"Let us go into Judaea again" - Don't Laugh and Don't Make Sad People Sadder

Toward the North-East, Tsukuba Mt., from Tokyo

Don't Laugh and Don't Make Sad People Sadder

There have been some arguments as to whether Christ Jesus laughed as there are no such descriptions in the Bible.

On the other hand, it is well understand the Satan and its servants often laugh.

However, there are many things and physical and psychological aspects of Christ Jesus that are not mentioned in the Bible.  Even if his disciples had seen Christ Jesus laughing, the fact might not have been recorded in the Bible.

One would forget about the God, when he or she is laughing.  Besides, one will never laugh, facing the God, just like one will never laugh seeing death of his family members or himself/herself.

One would laugh when he or she sees funny things.  And one would laugh only when he or she knows that his or her laughing is allowed by others or that none can blame him or her of laughing. 

But if one knows truth of the world and the human world, and if the truth is full of tragedies, how can the one laughs seeing any worldly phenomenon?

Or as the truth of the world and the human world is full of tragedies, Christ Jesus probably could not laugh seeing anything in this world.

But Satan and its servants should laugh any time when they see a blasphemy by a man.  Satan should love to laugh seeing a man acting against or giving the back to the God.

Satan wants to laugh at the God to put Him down, but the God would not laugh at Satan as a joke, sine He must have no reason for forgiving Satan.  And Christ Jesus must have had no reason for laughing at any worldly things under influence of Satan.

If Christ Jesus laughed in any situation, it should mean that He accepted the situation.  But Christ Jesus did not come to this world to enjoy anything.  He came to this world to save poor people who were laughed at by rich men and Satan.

There are always poor people who would be sadder by seeing happy people laughing.  Christ Jesus never made poor and sad people sadder.

So, we may as well think that the Bible tells not to laugh as poor people would be sadder, since Christ Jesus seldom laughed.

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Joh:11:7: Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
Joh:11:8: His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
Joh:11:9: Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
Joh:11:10: But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

"found the colt tied by the door" - Happy People, Rich People, and Fake Saints

North of Tokyo

Happy People, Rich People, and Fake Saints

How does AI interpret the Bible?

In the future, robots equipped with super AI will be surely realized.  And such robots will function like men in most of aspect of human activities.  But what inclination or fondness will these robots show?

Specifically will AI robots love to enjoy works of art or literature?  Or what beauty will they find in those works?  And ultimately will AI robots need religion?

On the other hand, men may become a kind of robots, loosing ability to enjoy works of art and literature and making light of religion.

Or a certain robot equipped with highly developed artificial intelligence may start to act like a saint to be respected by people.  Without understanding of the meaning of words of the God, the robot may be able to deliver words of the God as if they know the secret in these words.

While the people in religion are acting like saints without believing in the words of the God, they can function as professionals and experts of religion.  They may be close to AI robots acting like saints.

The problem is that rich and successful people may not mind both such fake human professionals in religion and AI robots acting like saints without understanding meaning.

In deed, Christ Jesus said that happy people do not need the God. 

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M'r:11:3: And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
M'r:11:4: And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
M'r:11:5: And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
M'r:11:6: And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.

"And Jesus answering said" - Rich Men, Bad Men; Poor Men, Hopeful Men

Around Tokyo

Rich Men, Bad Men; Poor Men, Hopeful Men

One will do usually anything to protect his own profits, assets, and money.  But what the God wants men to do is do rationally and religiously anything to protect profits, assets, and love of the God.

Before the mankind was generated on the earth, the God existed in this universe.  The mankind is in no position enough to claim their own rights over the will of the God.

The mankind belongs to God.  The mankind is a creature of the God.  The God can set any fate to the mankind.  However, a man can deny existence of the God.  A man can live without revering the God.  A man can worldly succeed and get rich without faith in God.  And if a man becomes rich, he or she can satisfy his or her desire.

But Christ Jesus gave a warning to wealth:

Luk 12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Luk 12:17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Luk 12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
Luk 12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luk 12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Luk 12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 

In other words, Satan gives success, wealth, and money to those who sell their souls to Satan.  But Satan cannot give life to any man.  And the God can take away life from anyone at any time.

And in the extension of this context, we may say that rich men are servants of Satan and poor men are loved by the God.

However, we may sometimes find honest and pious, although maybe just outwardly,  people among rich men while we may often find mean and evil, although maybe due to extreme poverty or psychological confusion, men among poor people.

Yet, according to the teaching of the God, there is no chance for rich men to be saved as they belong to Satan.  So, we may say at least that poor men are more hopeful than rich men in terms of salvation of their souls.


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Luk 10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
Luk 10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Luk 10:32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

"fell down at his feet, and worshipped him" - The Holy Protection Scheme against Diseases

After a deluging rain around Tokyo

The Holy Protection Scheme against Diseases

There was a Japanese woman aged about 50 who flew to Switzerland to be applied euthanasia to as euthanasia is banned in Japan except under special conditions.

Christ Jesus must be able to heal even patients, like the woman, suffering intractable diseases the modern medical treatment cannot cure.

But how could Christ Jesus can heal sick people and why cannot sick people be cored usually if they pray to God?

When Jesus healed the sick, on many occasions he made this statement: "Your faith has made you well."

In Matthew 9:20-22, Jesus healed the woman who had suffered for many years with constant bleeding:
Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind him. She touched the fringe of his robe, for she thought, "If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed."
Jesus turned around, and when he saw her he said, "Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was healed at that moment. (NLT)
Here are a few more biblical examples of healing in response to faith:
Matthew 9:28–29; Mark 2:5, Luke 17:19; Acts 3:16; James 5:14–16.
https://www.learnreligions.com/why-doesnt-god-heal-everyone-701958

First of all, it is God who created life and living things on the earth.  God must know every secret of life and diseases.  Modern  medical science is just tracing and finding out the secrets of life God has set billions of years ago.

The human body is made of cells which are made of molecules built with atoms.  But for the human body to function, it needs control from the brain or the center of  neurons.  If this control system malfunctions, a disease should be developed.  And man's nerve system has a linkage with the spiritual world, therefore man can have faith in God that is spirit, according to Christ Jesus.  So, if power of God came down from the spiritual world to the human body through his or her brain or the nerve system, a disease he or she is suffering should be cured.  And to enjoy this process, it is natural that he or she needs faith in God.

Or probably Christ Jesus added or increased faith to a sick person so that the person could strengthen the connection of its brain or nerve system to the spiritual world to be healed.

However, a man dies someday.  This is the common fate of all the living things.  But faithful persons must die in a way of showing the glory of God.  If God and Christ Jesus judged that it was appropriate for a faithful sick person got recovered from illness as the person would be useful in presenting the glory of God, Christ Jesus should heal him or her.

Anyway, Christ Jesus, His Apostles, and the like must have not be affected by diseases.  And, it must be impossible for God to be struck by a disease.  They all seem to be protected by the holy protection scheme against any disease only God can invent.



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Act 10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
Act 10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
Act 10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.

"for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God" - God and 12 Apostles

On Tokyo Bay

God and 12 Apostles

There were 12 Apostles of Christ Jesus, according to the Bible.  But the fates of most of them are unknown.

How Did the Apostles Die?
Reports and legends abound and they are not always reliable, but it is safe to say that the apostles went far and wide as heralds of the message of the risen Christ. An early legend says they cast lots and divided up the world to determine who would go where, so all could hear about Jesus. They suffered greatly for their faith and in most cases met violent deaths on account of their bold witness.
(https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/whatever-happened-to-the-twelve-apostles-11629558.html)

At least these 12 Apostles lived with Christ Jesus in His immediate circle for about three years, learning His teaching, watching miracles, and receiving His super power.  Their diseases, if any, must have been cured.  Their wisdom and talent must have been highly developed.  And their faith in the God must have been significantly strengthened.  So, these Apostles must have become outstanding persons in any society wherever they might have gone.  However, mainly only Peter was described in the Gospels.   

Where were they after the death or ascension of Christ Jesus?  What did they perform after the death or ascension of Christ Jesus?  It is unknown.  But it is strange.

However, it is assumed that these Apostles contributed to future development and deployment of the teaching of Christ Jesus or Christianity like St. Peter.  Probably for them to have continued their living, always thinking about Christ Jesus, must have greatly contributed to expansion of the teaching of Christ Jesus.

So, even most of 12 Apostles of Christ Jesus did not earn their places in history.  We should not be disappointed or frustrated even if we cannot perform great accomplishments, while we have faith in the God, although the God can freely set our fates.

For the God, it does not matter whether or not those who believe in Him earn their places in history even in terms of religion.  But according to the teaching of Christ Jesus, it might matter for God how much wealth His believers store and accumulate in Heaven.  God must attach more weight to things in Heaven than this-worldly things.

We had better change our view that the spiritual world (Heaven) is superior to the physical world (the human world).     


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M'r:10:24: And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
M'r:10:25: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
M'r:10:26: And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
M'r:10:27: And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

"for he had great possessions" - The Things that Are God's

Around Tokyo

The Things that Are God's

Christ Jesus said: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's (Mat 22:21)."

The things that belong to a king mean coins and money.  And the things that belong to the God is life.  Therefore, it seems that what Christ Jesus meant by this saying is to give up and return money to a king and it is natural that a man dies, giving up and returning his life to the God.

However, from the teaching of Christ Jesus, money is another form of Satan.  And, Satan distributes money through a king or a government.  So, what Christ Jesus said should be interpreted as "Render therefore unto Satan the things which are Satan's."

Or, otherwise, it is thought that whatever kings possess has been given by the God to the kings.  The Bible says that all the gold, silver, etc. in this world belong to the God.  Therefor the kings are requested to return coins and money to the God.  But what if coins and money are other forms of Satan?  Could we return coins and money that are essentially from Satan to Satan or God?

All the gold and silver in this world belongs to the God.  But Satan invented coins and money from the gold and silver to distribute them among the human beings through kings and governments.

The word of Christ Jesus might simply mean to pay tax to a king or a government and pay your life to the God through faith.  But as it is concerned with money, another form of Satan, it is a little complicated.

Probably, we have to give up use of money to get rid of Satan.  And surely, we have to give up our life to the God when we die. 


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Mar 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Mar 10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mar 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

"Can a devil open the eyes" - For Acquiring Sympathy of God

The Ueno Park, Tokyo

For Acquiring Sympathy of God

It may not be appropriate, but it would not be meaningless to think about the Three Great Deaths of Socrates, Caesar, and Christ Jesus.

They were all forced to die in incongruous circumstances.  The great philosopher of ancient Greece Socrates died in 399 BC by drinking a poison in custody: "In 399 BC, Socrates went on trial and was subsequently found guilty of both corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and of impiety ("not believing in the gods of the state"), and as a punishment sentenced to death, caused by the drinking of a mixture containing poison hemlock" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates).

The great leader and general of Caesar was killed in Rome by his colleagues in the Roman Senate　in 44 BC: "Caesar attempted to get away, but, blinded by blood, he tripped and fell; the men continued stabbing him as he lay defenceless on the lower steps of the portico. According to Eutropius, around 60 men participated in the assassination. He was stabbed 23 times" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar).

And Christ Jesus died on the cross in AD 30/34 through trials by the Jewish authority and under the judgment by a Roman governor: "Jesus' crucifixion is described in all four canonical gospels. After the trials, Jesus is led to Calvary carrying his cross; the route traditionally thought to have been taken is known as the Via Dolorosa" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus) .

Many people have died since the establishment of the mankind.  It is thought that tens of billions of members of the mankind have died in history.  But these Three Great Deaths indicate some crucial conditions of one's death.  One may die due to errors of a state and its citizens, political conflicts and foolish judgement by the elite, and Satan's plot.

Even today, there must be many facing crisis of life due to various incongruous conditions.  It is unknown how many people died in such conditions, at least, in these 2000 years.  And one of the worst cases is that one is involved in a war where he or she is not responsible.  To save such people is a function of civilization.

And to know truth of the world and people in addition to the divine will, one must be probably as great as Socrates or  Caesar (if not Christ Jesus) to the extent of being envied, hated, and cursed by one's opponents (if not Satan).

So, facing crisis of life in some incongruous conditions may be a chance to ask help from God, thus acquiring sympathy of God.     



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Joh 10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
Joh 10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
Joh 10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

"take no thought how or what ye shall speak" - For Solving Economic Issues of Everybody

Tokyo

For Solving Economic Issues of Everybody

"Pay tax and give money to the poor" is the economics of Christ Jesus.

There are some scenes of Christ Jesus talking about money in the Bible.  But the essence of His teaching about economy is represented by the above word.

So, the key to solving economic problems in the world today should be found there.  Everybody should pay tax, and the governments, enterprises, and wealthy people should provide money to the poor.  However, if it is common sense of the world that everybody should pursue his or her own profits to maximize his or her assets, this teaching cannot be practiced.  In contrast, if it is common sense of the society that one must love its neighbors as much as oneself, this teaching of Christ Jesus must be practiced and promoted.

Therefore, the key to economics to solve economic issues is prevalence and diffusion of Christ Jesus' teaching to love your neighbors as much as yourself.

But when can the mankind realize this need to understand Christ Jesus' teaching for solving economic issues of everybody?   



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Mat 10:18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Mat 10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Mat 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

"Good Master, what shall I do" - Wolf's Eyelash

A Rocky Beach of the Pacific Coast around Tokyo

Wolf's Eyelash

There was one female, popular cartoonist or manga-artist in Japan who died about 15 years ago.

Hinako Sugiura specialized in depicting ordinary people's lives in the Edo era of Japan.  The Edo era was a period before the Meiji Restoration around 1868 when modernization of Japan began.  Samurai-class people administrated Japan under the rule of Tokugawa shogun in this period since the start of the 17th century.

She created a piece of work on a strange experience of one foolish man who always failed in his business, was often and easily fooled, duped and despised by friends, and was treated like a nobody by his wife.

One day, as his wife badly shouted insults at him, he finally decided to leave the home and went deep into mountains to die.  He though that he was useless in this world so that only one thing he could do was to be eaten by a wolf to feed a hunger in the animal.

He found a den of a wolf to lay down there, waiting for the wolf.  Then, the wolf came back to its den, smelling the man.  The wolf said to the man, "I cannot put up with  your smell.  Go away!"  The man replied, "I am very sorry.  But please hold your nose and eat me.  Please let me die!"  But the wolf further said with an angry voice, "You have an odor of a "real human being," with which I cannot have patience.  So, I will give you an eyelash of mine.   Take it, go to a street of a town, and see people around, holding the eyelash before your eye, and then you will see an interesting thing."

Giving up his plan to die as a prey to a wolf, the foolish man took an eyelash from the wolf and went down the mountains to a town.   He found various busy people walking and working in the street, in addition to one beggar sitting at the corner of the street.  Then he held the wolf's eyelash before his eye to observe people.

Then, all those people in the street turned to bogies, goblins, and monsters in shapes of men.  But only the beggar still looked as before, a "real human being."  So, he realized what the wolf had said about odors.

There came a hen-like female goblin, saying "Here, my dear foolish husband!  Where were you! Come back to the house!  Don't gaze into space!"  He pulled down the magic eyelash and saw his wife, realizing that it was natural that he could not get along well with this woman. 

However, he decided to go back home with her, as he now found that this world was full of monsters worse than his wife.  And he understood the reason why he could not succeed, like the beggar, in this world of monsters.  But before leaving the street, he approached the beggar who was a "real human being" and gave him the magic eyelash of the wolf.

I don't know who first created this story.  But I think it could be a story enjoyed by poor people in the world of today.


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Mar 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Mar 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

"one fold, and one shepherd" - One of the Signs

Around the National Diet Bldg., Tokyo

One of the Signs

The death toll in each country due to natural disasters in 2018 is as follows:

1. Indonesia  5,510
2. India         1,396
3. JAPAN        438
4. Guatemala   427
5. China           354
6. Philippines  313
7. Nigeria        300
8. USA            295
9.  Pakistan     240
10. N. Korea   232

Japan suffers several tropical tempests or typhoons generated in the South Pacific Ocean and landing on it in every summer season.  Heavy rains cause landslide and floods in Japan where mountainous districts account for 70% of the national land.  And recently a typhoon with the largest scale in decades attacked the area around Tokyo and the Tohoku are that suffered the great tsunamis in 2011.

It is believed that, due to globalization, Japan's environment is becoming semi-tropical, so that more typhoons are approaching Japan in the summer season.

Maybe this is one of the signs foretelling the Second Coming of Christ Jesus.   



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Joh 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Joh 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

"the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you" - Satan's Traps

Around Tokyo

Satan's Traps

It is a form of faith to try to see a meaning of any incident around one in connection to the will of the God.

Sometimes one faces an incongruous incident so that one tries to find the worldly or personal meaning.  But the true meaning of the incident lies in the will of the God.

And in a very special case, a historic tragedy of a nation or a tribe should be also interpreted not even in a historical context but also in terms of the will of the God. 
 
People with true faith belong to the Kingdom of the God, and thus they are used to interpret their individual tragedy from the context of their faith and the will of the God.  Accordingly, they will not be trapped in Satan's traps.


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Lu:10:9: And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Lu:10:10: But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
Lu:10:11: Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

"I am the door" - Every Mystery about the God

Around Tokyo

Every Mystery about the God

It is said that the accumulated number of human beings ever born is about 108 billion.  Those who are alive now account for 6.5% (about 7.2 billion) of them.

The living things that have the spirit of the human being are human beings.  And every human being can understand the concept of the God.  And, on the other hand, the God must understand everyone of the 108 billion human beings.  The God must be able to listen to prayer of everyone simultaneously.  And the God decides fate of everyone.  More than that, the God can change fate of everyone according to prayer of him or her.  And, those who believe in God and practice the teaching of God will be allowed to enter Heaven and obtain eternal life, according to Christ Jesus.

Conversely, Christ Jesus never said that there were not Heaven and the hell in addition to spiritual world.  Christ Jesus never said that if a man died, that is the complete end and that there was nothing after one's life in this world.

Before learning Christianity, one can think of God.  This is the spiritual feature of every human being.  However, Christ Jesus made it clear that there was God, Heaven, the hell, and the spiritual world.

And if one believes in the God, one cannot in theory do harm and wrong to earn money or get profit, since the teaching of the God is encouragement and promotion of good and love.

But why does the God prefer love and goodness?  Probably it is the basis of existence of God.  Due to existence of the God, human beings and other creatures exist.  And probably due to love of whatever level, depth, and strength, God exists.  But it is a mystery for what God has love.  At least, we may say that God loves and exists as He wishes to do so.  And, we may think at least that it is opposition to naught.  The absolute dark power is denying existence of anything, including the God.  The absolute darkness must have generated Satan to attack the God.  But who generated this dark power against the God who is the only source of everything?

Until we find out answers to every mystery about the God, this world will not be terminated.   


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Joh 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Joh 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
Joh 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

"the sheep follow him" - The Meaning of the Light Speed

Tokyo Bay

The Meaning of the Light Speed

Nothing in this universe cannot move faster than light.  This is one of the fundamental conditions in the universe.

Light (electromagnetic waves) is one type of energy.  And no other types of energy can move faster than light.  This is one of the fundamental conditions in the universe.  (Therefore the telecommunication method using light or radio wave is the fastest method in this universe.)

But if this universe had been made in a random manner, it is strange that this condition exists.  Material bodies in a universe created in a random manner must move at random speeds; various types of energy in a universe created in a random manner must move at random speeds.  In such a university, there must be no need for the limit of movement of material bodies and energy.  Conversely, this university with the upper limit of movement of everything must not have been created in a random manner.

Countless types of universities might be created in a random manner, and one type of universities created in a random manner may have a limit of the rate of movement of material bodies and energy.  But the probability of establishment of the university with the limit of the rate of movement is almost zero.

However, it is not just zero as our university in fact exists where the light speed it the upper limit of movement of all the material bodies and any kind of energy.   Rather, it means that our university was especially created by God with specific intent.

So, God set the limit of the speeds of everything in this universe by use of light.  In other word, the light speed is the symbol of intention of God or God itself.   Therefore, we cannot get out of this university at the speed faster than light.


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Joh 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
Joh 10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

"his fame in all that country" - Salvation and Enlightenment

The Narita Airport, around Tokyo

Salvation and Enlightenment

Religion is related to salvation and enlightenment.  Christ Jesus emphasized salvation but the Buddha focused on enlightenment.  However, it does not mean that the teaching of Christ Jesus is not related to enlightenment.

For example, the Buddha forbade his disciples to attend a funeral ceremony.  If a man cannot transcend the wheel of life, what meaning is there in a funeral ceremony?  But the Buddha must have thought that if a man got enlightenment, there would be no need for his funeral.  Yet, Christ Jesus taught that a man being sad due to death of his loved one should be consoled in Heaven.

It seems reasonable that an enlightened man needs no salvation from unhappiness, since such a man is free from unhappiness.  But it is very difficult and rare that a man is enlightened.  So, ordinary people absolutely need salvation.

God is perfectly and completely enlightened, but it does not seem that God requests a man to get enlightened like Him, although Christ Jesus told men to be perfect like God.

For example, Christ Jesus gave the instruction to love God as much as possible but not to get enlightened.

If a man who is not almighty and omnipotent succeeds in getting enlightened to any degree, he cannot rejoice God who is inherently and essentially enlightened.  But if a man who is imperfect loves God as much as he can, God must be rejoiced according to Christ Jesus.  And God will help such a man fully so that he does not need salvation and enlightenment any more, since God is the Master of everything.

Salvation is probably in the realm of love ultimately in relation to God, but enlightenment seems to be in the domain of saints.  If a man is loved by God and thus allowed to enter Heaven, he will be fully enlightened.  And to be loved by God, we have to love God as much as possible, according to Christ Jesus.  This is a part of a religion.

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Mat 9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
Mat 9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
Mat 10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

"he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose" - From a Mind to the Spiritual World

Parliament Street (Kokkai-dori), Tokyo

From a Mind to the Spiritual World

Radio waves cannot be seen, but they provide visual and audio signals, and motion pictures and sounds are reproduced through a TV receiver.

In the human brain, electrons are moving through brain cells, generating electromagnetic waves.  And it is thought that the electromagnetic waves reproduce motion pictures and sounds in the human brain.

What's more, spiritual waves must be working and be exchanged between the human brain and the spiritual world, although the spiritual waves cannot be seen.  And when a man dies, the last portion of spiritual waves sticking around the dying human bran must fly to the spiritual world or Heaven.

So, when a man dies, he will be revived in the spiritual world as taught by Christianity.

With a TV set, none denies the existence of radio waves although radio waves cannot be seen.  With the human brain, none cannot denies the work of electrons and minuscule electromagnetic waves in the brain, although they cannot be seen.  Therefore, with mind, none should deny the existence of spiritual waves being exchanged with the spiritual world.

Accordingly, one should believe that when a man dies, he will be revived in the spiritual world through the last and full ascending of the spiritual waves from his mind to the spiritual world, as taught by Christianity.


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M't:9:25: But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
M't:9:26: And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
M't:9:27: And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.