Quotes from Masami Saionji

Let us respect the unique character and the personal world of each and every human being

All human beings, without exception, are continually creating themselves with the life-energy that is flowing within them

Our belief in our divinity will rewrite our life, and create it anew

Originally, each human being is a complete and perfect existence. At the same time, we are each living within the one great, large-scale perfection.

You never encounter the same person twice, for everyone perpetually changes second by second. This even applies to parent and child, husband and wife, brother and sister. You are wrong in grabbing the past image of a person and thinking that what you see now is the same person you saw in the past. Of course, it is also a fact that you too are changing second by second. You should live with this fact strongly imprinted on your mind: All human beings are constantly renewing themselves.

How others behave toward you should not affect your behavior toward them. You must not answer arrogance with arrogance. You must not answer sarcasm with sarcasm. You must not answer contempt with contempt. No matter how others behave toward you, always respond with warm love and a caring heart.

If one gives little, one receives little. If one gives much, one receives much.

Never defend yourself. Make no excuse. Defensiveness and excuses are unbecoming to you. Smoothly recognize your wrong, apologize, and give thanks to God. Then you will be evaluated as a great person. The more you run away, the smaller you become. How dare you transfer your responsibility to others! A great person is one who can take all the responsibility alone.

Don't harm yourself or others by unnecessarily exaggerating errors you or others made. Instead, exaggerate and praise the smallest good deed, whether it's yours or another's. Then people will overlook your errors and recognize your smallest good deed.

Behave pridefully before no one, show anger to no one, scold no one, restrict no one, resent no one, badmouth no one, hate no one, sadden no one, criticize no one, hurt no one, discriminate against no one, betray no one, be jealous of no one, forgive everyone—this is how we should always hope to be.

You are not lonely because you are alone. Many are lonely amid their families and friends, or even with their beloved. Loneliness is a state in which one's heart is not fulfilled. Even when they live alone, those who somehow contribute to others harbor no loneliness in their hearts. If you don't want to be lonesome, be of service to others—whatever that service might be.

If you wish to liberate the spiritual energy that resides in the heart and body, so that you can live in a free and joyous way at all times, you must reject thoughts that tie down your heart—such as dark depression, anger, fear, and anxiety. To let spiritual energy grow in your heart and let it manifest its power fully, you constantly need thoughts of gratitude, admiration, and cheerfulness.

What you think about day and night forms your character and personality. When walking on the street, we sometimes encounter a person of striking spiritual beauty. It's as if the noble thoughts they think every day are spontaneously conveyed to us. The way you think determines exactly what you become.

Atmosphere is created by a person's daily thoughts. The person who always continues to have cheerful and constructive thoughts creates a warm, comfortable atmosphere that other people enjoy being near. You must become a person who radiates this kind of atmosphere.

If you don't acknowledge the bad side of things, bad things don't even exist. Only divinity exists.

If you keep having these positive thoughts all the time, miraculously you will naturally be able to do as your thoughts predicted.

You are truly mature if you can listen lightly, as if to an echo, to criticism or to vile blasphemy, no matter how unbearable, without reacting. As long as you are not attached to fame, glory, reputation, or social status, there is no need to suffer. A person without attachments has neither lifelong enemies to overthrow nor any need to flatter people in power.

Which way are you thinking every day? If your thinking is all dark and negative, your days must be melancholy and suffocating and your life hopeless. Change your way of thinking right away. Direct your thinking toward the positive way of life, toward the plus energy; then your life will definitely go upward.

Praise your body right now. Thank your body. If you have a liver problem, apologize to your liver for having overtaxed it selfishly without either care or thanks. Pledge to change your attitude and use your liver with sincere and deep gratitude. This applies to every bodily function, every internal or external organ, every artery or vein, every muscle or bone. If you continuously thank any part of your body, it will definitely respond.

The environment and circumstances given to you now constitute the world you have long depicted in your mind and heart; they represent an evolution of the world you have envisioned. People often think that other people and the society are to blame for every event that takes place around them, but that is not the case. Every event that evolves around you is made from the vibrations of your thought.

The principle is not that you change when your surroundings change, but that your surroundings change when you change.

The energy of our every thought, action, or word, once it has been projected, lasts eternally without disappearing.

Not only that, thoughts, actions, and words have the power to draw to themselves whatever elements are necessary to become concrete reality.

Let's aim at the following at all times as we live our lives: Let us live this day to the fullest and speak only words of goodness, love, and care, refraining from any kind of negative words. If someone mouths negative words, let's have the good sense to change the topic instantly.