The teachings of Happy Science that saved me from being tormented by evil spirits - My life changed after reading 'The Law of the Sun'! 【Personal Experience】

This was about 20 years ago.

As a teenager, I often played outside until late at night. I formed a rock band with friends, played at game centers, and even engaged in reckless behavior like riding with motorcycle gangs. I was what you would call a delinquent.

I honestly didn't want to go home. My parents had a bad relationship, and the atmosphere at home was dark.

When I was in elementary school, my parents had a huge fight, and from then on, they stopped talking to each other. However, on the surface, they pretended to be a happy couple, and to my adolescent eyes, they seemed to value appearances and social standing.

I saw that there was a difference between home and outside, and with a very disillusioned feeling, I rebelled against my parents at every turn.

Then, during the summer vacation of my first year of high school, something unexpected happened to me.

As usual, I returned home late at night and thought about going to bed, so I took off my glasses. At that moment, I glanced towards the window and saw something vaguely outside. It was something that shouldn't have been visible to my nearsighted eyes, but it looked like a human face.

Although it felt a bit strange, I went to bed anyway. After a while, my body suddenly became stiff and I couldn't move. It was what is commonly known as 'sleep paralysis.'

From that moment on, I began to see terrifying things all the time. Something that looked like a person or a demon would suddenly bare its fangs and attack me. I trembled in fear.

It intensified after evening when the surroundings became dark.
I remembered hearing stories about gods and the afterlife from my devout grandmother when I was young, and I realized that it might be a ghost.

At that time, I was so desperate not to see spirits that I started to avoid going home and began staying over at friends' houses. Nowadays, I learn in Happy Science that 'to distance oneself from spiritual negative influences, it is essential to correct the mindset that invites evil spirits,' but back then, I had no idea how to deal with spiritual phenomena, and I was simply terrified.

After a while, my parents, suspicious of my absence from home, confronted me.

I honestly told them that there were ghosts in the house that were attacking me. However, they didn't believe me. They dismissed it, saying that such a thing couldn't possibly be true.

"Look! Didn't you just hear a loud noise next door?" I said, but my parents seemed completely unaware, saying, "No, I didn't hear anything."

I desperately tried to explain my situation over and over. However, my parents, who didn't believe in the afterlife, completely ignored me. Instead, they concluded that I was just making up lies because I wanted to play.

I felt lonely.

The only time I felt at ease was when I was with my delinquent friends.

My life became increasingly chaotic, and fighting became a daily occurrence. As I immersed myself in play to distract my feelings, I fell deeper into a path of evil. In the midst of this, I ended up dropping out of high school due to insufficient attendance.

"—N might have something bad attached to him."

My concerned grandmother took me to see a spiritualist she had heard about through others several times. However, it was ineffective, and even if it seemed to improve for a moment, it would revert back after a while.

I also tried to escape by reading books on the spiritual world. However, even though various descriptions of the spirit world were provided, I still couldn't figure out how to escape from evil spirits.

Three years had passed since I started seeing spirits, and one winter day when I turned 18.

"N-chan, try reading this. It's a good book."

My cousin, who was worried about me, lent me 'The Law of the Sun' by Ryuho Okawa open_in_new. I started reading it casually, but soon a shock ran through my entire body.

The teaching that the afterlife and the heart are interconnected was completely different from any book I had read before.

I began to realize that the reason I was seeing hellish spirits was that my own heart was directed towards hell. I read on eagerly, feeling that this would save me!

It felt like a ray of light shone upon me, who had been suffering in darkness, and tears streamed down my face.

I remembered how I had entered a path of delinquency, being very short-tempered, often yelling, and getting into fights.

Until then, I had feelings of resentment towards the spirits that attacked me and towards my parents who didn't understand me. However, I realized that the real issue was my own mindset.

'The Law of the Sun' was something I continued to read carefully every day, imprinting its content in my heart.

I firmly resolved that if I didn't correct myself, I would continue to see evil spirits, and even when I felt a sudden surge of anger at something, I reminded myself to stay calm and not to retort immediately.
I learned that if I could endure for a while, my anger would naturally subside.

Desperate not to see evil spirits, I took action one by one to confirm my own mindset.

I couldn't help but share the impact of 'The Law of the Sun' with my parents, but they completely ignored me, which was disheartening.

I realized that they wouldn't listen to me unless I properly rebuilt my life, and reflecting on this, I decided to return home. My parents seemed bewildered by my change, but they welcomed me in silence.

The first thing I tackled upon returning home was my way of speaking to my father and mother. However, while I could consciously change my words, expressions, and way of living little by little, the real issue was my 'inner heart.' A turbulent heart is not easily controlled by oneself.

I was wondering how to calm my heart when I came across a passage in a book by President Ryuho Okawa.

I remembered a nearby lake where I used to go out with friends many times. The quiet lake I saw around dawn was truly beautiful.

Since then, whenever I felt irritated, I recalled the phrase 'a heart like a lake' and began to imagine the calm surface of that lake. Gradually, I started to understand what it meant to be in a state of calm.

After a year, I found that I was no longer frequently attacked by evil spirits.

My trust in the truth of Buddhism deepened more and more.

I gradually stopped approaching places where I might stray from the path and naturally became distant from bad company. I actively engaged in studying for the university entrance qualification exam and was able to pass the exam successfully.

As my behavior improved, my father began to listen to me, saying, 'You’re saying some pretty good things. You’ve changed a bit.'

Eventually, unexpectedly, my father also began to read Happy Science books enthusiastically.

My father was recommended Happy Science by acquaintances and seemed to start reading it with some skepticism at first.
He has always loved reading. Before long, he became fascinated by the diversity and depth of the spiritual messages from sages throughout history. He said, 'It teaches me properly how to live as a human,' and the number of books on the truth of Buddhism at home began to increase rapidly.

I became happy and started discussing my impressions with my father. Even my father, who had previously been a materialist, began to believe that there is an invisible world and that people live as spirits in the afterlife.

After gathering all the books from Happy Science that could be purchased at bookstores, my father began attending the local branch and joined before me. After a while, my mother also joined.

I was surprised to see how my parents' relationship improved as they began activities in Happy Science, and the atmosphere at home changed. Soon, they set up a main object of worship at home, and books, tapes, and videos lined up.

One day, my mother said, 'I’m sorry I couldn’t believe you when you were suffering in high school.'

I was filled with joy at finally being understood.

"You should also take the Three Returns."

Now, I began to receive frequent recommendations for the Three Returns Vow from my parents. However, I felt a bit stubborn because my parents, who had never believed in spirits before, had joined first.

Since the spiritual phenomena that had been a source of worry had decreased significantly, I thought it was enough to just read the books without joining.

One day, I accidentally caused a traffic accident.

I remember the car that was speeding. I remember turning the sharp corner, but then my memory cuts off. When I regained consciousness to the sound of the car engine, I found the gatepost of a house had fallen just a few centimeters in front of me.

In a dazed state, I realized I had caused a traffic accident.

Later, I learned that as soon as I turned the steering wheel sharply at the curve, I hit my head hard and lost consciousness. The car became uncontrollable and crashed into a house 200 meters away.

The police were astonished, saying, 'I can't believe you're alive.' Normally, it would have been instant death.

However, fortunately, although my head was cut and bones were visible, I only needed three days of hospitalization and a month of recuperation at home.

"You must have been helped," everyone said, and I thought I had been protected by an invisible presence. Following that accident, I resolved to join. It had been seven years since I first read 'The Law of the Sun.'

After joining, I found the branch activities and the study of the truth of Buddhism to be very refreshing. My honest feeling is, 'I should have joined earlier without being stubborn.'

About six months after joining, I had a dream about the previous accident.

It was the scene of the 200 meters from when I lost consciousness to when I crashed into the house. At the moment I lost consciousness, my body was gently lifted upward.

At that moment, a spiritual being appeared and questioned me.

"You have many things to do now that you have come down to Earth. But if you continue like this, it will not do at all. It won't be good for you either, so will you return to the other world like this? Or will you start over and help the Buddha? What will it be, which one?" they pressed me sternly.

"I will stay on Earth and help people. I will help the Buddha."

When I shouted that, my body gently descended to the ground—.

When I woke up, it felt like I remembered something very important that I had forgotten.

In this life, I was not born to be a delinquent or to live selfishly. I realized that I was meant to live burning my life as a disciple of the Buddha, and I finally understood the meaning of being helped through spiritual phenomena and accidents.

From then on, I worked even harder as a coordinator for the youth at the branch. Balancing work was sometimes tough, but every day was fulfilling.

I also spread the teachings to my old friends, and some of them began to join. By sharing the same faith, I found common topics with my parents, and our conversations increased.

Later, I married a woman I met in the youth group at the branch, and now I am living a happy family life with my two-year-old son.

When I took the training open_in_new at the headquarters, Nikkō Seijō open_in_new, I couldn't stop crying as I realized my parents' feelings.

When I was a teenager, my father and mother came to pick me up many times when I was playing with friends until late at night. I think that my parents, who were not very close at the time, held hands and searched for my whereabouts.

I thought my parents valued their reputation, but now that I have gained experience and become a parent myself, I understand that it was the strength of my parents' love.

Because of that love, I believe I ultimately managed to stay on the right path.

Above all, meeting the Buddha has greatly steered my life's journey toward happiness.

"Oh? Speaking of which, I haven't seen them at all."

One day, I realized with surprise that after joining, I had completely stopped seeing evil spirits. I had completely escaped from the days of being frightened by evil spirits, and now I am no different from ordinary people.

I wonder what would have happened to me if I had never encountered the truth of Buddhism.

I am grateful to have been allowed to be born in this era when President Ryuho Okawa was born, and I vow to continue to strive in the study and activities of Happy Science with all my might.