It seems that the term “spiritual cord” has never been in much use, probably because its importance has not been grasped, the spiritual cord being intangible, finer than atmosphere. But its influence in all phases of human life is so great it cannot be lightly regarded. It can be the cause of fortune and misfortune on a personal level, while on a larger scale it can influence history.
Therefore, human beings must understand its significance.
Before going into detailed explanation, I wish to point out that this concept of the spiritual cord is scientific as well as ontological, and it will be a subject of much study in the future. The principle of relativity, cosmic rays, and all matters concerning individuals and society are affected by the spiritual cord. Let us start with the relationship between human beings and the spiritual cord.
human beings and the spiritual cord
Suppose there is a person. Readers may apply this to themselves. The number of spiritual cords connected to you is innumerable—there are hundreds, thousands of them. They all vary in length, size, and nature—positive or negative, all exerting constant influence on you to a certain degree, causing changes. Therefore, it is not too much to say that your very existence is being maintained by spiritual cords. Among all, the cords between husbands and wives are the thickest, then between parents and children. After these in diminishing thickness are the cords between siblings, other relatives, friends, and acquaintances. Old Japanese expressions such as “cords of love” and “to bind the cords of relationship” no doubt refers to this.
The spiritual cord is constantly changing its size, growing thicker or thinner. When a husband and wife are living together in harmony, the spiritual cord is thick and luminous, while at times of conflict, the cord becomes thinner, losing luminosity to a certain extent. The same can be said about those connecting parents and children, brothers and sisters, and all others. New cords are formed when new friends or acquaintances are made. An especially strong spiritual cord is formed when two individuals fall in love, which becomes extensively thick when their love reaches its zenith.
The spiritual cord between lovers
Through the spiritual cord, alternating currents of sentiment flow intensely between the two lovers. This creates a subtle and pleasant sensation, and at the same time, a sense of sorrow and loneliness goes back and forth until the spiritual cord is of the utmost strength. At this point, the lovers are absolutely inseparable. Any efforts of a third party to talk some sense into them would not only be futile but intensify the zeal even more, as everyone is aware. The mutual love of two individuals is analogous to the positive and negative charge producing a current when in contact, with the spiritual cord acting as a wire.
spiritual cords between parents and children
Although the spiritual cords between non-relatives can be cut or broken, those between blood relations cannot. Special attention should be paid to the spiritual cords between parents and children. As they constantly think of one another, their states are reflected on one another. Children receive the parents’ characteristic transmitted by the spiritual cords. For this reason, when people wish their children to be good, their own hearts must first be good. This is why admonitions of parents whose conducts are depraved are quite ineffective. But there are other cases as well. Sometimes a seemingly respectable couple’s child turns out to be very delinquent, to the puzzlement of many. Often it is because the parents are acting virtuously for utilitarian reasons; they may appear good on the surface but their souls are clouded and this is reflected on their child. In other instances, we find two children of widely different characters in the same family, one good and the other bad. Possible reasons may lie in the children’s previous lives or in is the sins of the parents. Let me illustrate.
spiritual cords AND PAST LIVES
Before going into further detail, the principles of reincarnation must be explained. Simply stated, after death every human being enters the spiritual world, that is, he or she is born into the spiritual world. This is how Buddhists refer to death—to be born in the Buddha’s land—which is rightly justified from a viewpoint of the spiritual realm. Here a person’s various transgressions in the physical realm prompt a process of purification. Spirits reincarnate when they have been purified to a certain degree reincarnate. Suppose a man had been wicked in a previous life, and upon death incurred by execution or under other circumstances, he deeply repents. Convinced that one must not commit evil, he resolves to be good in his next life. When he reincarnates, he comes back as a man of virtue.
It is possible that an individual who is virtuous by nature in this lifetime may have been extremely wicked in the previous life. There are many people who do not believe in life after death while living in this realm. After death, these people cannot find peace in the spiritual realm and often reincarnate before being fully purified, due to their attachment to physical life. Because of this, they retain sins and impurities for which they must go through purification in this world. Purification manifests as suffering. This explains why some individuals are born good but lead quite unfortunate lives. Other people are born disabled. Those who are born blind, deaf, or deformed died an unnatural death and reincarnated before the injury was fully purified. Let me write about another situation which is a remarkable illustration of reincarnation. Some new-born babies bear features of elderly people. They are reincarnations of those who died at advanced ages. As some people know, their features change and become baby-like after a few months.
In one family, the dishonest mind of the parents may reflect in one child, making him bad, while their conscience may reflect in the other, making him good. In another instance, where the parents have accumulated much wealth by dishonest means, the spirits of the ancestors make one of the children a prodigal son who squander the money like water until all the fortune is gone. This is because the ancestors know that the prosperity of the family is almost hopeless unless the ill-gotten wealth is dissipated. In this case, therefore, the son chosen to be a prodigal is actually performing a noble role of saving his family. People who are unaware of this may accuse him of destroying the family fortune, but in fact he is the one who deserves our sympathy.
spiritual cords with those in the spiritual realm
Spiritual cords connect people not only with others living around them, but also with those who have passed on to the spiritual realm, with divine beings, and with evil spirits. The divine spirits naturally encourage us toward good deeds, while evil spirits tempt us toward wicked ones. Thus, all human beings are continually manipulated by either good or evil forces. Spirits who have been purified to a certain degree in the spiritual realm qualify to be chosen as guardian spirits and protect human beings in the physical realm through spiritual cords. They can give a warning signal to people in their charge in order to save them from impending danger. For instance, suppose a person plans on taking a certain train. He misses the train for some reason—he is late or some obstacle prevents his taking the particular train—and he takes the next one. Later, he learns that the train he had missed met with a serious accident causing heavy casualties. Such an escape is due to the activity of the guardian spirit. It can foresee the fate of the individual in its charge and tries to warn him or her of the danger in various ways.
Spiritual cords differ in number
Spiritual cords differ in number according to the status of the individuals. For instance, the head of a family has cords with all members of his family, all relatives, servants, friends, and acquaintances. The president of a business organization has cords with all his employees. Public figures such as a mayor, governor, prime minister, president of a nation, and a king have innumerable cords connecting them with the people who are under their control or whom they represent. The number of spiritual cords increase in congruence with the ascension of rank. For this reason, any leader must possess a noble character. If a leader’s soul is impure, it reflects upon the many and the thoughts of the many become demoralized. The head of any government should be a person of true wisdom and spiritual awareness, one of great character who does his or her job with sincerity. If the people’s thought becomes corrupt, morality deteriorates, and the number of criminals increases, the administrator is responsible. Particularly, those in education should realize how their character reflects on their students through spiritual cords and always do their best to polish their souls, so that they may be worthy of being educators.
Especially people engaged in spiritual work, such as founders of religious groups or orders, presidents of religious organizations, priests and ministers all have an exceedingly strong spiritual influence on their numerous members or devotees because they are held in such reverence as if they were living gods. These individuals should be more conscientious than anyone else. Should they take advantage of their high positions and do something unworthy, their actions not only reflect on all their followers but can even result in the total disintegration of the organization itself. I am sure some of you have seen examples of such situations.
spiritual cords connect human beings with divine beings
There are not only spiritual cords between human beings but those which connect human beings with divine beings. The difference is that those of divine spirits are light itself, while even those of people with “high souls” are only half-luminous. The cords of most human beings tend to be grayish-white, lacking luster, and the more evil people are, the darker their cords become. Human beings generally wish to have good people as their friends. This is because they can be influenced in right ways by associating with good people and in wrong ways by associating with bad people. This is indeed due to the reflections through spiritual cords.
Even among the higher beings, there are divine spirits and evil spirits. Because the spiritual cords which come from divine spirits is light, our spiritual beings become more and more purified through worshipping them constantly, whereas evil spirits send out negative energies, which demoralize human thoughts and brings adversities to the worshippers’ lives. Therefore, for those who are considering to enter the spiritual path, it is essential to distinguish true divine beings from evil ones. Even the divine sprits differ in the intensity of their light according to their rank. Divine spirits of higher rank can bestow more miracles to their followers because their spiritual cords are of greater luminosity. Such is an overview of the significance of spiritual cords in direct relation with human beings. There are also actions of spiritual cords with other objects such as the houses we live in and the utensils and tools we use daily. Especially cherished articles are connected with the owner with very strong cords. This is true of our clothes and personal ornaments as well. I once read in an American psychic magazine of a woman with special ability. She could tell a person’s features, age, and even the person’s recent actions from an object in his or her possession. As she gazed at it, she could perceive all those things appear on it like a photograph. These were impressed on the object through the spiritual cords. From this account, we can understand how profound and subtle the actions are of spiritual cords.
spiritual cords connect the earth and heavenly bodies
Recently, scientists have begun investigating what they call cosmic rays. According to my observation, these “cosmic rays” are the spiritual cords connecting the earth and the stars. The fact that the earth is kept in equilibrium in space is due to the spiritual cords of the satellites which are drawing it. Therefore, the earth must have an unfathomable number of spiritual cords—millions, even billions of them—and all these cords penetrate the crust and reach its core. Incidentally, let me refer to the relationship of the earth and the heavenly bodies.
The earth and the heavenly bodies are just like counter-mirrors. There are two types of stars: bright and dark. Dark stars are invisible to the human eye because they have no light. Every year, however, some of them turn into bright ones; thus bright stars increase in number. The reason they turn into bright stars is because of the universal solidification of matter. When the solidifying process reaches its maximum, matter begins to emit light. It is by the same token that the hardest mineral on earth is the diamond, which is the brightest of all gems. At the time the earth was created, stars were as few as those in the sky at dawn. The number of stars has gradually increased in proportion to the population on the earth. For this reason, stars will continue to increase in infinite numbers—as will the population on earth. When astronomers think they have discovered a new star, they have actually found a star that has just turned into a bright one from its dark stage and therefore has become visible. Meteors are caused by the disintegration of a star, and meteorites are segments created in that process. There are celestial bodies of all kinds and sizes from major ones like Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Mercury, and innumerable smaller ones, all influencing human beings on earth. The five planets mentioned above correspond to the world’s five leading figures of each age. There are expressions in Japanese in which human beings are called stars metaphorically, such as, “A great star has fallen,” meaning a leading figure of the world has died, or “Encounter of great stars ,” meaning leading figures of the world meet, which are quite interesting.
In the West, there was a time when astrology greatly flourished. As history shows, it was practiced by priests, who used it for fortune-telling and diagnosing diseases, thereby dominating the society. The art of Chinese divination was also based on a principle of nine heavenly bodies. Thus, it is not without significance that the ancients were interested in the stars.
By the way, the theory of life on Mars is wrong. According to my observations, life exists only on this earth. Moreover, the earth is the center of the great universe and all things were created to serve humanity. Therefore, we must realize how precious human existence is.
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