Great Construction

Climate and Weather

     If I try to give a spiritual explanation about climate and weather, the majority of modern people who are accustomed to listening to scientific explanations of all natural phenomena may not easily be convinced of what I say. But this was revealed to me as all other things, so I publish this theory with conviction. If I express this in a single word, the change of climate and weather is all man-made. This may sound very queer. But I hope you will consider my words carefully, with deep thought.
     As I stated before, besides the various phenomena in this physical world which we can attest with our five senses, there are phenomena which occur in the invisible spiritual realm which influence this physical world. Seasons are generally divided into four seasons ranging from winter to summer.
     The change of seasons should come smoothly and naturally according to the transition of time. But once in a while we experience an extreme change of climate. This is caused by human thought which reflects on the spiritual world. For instance, if the majority of people entertain righteous and peaceful thought the climate will be mild and normal. In case many people get abnormal and their thought tends to lack the warmth of love, this thought reflects on the weather, making it colder than it should usually be for that season. Conversely, if the majority get excited at a certain event and lack equilibrium of emotion, the weather tends to be warmer than it should be for the time of the year. Besides these, in case many people hold such evil thoughts as complaints, discontent, resentment, curse or desperation, this will reflect on the spiritual world and there will be somehow gloomy atmosphere in the air.
     Human speech also has great influence on climate and weather. Those words which belong to evil thought, such as abuses, complaints, grumblings, lies etc. form clouds making the spiritual worlds very cloudy.
     I once had a religious friend who could see the spirit of words we human utter. He used to say that from evil words he could see something like darkish soot being emitted from the mouth, while he would see from good words and words of virtue vague but whitish light coming out. It is this soot-like substance that comes from evil words which make the spiritual word cloudy. When this substance increases to a certain point, a natural purification must occur to disperse the cloud and make it disappear. This is the natural law. It is the same as house-cleaning we do when the home gets dirty. The natural purification of a large area may come in heavy rains, typhoons and thunderstorms.
     Floods, fires and earthquakes are also purifications. Winds blow off the dust, water washes away the dirt and fire burns up all impurities. These are handled by those divine spirits who are in charge of natural purifications of the whole word using the many spirits who work under them.
     When we come to understand the meaning of these things, we realize why we should try our best to eliminate evil thoughts and words.

Teachings of Meishu and Kyoshu, page 31, no date [1959?]

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