Please join Truth Seekers from throughout the world at the 51st International Spiritual Training Seminar in Puslinch, Ontario, Canada, from Friday, October 1 – Sunday, October 3, 2010. Please click here or go to www.sniists.org for more information.
Message from
Rev. Yoshiko Teshigawara, Bishop
Happy New Year, Everyone!
I sincerely hope and pray that the year 2010 will once again be a wonderful year for those of you in the New York Missionary Area, Northern California Missionary Area, Southern California Missionary Area, Hawaii Missionary Area, and the Regional Districts of Chicago, Washington DC, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Denver, Seattle, Portland, Fresno, Las Vegas, Arizona and those in other points throughout the United States.
Thanks to your tremendous love for the dissemination of the Truth, beautiful seeds of the Truth were sown all over the nation last year. Whenever I was in your area or district for such events as the Leaders’ Seminars or Public Lectures, I could clearly see the beautiful world that has manifested as a result of those efforts. I am sincerely grateful to each and every single one of you.
A chance meeting when I was on the plane going back to Japan in December deepened my gratitude to you for your daily, selfless deeds of love.
I was on my way back to Japan from Los Angeles that day. I had a window seat, and by the time I boarded, the lady who had the aisle seat was already there. She watched me quietly as I put everything away and got settled.
A little while after the seat belt sign went off, the lady said, “Uhh, excuse me. May I talk with you? You’re a minister, aren’t you? I love your talks and I’ve been to your lectures four times.”
I was very surprised.
“Thank you very much. That must have been quite a while ago! I’m in charge of the United States now and have been away from Japan for a while,” I answered.
“Oh, I’m not talking about Japan. I’ve been living in Los Angeles for many years now.” She went on to explain how her friend, a member of the Southern California Missionary Area, invited her to the Seicho-No-Ie Public Lecture every year. She and I shared in the joy of sitting next to each other and talked about various things. She was a very kind and wonderful person who would say with concern, “You must be tired. You should rest…”
She mentioned that she had never been to the Southern California Missionary Area office or the U.S. Missionary Headquarters office, but said she would when she returned from Japan. I asked her for her name and have been praying for her happiness every since then. Thanks to the love of the person who has continued to invite this lady to the Public Lecture, this chance meeting became an unforgettable 11-hour flight where we revered the divinity and expressed our gratitude to each other. Thank you very much.
The Founder of Seicho-No-Ie, Masaharu Taniguchi, taught us the following:
The greatest thing we can do is simply to adjust our wavelengths to God’s life and work together with His goodness.”
In this New Year, please share the fact that, “If we adjust our wavelengths to God, and walk the correct path of the Truth, we will be able to ride with the flow of his blessings,” to as many people as possible.
In his New Year’s message, the President of Seicho-No-Ie said that the keyword for the 2010 Humanity Enlightenment Movement-International Peace by Faith Movement will be the “Four Immeasurable Minds.” Let us keep our President’s guidance in mind, and while showing our support to our spiritual brothers and sisters throughout the United States, reach out to the people and things that are immediately around us, and joyfully express the Four Immeasurable Minds in our daily life!
