: yellow;">OR </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>by Jamie Lee Silver from Chantforhappiness.com. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>LIFE !! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I get it! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I SUMMONED THIS STORM and I can VANQUISH IT! </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I summoned this storm and I will WIN over it !</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a Buddha - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I feel Nam-myoho-renge-kyo throughout my whole body - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">in every cell. I will prove the power of the Gohonzon, the Power of my own life right here, right now! My own sufferings will turn into my happiness and I inspire others and create kosen-rufu through my own life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Shoten Zenjin</b> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>(protective forces of the universe within all life) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Back me up! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Support this votary of the Lotus Sutra in these ways:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I vow to PROVE the POWER of the MYSTIC LAW </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">through my own victories - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">so I can encourage everyone that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">the IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE!<br />I will NOW raise my life condition to a level I have never before experienced. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I see through the eyes of the Buddha, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I feel with the heart of the Buddha</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I AM the Buddha! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The universe exists within ME! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am CLAIMING power over my own life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">No more complaining for me! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">No More "Woe is me!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">NO! </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Starting today ~ with this Daimoku ~ </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I bring forth all the <b><span style="color: blue;">wisdom</span></b> I need</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to know what I need to do - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">All the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">courage </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I need ~ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <b><span style="color: blue;"> as I boldly</span><span style="color: red;"> take the right action </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">All the perfect <span style="color: blue;"><b>timing</b></span> I need ~ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to accomplish what I want</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the <span style="color: blue;">People and Resources</span> I need ~ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> ALL appear right now! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a powerful being waging a powerful war against the fundamental darkness inherent in all of life and I will WIN. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Starting today </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">From Daisaku Ikeda: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Though we may seem </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">to be chanting alone, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">we are not. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As we chant, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">untold billions of heavenly deities </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this way, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">the protective forces of the universe assemble en masse (altogether)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">and work to safeguard each one of you, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">manifesting in your environment </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">and the actions of the people near you, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">the actions of your friends and fellow members." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">~Daisaku Ikeda</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the quote I was referring to at our last meeting. I LOVE this quote! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">While in front of the Gohonzon tell your life as you chant: </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>LIFE show me this practice works. </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>BUDDHAS get busy! I demand results now! </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Every nam-myoho-renge-kyo I chant makes a difference. </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>With this Nam-myoho-renge-kyo I am CHANGING my life now! WIth This Daimoku</b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>With this Daimoku I am changing my karma. </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Now! Let me see results in _____________________</b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>And reach this goal____________________________</b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>and feel this way_____________________________</b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Gohonzon, blow me away with actual proof so that all around me will wan to know how I did it. </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>And I can tell them Nam-myoho-renge-kyo </b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>and invite them to a meeting!</b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Let me encounter the people who are searching for this practice, searching for happiness now! </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am grateful to you my friends. Grateful for every single one of you. You touch my heart. You inspire me. And we are getting to know one another in person at our meetings. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every morning when I face the Gohonzon and chant, my first prayer is for the untold billions of deities within my life, body, and spirit to wake up and greet the untold billion deities on the Gohonzon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I chant for all who are seeking peace to find this blog, find this practice, and, if we are meant to work together, to find me through my website TapforHappiness.com. All for Kosen Rufu! I chant to have victory in my business and have my life inspire people that they can end their suffering and experience true joy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just like any true professional in the SGI, I strive to make President Ikeda proud of me as his successor, by my professionalism, passion, and results. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And knowing that untold billions of heavenly deities are with me as I chant my two hours every day. Well, it just boosts my spirit, my daimoku, my hope, and determination. I am the Buddha. And so are you! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">No matter what you are facing, Daimoku will get you through. Please remember that I can't give individual guidance via email. Please go to your local senior in faith for guidance. That is the beauty of the Soka Gakkai. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">1. <b><span style="color: blue;">Give Yourself Some Credit! Go YOU! </span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Realize that what you are about to do...chanting longer than usual ~ doing a Daimoku Toso has profound significance for your life. Give yourself credit for this worthy goal. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">2. <b><span style="color: blue;">Write your goal or goals.</span></b> </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">(Some of these goals may occur to you naturally as you're chanting) You may want to write yourself a fresh determination, also called PowerPrayer and connect your desire to the greater good...to the real difference you want to make in the world. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">R</span><b><span style="color: blue;">emember that you are a precious votary of the Lotus Sutra and when you break through, the energy is forever changed. You are paving the way for others to break through ~ Your Happiness is IMPORTANT! </span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Example of a goal/determination/PowerPrayer:</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">"I am determined to show actual proof right now! And to have my daimoku spread theoughout the whole world to bring health and eradicate this virus! I will show actual proof with my life, and be able to introduce others to this practice!</span>" </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">President Ikeda's guidance says you can chant to have 10,000 times more power in your prayer. <span style="color: red;"><b>So I usually dedicate some time to chanting to increase the power of my daimoku by 10,000 times!</b></span> </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">3. <b><span style="color: blue;">Have your favorite drinks close by.</span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">...tea...water...soft drinks...whatever you like. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">4. <b><span style="color: blue;">Remember YOU are the Buddha!</span></b> </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Do not beg favors from a 'higher power." You are the higher power. Remember, the Gohonzon cannot get down off the wall and do the Buddha's work in the world. YOU are the Gohonzon; it is inside your life. The Gohonzon is a reflection of the highest life condition that exists within your own life. So when you are chanting CLAIM what is yours! <span style="color: red;"><b>Tell your life what you want. </b></span>And know that all real change comes from within. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Chant to do your own Human Revolution.</span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue;">When we change, our environment changes. </span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Take responsibility for your life...not blame. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">5. Put Your Phone AWAY or turn it off. Yes OFF! </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">...whatever touches your heart when you read it. And if you find yourself losing focus open it up to any page you want. I have "For Today and Tomorrow" by Daisaku Ikeda next to me right now. Here's a selection: </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">"<b><span style="color: red;">When we chant sonorous Daimoku, the sun rises in our hearts. We are filled with power. Compassion wells forth. Our lives are lit with joy. Our wisdom shines. All Buddhas and Buddhist deities throughout the universe go to work on our behalf. Life becomes exhilarating.</span></b>" </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">You'll want to write down those brilliant ideas that come into your mind while you're chanting. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">9. <b><span style="color: blue;">Take care of your body </span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">You may want to get up and stretch at the end of every hour. Keep fruit or a snack at hand for an hourly break. <span style="color: blue;"><b>Put your electronics away. </b></span>You are dedicating this time. It takes energy not to dilute it, and it is so important to stay focused! </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Above all - <span style="color: red;"><b>Don't give up! You CAN change your problems into benefits. You ARE the Buddha! Collectively we are raising the vibration of the entire world. </b></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I'd love to hear from those of you who have connected to the SGI through my blog. And send me your experiences, and I may share it on this blog! </span><br />
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Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-50003270587575428332020-03-29T13:44:00.001-07:002022-09-26T10:34:07.290-07:00Power-Full Encouragement from Kate Randolph for Right Now! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Now is a good time to refresh ourselves with Kate's incredible spirit. Please enjoy her words and experience them as a fresh wave of determination toward your Happiness! </span></span><br /><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">forget complaining about anything, </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and wear a radiant smile on our faces. </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">Our smiles must radiate so brightly </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">that light comes out of our fingertips </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and we glow as beacons </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">so people can learn of the mystic law, </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">Nam-myoho-renge-kyo from us, </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and be moved to happiness </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">to show the possibilities of life...</span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and express it in our smiles, </span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">the pep in our step, </span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">We can do this! </span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and by doing this we change the world." </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">"Our smile is a cause, not an effect." we can't sit around waiting for joy to come into our lives. We must </span><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">be</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">joyful</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, and invite more. That's how it works! </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">and into the Buddha we are every day. </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">We've gotta do this NOW. </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">This is it. </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">This is our time. </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">We're ALIVE! </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Whether we are 17 or 95. </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Grab the moment for all it's got </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">"I am creating the deepest value that's ever been created. NOW. Right this moment. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><i>There's no other moment. </i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><i>How we are influencing the person next to us...it is our SMILE...beaming with joy...Joy!"</i></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">NOW. It must be replaced, </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">even if it's phony at first. </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">It may feel phony but it will cause a shift inside your life. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">And we have to keep going deeper and deeper into joy. There can't be a place at which we stop. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">We need constant movement...constantly going deeper." </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-22767131790135523302020-03-26T13:26:00.003-07:002022-09-26T10:34:45.594-07:00THiS IS OUR TIME! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Greetings fellow members! </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We are joined across the miles like never before! </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">We are meeting by internet, </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">meeting on the phone </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and meeting in our hearts.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">THIS is the time we were born for. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">THIS is our collective <b><i>CRUCIAL MOMENT! </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>NOW we can show actual proof more than ever. </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>We can do what we do best ~ chant for ourselves, chant for our neighbors, friends, family and everyone in the world, and show actual proof !</i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>How do we show actual proof now? How do we become truly happy? </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>We rejoice in the fact that we are collectively experiencing a HUGE OBSTACLE, and we can determine to have a HUGE BENEFIT...for ourselves and for the planet. I'll never forget when I met one of the wonderful Japanese friends who came over to encourage us in San Francisco. He said, "Jamie, when I get a huge problem I am soooo happy, because I know I'll have a huge benefit!" </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>What a great way to look at our lives right now: poison into benefit. That's the attitude I took when Ben died and look at me now. Living on the beach, helping people live happier lives. Awesome. </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>How do we show actual proof? </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>We keep our heads up (I mean that literally! Keeping our heads up affects our moods and demeanor)</i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>We chant as much as we can. </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>We raise our life condition as we raise the life condition of the planet and the universe. </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>We keep smiling and encouraging others. </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>We can do more shakubuku than ever because we can connect via phone and via the internet to share our experiences. </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>AND we do not HAVE TO BE PERFECT. We are human beings. It's okay for us to experience emotions, and to be our authentic selves. </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>How do we do this? How do we generate the lion's roar when we may not feel it every moment? </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Does anyone remember the story of the mudslide in South or Central America? I don't remember the details, but I do know the family inside the house was chanting Daimoku and the mudslide went entirely around the house. The power of our daimoku - Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is STRONG. It is our own life force joined with the life force of the universe. And now is our time to shine and help others. </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>I got this! </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>This is my crucial moment! </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>This is the World's Crucial Moment! </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>Even though I might be scared, </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>In my heart, I know we got this! </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like THE ROAR OF THE LION! </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>And I'm roaring right now. </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>Shoten Zenjin, get behind me and have my back!</i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>Make every Nam-myoho-renge-kyo I chant have a million times more impact than ever. </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>As I chant I picture the world healthy and glowing. </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>I picture my family, myself, and everything around me raising in vibration. </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>I will not give in to despair. </i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>I will not give in to fear. </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>(add your determination here - it can be whatever you want, a daimoku goal, a lifestyle goal. You can chant for others and yourself)</i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>I will SHOW ACTUAL PROOF THROUGH MY LIFE MORE THAN EVER! </i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hello beloved readers! Greetings from St. Pete Beach, Florida! </i></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">In these uncertain times, what's a Buddhist to do? </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I have great news for you, THIS IS OUR TIME! Buddhism shines when times are tough. Now, more than ever we can show actual proof through our lives. Now, more than ever, even if we don't have meetings to go to, we can do shakubuku with our bright shining lives. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I was just at the grocery store, and yes, I was stocking up on food. Canned goods...pasta...maybe you are doing the same. And the thing is, everyone was moving around like zombies, and while I was shopping I felt like I was in a trance too. Except, I smiled at people. And, when I got to the check out counter I greeted the workers and asked them how they were doing and we had a nice laugh about these crazy times. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">No matter what we are going through we have the option to let our Buddhahood shine through. I'm smiling at everyone. I'm letting cars in, I'm making sure I let pedestrians go past and wave to them. I do these things all the time, but now I do them even more. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">As Buddhists, we are the last ones to give in to hopelessness! We have no hopelessness! We are Buddhas and we dance! As Daisaku Ikeda says: "If we don't have hope we have to Create it." and we have the perfect place to do it! Right in front of our Gohonzons is where it happens.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Now is the time to up our levels of Daimoku. Now is the time to make sure that we are not just mindlessly letting our minds wander while chanting. Now is the time to leave our phones in the other room as we chant! Now is the time to invite our friends to chant with us (if it's advisable where you live) Now is the time to focus and PRAY. Now is the time to raise our life conditions! </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">You asked me, so here is something I created for you based on how I am praying right now: </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">While chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo: </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Gohonzon! My life! </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Now, more than ever </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am tapping into the life force of the universe </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">that is MY life force. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">As I chant, </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am bringing forth the full power of the universe inside me to raise MY life condition </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and raise the life condition of everyone </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and everything on the planet. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Right now I am chanting to end the suffering of anyone who is suffering. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am determined to keep my life condition SKY HIGH </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">so anyone who comes in contact with me </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">is brightened by my presence! </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Goohonzon! I am born to win! I am a Buddha!</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am determined not to give in to fear. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am determined to keep my head up </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and show actual proof of the power of this practice. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am determined to be present. Be smart. Be all I can be. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">This is my moment! This is all our moment. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">All the shoten zenjins in the universe come to our planet right now and end this coronovirus. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Shoten zenjin! Wherever you are in the universe come to earth right now through the power of my daimoku. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am now tapping into my own power as a Buddha </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">more than ever before. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I will win! no matter how our lives may change, </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">may we all be strong </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">and have such an incredible life force </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">that </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">we can overcome and persevere through anything. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">May this planet be more united and positive than ever before. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">May LOVE rule this world...starting with me! </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">And, may the youth of the world rise up and realize their power to make this world their own. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Nam-myoho-renge-kyo!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How do we make each moment count? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How do we generate "earnest resolve"?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We KNOW that each moment contains the seed and power of the entire universe within our lives (ichinen sanzen) We KNOW THIS MOMENT is important. What do we need to harness and activate and use this knowledge with every fiber of our being? Here are some insights from the September Gosho study on the Gift of Rice:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Gosho, the Gift of Rice states: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"<span style="color: blue;"><b>When we carefully consider what exactly "earnest resolve" refers to, it is the doctrine of observing the mind." </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">(</span>From the Gift of Rice by Nichiren Daishonin, Living Buddhism September 2015, page 29)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">President Ikeda states <span style="color: red;"><b>"Everything is determined by the direction in which our "earnest resolve" orients our minds. When we focus our "earnest resolve" on our Buddhist practice, believing and practicing the Mystic Law that enables all people to attain enlightenment, our inner Buddhahood reveals itself, pervading our lives and the environment."</b></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">LB, 9/15, page 38</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How powerfully can earnest resolve work in our lives? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Akeymi Bailey Haynie, our National SGI Leader said one day she heard her mother cry out from a nightmare, and realized that her mother had been having nightmares every night. (Her mother is a survivor of the WWII bombings in Japan). Akeymi developed a deep resolve in her heart and sat down and chanted <b><span style="color: blue;">15 minutes of focused Daimoku that her mother would NEVER AGAIN have another nightmare. She reached that level of "now or never" or "NO WAY!" that is so powerful, and her Mom never had another nightmare. </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We all have this power in our lives. Sensei tells us this every day. When we are in front of the Gohonzon it is up to us to summon this resolve, and to focus our minds.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We all have this power! Today I offer you: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">LIFE! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now it the crucial moment! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">THIS MOMENT </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">While I am chanting I am drawing a line in the sand! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am changing this KARMA Forever - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am rooting the cause from my life now! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This shall happen:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">and/or THIS shall STOP happening:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I NOW summon all the power vested in me as a worthy votary of the Lotus Sutra. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My life is Powerful!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am turning my attention and focus to this powerful intention:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shoten Zenjin activate your forces NOW! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each Daimoku summons my power!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each Daimoku has an effect NOW</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the sake of World Peace, I ignite my vow!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will show actual proof - inspire myself, inspire others, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">and change the world! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nam-myoho-renge-kyo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Faith Equals Daily Life is a term we hear often in this practice. This week a reader emailed me to ask what this means to me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><i>For those of you new to this blog, I'm a 35-year practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism, and I live my life to rid the world of suffering. I'm a proud member of the SGI, but I do not speak for the SGI. This is my personal blog for you. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Faith equals daily life means: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chant about everything! Infuse all your hopes and dreams into Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, and take steady action based on your determinations. Go forth fearlessly supported by your abundant daimoku! Leave complaining to the other guys, don't let it cloud your benefits. Focus on being, and seeing the solutions. Journal in Appreciation every day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">All kinds of benefits are flowing to me with this determination. I am chanting to reach the people who are most open to using EFT, and those I can help the most profoundly to be naturally drawn into my sphere. I am chanting to fulfill this mission that my entire life has prepared me to do. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I did not go through all my trials in vain. My prayer is to turn poison into medicine (for my life and for ALL). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The pain I suffered at losing my beloved boy to suicide has a purpose right now. My study and certification in Clinical EFT, and my certification as an energy healer, along with cultivating deep listening skills all add to my expertise as an EFT Professional. The fact that I can help people all over the world through modern technology is the icing on the cake! The book I've written: <i><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Our Forever Ben, One Mom's letters to her son in spirit and his poetic replies</b></span></i>" is more current than ever! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of my most recent benefits is being invited to create a video course called "How to live a life of meaning after losing a loved one to suicide." I'll get all kinds of curriculum and technical support to create this! What a joy it is to help others in this way! I'm beginning the formulation of this course and will keep you appraised of it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another benefit...and this is a doozy: My son Aaron Michael Silver is very busy with his life as a medical resident in Phoenix. Our time together is premium time. Check this out: He just confirmed that on April 21st, his 30th birthday, he will be here in Florida for a conference and he will be able to take his birthday off to spend with me. Talk about benefit! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">May your life be filled with benefits too! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chant about everything. YOU are the Buddha. YOU tell your life what you want by praying to your life every single day. When you chant to be the example of kosen-rufu (world peace) and to let your bright light illuminate the way for others all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the universe convene to carry forth your life force. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As Daisaku Ikeda writes: </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "ofl sorts mill goudy tt" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 23px;">"Prayer is an attempt </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "ofl sorts mill goudy tt" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 23px;">When we pray in such a way, </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "ofl sorts mill goudy tt" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 23px;">all the workings of the universe </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "ofl sorts mill goudy tt" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 23px;">and the endless cycle of painful reality </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "ofl sorts mill goudy tt" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 23px;">into a cycle of </span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">victory and happiness.</span></i><span style="font-size: 23px;"> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "ofl sorts mill goudy tt" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 23px;">Prayer is the key to open the door </span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "ofl sorts mill goudy tt" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 23px;">to unleash that infinite human potential within our lives."</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Faith equals daily life means that every single day is a reflection of your faith and determination. Faith equals daily life means our faith is not shut off in some little box that we only take out every once in a while. No, our faith IS each day...our determination for each day...our life, Well-Lived...every single day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chant about it all. Chant to connect life to life. Realize that, as Daisaku Ikeda says: YOU are the protagonist in the great play of your life. Enjoy it!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Be well my friends! </span></div>
Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-70849879633573883072019-12-06T09:01:00.002-07:002019-12-06T09:01:33.700-07:0012 Great Quotes on Overcoming Illness by Daisaku Ikeda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">From President Ikeda's Lecture series "The Hope-filled Teachings of Nichiren Daishonin: On Prolonging One's Life Span - Faith for Leading a Long and Healthy Life" in the July-August 08 Living Buddhism. </span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. “Suffering from illness is a means by which you can eradicate your negative karma.” </span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">President Toda, as quoted by President Ikeda. - pg 70 </span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">2. “To see illness as an opportunity to transform our karma – this strong spirit and resolve can break through all obstacles and devilish functions and open wide the path to happiness.</span><span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white;"> <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Like a rocket blasting out of the earth’s atmosphere, the passionate conviction of faith that comes from viewing illness as an opportunity to transform our karma can become a powerful engine propelling us forward not only in this existence but throughout eternity, enabling us to freely savor everlasting happiness.” Pg 74</span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. “Becoming ill in itself is certainly not a sign of defeat. Even the Buddha, who is said to have ‘few ills and few worries’ (LS, 214), struggles with sickness from time to time. Accordingly, there will be times when we are confronted with illness. The important point above all is not to be defeated mentally or emotionally by the prospect of being ill. Faith is the source of the fighting spirit to stand up to illness. Therefore, as we noted earlier, Nichiren Daishonin first of all talks about the ‘treasure of faith’. Pg 77</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. “As Nichiren says, ‘Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way’ (The Good Medicine for All Ills, WND-1, 937). If a practitioner who upholds faith in the Mystic Law becomes ill, it definitely has some profound meaning. It could be said that confronting illness is one route to awakening to the eternity of life. President Toda often said, ‘A person who has overcome a major illness knows how to deeply savor life.’” Pg78</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">5. From Matilda Buck’s guidance, World Tribune 4/27/01 pg 10 “When We Face Disappointment” – regarding SGI leaders who overcame cancer and chanted this way: </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through this experience, I will become someone who does not doubt the Gohonzon (my life), no matter what happens.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a Bodhisattva of the Earth, I have the mission to experience this, and as a Bodhisattva of the Earth, I have the mission to create a victory.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will share the power of Buddhism with others, even as I grapple with this experience.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I won’t let my spirits stay down. I won’t make a place in my life for negativity to settle.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">6.From The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra Volume 6: “Praying with doubt is like trying to keep water in a bathtub with the plug pulled. Our good fortune and benefit will drain away. A passage from the ‘Perceiver of the World’s Sounds’ chapter reads, ‘from thought to thought never entertaining doubt!’ A confident prayer will reverberate powerfully throughout the entire universe.” Pg 88</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">From Buddhism Day by Day:</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">7. “Buddhism views illness as an opportunity to attain a higher, nobler state of life. It teaches that, instead of agonizing over a serious disease, or despairing of ever overcoming it, we should use illness as a means to build a strong, compassionate self, which in turn will make it possible for us to be truly victorious.” pg 300</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">8. “The expansive world lies not in some distant place; it exists right where you are. That is why you need to win where you are right now. Today’s victory is linked to your eternal victory.” Page 314</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">9, “No matter what the circumstances, you should never concede defeat. Never conclude that you’ve reached a dead end, that everything is finished. You possess a glorious future. And precisely because of that, you must persevere and study. Life is eternal. We need to focus on the two existences of the present and the future and not get caught up in the past. We must always have the spirit to begin anew ‘from this moment,’ to initiate a new struggle each day.” Pg 315</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">10. “The air around us is filled with radio waves of various frequencies. While these are invisible, a television set can collect them and turn them into visible images. The practice of chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo aligns the rhythm of our own lives with the world of Buddhahood in the universe. It ‘tunes’ our lives, so to speak, so that we can manifest the power of Buddhahood in our very beings.” Pg 314</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When your determination changes, everything else will begin to move in the direction you desire. The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success. On the other hand, if you think “This is never going to work out,” then at that instant every cell in your being will be deflated and give up the fight, and then everything really will move in the direction of failure.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first thing is to pray. From the moment we begin to pray, things start moving. The darker the night, the closer the dawn. From the moment we chant daimoku with a deep and powerful resolve, the sun begins to rise in our hearts. Hope – prayer is the sun of hope. To chant daimoku each time we face a problem, overcoming it and elevating our life-condition as a result – this is the path of “changing earthly desires into enlightenment,” taught in Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism.</span></span><br />
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Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-65678469383007507372019-09-10T06:42:00.001-07:002022-09-26T10:41:42.557-07:00Three Keys to Building Good Fortune and being the Buddha of Absolute Happiness <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Here I am living my dream in Florida. I'm enjoying my friends, the sunshine, my health and my profession that enables me to teach people a method of releasing their emotions so they can be happy. I am the Buddha of Absolute Happiness and you can be too! </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I get the question "Is it ok to chant for money?" And the answer I have always heard as a 35 year practitioner of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism in the SGI is <b><span style="color: red;">chant for exactly what you want.</span></b> </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">If you need money chant for money~!</span> </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Note to my friends: if you are stuck in some area of your life, please get encouragement from your Soka Gakkai seniors in faith. They are there to help you. They will chant with you and bear your burdens with you. The SGI is truly a noble organization I am proud to be part of. </span><br /><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>If you need a job, chant for the BEST job for Kosen Rufu, where you can be the happiest, and make your life shine as a beacon for other's happiness.</b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">You deserve to have what you need. There are many, many examples of people chanting for money and getting it. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">AND underlying the need for money, there is a deeper and more exciting benefit that we can access within our lives. We can access and build <b><i><span style="color: #351c75;">TRUE FORTUNE </span></i></b>in our lives. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">What is FORTUNE? How do we build it for ourselves?</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">No matter what our levels of fortune may be before we begin practicing Buddhism, <b>once we begin chanting the name of the Law of Cause and Effect, the Mystic Law itself, <span style="color: red;">Nam-myoho-renge-kyo</span>, our lives begin to move in the direction of fortune. </b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">With each day of chanting, studying, encouraging others and introducing people to this practice our fortune grows and grows.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-size: x-large;">Fortune :</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">Daisaku Ikeda states: </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">"Governments come and go, </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">economies rise and fall, </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">and society changes constantly. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">Only the <i>good fortune</i> </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">we accumulate during our lives </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">lasts forever. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">True victors are those </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">who cultivate the tree of Buddhahood </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">in the vast earth of their lives </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">while achieving success </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">both in society and in their personal lives </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">through true faith and a true way of living. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is being in rhythm so that we KNOW what to do, and have the spirit, conviction and courage to make the best possible causes at all times. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is being in the right place at the right time. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is happiness and the ability to <i><span style="color: blue;">overcome any suffering and turn poison into medicine through chanting strong daimoku and taking the wise action that arises through our prayer. </span></i></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is strength and resiliency. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune </span>is getting a call from an associate about a job opportunity that is perfect for you. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is having the courage and wisdom to say what must be said and do what must be done at the crucial moment. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is always having what you need when you need it. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune </span>is having the time to chant to our heart's content and encourage others, too. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is doing our human revolution and joining harmoniously with our fellow SGI members creating a new family for us all. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is being born at the same time as Daisaku Ikeda and engraving the mentor disciple relationship into our lives so that it is a living, powerful source of energy and wisdom in our lives. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune </span>is finding solace and peace even when we have lost a loved one. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is experiencing the true depth of friendship... knowing how to be a friend, attracting, keeping and appreciating quality people in our lives. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is experiencing how to love and be loved in return. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is friendship.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is health. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is the ability to laugh. </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is the ability to sit in front of our Gohonzons and carry out a meaningful dialogue within our own lives that makes the impossible possible,and brings happiness to ourselves and our families, friends and world.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Fortune</span> is being accident free.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><br /></i></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>There is much more to fortune.</i></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>You can add to this list...send me your ideas of fortune at chantforhappiness@gmail.com </i></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b>How do we <span style="background-color: yellow;">build fortune</span> for ourselves?</b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">1. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">First we must build a strong practice</span><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">.</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The more "work" we put into building our practice...the less "work" we have to put into our lives...the less struggling we have to do. W</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">e can use all the resources at our disposal to CREATE the discipline to be able to chant twice a day every day and participate in activities.</span> Focusing our prayer on others is a powerful way to build a strong practice. Yes, it's great to chant for ourselves, and we need to do that, but chanting for others has a profound effect on their lives, and ours. Chanting, and uniting with others is the foundation of our faith. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Being a part of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;">SGI</span><span style="color: red;"> is crucial. Go to SGI-USA.org to learn more. </span></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Having a seeking mind to understand how and why the Mystic law has such a profound effect on our lives is important. Studying our SGI publications is important. Reading the Gosho of Nichiren Daishonin is important! We call this<span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>having a seeking spirit. You can find what is holding you back in your own nature. We all have a fatal flaw...something we can't see. We gain the most when we chant to see our OWN flaws...and chant to change them!</b></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><i><b style="background-color: #ffe599;"><br /></b></i></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><i><b style="background-color: #ffe599;">Fortune Comes from Having the spirit and the prayer: </b></i></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><i><b style="background-color: #ffe599;"><br /></b></i></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: #ffe599;">"</b><b style="background-color: yellow;">I will WIN because my life is important. I will use my life as a shining example that this practice works!! My winning will be a real "win/win" because I will inspire others to the greatness of their own lives! And I will help them bring out the Buddhahood in their own lives by introducing them to chanting! I will win for kosen-rufu. I will win over my own negativity. I will absolutely do this!" </b></i></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">2.<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white;"> D</b></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;">etermine</span></span></b></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;"> and believe we DESERVE what we want fuels our fortune.</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> E</span><span style="font-size: large;">very action we take all day long is a cause for our happiness.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>What do we want? Why do we want it? What can we do to fuel that desire?</b></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember the Buddhist concept Hon Nim Myo - "from this moment forth". Every time we chant we begin life anew. From this moment forth I will win. From this moment forth is EVERY MOMENT. We have the power to change. NOW. We chant the MYSTIC LAW underlying all of life. Wow. We are filled with fortune!</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">3.<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;">Chant for what we want, and Chant for STRENGTH of practice and strength of mind and heart! </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">If </span>we want money, we chant for money. If we want to NEVER WORRY ABOUT MONEY AGAIN - we chant with this in mind. If we want a job we chant for it. The world is OURS. We chant for exactly what we want!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She asked: "Jamie, do you feel like it's gotten harder to concentrate these days while chanting? I used to be able to really focus and now, with all the news and everything that's going on, it feels harder and harder to chant."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I said, Yes, I know just what you're talking about! But there's hope. Here's what I do when I'm feeling scattered in front of the Gohonzon. First of all, I take my phone and put it in the other room. I don't use it to time my chanting. I use a clock. I get that phone out of my space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, start in small increments. Say to yourself "I'm going to chant 5 minutes of absolutely uninterrupted daimoku. I'm not going to get up for water, I'm not going to use the bathroom, or check Facebook. No. For this 5 minutes, I will be glued to the Gohonzon! And when I do that 5 minutes I go for another, and another, and then I can reach my goals. Start small. And go for it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I told her about the umpteen BILLIONS OF BUDDHAS who are joining us when we chant. The first prayer I have in the morning is to greet those Buddhas with my life, Buddha to Buddha. It feels so good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And refresh your goals. It always helps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let's get our MOJO back. For ourselves. For the Youth. For the world! Peace! </span><br />
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Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-22820422013828193372019-07-25T11:45:00.004-07:002019-07-25T11:45:52.408-07:00What Does Nam-myoho-renge-kyo Mean? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">So glad you asked!</span><br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Nam Myoho Renge Kyo means:</span><br />
<br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">"I fuse my life with the mystic law of cause and effect through sound vibration".</span><br />
<br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">I like to think of it as "I am one with the flow of life" because that's what it does...it puts us in rhythm with our own lives and everything around us. </span><br />
<span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">We are all Buddhas. </span><br />
<span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">We possess the power of the entire universe in our lives. Chanting this phrase brings it out. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Aligning our energies with our mentor Daisaku Ikeda, and chanting these words every morning and evening, </span><br />
<span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">studying the writings of Nichiren Daishonin and Daisaku Ikeda and introducing others to this practice </span><br />
<span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">are the keys to living vibrant, happy and victorious lives! </span><br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">It's a law. It works whether you believe in it or not.</span><br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">People all over the world chant this phrase with the Sokka Gakkai International. The Website link is <a href="http://sgi-usa.org/">sgi-usa.org</a>. I encourage you to go there. Call the center nearest you and get the name of someone who practices near you. Go to a meeting and make new friends. You'll be starting on a whole new journey of happiness. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">It doesn't cost anything...you don't have to "do" anything to chant. Just try!</span><br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">It's truly a practice for anyone...no rules...no dues...no eating restrictions...just chant!</span><br style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;" /><span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">And practice. Chant every morning and evening...then you'll be writing me to tell me your results! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Remember...dream big...go for the impossible!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b00525; font-family: georgia; font-size: 20.8px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">In a few days this blog will be ten years old. That's right. There are well over 2,000 posts here, and 2,500,000 people have viewed it. Thank you for chanting and introducing others. Thank you for sharing, and above all else, I greet you my Buddha friends, in this Buddha Land! </span></div>
Jamie Lee Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243242482732660551noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657399845292080756.post-57770737077523351652019-07-10T13:41:00.004-07:002022-09-26T10:43:31.337-07:00Powerful Guidance from Kate Randolph<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 24px;">The one and only Kate Randolph</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Hello friends, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Recently I spoke at Kate Randolph's Life Celebration in LA. My charge from her daughter Sarah was to encapsulate Kate's guidance. What an honor. Truly. Kate and I spoke almost every other week for 34 years. I took notes. </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Here's how Kate introduced me to this glorious </span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">It was August of 1985 when we met. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Kate told me a story that changed my life. In Kate's work for the Great Peace March Across America, she needed to work with the megastar Paul Newman. The first day she was so flustered in his presence she couldn’t even form sentences. That night she chanted
for one hour, and came back the next day and could talk to him like he was
anyone else on the planet. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">I knew right I’d finally found what I’d
been searching for my whole life. A tool that I could use to channel my energy
in the direction I wanted it to go. A practical tool for happiness! And she
told me I did not have to release my attachment to my desires. I could keep
them, and chant for my desires! And my prayers would make the world a better
place, and me happy, too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">DONE. I was hooked.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Kate and I became fast friends. We had our babies around the
same time, First my son Aaron, then Kate and Hal's daughter Sarah, then my Ben. We vacationed
together and raised our children together. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">I would call her to get guidance about my challenges and she'd congratulate me for having these problems. She'd assure me that THESE problems were exactly what I needed to get me to the next level of my happiness. They were a benefit. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Kate put my life in
perspective by reminding me that I am a powerful Buddha, by winning in my life others could be inspired by my example and win in theirs. She taught me to turn poison into medicine. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="font-size: 18pt;">Basing her life on the Gosho by Nichiren Daishonin and the</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 120%;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;">She taught me
to live a life of Victory. </span><b><i><span style="color: red;">The key to Victory </span></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">SHe said: </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">You have to expect doubts to arrive in your
mind. Now is the time to realize they are not real...they are only thoughts
in your mind. They are not reality. They are just thoughts and you just pop
them out with your prayer ~ with your eye on the outcome</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">…</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">do battle in your mind and say No No No that
is not my reality, that is not reality, that will not be my reality. </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">These
obstacles and doubts are NOT my reality, these negative thoughts are NOT my reality.
Envision your outcome and say YES YES YES YES with each Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. And tell
the Shoten Zenjin: YOU will get my back...you have my back...</span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="font-size: 18pt;">what I envision...my perfect outcome...THAT
is my reality and then you add to it: For the sake of all people, I will show
actual proof! </span></div>
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what</i> ~ </span></b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18pt;">The battle is with the
negative function within. </span></b></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">All you need to do is </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: red;">make a fresh
determination! Live with hope</span></span><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">One of my favorite quotes of Kate's is:</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">We Breathe Rarified AIR! <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 23pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">By chanting we can ROOT OUT the causes of our suffering! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Faith is Envisioning
the outcome exactly as you want it to be as if there were no obstacles and then
challenging the doubt in your mind with your Daimoku and send it like arrows
through each obstacle, shooting them down as they arrive in your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">That's why I say be FUELED BY
YOUR OBSTACLES, not FOOLED BY THEM!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="font-size: 18pt;">In Kate's own battle over depression, she won by focusing on this thought while chanting: I don’t CARE how many times you rear your ugly head. Depression! I will defeat you. I will root the causes and effects of this depression straight out of my life….and she did just that. </span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Based on her guidance I wrote this </span></i></b></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i>Written by Jamie Lee Silver, from the blog
ChantforHappiness.com</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">While chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo I would focus on these thoughts and TELL my life who is BOSS:</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">No way Unhappiness! You will NOT
WIN TODAY!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">No way anxiety~I am the Buddha!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I don't CARE how many times I have
to chant to defeat you. I WILL WIN! For Myself and for all! </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I am a noble, brilliant
Buddha! </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I DEMAND a life free from sadness
and fear! </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I root the karmic cause of my
sadness and fear</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">right out of my life
now! </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I DEMAND that my environment </span></i></b></span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">reflects who I really am, </span></i></b></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">not my fears or doubts about who I
am. </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I DEMAND that I have the
courage </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">to do Human Revolution </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">and to FOREVER break </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">those ties to my own
unhappiness. </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I am determined to stop making causes that</span></i></b></span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;"> bring me pain! </span></i></b></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I am determined to make causes that</span></i></b></span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;"> bring me happiness! </span></i></b></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">Not just for me, but for everyone!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I MUST succeed </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">No matter what! </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I choose to be happy!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">I choose happiness now! </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">With every new obstacle think: </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;">"This is just another
opportunity for your life to stand up and tell your fundamental darkness who is
BOSS. This is just another WAVE, just another WAVE. You MUST stand up to it.
</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: red;">You must chant with the conviction that there is no other way than your
victory.</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 18pt;"> You must summon that conviction from within your heart." </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Chant for </span></i></span><i style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">absolute </span></i><i style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;">and total
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<i><span style="font-size: 22pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: red;"> in your Buddha Nature</span><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: 22pt;">and know that you are changing karma </span></i></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: 22pt;">for your self, </span></i></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: 22pt;">for your family </span></i></span></div>
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<i style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;"> for your descendants </span></i></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><i><span style="font-size: 22pt;">and for the world by this prayer</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Pray that
THIS Daimoku makes the difference! </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Pray that
THIS PRAYER changes your karma forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 18pt;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif">Facing
death, Kate said to me: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">SGI members need to summon
joy, </span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">forget complaining about anything, </span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and wear a radiant smile on our faces. </span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">She says our smiles must radiate so brightly </span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">that light comes out of our
fingertips </span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and we glow as beacons </span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">so people can learn of the mystic law, </span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">Nam-myoho-renge-kyo from us, </span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and be moved to happiness </span></div>
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<span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">just by being in our
presence.</span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">Kate said we must have Joy </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">to show the possibilities of life...</span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">JOY is a REQUIREMENT, </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">not an afterthought, </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and it comes from our determination </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">to summon it from
within our lives </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and express it in our smiles, </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">the pep in our step, </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">We can do this! </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">We can do this for ourselves, </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: 18pt;">and by doing
this we change the world." </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">"Our
smile is a cause, not an effect." we can't sit around waiting for joy to
come into our lives. We must </span><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">be</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">joyful</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">, and invite more. That's how it
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said: </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">"Joy's
the leading edge. Wake up and be joyful, smile at the person next to you in
bed, smile at the person next to you at the store, in the elevator, and at
other drivers. BE Kosen rufu in action!" </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">"It's
gotta be real, but you can also fake it till you make it. Put that smile on
your face and you will spark your happiness. Try to be sad with a huge
grin. It doesn't work so well!</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">"We have to go deeper into our own lives, and into the Buddha we are
every day. We've gotta do this NOW. This is it. This is our time. We're ALIVE!
whether we are 17 or 95. Grab the moment for all it's got and say "I am
creating the deepest value that's ever been created. NOW. Right this moment.
<i>There's no other moment. There's no other person. How are we influencing the
person next to us...it is our SMILE...beaming with joy...Joy!"</i></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">STOP complaining. NOW. It must be replaced, even if it's phony at
first. It may feel phony but it will cause a shift inside your life. And
we have to keep going deeper and deeper into joy. There can't be a place at
which we stop. we need constant movement...constantly going deeper." </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Thank you for a lifetime of WISDOM and DETERMINATION Kate. Thank you for showing us Buddhahood by example. Thank you for walking this world as a Buddha with strength and determination alongside your magnificent family, Hal and Sarah. Thank you for always leading the way. Thank you for your grace. And thank you for your poetry and for bringing us closer to Emily Dickinson. (She performed the one-woman-show The Belle of Amherst like none other)</span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Thank you for always leading with Daimoku and Shakubuku - the spirit and action to lead others. </span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">And, if we want to continue Kate's marvelous legacy, let's all be joyful right now! Beaming JOY from our fingertips!</span></span></div>
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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Thank you, Kate! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This egret is walking along St. Pete Beach on a beautiful day recently. I think he was posing for me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Sunday I went to my local SGI Center and chanted for 4 hours for the Lions of Justice Festival, 50K youth gathering across America on September 23rd. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I chanted for the youth of the world to realize their power to make the world a better place...and to be happy...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I chanted...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">...for all the youth who are going to the festival to have a breakthrough in their lives...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">...for all who registered to overcome obstacles and be able to attend...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">...for safety, great weather, and operations to go smoothly...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">...for all who are supporting and chanting for this festival to have breakthroughs...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">...for every member everywhere to feel an incredible connection to the power within their own lives when chanting to the Gohonzon...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">...and to have conviction in my own Buddha Nature... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's been a while since I chanted that much daimoku at one time. I sat right up front and supported the people who were leading the chanting. I love doing that...listening to their rhythm, and expanding it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, of course, yesterday, Monday, I was energetic and focused. I launched a project at work involving teamwork and leadership...and it flowed naturally. Later this week, on my birthday, I'm going to my High School reunion feeling healthy and happy with that Florida Glow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we chant for others we are also chanting for ourselves. We are all interconnected. We are all one being. When we chant for those who are giving us problems in life, we are opening our channels of compassion and expanding our capacity to feel joy, love, and happiness. Who can you chant for? How can we each expand our capacity to love and be loved? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">No matter where you are in life, or what's happening, you can always launch a new rocket of hope into your life. Chanting nam-myoho-renge-kyo infused your life with the life of the universe...and chanting is YOURS. For FREE. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Join with your fellow SGI members, make a fresh determination. Refuse to give in to ANYTHING that is getting you down. Your life IS the Buddha. Chant to feel this with your life at every moment. Let's all be radiantly happy and victorious together! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nichiren Daishonin. From the Gosho Reply to Kyo'o</span><br />
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