The Konohana Family members always pray before they eat. The following prayer came down to Isadon, the founder of Konohana Family about 10 years ago.
“The Prayer”
According to your will, According to your will, According to your will
I exist
According to your will, According to your will, According to your will
I exist
According to your will, According to your will, According to your will
I exist
That is because I am you and you are I
I do my best, hoping that all the people will become aware of your will
And a peaceful, calm and happy world will come to be
Infinite gratitude for an infinite you
Eternal gratitude for an eternal you
Amen Hands together
The explanation by Isadon:
In general, prayer is interpreted so that people put their consciousness toward the divine to gratify their desires. Or, the current situation of the general prayer is that people pray toward no specific target to gratify their desires that run through their minds.
On the contrary, the original prayer is to create a world with the universal energy creation behind our thoughts. The physics (vibrancy) of universal creation exists as the world. The universe (life) circulates, spirals, continuously changes, transfigures and transforms, and is always evolving. This is the same figure of us, the earth lives because of the universe itself is life.
Life (生命) is written as “living（生） life（命）” in Japanese. The Chinese character of 命 is interpreted not only as life (pronounced as Inochi), but also as God (pronounced as Mikoto). Therefore, life is the living God that has emerged in the phenomenal world. Distortion of the potential world (yin), where the original divine exists, emerges into the phenomenal world (yang), and this is how the world started to move. This is the origin of life in this world. Only when those who understand its physics, and offer prayer, can it become a true prayer and accomplish its purpose. For example, reciting the ancient Japanese Katakamana (the advanced universal physics that developed in East Asia about 13,000 years ago) song is the original prayer. Therefore, it is important to first enhance our spirituality, empty our thoughts and pray with an appropriate spiritual attitude.
As a result, the hearts of those who make a prayer will be polished beautifully. When the inner mirror of the person becomes beautiful, the structure of universal creation outside is reflected on the inner mirror. Then, inner thoughts resonate with the thoughts of universal creation, and contradictions disappear. And beautiful thoughts will be manifested in this world.
IT IS PRAYER.
People whose hearts have become beautiful reflect the divine physics on their inner mirror. When such people live, the divine physics spreads from inside to outside, and this world becomes beautiful. That is, reflecting on the inner mirror means that the inside and outside are combined as one mirror, and they resonate and echo with each other.
Let me explain each phrase of the prayer:
According to your will, According to your will, According to your will
I exist
According to your will, According to your will, According to your will
I exist
According to your will, According to your will, According to your will
I exist
“You” means the physics (the divine) of this world surrounding ourselves. It could be interpreted as the great universal law, the energy, the law or the divine. It is something that exists everywhere, resounds all over the universe, and operates this world. I declare that “I exist” according to the system of universal creation and the divine. At the same time, I also declare that “I do not exist (non-existence).” That is, the fact that I exist according to the way of universal creation means the pure figure of universal creation is reflected on my inner mirror. Therefore, the ego of myself does not exist inside of me. So, “I exist” means I exist according to your will and there is no “myself”. In short, it expresses “the divine with existence and the divine with non-existence.”
Reciting one phrase (According to your will) three times has a deep meaning, too. According to Katakamuna, “MI” means three. “MI” also indicates to be filled. Therefore, my will is absolute and solid. I reflect an original state as a mirror according to your will, the vibrancy of universal creation, the divine. That is why, there is no ego or self at all. And I am absolute and filled with such vibrancy. I recite this three times as a proof of my solid will. Reciting this three times and repeating it (According to your will, According to your will, According to your will, I exist) three times expresses the will of absolute of absolute of absolute. Repeating “absolute” three times means expressing insistently. Insistently means “Kudoku” in Japanese and “Ku” in Kudoku also means “Nine.” This is an absolute state, so when humans reach the state and receive life and food, it leads to “Ten” with a strong will. According to Katakamuna, “Ten” means integration and completion.
That is because I am you and you are I
“You” here means the energy of universal creation. You (the divine) is I. I am the universe and I am you, so I cannot distinguish myself from you. That is because there is no individual self. This indicates “That is because I am you and you are I.”
I do my best, hoping that all the people will become aware of your will
And a peaceful, calm and happy world will come to be
All humans will become aware of “your will” which is the energy of universal creation. When they become awakened, the human world will become unified with the divine world. “A peaceful, calm and happy world” means a heaven on earth, which is a utopia. It also indicates the world with the unity of the divine and humans. And I will live, hoping a peaceful, calm and happy world (the world of Bodhisattvas) will come to be. I will do my best, so I will make efforts. It is my will. This is determination and action (the unity of wisdom, will and actions) to live for the world and other people.
Infinite gratitude for an infinite you
Eternal gratitude for an eternal you
Amen Hands together
“Infinite you” means infinite universe (the divine) and “eternal you” means eternal universe (the divine). “Gratitude” here means joy of reaching its awakening and appreciating it.
The last phrase of “Amen, Hands together” indicates this prayer has nothing to do with any specific thoughts and beliefs such as religions.
Infinite gratitude, infinite Arigatogozaimasu in Japanese. Arigatogozaimasu means as follows: Ari; be, gato; difficult, u: the mystery of the universe, gozai; exist, masu; more and more—the mystery of the universe that is difficult to exist appears and this world is full of that. Therefore, when we humans become aware of the difficulty of existence, the mystery of the universe will be revealed in this world.
Eternal gratitude, eternal Arigatogozaimasu.
“Amen. Hands together.” The path that humans should take is one and the mind is one.
The physics of universal creation creates this world. When humans realize it, they will become beautiful, and manifest its physics in this world. As a result, the boundary among people will disappear and also the boundary between the divine and the earth will disappear. Then, the spirits of the earth will be unified with that of the divine, and they will create a utopia on earth together. This is the will expressed in this prayer.
