[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 9th Feb. 2017 ⏲ To My Friends and Daily Gos ho plus 10th Feb. 🌨 Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more. Thursday, February 9th, 2017 -- TO MY FRIENDS -- The limit to our potential is what we ourselves decide. "I'll try challenging this for 5 more minutes." Breaking through the walls of our heart and mind that limit us begins with just such a small extra step! Thursday, February 9th, 2017 --- DAILY GOSHO --- "But my life from the beginning has been based upon firm conviction. I have no intention now of reversing my course, nor will I ever reproach [those who persecuted me]. Evil persons too will be good friends to me." (Why No Protection from the Heavenly Gods? - WND, Vol.2, page 432) Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin," Seikyo Shinbun, Feb. 9th, 2017 Friday, February 10th, 2017 ---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- "Though you may dislike organisations, is remaining alone really freedom? Can you guarantee that you won't lose sight of yourself if you're on your own? That's hard to say. Genuine freedom does not mean living selfishly and doing just as you please; it is travelling the correct path in life. "The Earth, for example, revolves around the sun. If it were to stray from its orbit even in the slightest, it would spell disaster. A spacecraft, if it follows the correct course, can traverse the vast cosmos and reach its destination. This is the meaning of true freedom. "Sports, too, have their own sets of rules. There are certain ways of doing things. Does freedom mean going around arbitrarily breaking these rules? I don't think so. Genuine freedom is making full use of your strength and skill while following the rules of the game. "To live without a goal or purpose, doing whatever you please, whenever you please, makes for a reckless and self-destructive life. Organisations are made up of many different kinds of people, which provides the stimulus for personal growth. In many sports, too, it's hard to assess your real ability if you train or practise only by yourself. You develop and grow through interacting with many other people. "For instance, taros—potato-like vegetables popular in Japan and other places—are rough and dirty when harvested, but when placed in a basin of running water together and rolled against each other, the skin is peeled away, leaving the taros shining clean and ready for cooking. It's probably inappropriate to compare people to taros, but my point is that the only way for you to hone and polish your character is through your interactions with others. "Being on your own without having to see or think about others may seem comfortable and worry-free, but you'll find yourself stuck in a world that is terribly small and limited. By avoiding belonging to any group or organisation, you deprive yourself of contact with many people and, in the end, you may well be left wondering about the meaning of your own existence. "A society without any organisation whatsoever would be chaotic and disordered; there would be mob rule, with everyone just doing as they pleased, regardless of the consequences. It would be like a ship sailing out to sea without a compass—either it will lose its way, or end up being wrecked." SGI Newsletter No. 9542, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 22: The Organisation for Advancing Kosen-rufu—Part 1 [of 2], 22.3 The Organisation Exists for the Members, from the November 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 3rd Feb. 2017 * The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/ -- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU -- GENKAI TO WA MIZUKARA TSUKURIDASU MONO DA. [MO GO FUN GANBARO] KOKORO NO KABE O UCHIYABURU NO WA SONO CHISANA IPPO KARA! --- KYO NO GOSHO --- "TADA SHOGAI MOTO YORI OMOI KIRITE SORO IMANI HIRUGAERU KOTO NAKU SONO UE MATA IKON NASHI MOROMORO NO AKUNIN WA MATA ZENCHISHIKI NARI" (Gosho Zenshu, page 962)

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