Yesterday’s news reported that looking at the highest temperatures across the country, 63 locations had temperatures of 35 degrees or higher, the highest number in 2024, and the hottest place in Shizuoka City was Suruga Ward, at 39.3 degrees, the highest in recorded history. It’s between the rainy seasons, so what will happen in midsummer? Everyone, please be careful of heat stroke.
When it gets hot, even if you don’t suffer from heat stroke, you may feel sluggish, unable to move as you want, or find it difficult to do anything, and although you are not sick, you are more likely to experience negative changes in your body and mind. Currently, my wife and I are at odds over the temperature of the room in our home, where our son is the main character (he has been having diarrhea for 2-3 days). My wife said, “I’m sweating, so please try to cool me down,” and I said, “I think I’m a bit cold,” but after consulting with the doctor at the hospital, I finally calmed down and realized that my wife was right.
By the way, last week, the week before last, and in this newsletter, we explained the “indicators for Mind Purification (cleansing our mind), and in Shinkiko Retreat seminar, we broadly divide the state of mind into the following two types. — “Mind that attracts positive energy(Ki)” – be strong, be cheerful, be righteous, be humble, abandon avarice, maintain harmonious friendship, live in gratitude(gratefulness), “Mind that may attract negative energy(Ki)” – hatred, Jealousy, jaundice, envy, curse, anger, dissatisfaction, complaint, doubt, bewilderment, anxiety, worry(anxiety), blame(reproach), irritation, impatience(restlessness).
Depending on your state of mind, you will be more likely to receive support from positive energy or be influenced by negative energy, so be careful of your state of mind. That’s not all.
Your current self may already be influenced by the positive or negative Ki that you attracted due to your past state of mind, and you may be more susceptible to such a state of mind. We are already influenced by positive and negative energy, so at the end of the day, it is important to deeply reflect on the state of your mind.
For example, did you have an irritated mind? If so, why should I be annoyed? Did something happen? Have you ever been irritated by something similar in the past? Are there any other causes of irritation or tendencies that are unique to you? Are there people in your family or ancestors who are easily irritated? And so on, please think like this deeper and deeper.
Negative energy is always waiting for an opportunity, and by creating a negative mind, you may attract even more negative energy. So, when you receive Shinkiko, you focus on those negative feelings so that Shinkiko reaches there. At the same time, we strive to avoid falling into the trap of negative energy.