Book Review 10

The book also includes various real-life stories with illustrations to help readers understand the existence of God. The stories describe surprising events in the Shinto shrine, such as the appearance of dragons, mysterious flower petals pouring, and divine circle lights. From these miracle stories, we gradually come to understand the mysterious entities, creatures, the world’s principles, and the Last Judgment.

The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment is the time when we are judged by God. The judgement is to analyze our souls as to whether we can live as a human being or become an animal in our next life. An animal could be a dog, a cat, an ant, a spider, etc. Some animals are eaten by other animals. Bugs have shorter lives. Such animal lives represent misery.

All human beings take the judgment. Our living ways, including thinking and acting, are examined and affect the result of the judgment. We should learn how to pass the Last Judgment in order to live as human beings in our next life as well. This book provides knowledge to understand how to pass the judgment. Also, when we understand the Last Judgment, we can recognize the importance of studying God’s principles since we can pursue further knowledge.

Some information teaches the importance of spiritual refinement. As an example of karma, the author describes the painful deathbed, troubles before death, and suffering after death of those who were selfish and caused troubles for other people. The story tells us that we are responsible for our actions and thoughts, which will bring karma back to us.

Soul

The author explains that our souls are orbs of light. The size and shape are affected by our actions and thoughts. If we act wrongly, such as telling a lie, cheating someone, having hate, or causing trouble for someone, the original clear color of the orb changes to a muddy color. And the round orb shape changes to unround orbs. It means that the souls are more likely animal souls than human souls. Although we cannot see the color or shape of our souls, an animal-like personality is described in psychology as a sociopath or antisocial personality disorder. The personality does not care about other people or does not have empathy. Such personalities could be the result of long-term inhuman actions and thoughts.

Words from God

In the last chapter, the author prints words from God. It tells us that difficulties in our lives began because we forgot God’s blessing. In the previous chapters, we can see that the author explains to us how we can overcome difficulties and understand God’s blessing again. The stories and explanation by the author help us to remember God’s blessing.