Great Construction

Fate and Liberalism

     As I am frequently asked about destiny and fate, here is my explanation.
     First of all, destiny is an absolute that has been given to an individual, so it cannot be at all  manipulated. Fate, on the other hand, is completely free within specified boundaries. Depending upon an individual’s efforts, one may attain the top levels within one’s limits, or, may fall to their lowest levels.
     One of the major topics of interest in Japanese society today is liberalism, and in many ways liberalism resembles fate as described above. This is because true liberalism is limited within specific boundaries. There is no such thing as unlimited liberty. There are limits to true liberty. In other words, liberty is finite. Consequently, when individuals cross the limits of true liberty, they impinge upon others, harm liberty, and as they have thus become a traitor to culture, the causes for their failure are for the same reason as when the limits of fate have been crossed. 

Essays on Faith, page 45, September 5, 1948
    translated by cynndd

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“Unmei to Jiyūshugi,” which is the twenty-first chapter of the Japan Kannon Church publication Shinkō Zatsuwa (Essays on Faith), page 40, September 5, 1948, and, later while Meishu-sama still alive, included in the Sekai Meshiya Kyō (Church of World Messianity) anthology for the general public Tengoku no Fukuinshō (Gospels of Heaven), page 48, February 10, 1955, has previously appeared in translation. Citation is given below for reference.

“Destiny, Fate and Freedom,” Foundation of Paradise, 1984,  page 284.

“Destiny, Fate and Freedom,” Teachings of Meishu-sama, Volume Four, 2007, page 39.