Original language:
Japanese Translated from: English
Authors: Okawa, Ryuho
Translated by: Šileikaitė, Živilė
ISBN: 978-609-8050-26-4
Published in: Kaunas
Published on: 2011
Publisher: Mijalba
“Change Your Life Change the World” is a book for people full of spiritual advices, for people who wants to change their life. Famous Japanese spiritual teacher Ryuho Okawa proclaimed spiritual ideas of how a person should behave and feel in order to be happy. In the beginning of the book, he talks about the Great enlightenment. According to the writer, when enlightenment happened, he gained huge wisdom, important experience and understanding of the spiritual world.
In the book there is no single narrative or a story. Rather, the author philosophize on various topics of life, in order to show people a world without competition or violence, lies and spiritual poverty. Author believes that all of humanity, regardless of race, religion, or culture, was originally part of one huge family tree, called the Cosmic Tree. Also, book deals with such important issues as religion, reincarnation, existence and more. Ryuho Okawa thinks that people needs to believe in God and follow His path. The teacher believes that humanity may have a tolerance and forgiveness within themselves.
People are always looking for a way to happiness, and according to the Ryuho Okawa there are four ways to achieve it. Principles of love, wisdom, reflection, and finally progress are those roads. In the book author gives advices on how to apply these principles in life and to be happy. Love is one of the most important components towards happiness. Author thinks, that society lack of love, and he equalizes humanity to the hospital, where people tend to take more than to give, thus creating an unhealthy environment.
Also, the book deals with the importance of problems that society faces and gives advices how to overcome it. According to the writer, the human soul experiences a lot of suffering, but only because a human could develop his spirit and strengthened it. For a person it should be important to overcome difficulties and work for other people’s well-being. Therefore, “Change your life, change the world” – is a book who contains a message of hope and urgency.
Ryuho Okawa was born in 1956 July 7th in Tokushima, Japan. When he was younger, he had a passion for education, so he wanted to use it for a higher purpose. He enrolled in Japan’s most famous university, in the Faculty of Law of Tokyo University. However his life changed after December of 1980 occurrence. Ryuho Okawa believes, that day he suddenly experienced a spiritual awakening – his Great Enlightenment. This incident changed his life forever. Okawa believes that on the 18th of June, 1986, Jesus Christ and other High Spirits conveyed wisdom to take a mission. That is how he established a Happy Science organization. Happy Science evolved into a worldwide missionary movement. Ryuho Okawa has published more than 1000 books, and has over 1 million followers around the world.