The True End-of-Life Planning - From Near-Death Experiences to Memorial Services - [Interview Video]

In April 2018, Junichi Murata suffered a myocardial infarction, during which his heart stopped during surgery, and he glimpsed the spiritual world. We asked him about that experience.

※This article is quoted and edited from "What’s Happiness Science" vol.116

Suddenly, I was struck by chest pain

It was in the spring of 2018. After returning home from work, I was suddenly seized by a severe tightening in my chest. My wife, seeing me suffering with cold sweat, immediately called 119. While being transported by ambulance, I vaguely heard the paramedics saying, "It's a myocardial infarction."

"The mortality rate is 50%" - the situation was so critical that the surgeon said this. The right coronary artery was completely blocked, and the left anterior descending artery was about 90% blocked.
As the surgery began, even with local anesthesia, the pain intensified. At the peak of that pain, I had a strange experience.

The Peaceful World I Saw During Surgery

Suddenly, I was struck by the sensation of falling into water, and before my eyes was a flower field filled with gerberas, poppies, and dahlias blooming in profusion. I found myself flying over that flower field. I was enveloped in peace and happiness, thinking, "I will return to this world. Happiness Science teaches that 'only the heart can return to the afterlife,' and it really is true," as I was lifted into the sky. However, I suddenly began to descend, and eventually, the pain returned.

When I became aware again, there was a doctor before me. I was told that my heart had stopped during my near-death experience. I was discharged safely three weeks later.

My worldview changed through the near-death experience. Everything began to appear as a brilliant existence created by God. Now, my body has completely recovered. I want to widely share my experience.

Everyone will eventually face the day they leave this world. Let's take a look at the spiritual truths that await us before and after death.

If there is an afterlife, I want to go to heaven. So, what separates 'going to heaven' from 'going to hell'?

It has nothing to do with worldly status or income. To put it simply, it's whether there are things in your heart that would be embarrassing for others to see if your heart were transparent.

To avoid trouble after death, you should reduce the 'hellish hearts' like those listed below and increase the 'heavenly hearts.'

To prepare for the future, take a little time each day to inspect the contents of your heart.

When a loved one passes away, what the bereaved can do for the happiness of the deceased - that is 'memorial service.'
We will guide you on how to perform memorial services that connect to the happiness of the deceased's spirit and become merit for the bereaved.

The 'Buddha's Teachings - Right Heart Sutra' of Happiness Science is a modern sutra with 10,000 times the merit and light of the Heart Sutra. It is recommended to recite it with the thought of memorial service on the anniversary of the deceased's death.

[Sutra for Ancestor Memorial Service] When you become a believer of Happiness Science, you will receive a 'Prayer Document.' If you recite the sutra for ancestor memorial service 'Buddha's Teachings - Prayer Document [Ancestor Memorial Sutra]' along with the 'Right Heart Sutra,' it will be more

effective.

It is safer to conduct memorial services under a professional leader. Various memorial services are held at Happiness Science branches and temples across the country during the equinox and Obon periods.