Hello All,
Pardon my absence over the past month, but I've been steadily progressing in many ways. First and foremost, one of my classmates from graduate school recieved her Gohonzon on August 4th! I have been encouraging her for almost a year, and my first shakubuku of this year, a young man, is getting daily encouragement to chant and continue to develop his practice.
Secondly, my good friend PTD really inspired me earlier this year with his newest business venture and I started to work on my first incorporatable business in the USA. I'm still in the development phase, but I'm very excited and many people are already encouraging me and seemingly extending the protection of the Buddhist Gods around my life. This new endeavor is bringing daily challenges, consistent rewards and more room to expand my life and spread this Buddhism throughout the world.
Thirdly, tonight I hope to transcribe my final poems into computer text tonight so that I could augment my 35 typed poems in a collection of abobut 80 poems I wrote since the Spring of this year. I have been diligently working on this book and will be publishing it privately to share with my family and friends. (You Chanting Growers are all entitled to a copy!) My hope is to spread my Buddhist practice throughout my family and friends even further, by sharing my life in prose with them (as a start). Later on I hope to continue my autobioigraphical writings and finalize literature to encourage youth with my experience. Just like Shinichi Yamamoto, from The New Human Revolution Series, had Makiguichi and Toda; I'm extremely fortunate to have had Makiguichi, Toda, Sensei Ikeda, Mr. Tony Matsuoka, Mr. Ted Osaki, PasstheDoobie, Babbabud&Mrs.Babbabud to nurture me throughout the last 8 years plus(+).
Wow, my debt of gratitude to all of the aforementioned and participants of this thread and the original is tremendously beyond quantification at this point. So i could also advise you all that I was really chanting hard to reconnect and begin a means to re-establish my kosen-rufu extensions beyond my district and i have introduced many new people who have yet to attend meetings or recieve their Gohonzon. As you know my goals are pretty much centered around my desires for world peace.
However, I'm not going to lie, but controlling my reliance on pornagraphy has become a recently new short term goal for me. I introduced a friend who was getting laid, but wanted more girls. After he gets his Gohonzon he's banging models left and right. However, he had a few health scares in that process and meanwhile I end up reliving some of my horror stories from pages 179-1000+ of the last thread! The brother's faith and daimoku helped him over come tons of obstacles, but in the process I realize "damn I'm also way too fixated on porn and sex talk or trying to get laid myself that I'm fucking blowing off my facetime with the Gohonzon"! WTF!!! So not for nothing, from this moment forward I'm chanting more and going to wack off less because, shit, I prefer having my life condition super elevated. I love chanting, but my scumbag brain (part of my good ole manifested body) sure loves to keep me riled up and going in every direction, but straight to the Gohonzon sometimes!
Like seriously, okay, you wake up - then what?! Read the thread, news, shower, dress, all while burning throughout all of the above
I like this scheme better: Wake up, stretch towards the chanting room, chant loud, coffee, shower, get dressed, chant again, bounce into my day... Seems like I have some life planning to do. Buddhism is reason and I'm greatful for all these publications from the SGI like our monthly magazine and the World Tribune. I highly reccomend everyone to renew their subscriptions and access everything online too! To those who want to know more check out www.sgi-usa.org
Big hug to all my friends. Glad to see you back Socal!! I bow in humble obeisance to all of you magnificent Buddha's throughout the ten directions!
MUGI WASSHIN,
RichHeartMyohoDisco
Pardon my absence over the past month, but I've been steadily progressing in many ways. First and foremost, one of my classmates from graduate school recieved her Gohonzon on August 4th! I have been encouraging her for almost a year, and my first shakubuku of this year, a young man, is getting daily encouragement to chant and continue to develop his practice.
Secondly, my good friend PTD really inspired me earlier this year with his newest business venture and I started to work on my first incorporatable business in the USA. I'm still in the development phase, but I'm very excited and many people are already encouraging me and seemingly extending the protection of the Buddhist Gods around my life. This new endeavor is bringing daily challenges, consistent rewards and more room to expand my life and spread this Buddhism throughout the world.
Thirdly, tonight I hope to transcribe my final poems into computer text tonight so that I could augment my 35 typed poems in a collection of abobut 80 poems I wrote since the Spring of this year. I have been diligently working on this book and will be publishing it privately to share with my family and friends. (You Chanting Growers are all entitled to a copy!) My hope is to spread my Buddhist practice throughout my family and friends even further, by sharing my life in prose with them (as a start). Later on I hope to continue my autobioigraphical writings and finalize literature to encourage youth with my experience. Just like Shinichi Yamamoto, from The New Human Revolution Series, had Makiguichi and Toda; I'm extremely fortunate to have had Makiguichi, Toda, Sensei Ikeda, Mr. Tony Matsuoka, Mr. Ted Osaki, PasstheDoobie, Babbabud&Mrs.Babbabud to nurture me throughout the last 8 years plus(+).
Wow, my debt of gratitude to all of the aforementioned and participants of this thread and the original is tremendously beyond quantification at this point. So i could also advise you all that I was really chanting hard to reconnect and begin a means to re-establish my kosen-rufu extensions beyond my district and i have introduced many new people who have yet to attend meetings or recieve their Gohonzon. As you know my goals are pretty much centered around my desires for world peace.
However, I'm not going to lie, but controlling my reliance on pornagraphy has become a recently new short term goal for me. I introduced a friend who was getting laid, but wanted more girls. After he gets his Gohonzon he's banging models left and right. However, he had a few health scares in that process and meanwhile I end up reliving some of my horror stories from pages 179-1000+ of the last thread! The brother's faith and daimoku helped him over come tons of obstacles, but in the process I realize "damn I'm also way too fixated on porn and sex talk or trying to get laid myself that I'm fucking blowing off my facetime with the Gohonzon"! WTF!!! So not for nothing, from this moment forward I'm chanting more and going to wack off less because, shit, I prefer having my life condition super elevated. I love chanting, but my scumbag brain (part of my good ole manifested body) sure loves to keep me riled up and going in every direction, but straight to the Gohonzon sometimes!
Like seriously, okay, you wake up - then what?! Read the thread, news, shower, dress, all while burning throughout all of the above
I like this scheme better: Wake up, stretch towards the chanting room, chant loud, coffee, shower, get dressed, chant again, bounce into my day... Seems like I have some life planning to do. Buddhism is reason and I'm greatful for all these publications from the SGI like our monthly magazine and the World Tribune. I highly reccomend everyone to renew their subscriptions and access everything online too! To those who want to know more check out www.sgi-usa.orgBig hug to all my friends. Glad to see you back Socal!! I bow in humble obeisance to all of you magnificent Buddha's throughout the ten directions!
MUGI WASSHIN,
RichHeartMyohoDisco
