MysticFlamer

Aug 14, 2014 The German author Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) writes that the more one matures, the younger one grows. And certainly there are many people who, as they age, become increasingly vigorous and energetic, more broad-minded and tolerant, living with a greater sense of freedom and assurance. It is important to remember that aging and growing old are not necessarily the same thing. --Daisaku Ikeda

Aug 13, 2014 An important thing is that you concentrate on developing yourself. Whatever others may say or do, those who have establish their own solid sense of identity will triumph in the end. The great Japanese author Eiji Yoshikawa (1892-1962) wrote in his novel Miyamoto Musashi [an account of seventeenth-century master swordsman of the same name]: "Rather than worrying about your future, thinking 'Perhaps I should become this or perhaps I should become that,' first be still and build a self that is as solid and unmoving as Mount Fuji." --Daisaku Ikeda

March 2014 Issue P. 4 "We all have been born with the power to become happy, with the power to triumph over every trial and adversity. Philosophy and Faith are what enable us to unlock that power." --Daisaku Ikeda I felt the message was a bit too deep to share so instead I went with something simple from our magazine. Any thoughts?

March 11, 2014 "Alright let's get to work again!" - This is the spirit of people of genuine substance. Those who avoid hard work or neglect the things they have to do, who just while away their time, eating, sleeping, playing, watching television - such individuals will never experience true happiness, satisfaction or joy.--Daisaku Ikeda

March 1, 2014 We nee to go out and mix with people every day. Making out local community the base for our activities, we need to forge ties of friendship with others and work with them to create peace. Staying connected in this way to our town, city, state, and country is practical manifestation of our lives permeating all things. We embody the doctrine of a life-moment possessing 3,000 realms when we do kosen-rufu activities. --Daisaku Ikeda

Feb 25, 2014 Gandhi taught people to live with lion-like courage, impressing upon them that they could not afford to leave things up to others, that they had to stand up for themselves and fight for justice. Ultimately, the only way forward is by developing self-reliance, forging a stand-alone spirit. That is the only path to victory. --Daisaku Ikeda **I am so sorry everyone for not keeping up with this...Things keep popping up and I do get lazy from time to time. I will chant to work harder to bring you Sensei's Messages!*

Feb 15, 2014 Life is full of unexpected suffering. Even so, as Eleanor Roosevelt says: "If you can live through that [a difficult situation] you can live through anything. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'" That's exactly right. Struggling against great difficulty enables us to develop ourselves tremendously. We can call forth and manifest those abilities laying dormant within us. Difficulty can be a source of dynamic new growth and positive progress. --Dai

Feb 11, 2014 The moment we resolve "I will become healthy!" "I will become strong!" "I will work cheerfully for kosen-rufu!" our lives begin to move in that direction. We have to make up our minds. --Daisaku Ikeda Saying a phrase is only part of the battle of living up to something. Saying it more than 10 times doesn't hold either but doing it with a strong conviction and faith that you will become these things is what will set everything into motion.

Jan 31,2014 Youth should not seek an easy comfortable path. No one develops in a pampered environment. Youth should instead actively seek out challenges and hardships, transforming them all into valuable assets as they strive to become individuals of outstanding character and ability. --Daisaku Ikeda

Jan 30, 2014 Buddhism teaches that "All phenomena in the universe are manifestations of the Law" (Gosho Zenshu p. 564). I hope you will, with this understanding, engage yourselves in broad-ranging studies with vigor and determination. Your brains have a potential as vast and boundless as the universe. How so we manifest the brain's full creative powers? There is only one way to bring out our full intellectual capacity: by constantly putting our minds to work. --Daisaku Ikeda I hear many say that it is too late for them to learn something new. Well let me inform you that you are never too late to learn something new nor go back to school if