I have received a number of questions in this last month which have had to do with changing another person. The other person isn’t changing in some way and the questioner is wondering why chanting isn’t working. Oneness of Life and Its Environment This question relates directly to the Buddhist concept of oneness of […]
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Know How Your Thoughts Influence Your Results?
“In case you haven’t noticed, you have a mental dialogue going on inside your head that never stops. It just keeps going and going. Have you ever wondered why it talks in there? How does it decide what to say and when to say it? How much of what it says turns out to be […]
Are You Getting the Results You Want From Chanting?
If we are getting the results we want with our chanting, then we are mostly in alignment with what we want and in alignment with the spiritual side of our nature, the realm of possibility, where life is in the process of becoming and growing. Jose Toda, 2nd SGI president, says that that spiritual side […]
Have Financial Karma? What to Do
Before we discuss financial karma, let’s review what our relationship as humans is to the universe. As Daisaku Ikeda says, “In the innermost depths of all beings, there is the primal life- force and it causes living beings to live. This same force supports inorganic matter and works it into the harmonies and rhythms of […]
Did You Know That Your Life is Your Curriculum?
This week I had a question. “How do I deal with or overcome office politics? It seems I have bad job karma.” Before we go into the specifics of this question, I want to take some time to remind you of what we are connecting with when we chant. The following quote came from Life […]
Is It Possible to be Too Attached to a Goal?
Is It Possible to be Too Attached to a Goal? Recently, I have had questions or comments from practitioners who have badly wanted and chanted for a relationship goal, which has not happened. In this vlog I want to examine the different areas for self-reflection, if a goal remains out of reach. Evaluating Your […]
Do You Know How to Overcome Fear?
Fear comes up when we have made a decision to expand our lives by focusing on a challenging goal. It will always come up when we are facing the unknown and we are at the boundary line between the known and the unknown.. Anyone who is growing must learn to handle fear. Fear also […]
Why Do Some Goals Seem to Take Forever?
Have you ever chanted for a goal and it didn’t seem to be falling into place. In this vlog let’s look at why goals might seem to hang indefinitely. We all know the Buddhist concept of oneness of life and it’s environment. That means that “every environment is uniquely customized, tailored to suit each of […]
Goal Setting: Know What Works and What Doesn’t?
I’ve had a number of questions about setting goals for various types of problems. So today I want to go through the basics of goal setting, how to set effective goals and then cover ways of setting goals that don’t work so well. People have asked me, “Why do I need to set […]
Know the Difference Between the Mystic Law and the Law of Attraction?
“I had a question this week: why do we need to chant in front of the Gohonzon if the law of Attraction works on its own. A friend of mine told me, ‘You don’t need the Gohonzon, just think positive.’ She made me feel confused.” I have a full discussion of this question in my […]