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God Is Justice

     I write here under this self-evident title because not only people in general, but even ministers and church members often forget that God is justice. Our religion especially emphasizes justice and virtue, but some members, though very few, deviate from the highway of religious faith and stray in mistaken directions. They invariably receive warnings from God. Should they ignore these warnings, they will be dealt a crushing blow by God.
     Followers are generally very honestly impressed while they are still in the stage of novices by the divine virtues and miracles. If they earnestly continue their religious faith and as far as it continues to be correct, they will be abundantly blessed with divine bounty and respected by others. Their living will also be greatly improved. They should be more grateful for divine mercy and do their best in answering for it.
     Alas, however, here comes the human weakness. With the lapse of time, they become self-centered and unguarded. Evil spirits are watching for such a chance and enter and occupy them. These spirits can now handle such bodies as they please. How dangerous it is! Evil spirits like to possess people more, who are ambitious and of great use. However, if members continue their correct religious faith, they are safe, because evil spirits can do nothing with such members and they have to abandon the hope of possessing them. There are, however, a few members who are possessed by evil spirits. One can never be too cautious on this point.
     There is a standard by which a person can know whether he is safe or not. The standard is whether one possesses selfish love or not. If one is motivated by the cause for God and mankind, and not by one’s own interest, evil spirits can do nothing with one. However, with small success, one can become conceited and consider oneself great. This is the critical moment. One becomes ambitious and wishes to give the impression of greatness and influence many people. This is horrible. Evil spirits will enter more and more deeply into such a one’s soul, and completely occupy it in the end. Moreover, if these evil spirits happen to be influential ones they can command spiritual power of considerable magnitude. They can even heal though temporarily, invalids or show other miracles. Such a person becomes therefore more and more conceited.
     Correct religious faith, as I always maintain, should be of the “Daijo” and free. Members should be completely free in maintaining or abandoning their religious faith. They should be bright and happy; they should look something like the inhabitants of Paradise. On the contrary, if any religion is ruled by severe and extremely strict commandments, such a religion is an evil religion. Members of such religions are living infernal lives on account of their religious belief. Should any religion have secrets of which members are admonished not to reveal to outsiders, such a religion is also not a good religion. Correct religious faith has no secrets, and is thoroughly bright and happy.

Teachings of Meishu and Kyoshu, page 7, no date [1959 ?]