Back in the Showa era (before the spirit world shrunk), there were many people who caused mysterious phenomena.

Traditionally, it is said that “the true gods do not cause mysterious phenomena,” and “gods do not speak.”

This means that the real gods do not do strange things to surprise humans, and they absolutely do not speak.

Over 20 years ago, on holidays, I used to give consultations only to those I felt a connection with.

Mediums and representatives of religious groups who heard rumors about those consultees often sought to meet me.

When mediums hear about me through rumors, they seem to inevitably want to meet me.

Even if we don’t know each other directly, there might be connections and interactions between the spiritual beings behind us, or bonds with our inner gods.

If there were strong spiritual beings behind someone (both good and bad), I could immediately understand the true nature of the spiritual beings behind them when I saw the name or photo of the medium, so I avoided meeting such people.

This is because most of the people who earn a living through spiritual means were possessed by monsters of the spirit world.

Ironically, I felt a stronger connection between true gods and people who claim they have “no spiritual abilities.”

Such people do not feel spirits or experience sleep paralysis because lost spirits cannot approach them.

There are people who proudly say, “I often see ghosts,” but this means that the person’s spiritual level is low, in other words, it is at a low level that resonates with lost spirits.

Such people are prone to poor physical condition and misfortune, so they need to be careful.

People who are sensitive to spirits, when they pay homage to their ancestors with gratitude and enshrine a household Shinto altar, gradually stop feeling spirits.

When such spiritually sensitive people start giving proper offerings, their spiritual evolution and progress are fast. And as their spiritual level rises, they experience inspirations in everything.

Oh, I was going to write about a mysterious person who materializes spirits into dark red stones, but the topic has shifted. I’ll write about this another day.

Thank you for keeping me alive today.

Today, suddenly, I remembered a story I heard from someone to whom I owe a lot.

It’s a story from when this benefactor was a graduate student in medical school.

To write his doctoral thesis, he would gather data in the lab until late every night. Nearby, there was a street stall that grilled beef tongue. This was in the late Showa 20s (late 1940s to early 1950s).

Having lost his father early, he went to college on a scholarship, and when he was a graduate student, he lived solely on his part-time job income.

His mother, who was just getting by selling the side dishes she made at the market, would still send him rice.

While researching, he was tortured by the tempting aroma of grilling beef tongue that started wafting around after 10 pm.

Most of the customers at that stall were local shop owners. They would come to drink alcohol between finishing dinner around 8 pm and going to sleep.

My benefactor was an athlete who played volleyball during his student days, a sportsman who had won a domestic competition. He was tall, about 180 cm, a large man for those times.

In his situation, the aroma of beef tongue grilling over charcoal was irresistible.

Somehow, he saved money from his part-time job and finally went to eat at the stall. He went there, feeling embarrassed, with just rice in his lunch box.

The shop owner looked at him and simply asked, “Are you a student?” and then stayed silent.

My benefactor ate all the rice in his lunch box with a few pieces of beef tongue. He thought, “So this is what it means to be ‘flabbergasted.'”

Years later, after opening a hospital and achieving success, he seems to have visited almost all the famous beef tongue restaurants. However, he said none had a taste that surpassed that beef tongue he ate when he was a student.

He laughed and said, “When I achieved enough success to buy the whole restaurant, I could no longer encounter that taste.”

I like this story.

I feel that the small happinesses we feel during tough, painful times are unparalleled, the ultimate happiness that can never be tasted again.

Especially during tough times, we want to realize the happiness we haven’t noticed.

Thank you for keeping me alive safely today.

We all harbor an inherent god within ourselves.

The place it resides is around the right chest.

We say things like “my heart leaps,” “my heart aches,” and “ask your own heart,” and these are true statements.

We don’t know who started saying these things, but there is often unintended truth in expressions that have been handed down from ancient times.

We are born into this reality as humans for the first time when our own soul combines with a divided spirit of the divine spirit (= Ubusunagami, or guardian deity of one’s birthplace).

Many people want to know what kind of god their Ubusunagami is and where it comes from.

However, this is not very meaningful.

This is because, although we start from the combination with the Ubusunagami when we are born, as we grow in this world and depending on how much our own soul is polished, the Ubusunagami is replaced by a higher god.

The inherent god that changes in the process along the way is the internal god.

For example, according to my reading, Munetada Kurozumi’s Ubusunagami was Amenokoyane no Mikoto. However, due to filial piety, correct faith in the spirits, love for family, and effort in his main occupation, eventually, the inherent god changed to Amaterasu Omikami.

Of course, the opposite can also happen.

Depending on how one lives, the inherent god can often become weaker than the Ubusunagami one is born with.

Nevertheless, all Ubusunagami, inherent gods are gods that have separated from the same one source god, that is, a nameless source god, and are connected. All gods are one.

Thank you for keeping me alive.

Question:

When I visited the shrine I occasionally go to, I noticed a large cedar tree that branched into two from its base had been cut down. Looking at the stump, the center was charred black. Could it have been struck by lightning? It was quite a shock to me.

Reply:

Old shrines often have large trees that appear to have split into two trunks from a single base.

It’s either one sapling that branched out or perhaps two saplings that grew too closely together and fused as they matured.

Interestingly, at shrines, there often seems to be just one such tree, and it usually occupies a prominent spot within the shrine grounds.

The appearance of a tree branching from one into two symbolizes the fundamental laws of the universe.

It illustrates the idea that one becomes two, and from there it branches out infinitely.

This process of “one becoming two” is revolutionary and a truly mysterious transformation.

In Japanese mythology, from the primal god arose Izanagi and Izanami, and from them came countless other deities.

These trees that resemble twins or perhaps a couple at shrines represent the gods Izanagi and Izanami.

Since the start of the Heisei era, such trees have started to disappear.

For instance, at Shirayama Hime Shrine, a large tree standing to the left of the main hall was uprooted due to a typhoon, causing significant damage to the hall.

The tree seemed to have sliced the building from top to bottom, as if slashed with a sword.

From one primal god, all beings branched out, grew, and proliferated. However, humans, at the evolutionary endpoint, have become so distant from the primal god.

Humanity has distanced itself to the extent that we can’t recognize the primal god anymore.

At this point, the universe decided to halt its expansion and revert to its origin.

It can be said that the Heisei era marked the beginning of a world different from the vast past ages.

While the universe took a very long time to expand, I feel its return journey will be much shorter.

I am grateful to have been born in such a unique era.

Thank you for keeping me alive.

Until now, our physical body played the main role in our era.

For example, even if you dislike someone like Mr. A, you can hide that feeling with facial expressions and words. This is because the physical body can conceal the mind.

However, as humanity is bathed in the spiritual light of the sun, the spirit, which is the true nature of the heart, will take the main role, and the physical body will become subordinate.

This is a scary thing. The state of one’s mind strongly influences and manifests in the physical body.

Even if you try to hide your true feelings, they will show up in your body.

From now on, the spiritual light from the sun will gradually become stronger.

While still alive, the transition from the physical body to the spiritual body has begun.

During this process, if you have spiritual “impurities” within yourself, there will be friction between the physical and spiritual bodies, resulting in painful symptoms in the body.

To alleviate this, it’s essential to practice ancestor worship using strips of paper (tanzaku) and incense, helping lost spiritual entities related to oneself to attain enlightenment.

By doing this, your body will become spiritually clean, and as a result, the transition to the spiritual body will likely be smoother.

Tanzaku and memorial tablets (not those with individual names but those written as “for my ancestors”) will serve as mediums for the wandering spirits, becoming a kind of “perch” for certain spirits.

Without these, there’s no place for spirits to gather, making it easier for them to possess the person conducting the offering, causing painful symptoms.

If you can’t prepare tanzaku and the memorial tablet, please perform the offerings using hot tea without incense.

The method is to pour hot tea while thinking of gratitude towards your ancestors, place it on an empty dining table, and chant, “Dear ancestors, please partake. Thank you for keeping me alive.”

However, this method is half as effective in reaching the spirits compared to using tanzaku and incense.

Even with this method of offering, a medium (yorishiro) for the spirits to gather is essential. Also, please prepare three teacups.

The impact of the solar spiritual light on humanity is increasing daily.

As spiritual purification progresses:

• Your food intake will naturally decrease, as you derive energy from the solar spiritual light.

• You’ll start to feel the passage of time more quickly due to the time discrepancy between the physical and spiritual bodies. According to readings, some people feel 24 hours as if it’s only 19 hours. This varies based on an individual’s spirituality. Over time, the acceleration of time will likely increase.

There’s still more to share, but I plan to release it gradually.

Thank you for keeping me alive today, too.

The sacred amulet (shinsatsu) enshrined at home should be one that someone living in that home, as a representative, personally visits the shrine and purchases.

By doing so, a spiritual connection is established between that house and the shrine.

You should not have someone else buy the amulet for you.

For those who cannot travel to distant places like Ise, it’s good to enshrine an amulet from the most prestigious shrine in each prefecture, called “Ichinomiya,” or an amulet from a favorite shrine near your home.

When you are able to visit the Ise Grand Shrine and acquire an amulet, you should enshrine it in your household altar alongside any existing amulets.

While the Ichinomiya shrines do have amulets from the Ise Grand Shrine, it’s perfectly fine to use those too.

A spiritual connection is established in the order of: Ise Grand Shrine → Ichinomiya Shrine → Your Home.

By the way, why do you think people want to enshrine deities in their homes?

Certainly, the genuine hope might be to be protected and to expect good fortunes.

Until the Showa era, spanning thousands of years, it was a tricky period when the spirit world was functioning.

During an era when the spirit world was functioning, true deities could not directly interact with the real world.

They always had to use intermediaries, spiritual entities called “kenzoku”.

Kenzoku are energy bodies that take on forms such as dragon gods, tengu (mythological creatures), foxes, snakes, etc.

Each of these kenzoku has various characteristics according to their form, but a common point is that they are not very flexible.

They absolutely regard spiritual beings of a higher rank than themselves.

This is because they know that their life force comes from these higher-ranking beings.

If the high-ranking spiritual entity enshrined at a shrine is defiled or taken lightly, grave events occur.

It’s the kenzoku that brings retribution.

True deities cannot directly interfere with the real world, so they cannot bring retribution.

Retribution by kenzoku is what’s problematic.

Since kenzoku themselves have been intervening and observing the human world for a long period, they do not value human life.

On the other hand, they have excessively favored humans who venerate high-ranking spiritual beings.

These kenzoku can be referred to as those belonging to the true deity realm.

However, some kenzoku mistakenly regard the praise from humans as their own, and imitate high-ranking spiritual beings. These are called runaway kenzoku.

During the Showa era, these runaway kenzoku founded many new religions.

In the current Heisei era, with the reduction of the spirit world, the number of kenzoku has drastically decreased, and it has become an era where true deities can directly intervene in the human world.

Thank you for keeping me alive.

Question:

After offering the third incense stick, I inadvertently skipped the phrase “いただいて” when saying “生かしていただいて、ありがとうございます” (Thank you for keeping me alive). I quickly corrected myself.

My memorial service in gratitude is still clumsy, but I hope it reaches my ancestors.

By the way, I have three talismans: one of Amaterasu Ōmikami, a protective charm from Hakusan Hongū, and one of Atake Sumiyoshi Daimyōjin. If I place these in a kamidana (household altar), with the Amaterasu Ōmikami talisman at the front, which talisman should come next?

Answer:

Your ancestral memorial and gratitude service is about offering your feelings of thankfulness in your own way.

Everyone has their own path to climb, so the scenery everyone sees is different.

There’s no need for every minor detail of the view to be the same for everyone.

However, it’s good to have the phrase “生かして頂いてありがとうございます” (Thank you for keeping me alive) at the end of the memorial service.

This is because the presence or absence of this phrase acts like a signpost on a mountain path, determining whether you’re taking a shortcut or a detour.

Regarding the arrangement of the talismans, if the width of your kamidana is narrow, place the Amaterasu Ōmikami talisman at the frontmost. Then, place the talisman from your local shrine next, followed by the talisman of a shrine you greatly respect or one from a distant shrine you love.

In your case, the order should be: Amaterasu Ōmikami talisman, Atake Sumiyoshi Daimyōjin talisman, and then the Hakusan Hongū talisman.

If you can arrange the talismans side by side, the order from left to right would be: Hakusan Hongū, Amaterasu Ōmikami, and Atake Sumiyoshi Daimyōjin.

For the kamidana, changing the water of the offered sakaki tree and offering fresh water daily is essential.

It can be quite burdensome, so if you can’t maintain it regularly, you don’t need to force yourself to have a kamidana.

Everyone has their own timing for worship, and when the time is right, they will naturally be able to maintain such an environment.

Leaving a kamidana unattended is sad and not ideal.

When you worship the kamidana properly, spirits will come to the sakaki only when you offer your gratitude.

I place a bunch of sakaki on both the left and right of my kamidana, and they wither differently. This has spiritual significance.

The sakaki in front of the main shrine talisman tends to wither quickly as it absorbs the impure spirits of the house.

Question:

It is said that if you make a wish on the once-a-year Tanabata (Star Festival) day, your wish will come true. Is it okay to make a wish to the stars? Or is it better to convey feelings of gratitude instead of making wishes? Humans have offered prayers since ancient times, and prayers feel very beautiful. Is prayer the same as making a wish, so should we be more focused on feeling gratitude?

Answer:

When did humans start making wishes to spirits and deities?

When I reach back into the consciousness of the ancient world, I can feel a world where there was an exchange of consciousness between deities, creatures, and humans.

People of that time felt intuitively, not logically, that the deities were “the source of our life and the beings that give life to all creatures,” even if they didn’t understand everything about them.

Back then, there were natural disasters and conflicts, and there were years of poor crops due to the weather.

However, because humans and spirits communicated on a one-on-one basis and always felt a sense of unity with the spirits, they fully experienced both misfortune and joy, and lived their lives experiencing emotions together with the gods. This state is called “Kannagara” (being with the gods).

If we live being conscious of the inner deity within us, our hearts will feel warm, and we will realize that God has always been inside us.

There are many joyful, sad, and difficult things in life, but when you are in the state of Kannagara, you do not feel the urge to run away from misfortune or the feeling to pray to God for help.

It’s already a misfortune experienced together with God, so a heart that simply wants to taste it cheerfully with all its might arises.

Then, miracles come to you on their own.

And feelings of praising and thanking God naturally arise. The words spoken at this time are ritual prayers, words that celebrate God.

After humans lost their ability to communicate with spirits, the custom of asking spirits for favors began.

Teaching children that “if you ask God for what you want, it will come true” takes away the child’s desire to work hard. It makes them believe that “humans are powerless so all they can do is pray”, which results in the child moving away from the inner deity.

Please teach the children that “Tanabata is a day to celebrate the once-a-year meeting of Orihime (Weaving Princess) and Hikoboshi (Cowherd Star).”

Question:

Recently, a chain mail and blog showing an image called “God’s Eye” is trending.

Apparently, this image was taken by NASA, and it’s believed that if you make a wish upon this image, it will come true.

Normally, I am unfazed by such things, but for some reason, I found this one intensely frightening.

I don’t know if this is genuinely good or bad.

How do you feel about this image?

Reply:

Indeed, it’s a mysterious photo. I also felt it was “scary” just like you.

This seems to depict the end of a star’s life, hinting it will transform into a black hole next.

There’s a sense of something being drawn in or sucked in.

I did a reading on this photo.

In the photo, the center appears as a beautiful blue, resembling a Caucasian eye, but upon a spiritual vision, I can see that the actual image was of a black eye.

This black eye looks like an Asian eye. It wasn’t interesting, and I feel a Caucasian person colored it blue.

The first person who claimed that looking at this photo would grant wishes probably said it on a mere whim. However, it feels like a certain spiritual being made him say that.

Humans are vulnerable.

When we hear “it’ll boost your luck” or “your wish will come true,” we get a desperate urge to cling to such beliefs.

Although the photo itself is just a color-enhanced image of a star’s final state, the entity that seemed to have influenced the claim about the photo feels like Lucifer to me.

The intentions of this spiritual entity that embodies both good and evil are complex.

Even if I was told “Honoring your ancestors might lead to bad outcomes,” I would happily do it.

I intend to take responsibility for my actions. I just want to help my ancestors who are in distress.

There are many traps in the world, so let’s be careful.

Thank you for keeping me alive.

Question:

I have a question about ancestral spirits in the case of divorce.

I’ve heard that when a woman gets married, the spiritual lineage of her ancestral spirits changes to that of her husband’s family. If she divorces, does it revert back to the spiritual lineage of her own family? Or is she responsible for both the ancestral spirits of her husband’s family and her own?

Answer:

Even if you divorce, if you keep your ex-husband’s surname due to circumstances with your children or other reasons, your spiritual lineage remains with your husband’s family. The surname you adopt is crucial.

A name carries a “spiritual essence” or “vibration”.

When someone calls your name, you receive the vibration of that essence.

What’s important in a name is not just its written characters but its sound.

While name analysis often focuses solely on the strokes of the characters, I believe this is not meaningful.

I wish there were name analyses based on pronunciation.

The significance of the sound of a name applies to foreigners as well.

When you hear a name, you can feel its spiritual essence and from there, you can discern the flow and connections of the ancestors. In other words, you can understand spiritual connections just from the sound of a name.

Therefore, the surname you use is of utmost importance.

When you change your surname, you may initially feel a great sense of discomfort. This isn’t just an issue of getting used to a new name; it’s because the spiritual lineage you’re connected to has changed.

If you divorce and revert back to your maiden name, your spiritual lineage will also revert back to that of your original family.

From a spiritual perspective, if your surname differs from that of your children, who are expected to memorialize you after death, there’s a higher chance you might be forgotten.

I would like to emphasize that people without children or those who remain single throughout their lives should especially engage in ancestor memorial rituals.

Those who offer solace to their ancestors while alive will be surely guided by their ancestral spirits after death, making it easier for them to attain peace.

It works like action and reaction; whatever you do will eventually come back to you.

Instead of relying on mere imaginations like the “Higher Self”, practicing ancestral memorial rituals is far more important.

Thank you for keeping me alive.