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We found this great article on Psychic Test. If offers some great insights in what Astral Projection really is and what it is like. We know, it explains mostly the basics that more experience readers have already mastered, but it's nevertheless useful and informative material.
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS are a powerful psychic tool, used only by psychics who have practiced for long periods of time, and have honed their skills well. Astral projections include both physical and emotional experiences, often also referred to as the '"out of body experiences"'. Astral projections are "THE FIRST STEP TO ACHIEVING MENTAL TELEPATHY AS WELL AS PSYCHOKINESIS." With the help of these skills, you would be able to move objects around simply with the help of your mental powers.
OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE
A lot of people experience such life altering events that are classified as out of body experiences. It may seem to you as if you had stepped out of your body and moved to a different plane. You may feel as if you are flying or moving through space. Such an experience may happen when you are sleeping. They may also occur when you are wide awake, in a trance or in a shock. Astral projections are another name for such out of body experiences.
THEORIES OF ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
There is no tangible way to measure what goes through when you are experiencing astral projections. A lot of experts feel that there is a kind of energy that leaves the body and moves out to go somewhere else. This energy could visit a place in the same universe, or in a different dimension. There is no way of knowing where the projection may occur. It could be in the past, or in the future. ASTRAL PROJECTIONS ARE OFTEN PRACTICED TO GIVE READINGS TO MEN AND WOMEN WHO NEED THEM. While astral projections can often be life altering, they are not of much use when it comes to readings. A psychic can help a client come into a state of trance, where astral projections may occur.
WHAT DOES ASTRAL PROJECTION FEEL LIKE?
"ASTRAL PROJECTIONS MAY BE BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL." Though most people experience only one at a time, some may experience both simultaneously. If you experience a physical transportation from your body, all your senses experience it. You may experience a change in temperature, different smells and sights, and even hear certain sounds.
However, if you are not grounded completely, such an experience can be really stressful.
A MENTAL OUTER BODY EXPERIENCE IS SIMPLY A FLEETING FEELING, AND YOU WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE ALL THE SENSATIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FELT IN A PHYSICAL OUTER BODY EXPERIENCE. Your outer body experience may bring in a different form of wisdom, along with a deep insight and changed visions.
TYPES OF ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
There are several different types of astral projections. Most common of these is the spontaneous outer body experience. This type of an experience comes without any warning. You know that you are experiencing an astral projection only when it actually happens. The second kind is the planned out of body experience, which is performed in a planned manner, with the help of a coach or a guide. This kind of travel is very exerting and it may take months for you to prepare your mind and body to take on such a challenge.
IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ASTRAL PROJECTION SIMILAR TO WHAT IS EXPLAINED ABOVE? OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS?
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Easter is supposed to the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, but when someone hears Easter, they think of the Easter Bunny and eggs. Since ancient times rabbits have been associated with spring. It is believed that Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring, Eostre had a hare as her companion. The hare symbolizes fertility and rebirth. Later Christians changed the symbol of the hare to the Easter bunny.
In an attempt to Christianize Easter which began as a pagan holiday, is named for a Saxon goddess who was known by the names of Oestre or Eastre, and in Germany by the name of Ostara. She is a goddess of the dawn and the spring, and her name derives from words for dawn, the shining light arising from the east. Our words for the "female hormone" estrogen derives from her name.
Ostara was a fertility goddess. Bringing in the end of winter, with the days brighter and growing longer after the vernal equinox, Ostara had a passion for new life. Her presence was felt in the flowering of plants and the birth of babies, both animal and human. The rabbit (well known for its propensity for rapid reproduction) was her sacred animal.
Easter eggs and the Easter Bunny both were featured in the spring festivals of Ostara, which were initially held during the feasts of the goddess Ishtar Inanna. Eggs are obvious symbols of fertility, and the newborn chicks an adorable representation of new growth. Brightly colored eggs, chicks, and bunnies were all used at festival time to express appreciation for Ostara's gift of abundance.
According to history.com the egg is an ancient symbol of new life and has been associated with pagan festivals celebrating spring.
From a Christian perspective, Easter eggs are said to represent Jesus' emergence from the tomb and resurrection.
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BASIC RITUAL NUMBER ONE by P.E.I. Bonewits, Sally Eaton and others
Procession, lead by D1 and D2:
D1: Ta muid anseo leis na Deithe a adhradh.
D2: We are here to honor the Gods.
D1: A Dheithe, an Airde, a Thabharthoiri ar Bheatha - eistigi
agus freagairt orainn!
D2: O Gods, High Ones, Givers of Life - hear and answer us!
Processional song:
We come from the mountains,
Living in the mountains,
Turn the world around.
We come from the oceans,
Living in the oceans,
Turn the world around.
We come from the fire,
Living in the fire,
Turn the world around.
We come from the breezes,
Living in the breezes,
Turn the world around.
Settling song:
She changes everything she touches,
And everything she touches changes.
Tree Meditation:
When e'er we stand in a sacred place
Beneath the Sun's or Moon's bright face,
In a circle's rim or shady grove,
Our spirits go to the Gods we love.
Let all our minds go clear and free,
and form the image of a treee,
A youthful sapling of the glade,
Whose budding branches cast no shade.
Around this tender, supple youth,
Are seen its sturdy forbearers growth,
Those forest Elders strong and wise,
Who nurture those of lesser size.
So close your eyes, and in your mind
Become one of the spirit kind.
Cast off your cares and disbelief,
and enter tree from root to leaf.
Relax and breathe and center will,
Then let the peace within you swell
Until it is a thing profound.
Now send it deep in the ground.
In every little tender root
Feel water flow, and and then transmute;
The sap will flow through ever vein,
Our links to our ancestors regain.
Now let the sap rise in a flood,
And race to every branch and bud;
Each branch extend into the air,
Each leaf unfold in green so fair.
The gentle zephers toss each bough,
And to you calming breaths endow,
While rays of golden summer light
Give warmth and lend their power's might.
Let water rise and fire descend,
And lively air the branches bend;
Thus firmly planted in the Earth,
The elements give us rebirth.
Now let the green entwine,
And form our sacred grove devine.
With branch and root our circle form,
And magic from mundane transform.
We all are rooted just the same,
We feel the same supernal flame,
We drink the water free to all,
We hear the gentle airy call.
Now let us feel our spirits surge,
And into one great spirit merge
To let the Lord and Lady know
That we are ready below.
And let us all link hand to hand,
Before all of the gods we stand,
And in this hallowed space we start
To show all that is in our heart.
Specifacation of ritiual:
Invocation of Ogma the Gate Keeper, or Mannanon in English and Irish: (English by Sally Eaton, Irish by James Duran)
(visualization is a triangle shaped iris opening)
D1: A Oghma, a thiarna na nGeatai, a thiarna an Fheasa, oscail
na geatai duinn. Ta muid ag siul i do lorg, ta' muid ag siul ar
do bhealach. Scaoil duinn do theagasc taispeain duinn cen chaol
a siul faidh muid slan. Molann muid thu mar gheall ar do chumhacht.
Siuil linn a Oghma!
or
D1: A Mhanannon, a thiarna na nGeatai, a thiarna an Fheasa, oscail
na geatai duinn. Ta muid ag siul i do lorg, ta' muid ag siul ar
do bhealach. Scaoil duinn do theagasc taispeain duinn cen chaol
a siul faidh muid slan. Molann muid thu mar gheall ar do chumhacht.
Siuil linn a Mhanannon!
D2: O Ogma, Lord of the Gates, Lord of Knowledge, open the ways
for us. We walk in your footsteps, we walk your roads. Reveal to
us your teaching, reveal to us the way to walk in safety. We praise
you for the brightness of your power. Walk with us, Ogma!
or
D2: O Manannon, Lord of the Gates, Lord of Knowledge, open the ways
for us. We walk in your footsteps, we walk your roads. Reveal to
us your teaching, reveal to us the way to walk in safety. We praise
you for the brightness of your power. Walk with us, Manannon!
D1: Siuil linn a Oghma...
D2:...walk with us Ogma!
D1: Siuil linn a Oghma...
D2:...walk with us Ogma!
D1: Siuil linn a Oghma...
D2:...walk with us Ogma!
or
D1: Siuil linn a Mhanannon...
D2:...walk with us Manannon!
D1: Siuil linn a Mhanannon...
D2:...walk with us Manannon!
D1: Siuil linn a Mhanannon...
D2:...walk with us Manannon!
Chant:
We invoke thee Ogma, Opener of every Gate
We invoke thee Ogma, Opener of every Gate.
You shall reach us, You shall teach us and reveal our fate.
You shall reach us, You shall teach us and reveal our fate.
(repeat nine times)
or
We invoke Manannon, Opener of every Gate
We invoke Manannon, Opener of every Gate.
You shall reach us, You shall teach us and reveal our fate.
You shall reach us, You shall teach us and reveal our fate.
(repeat nine times)
Invoke Matron of Bards (Bridget nominally)
O Bridget, our heart, Our brightest Queen;
Cast your blessings unto us.
We are your children, You are our mother;
So harken unto us.
You are the Cauldron now in our grove;
Earth-Mother inspire us.
O fire of love, O fire of life;
Please Bridget, come to us!
Triad invocations and consecrating of the waters:
Nature: Fill main chalice with whiskey and secondary chalice with water.
Hold them up and say:
D2: O spirits of the old times and of this place, our companions,
our teachers, hallow these waters. Share with us the renewal of
the Earth. Share with us comfort, knowledge, and blessing. Speak
to our hearts, that we may become one with you all...Behold the
waters of life.
D1: A sprideanna na seanaimsire, agus na haite seo, a
chomhghuaillithe,a mhuinteori, beannaigi na h-uisci seo duinn.
Roinnigi orainn athbheochan na Talun. Roinnigi orainn suaimhneas,
eolas, agus beannacht. Labhraigi linn inar gcroi, le go mbeadh
muid in aon bhall libhse...Seo iad uisci na beatha!
Sip from each chalice and passes to D2 then to sunwise (left), saying:
Behold the waters of life.
Asperging song/chant (Fur and Feathers) for while waters being passed.
Fur and feather and scale and skin,
Different without, the same within.
Many of body but one of soul,
Through all creatures, the Gods made whole.
(repeat nine times)
Ancestors:
D2: O people of the old times, our ancestors, our kindred, hallow
these waters. Share with us the bond of life upon the Earth. Share
with us comfort, knowledge, and blessing. Speak to our hearts,
that we may become one with you all... Behold the waters of life!
D1: A sheana, a shinseara, a mhuintir, beannaigi n h-uisci seo
duinn. Roinnigi orainn ceangal na beatha ar Talamh. Roinnigi
orainn suaimhneas, eolas, agus beannacht. Labhraigi linn inar
gcroi, le go mbeadh muid in aon bhall libhse... Seo iad uisci
na beatha!
Asperging song/chant:
It's the blood of the ancients,
That runs through our veins.
And the forms pass,
But the Circle of Life remains.
Gods as a whole:
D2: O Gods of the old times, our mothers, our fathers, hallow
these waters. Share with us your power to regenerate the Earth.
Share with us comfort, knowledge, and blessing. Speak to our
hearts, that we may become one with you all... Behold the waters
of life!
D1: A Dheithe na seanaimsire, a mhaithreacha, a aithreacha,
beannaigi na h-uisci seo duinn. Roinnigi orainn bhur gcumhacht
le go nginfeadh muid an Domhan. Roinnigi orainn suaimhneas, eolas,
agus beannacht. Labhraigi linn inar gcroi, le go mbeadh muid in
aon bhall libhse... Seo iad uisci na beatha!
Asperging song/chant:
Mother I feel You under my feet. Mother I hear your heart beat.
Mother I feel You under my feet. Mother I hear your heart beat.
Father I see You where the eagle flies. Spirit going to take me
higher.
Father I see You where the eagle flies. Spirit going to take me
higher.
Praise offerings and major power raising:
The sacrifice: (diety names of holidays)
D2: Our praise goes up with thee on the wings of eagles; our voices
are carried up to thee on the shoulders of the winds. Hear now,
o Name, o Name, we pray thee, as we offer up this sacrifice of
life. Accept it we pray thee, and cleanse our hearts, giving to
us of your peace and life.
D1: Teann ar moladh suas chugat ar sciathain iolar; beitear ar
nglortha suas chugat ar ghuailne na gaoithe. Eistigi anois, a...,
an..., mas e bhur dtoil e, agus sinn ag ofrail na h-iobairte seo
ar son na beatha. Glacaigi lei, mas e bhur dtoil e, agus glanaigi
ar gcroithe, ag roinnt arainn do chuid siochana is do bheatha.
The Omen:
D2: Have you accepted our sacrifice of life and human effort?
D1: Give unto us an omen!
Possible repitition of Praise offerings and Omen seeking, if needed.
D1: Rejoice! The NAME and NAME have accepted our sacrifices!
Meditation on personal needs:
Repetition on group needs: done by D1 & D2
Induction of Receptivity:
D1: Of what does the Earth-Mother give, that we may know of the
continual flow and renewal of life?
D2: The waters of life.
D1: From whence do these waters flow?
D2: From the bosom of the Earth-Mother, the ever changing All-Mother.
D1: And how do we honor this gift that causes life?
D2: By partaking of the waters of life.
D1: Has the Earth Mother given forth of Her bounty?
D2: She has.
D1: Then give me the waters!
Final consecration and sharing:
D1: A NAME, an NAME, Eistigi agus freagairt orainn! Bean-
naigi na h-uisci seo duinn. Muide do chlann, a mhol thu, agus anois
iarrann muid ort leigheas, beannachtai, cumhacht agus tinfeadh...
Seo iad uisci na beatha!
D2: O NAME, O NAME, hear us and answer us! Hallow these waters!
We your children have praised you, and now we ask from you healing,
blessing, power and inspiration... Behold the waters of life!
Passing song/chant:
Burn bright, flame within me,
Kindled of eternal fire.
Of the people I do be,
And the people part of me,
All one in many parts,
A single fire of flaming hearts!
Meditation on reception of blessings and reinforcement of group bonds:
Affirmation of success:
D1: NAME and NAME have Blessed us!
D2:Every time we invoke them, they become stronger and more alert
to the needs of their people.
D1: With joy in our hearts, let us return to the realm of mortals,
to do the will of the Gods and our own.
D2: Yet, before we leave, we must give thanks to those whom we
invited here today.
Thanking of the Entities involved:
D2: O NAME and NAME,
D1: A NAME, an NAME,
D2: We thank you!
D1: Go raibh maith agaibh!
All: Go raibh maith agaibh!
D2: O Gods and Goddesses of the old times,
D1: A Dheithe na seanaimsiri -
All: Go raibh maith agaibh!
D2: O people of the old times, our ancestors, our kindred,
D1: A sheana, a shinseara, a mhuntir -
All: Go raibh maith agaibh!
D2: O spirits of the old times, and of this place,
D1: A sprideanna na seanaimsire, agus na haite seo -
All: Go raibh maith agaibh!
D2: O Bridget, Fire of Life and Fire of Love, Mother of Bards
and Goddess of inspiration, we thank you.
D1: A Bhrid, a Thine Bheatha agus a Thine Ghra, a Mhathair na
Bardai agus Bheandia na Thinfeadh, go raith maith agat!
Closing of the Gates:
D2: O Ogma, Lord of the Gates, Lord of Knowledge, we thank you.
Now let the Gates Between the Worlds be closed!
D1: A Oghma, a Thairna na nGeatai, a Thairna an Fheasa, go raith
maith agat. Anois biodh na geatai idir na saolta a druidte!
or
D2: O Mhannon, we thank you. Now let the Gates Between the Worlds be
closed!
D1: A Mannonon go raith maith agat. Anois biodh na geatai idir na
saolta a druidte!
Reversing the Tree meditation:
Our sacred grove the Gods do love,
The Earth beneath, the sky above,
But now this ritual must end,
Toward our home and hearthstone fend.
Again we cleat our mind and heart;
The branches shrink and pull apart.
The roots untie and backward turn,
And spirit fire less brightly burns.
Let water sink, let fire go,
Let gentle zephers homeward flow,
And as if in a cleansing rain
Become a single tree again.
Then from this solitary tree
Your soul breaks loose, a being free.
Your body calls, your spirit flies,
Returns, you slowly open your eyes.
Libation:
D1: To thee we return this portion of thy bounty, o NAME our Mother,
even as we must someday return unto thee.
Final Benediction:
D1: Let us go out into the world, secure in the knowledge that
our sacrifices have pleased the Gods and Goddesses, and that we
go forth upon the Earth under their protection.
D2: We have finished this ceremony!
D1: So be it!
All: Biodh se!
Recessional song/chant: Walk with Wisdom
Walk with wisdom
from this hallowed place.
Walk not in sorrow,
our roots shall ere embrace.
May Strength be your brother,
and Honor be your friend.
and luck be your lover until we meet again.
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"AS ABOVE SO BELOW" ~ I Ching
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IN THE ANOINTING, MY PRAYER BECOMES A PREPARATION TO ONE OR A HOST OF ACTIONS THAT I MUST UNDERTAKE TO RESTORE BALANCE TO ALL THAT WHICH HAS BECOME UNBALANCED. CREATOR, I YOUR CREATION ASKS THAT YOU RESTORE ME, AS A RESTORED CHILD OF OUR CREATOR, MY EXISTENCE IS BALANCED. CREATOR IN THE ANOINTING, I KNOW TO SEEK AFTER YOUR ASSISTANCE, GUIDANCE AND WISDOM, SO THAT I MAY HAVE THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE TO DWELL ONCE MORE IN YOUR COMPLETENESS, A DWELLING OF PEACE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS.
IN YOUR BALANCE I RESTORE ALL THOSE WHOM I AFFECT WITH MY RESTORED EXISTENCE.
and It came to pass that GOD created two brothers, GOD named them "mutiya" and "alas". On the first day GOD taught them all the laws. In the anointing, they knew to obey all the laws of our CREATOR. in the anointing both brothers knew to prepare for the day of the harvest, the brothers knew that on the day of the harvest GOD would be expecting an offering as was instructed to them by GOD.
When the brothers had learned all that GOD had taught them, they each chose a responsibility, mutiya decided to become a shepherd and alas chose to become a farmer, on the day of the first harvest, GOD revealed himself to alas and mutiya and as instructed by GOD, they each gave GOD their offering, mutiya gave GOD his first born sheep, but alas did not, he decided to give GOD the very best of his crop, GOD was pleased with mutiya's offering, but upset with the offering that had been given to him by alas, alas asked GOD: "why are you not pleased with my offering, I have chosen the best picks from my crop" GOD answered alas by saying: "I have instructed both you and your brother as to what kind of offering is expected of you, but only one of you have done as I have instructed.
" this reply angered alas and in his heart he allowed anger and jealousy to dwell towards his brother mutiya, GOD told both brothers that he will reveal himself to them for their offering on the day of the next harvest, the next day mutiya cared for the flocks while alas began to prepare the ground for the next harvest, mutiya noticed that one of his sheep was pregnant and filled with joy, mutiya went to his brother and said: "I will give GOD my new sheep, as my offering on the day of the second harvest", that night consumed with anger and jealousy alas lied to his brother mutiya and told him that one of his sheep had wondered onto his field, immediately mutiya went to find the lost sheep, mutiya now on his brothers field, searched for his lost sheep, but did not find any of his sheep there, as he was leaving his brothers field, mutiya saw alas and asked alas where he had seen the lost sheep, alas consumed with anger, hatred and jealousy murdered mutiya, on the day of the second harvest alas brought with him mutiya's new sheep as his own offering to GOD, when GOD revealed himself before alas, GOD said to alas: "where is mutiya your brother?
Where is mutiya's offering?" alas replied to GOD by saying "I am not responsible for my brother or for his offering" angered by alas, GOD said to him: "you have disobeyed me. Can you hear as I can? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Know that you are now cursed and no longer allowed on my field.
Know that you have made this field unholy with your actions and disobedience. Know that from this day on when you work a ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You have become a restless wanderer." alas said to GOD, "my punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the your field, and no longer will I see you, I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.
" but GOD said to him, "I will instruct them of my laws and knowing my law they will know not to kill you, for if anyone kills you he/she/they will suffer vengeance many times over." then GOD put a mark on alas so that no one who found him would kill him. Alas left the holy field and settled in a desert on earth.
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The magical and medicinal plant lore of the rural "wise woman" (or man) in Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Early Modern Europe may not occupy a period we can properly call prehistory, but we can say that it was outside history, in that it was a living knowledge largely overlooked or dismissed by the ruling classes and the sophisticates, or discouraged and repressed by the Church. The Church-orchestrated witch-persecutions of the late Middle Ages transformed what was in fact a quietly surviving country tradition into what was hysterically and neurotically seen as a satanic activity.
One of the key elements of "witch lore" was that witches were able to fly on broomsticks, rods or other implements to their sabbats and other night-time gatherings in the wilderness beyond the pale of the town or village. "Flying ointments" were often used, either smeared on the person's body or flying implements. Long before the Church contextualised this "flying out" to the wilderness as a diabolic practice, however, it was happening simply as part of the practice of women and men wise in the rural magic arts and healing based on arcane plant knowledge. The people who became identified as "witches" by the Church were in actuality simply the continuation of an ancient tradition of "night travellers." In northern Europe they were called qveldriga, "night rider," or myrkrida, "rider in the dark." In Scandinavia, there was the tradition of seidhr, in which a prophetess or seidhonka would travel around farmsteads and hamlets with a group of girls to give divinatory trance-sessions. She wore a ritual costume and carried a staff. The goddess Freya, who taught Odin the secrets of magical flight, was the patronal mistress of seidhr. "Night travellers and the later witches are carelessly lumped together," Hans Peter Duerr warns.
by Paul Devereux
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From the TESTIMONY column:
The personal testimony of Jim Stephens.
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The accident report read, "Cause: Act of God."
I was in a train station in Japan, making a pilgrimage to the
head Buddhist temple Daisekiji at the foot of Mount Fuji, when a
young man - in perfect English - warned: "Beware the winds of
Himeiji!" Three and one-half hours later, I was leaning over to
put some postcards into my travel bag and heard someone yell a
warning in Japanese. The next thing I knew, a sign weighing nearly
200 pounds came crashing down on my back. I was in shock and my
right arm was paralyzed. I couldn't believe this was happening to
me!
The railroad authorities didn't want to take responsibility
for what had happened. They offered me money as a bribe; they
wanted to forget the accident had ever happened. But I refused the
offer, after obtaining advice from the U.S. embassy. Had I
accepted the money, the embassy told me, that would have relieved
the railroad authorities of all obligations and responsibility.
This episode caused me to become very discouraged, and I
desperately needed someone to lean on. In a wheelchair and all
alone, I decided to seek help from leaders at the Soka Gakkai
Buddhist headquarters in Tokyo. But my efforts were in vain. They
had no compassion whatsoever for me or my unfortunate turn of
events; they simply urged me to continue my pilgrimage, even
though I was confined to a wheelchair.
I remember asking myself at the time, "Why? Why don't these
Buddhist leaders help me? Don't they see my condition? Don't these
Buddhists - who have been practicing than I - have
any compassion at all?"
After this experience, I had no desire to finish the
pilgrimage. All I wanted to do was go home to my loving family. So
I flew back to the United States. To say the least, I was
beginning to have major doubts in my mind about Buddhism.
Accidents have a way of bringing us face to face with life's
precious realities. As a Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist, I had for
fourteen years invested my energy, prayers, and hopes for a better
life in the philosophy of Nichiren Daishonin, a thirteenth-century
Japanese monk who claimed to have found the "true Buddhism." In
the United States his followers are organized by the Nichiren
Shoshu Academy (NSA), also known as Soka Gakkai. The main goal of
NSA is "Kosenrufu," or "world peace through the propagation of
Buddhism." And for years, I had enthusiastically sought Kosenrufu.
As I reflect back on those years, it strikes me that my
commitment to NSA could be questioned by none. As a young Nichiren
Shoshu Buddhist, I became a member of the Brass Band - a musical
group founded specifically for the young men's division of NSA.
The band was intended as a training activity for developing
character in young men. As a member of this band, I attended a
multitude of conventions and was often called to the headquarters
for musical performances for overseas dignitaries.
I also helped build the Malibu Training Center and Santa
Monica headquarters (both in California). I became a senior leader
(or elder) of the young men's division at the Santa Monica
headquarters, and was a graduate of the Nichiren Shoshu study
department. By this time, my life had become thoroughly and
unconditionally committed to Kosenrufu.
It was not long after this that I decided to make a pilgrimage
to Japan - a decision largely motivated by my yearning for truth.
I had become deeply involved in my commitment to see Buddhism
spread throughout the United States, but I found a tremendous lack
of translated material. As a result, I began to search. Little did
I know that I would soon uncover some things that would give me a
new perspective.
Open forums and meetings with fellow Buddhists began to shed
a new (and negative) light on the Buddhist religion for me. During
these sessions, like-minded Buddhists began to ask questions like,
"Why must we have a picture of sect President Daisaku Ikeda on the
wall? Doesn't that make it look like we're worshipping him? Why
must we wear white? Why can't men wear beards? Why must men and
women sit apart from one another? And where is all the money going
in NSA?" We felt that we should have a little more control over
what was going on.
During one period, some of the Japanese leadership attended
the meetings and were later overheard behind closed doors saying,
"these meetings must be stopped." And so, one by one, the meetings
"stopped. This caused me a great deal of disillusionment.
As a senior leader in NSA, I encountered more and more
hypocrisy in the upper leadership levels and made sincere attempts
to resolve organizational and philosophical deficiencies. However,
these attempts were only met by deceit, jealousy, power maneuvers,
and even threats against my life. I made a last-ditch effort by
talking with top Soka Gakkai leaders, but it only confirmed my
need to talk to President Daisaku Ikeda, "master" of the sect, who
is praised and glorified by Nichiren Shoshu devotees. (Ikeda's
picture is prominently placed near Nichiren Shoshu altars
worldwide.)
I tried to make legitimate appointments with President Ikeda
by letter, by phone, and in person - only to be denied and pushed
aside. But - undaunted - I was "to see him. One day
he was coming out of the World Culture Center in Santa Monica
(which is the North American headquarters for NSA), and was
heading for his car behind a wall of Buddhist bodyguards. I rushed
across the street to within just a few feet of him and cried out
to him. I "that he heard me, but he refused to even look my
way. I was coldly shunned as he got into his limousine and sped
away. At that point, I was a spiritually broken man. I felt
totally lost.
Even after that incident, I was unwilling to abandon fourteen
years of Buddhist practice, and yet I was noticing in myself more
and more depravity until I could scarcely identify with a pure
conscience anymore. The leaders were not the only hypocrites. I,
too, was living a lie. I was painfully lost in a spiritual
wasteland and was weighed down with sin. I realized that while
Buddhism had benefited me in many ways, it ultimately led to a
spiritual dead end. As a great wise man, King Solomon, once said:
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads
"death " (Prov. 16:25).
But God was soon to show me the way to". One day a young
Christian architect friend of mine, Laurie, who had been sharing
with me earlier, came into the blueprint store where I was
working. My spiritual hunger prompted me to confide in her that I
was seeking spiritual truth. She responded by saying, "I've got a
present for you that I'll bring by tomorrow." As she left, she
looked back at me behind the counter and said, "I've been praying
for you." I was deeply moved by her concern for me.
The next morning, there was a package waiting for me with a
card on top which said, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His
righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you." There
were also two
in Santa Monica who shared the truth of the Living God with me. He
read to me the words of Christ: "I am the bread of life; he who
comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall
never thirst." Convicted of my sin against a holy God, I laid down
my burden at the Savior's feet and gave my life to Him. That
night, my wife - a Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist for 16 years - also
believed. What grace!
Nichiren, the self-proclaimed Japanese True Buddha that we had
followed for so many years, said that if he found a teacher
greater than himself he would follow him. In our case, "were
found by a greater Teacher - the Good Shepherd, the Lord Jesus
Christ, the eternal God, before whom "every knee shall bow."
Hallelujah!
( Editor's Note: Do you know someone involved in Nichiren
Shoshu Buddhism? Would you like help in how to share Christ with
this person? If so, Jim Stephens would like to hear from you.
Write him at: The Institute of Buddhist Studies, P.O. Box 4796,
Panorama City, CA 91412.)
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End of document, CRN0009A.TXT (original CRI file name),
"I Was A Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist For 14 Years"
release A, July 6, 1993
R. Poll, CRI
(A special note of thanks to Bob and Pat Hunter for their help in
the preparation of this ASCII file for BBS circulation.)
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