The Moment of Truth - Becoming A Living Angel Today

The is the first time I read a book, again and again, about 3 times, before I start my blogpost. There must be something special going on here :)

Master Ryuho Okawa 大川隆法, founder of Happy Science and a prolithic author who published 52 books in a year, has written more than 600 books, was actually in Singapore in mid Sep. I attended his night talk in Orchard hotel, and was sitting in the first VIP row since I come late. Ha.

To put it the least, I wasn't impressed at all on that night speech. Not sure was it only me :) Nevertheless I bumped into this book in Times bookstore on same weekend, and thought I should give it a go. It is on 30% off anyway.

Perhaps, Ryuho is a much better speaker when he delivered his speech in Japanese. This book is a compilation on his few key speeches on his week long travel to Brazil early this year.

It's a good book to have a glimpse of his spiritual mindset of El Cantare.

Few key pointers as a takeaway:

1. We are all spiritual beings with soul. Earth is our training ground, school, to live up our mission. All the setbacks, experiences, happy or bad moments are meant to polish our mind, as at the end of day, we can only bring our mind with us, and not any earthly belongings, back to our eternal home (heaven) and receive our report card.

2. We are the author of our lives. We decide our happiness or unhappiness. It's our mind that chooses one or another.

3. We are God's descendent. God is pure light and love, so we have trace of this within us, and we all have great and equal potential to bring this shine out - to help us, and people surround us. Always be the giver, not seeker of love. We have the duty to bring others happiness.

I particular like pp.12-13, so will quote few phrases directly there:

- Your Soul is your true self
- When you go home to the spirit world, you will be assessed on the clarity, pureness, beauty, and richness of your mind
- Since the mind is the only possession you can take with you to the other world, all of what you experience in this world are materials that help cleanse, buff, and polish your mind. This is the very purpose of life.
- What is essential is to use these events and experiences to polish your mind and give it a brilliant luster
- The world is meant to be a place for you to gain all kind of experiences. It is meant as an opportunity to cultivate a rich, round, and beautiful heart.
- When you feel lost in life and don't know where to turn, always choose faith. It takes great courage to believe in something that is completely invisible and to devote your life to values that cannot be perceived by the eyes.
- The work that you do here on Earth will have ten times more worth than if it was done in the spirit world
- You cannot see Heaven
- You cannot see God
- You cannot see Hell
- But those of you who keep walking on the path of God and the invisible world of Heaven with only faith as your guide are the very people who will become angels

The last quote which actually is part of the introduction is also very good:

"Countless angels in Heaven are working as servants of God, making effort night and day to decrease the unhappiness that is found in this world. I hope that you, too, will become angels who never hesitate in your daily efforts to help cleanse this world and actualize Heaven on our Earth."

I bump into Angels teachings, Heaven on Earth in my past 2 blogposts. Thus have a great affinity when I follow my inner voice to read this book in such a sequential manner. Am again in awe that "things happen for a reason. There is no accident"

I hope you can pick up a few new ideas from this post like I do. Have a great weekend folks! :)