Posted by Steve on June 26, 2009 at 22:04:59:
In Reply to: Re: RYUHO OKAWA posted by steph ikeda on May 10, 2009 at 21:03:17:
Hi Steph
I am from New Zealand and have been a member of Kofuku-no-Kagaku since 1994. I am a well travelled person and not easily deceived. I believe the intentions of Ryuho Okawa and Happy Science are genuine. You may feel they are not because you think they ask for a lot of donation for their courses etc. However, when you see things from the spiritual perspective and realise that everything you have was given to you by God/Buddha and that the true and meaningful purpose of living on Earth is to help realise God's ideals which is to create Utopia then money is nothing but a tool to help achieve the objective. The reason Happy Science seems to work like a business is that they are very organised and this is neccessary in order to bring about change on Earth. Let me ask you a couple of questions: Are you happy with the state of the world right now? Do you think the old style religions have the power to save the world and bring happiness and unity to humankind? I'm not happy with the current state of the world and don't believe religions of the past have the power to save the world. I do believe that Happy Science is the movement that will bring about the change in human consciousness that creates Utopia. It may take 100, 200, 500 or 1000 years but I truly believe the new world will be founded on the teachings of Ryuho Okawa.... Love always, Steve from New Zealand