Masters of the Spirit World

QUESTION: Masters, I have been practicing Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism for the past 30 years. The teaching says chanting Namu-Myōhō-Renge-Kyō helps one to eradicate negative karma to attain enlightenment. The life of Truen Buddha, Nichiren Daishonin, who lived in Japan from 16.2.1222 to 13.13.1282, is said to be inscribed into the object of worship, Dai Gohonzon, at the foot of Mount Fuji, Japan. Is this the only religion that will help the world to be transformed into the coming Golden Age?  ~Loo, Singapore

ANSWER: A religion is a set of beliefs on which one fashions one’s existence. It is a set of rituals, prayers, life activities, mores which regulate every aspect of being. These are dictated to all by an individual or a hierarchy within the belief system. Their guarantee to those who adhere to all the rules and regulations is various benefits for this physical life and beyond, regardless of the adherents’ reasons for coming to human form.

All incarnate souls (in physical bodies) come to the Earth to learn lessons through experiences. They learn each lesson through using their freedom of choice to find what resonates with their soul and what moves them from negative energies into positive ones. One of the ways this may occur is to choose to follow a particular religion because it resonates with your human form and you sense changes taking place in your understanding and awareness of your soul’s path. This is enlightenment.

Before we go any further let us ask this question: Is there a particular language upon your planet that if spoken by all would ensure peace? Are there not armed conflicts all over the world between peoples who call a single dialect their basic language? What of the factions within a society that resist being grouped together with ones holding opposing views to their own? Is not each and every human soul on an individual journey? Is one method any better than any other?

Just as no universal language will suffice for your diversified planet, one belief system cannot be the answer to all souls’ journeys. While all souls were identical as they came from Source, no two physical incarnations are the same. The knowledge of each soul is the knowledge of all while in spirit form because we are all interconnected, so each soul chooses its own direction and lessons. The process of learning is not to repeat what others have done unless you crave the same experience since you already know how it turns out.

QUESTION: Masters, I left my job impulsively two years back but since that day I am yearning for it again. These two years have been like a roller coaster ride for me. For the first time in my life, I came face to face with many harsh realities about my personal relationships (my husband has been unfaithful to me for the past nine years), my spiritual ascension, my own shortcomings, fears, and insecurities, and also a critical review of my current life of 38 years on this Earth. Please guide me. Was there a cosmic agenda in leaving my job behind, making me aware of all the above? I think I have learned enough lessons. Masters, I loved this particular job and wish to get it back again through cosmic intervention. I am still clueless what prompted me to leave this job and why I yearn for it from the day I left. Please guide me.   ~Hansa, India

ANSWER: Your higher self, that part of your soul just outside your consciousness, thought it was time for you to have a reality check—to really see what was going on with and around you. Because you loved that job so much it became a sanctuary for you. It protected you from seeing what your husband was doing, and from realizing what you were not facing on your own spiritual path. Being free from its protection forced you back into the present reality to deal with day-to-day matters.

Since you left that employment you have done a great job of living in the moment and seeing what you had ignored while your sanctuary shielded you. Shedding the fears and insecurities further sharpened your awareness. You are now ready to venture forth on your own.

Go to your former employer and explain that you left because of personal problems that you sensed would interfere with your performance of the work. This is not a story because on an unconscious level that is exactly what happened. Explain how you have always loved the work and know you are now capable of giving them 100% of your attention. This is not the only job out there that will give you that same sense of belonging. Feel for the right place for you and you will make the connection.

QUESTION: Masters, I would like to press you concerning a question that has been with me since my youth: ‘What is the ultimate purpose of life, both the life of everything and each individual human life?’ In recent messages you have spoken of ‘the trying of different types of experiences’, ‘the discovery of the various aspects of love’, the ‘mission of discovery as to our true nature’, ‘life lessons’, ‘the speeding up of our particular journey’ etc. How do all these aspects link together? Previously, I have understood that somehow there has been a ‘splitting’ of the original unity and life is a journey of reunification, even though, in truth, the original unity has never really been lost. Is this correct? I would be very grateful for some light on this subject.                                                       ~David, UK

ANSWER: Let us first answer the idea of the “splitting” as you have called it. In the beginning there was a single Source that was magnificent and unconditionally loving. It was composed of all the energy that existed. In retrospect it has frequently been called the One or Oneness. In an attempt to appreciate its magnitude, it had to understand and gain the wisdom of what it was not, what we call the negative aspect of each of its wonderful characteristics.

In order to retain its extraordinary quality, and still learn of negativity, it split minute pieces of itself into fact-finding bundles that were called souls. All of these souls have their own memories and consciousness to provide the Oneness with the information they glean from trips to Earth. They are continuously connected to Source but, when incarnate, do not have an awareness of that fact. Once an Earth mission is complete, they return to their energetic state and, once again, have total knowledge of the One, and enjoy the feeling of being the One (your “journey of reunification”).

Gathering knowledge to learn the wisdom within is the ultimate purpose of souls’ coming to Earth. For each soul the path is different. The catch phrases you have received from various messages show the diversity of the processes involved. One soul will undertake a seemingly simple lesson while another will engage in all the possible complexities of the same general lesson. It all has to do with the maturity of the soul (how many previous times it has incarnated).

We trust this will assist you with your pressing questions.