In the late night at 1 a.m., I attended the Reiki share gathering. This gathering used to start at midnight but they delayed the starting time by one hour as the summer time ended. This is a gathering for European people. There were 36 attendees tonight.
After our usual tasks were done, the Reiki teacher asked me how is the situation in America. I mentioned my concern about the mandate order for large company employees. I mentioned that I personally think it is wrong to force chusha to everybody and that I was hoping to have an opportunity to send prayers for stopping chusha mandate. While I was speaking out, I felt comfortable to see many people supporting my opinion by showing their agreeing hand gesture or face expression. Then the teacher asked one woman who lives in Italy about their situation in Italy. She was much braver than me and spoke out her opinion straightforward. She agreed with me that the government should leave the decision to each individual and they should not force anybody to get vaccinated. She said the government lied about the chusha. Last year their government said their goal was to have 65% of the people to get vaccinated, now as of now, 85% people of the county was vaccinated but the government still wants more people to get vaccinated.
After the teacher heard of us, he shared one Buddhism term, Shogyo Mujo諸行無常, with us. It means everything on the Universe is moving. Nothing is impermanent. It is the law of universe.
The teacher says this law of Universe is simple and easy to understand logically, but when it comes to fully understand and actively utilize it in our daily life, it is difficult. Due to its simplicity, it easily slips our mind. That is why we have to repeat this teaching, the law of universe, over and over again until it fully sinks into our mind. Once it sinks into our mind, then we can finally manage our challenges happing in our daily life. With this law of universe, knowing that nothing is impermanent, we can always stay calm and peace no matter how tough challenges we face in our daily life.
Once we fully understand this law of universe, we can step forward to the spiritual road of Satori. Satori is to understand the duality. Things come and pass us. Once the pass us, they will become our past. Therefore, it is important no matter what happens, we should always stay calm and peace.
Practicing the universal truth is same as practicing Reiki healing. We have to practice and practice. It is a long road to go through. It is not an easy path. As the ending word, he smiled and told us “Remember, we all are here to enjoy our life, not to suffer.”
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I am so thankful to my Reiki teacher. His teaching was a great reminder for me to stay in my inner peace no matter what. He is absolutely right. We are here to enjoy. Thank you so much Sensei for your insightful teaching.
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