Book Review: Fushigina Kiroku Volume 14

This volume teaches one of God’s laws, called “Tatsu Hone”. Readers can find insight from a God-centered perspective to be eye-opening. Such insights are presented using factual stories that help readers learn God’s law.

God Created the World

The author repeatedly mentions that God created the world including trees, flowers, water, and air. And God created all creatures, and they live in the world run by God’s law. Humans are given greater ability than creatures to consider and choose their actions in accordance to God. Sometimes the actions go against God’s law and can cause a negative impact on our life by God’s law. In order to live in the world happily, the author helps readers to understand God’s law using various true stories.

Through true stories, readers can acknowledge the existence of God and the world’s law. The insight leads to more God-centered perspectives. The opposing perspective is human-centered or self-centered. People may be unaware of their own perspective and unknowingly act without malicious intent. However, because all actions have consequences, it is critical to know which actions have a negative impact. Using true stories, the author indicates what acts cause negative consequences. Readers can learn valuable lessons from stories that can improve their lives.

God’s Law of “Tatsu Hone”

God’s law of “Tatsu Hone” is related to bones, trees, all plants, and even a pillar of a home or a country, etc. Since this volume focuses on the God’s law of “Tatsu Hone”, the true stories involve a family tragedy caused by such objects, such as a man who left a family, tree cutting, a woman with bone tuberculosis, and a woman who sustained numerous bone fractures in a car accident.

One of the remarkable true stories is about cutting trees. For many people, cutting down trees is not a bad action since it is necessary to create yards, roads, and houses. However, real-life stories show the negative consequences of cutting down trees or damaging nature. The author states that trees provide oxygen, which helps to keep the ecosystem healthy for all living things. The old trees, like decades or hundred-year-old trees, have continued to help the ecosystem. From a worldwide viewpoint, damaging such trees has a negative effect on nature. The negative impact on nature or the world returns to the action taker. To prevent the negative impact, the author teaches of praying to God first and talking to the tree. The author tells that each tree has a soul like humans.

Time to Rebuild the World by God

This book introduces the phrase “time to rebuild the world” as God’s words. The author tells what happened to us at the time. Many human actions negatively impact the environment. Humans have damaged and polluted nature and natural resources.
The author provides alarming information regarding this situation. Every individual is judged based on their actions and thoughts. People who have a negative impact on the world will be abandoned by God. The book is intended to help people improve their actions and thinking.

Wrap-up

We learn God’s Law of “Tatsu Hone,” is a divine force with multiple components. Self-centered or human-centered viewpoints have caused a negative impact on the environment, such as population increase, natural pollution, and environmental degradation. It also has a negative impact on our life. The author’s advice encourages readers to rethink their viewpoints and actions.

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