Reiyukai Practice
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Having an understanding of our inner
self is not enough to create a change
in it. It requires perseverance and
determination, more importantly;
enough positive will power to change.
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As long as the self-centered nature of our ego
leads us to isolate ourselves by caring for or worrying about only our problems,
the unconscious momentum of self-centered actions that negatively influences our
behavior will continue to grow stronger. To overcome it, Reiyukai teaches us to
develop a strong, positive force of will to enable us to change our behavior
patterns. To do this, first of all we must change our perspective and instead of
caring only for ourselves; we should try our best to care for others. The first
step in creating this caring attitude is to try to open our mind when we recite
from the Blue Sutra. From this comes a feeling of appreciation for all beings
and things, because everything has an irreplaceable role in the entire
interconnected network of existence. Development of this “altruistic” attitude
is an essential part of the Innerself Development and Reiyukai Practice.
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As we become conscious of the connections we have
with our ancestors, we gain an appreciation of how much those lives have
affected our ideas, attitudes and lifestyles. Furthermore, as we mature we
accumulate patterns of behavior based on prior experiences, which effect our
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Workshops |
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Adhyatmic Sahcharya Sanstha
organises various
workshops for its members. |
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Groom Group Workshop |
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Voice and Accent Training |
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Meditation |
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Daily recitation from the Lotus Sutra, while
envisioning and making a determination to act for the well being and betterment
of others as well as ourselves, gradually starts to produce an altruistic
counter force to counteract the self-centered force of ego. Each effort will
bring us positive feelings of satisfaction for having realized some improvement
in ourselves – feelings that are reflected in our way of being and in our
interaction with the people around us. They see and react to our new behavior
and tell us of the changes they have noticed, providing us with proof that our
improvement process is working, and also with motivation to continue our
efforts. Thus the people around us become an important part of our improvement
effort, and that is how the sharing aspect of the practice begins.
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Through Michibiki or
guidance we can act towards the benefit of not only
others around us, but also towards improving our own
selves. Not only can we show our friends or members
(people whom we have introduced to the Reiyukai), how to
access and illuminate their own inner selves with the
ancestral Sokaimyo and the Lotus Sutra. We can also
change our own basic mental attitude in our interactions
with them, by introducing them to the Reiyukai. While
recitation of the Sutra helps us to bring our latent
subconscious elements to the surface and makes us more
receptive to the realities around us, Michibiki helps us
to understand how these elements affect our actions and
interpersonal relationships and enables us to improve
them. We cannot see our own eyes without the aid of a
mirror, likewise our mind also needs something external
to reflect its image. Through Michibiki we come to
realize that the people whom we interact with reflect
our weaknesses and strengths through their negative or
positive responses.
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TIn Michibiki we observe
the effect of our actions and behavior from the
viewpoint of others. As long as we persist in our
viewpoint, we cannot observe ourselves objectively.
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In the process of
introducing others to the practice, we shall be coming
across people similar to us in many ways as if
exemplifying the English proverb “Birds of the same
feather flock together”. When they disclose their
weaknesses, we will see that we also have the same
weaknesses. Since weaknesses observed in others appear
in the sharper focus, we can know the nature and causes
of our common weaknesses more easily. Thus we are able
to work more objectively towards rectifying them. It is
very difficult to overcome our weaknesses by the force
of our mind alone. However, the process of helping our
members to overcome their weaknesses through our sincere
efforts and actions bring us in turn the strength to
overcome our own weaknesses. That is, our efforts and
actions originally meant for helping members to overcome
their weaknesses change our own mental attitudes in a
positive way; and the continuation of this process makes
this positive mental attitude a part of our nature. |
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