You
should not ask God for an answer.
God will
be silent even if you ask for an answer.
God only
shows that which he shows.
It is
human beings who think of an answer.
An
earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant disaster occurred.
God
showed his will.
It is
human beings who think of an answer.
Do not
ask God, but instead ask yourself for an answer.
Give to
God that which belongs to God.
Give to
human beings that which belongs to them.
Considering
God also means considering the economy.
People
formed their sense of ethics and morality through deliberation standing
face-to-face with God.
People
also created the fundamental principles of social structures and systems in
that way.
And they
gradually refined the status of the economy as well as day-to-day codes of
conduct.
In this
way, people felt the presence of God in every aspect of their daily lives.
In
autumn, they celebrated festivals to offer their gratitude for the harvest of
the year.
It was
also an act of prayer spontaneously generated from a feeling of awe of nature.
Festivals
nowadays, however, are held in order to make money from them.
The
origin of the economy was sharing things and helping each other.
The
present market economy, however, teaches that the economy means to compete and
fight with each other.
This is
foolish.
If so,
it is meaningless for people to create a society or country.
Basically,
social structures and systems were created with the aim of sharing things and
helping each other.
Nowadays,
people offer a prayer of gratitude not to God but to “money.”
Thus,
they think about monetary profit first, leaving concerns about other people’s
lives behind.
As a
result, employers fire employees heartlessly when a recession occurs — this is
the present world we live in.
Even if
the fired people have trouble making ends meet, their former employers don’t
care at all.
It is a
world where no one seems to care about human nature, and duty and obligations
are deemed absurd.
Money-making
is the most important thing in our present world.
People
are not the most important thing here.
No. 1 is
“money,” No. 2 is things, and people come last.
Thus,
vice spreads throughout this world.
However
immoral an act is, people will accept it if they can make money from it.
If you
have “money,” you can do anything.
If it is
to make “money,” you can do anything.
You can
even sell your soul, if you can make “money” for it.
If you
do not do so, you cannot survive in the present economy.
If it is
to make “money,” you will sacrifice your family.
That is
a kind of people who reap glory in this world — those who victimize the public
interest, betray their friends, sell their parents or children, or even deceive
elderly people — all for making money.
Markets
are a place of competition and they are no more than a place for fighting.
Mutual
help or sharing is not allowed there.
If such
state is left as is, the free economy is destined to fail.
This is
because “money” has ruled over it.
Employers
can fire employees without thinking about their living, because they are ruled
over by money.
When a
friend of yours is in trouble, you can share your harvest or game with that
person.
However,
the money-driven world is ruled over by money after all.
People
who don’t have money cannot be saved by any means.
Money
can even change people.
It turns
people into just a little thing.
So, in
this money-driven world, No. 1 is “money,” No. 2 is things, and people come
last and are treated most carelessly.
People
who don’t have money are deemed to be garbage and troublesome things.
Although
there are plenty of things in this world, there is no mind to share them with
other people.
In the
present economy, consideration for others is a means of money-making and has no
meaning greater than that.
People
don’t think they need feelings.
That’s
why they tend to suffer mental problems.
Originally,
societies were formed and organized based on mutual help and sharing with each
other.
Companies
are a form of society, which are more refined and organized than society
itself.
The form
may have been refined and organized, but the people working in them don’t have
the mind to help and share things with others.
After
all, making a profit is the most important thing in the present economy.
When
companies drive restructuring and reduction of labor costs aiming at making a
profit, the efficiency and income of the entire society will decrease.
As a
result, the economy turns downward. It is a natural result of their own deeds.
God is
absent from the present economy.
The
origin of the economy came from people’s activities such as thanking God for
his blessings, and helping and sharing with each other.
The
economy does not improve when production, distribution, and expenditure are not
balanced.
The
economy does not improve just by intensively promoting competition among people.
Competition
should be conducted in a moderate and fair manner.
It is an
inevitable result that people will lose when they try to fight against tanks.
It does
not mean that people are weak, but that they are just forced to face unfair
competition.
Such a
situation is miserable.
When
people lived peacefully centering on God, the economy meant sharing the
blessings of God.
Nowadays,
however, people live centering on money.
People
could share their possessions because they were harvest and game.
Since
possessions mean monetary profit today, people cannot share them with others.
They
have forgotten to share the blessings of God, and money has become everything
for them.
Even if
people say that they are not necessarily working for “money” at first, when
they figure out that their jobs pay, they will eventually come to see their
jobs as a means of money-making.
Even if
it is a job that was originally based on the spirit of service to others, once
it becomes a means of money-making, it will be ruled over by “money.”
Even
clerical professions serving God can also become a source of business.
Then,
expenses pose a problem for them.
Cooking,
cleaning, child-rearing, and care for the elderly are outsourced and each turns
into a means of money-making for the contractors.
The
so-called the homemade taste of mother’s cooking will fade away.
In this
way, the quality of labor will change.
Neither
socialist nor totalitarian countries are in awe of God.
Therefore,
they fail.
It is
revolt against a country to act contrary to the idea of its founding.
It is
betrayal of God to join hands with those who deny God.
A free
economy can be realized where a faith in God exists.
If the
faith in God is lost, money will rule over the country and the free economy
will not function.
Both the
economy and a country basically exist in order to make people happy.
If
people forget this, neither the economy nor the country will have a leg to
stand on.
I cannot
respond to the question, “What kind of God do you believe in?” — because God is
God for me.
God is
absolute, and the one and only.
May God
resurrect.