Today I went to the post office. Because of the coronavirus
it was not crowded and was unusually quiet. While I was waiting in line looking
at some forever stamps in the display, a lady cut in front of me and went to
the front of the line. There, she saw a young man who was wearing a huge white
mask on his face. She loudly asked him if he was sick. He said, “No,” but she
did not hear him so she said louder, “If you are sick, stay at home!!” He
replied again that he was not sick.
The lady became aggressive
and literally screamed at him, “A mask doesn’t help prevent you from
contracting the coronavirus! I know! I work in the medical field! Take off your
mask! You are creating chaos! Go home!” This lady who claimed to work in the medical
field was herself creating chaos at the post office. To protect yourself from
chaos you need to keep calm within your mind. I immediately left the post
office to protect myself from this chaos.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
declared a state of emergency on Saturday, March 7 due to the pandemic
spread of coronavirus in New York City and Westchester County. The Governor
confirmed that 216 people tested positive for the virus on Thursday and then today
confirmed 325 total individuals who tested positive for the virus.
Some people can take days
off from work or work from home. Others cannot. Currently, the Seicho-No-Ie New
York Center is under heavy construction. The construction workers go to
different job sites depending on the need. They have to work for their
families. Because we would like to finish construction as soon as possible, we
have kept the center open.
However,
we are unable to provide adequate building cleaning due to our current building
renovation, so the Seicho-No-Ie New York Board of Trustees decided to cancel
today’s evening meetings and the next Sunday Service. If
you have any ailments or are even slightly under the weather, please stay home.
This is important.
My
daughter’s school decided to cancel all classes through March 30, 2020. According
to the authority the coronavirus situation will become worse in the coming
weeks, but we must know that our True Image will never change. The first and
foremost thing that we must remember is that we are all children of God,
perfect and harmonious. Therefore, we must not panic. When we keep peace in our
minds, great ideas will come to us showing us how to deal with the current
situation.
When
we visualize our True Image, we will never suffer from anything. Even if we
encounter a difficult situation, we will receive the solution to be able to
deal with it and as a result we will be in a better situation in the future.
Therefore, it is truly important to visualize our True Image.
When
we practice Shinsokan meditation and enter into the True-Image World, the
kingdom of God, and are able to visualize and spiritually feel the life of God
who gives us the power of life, everything will change. Rev. Taniguchi wrote:
“…The fountain of life emits a rainbow of five or seven hues as it is poured
over me. It becomes an endless wave of light as it flows over my entire body,
thoroughly purifying and washing away all uncleanliness and imperfections from
my entire body. Every last cell in my whole body is thoroughly filled with
infinite ageless life, revived, regenerated, and each and every cell emits a
brilliant glow of ageless life that surpasses the brilliance of the purest
diamond. The light is so sublime that no harmful microbe, nor germ, nor virus
can come near it. Should these things approach close enough to the light, they
simply vanish like darkness before the light.” (Truth of Life magazine,
July 1991, Prayer to Enter into the Ageless World of Heaven)
This
Sunday I will practice Shinsokan meditation at 11 am, so please practice
Shinsokan at home followed by the Holy
Sutra reading. Thank you very much.
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