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A Little “Splash” Story from Cleaning the Toilet

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Some time ago—though I don’t remember exactly when—I was reading Yahoo News and came across a life-advice column. A woman wrote that she was so frustrated with her husband for leaving urine splashes around the toilet that she was seriously considering divorce. My honest reaction at the time was, “Isn’t that a bit extreme? Maybe she’s just overly sensitive.” I also remember, decades ago, a senior executive at work (777 couple) telling me that he always sits down when urinating. I thought, “What? Why would anyone do that?” I couldn’t understand it then either. Later in life, I started cleaning the restroom at work. That habit gradually carried over to home—I’d wipe down the toilet whenever I noticed it needed it. Then one day, my daughter came out of the bathroom and shouted, “Dad made a mess!” There was urine on the floor. At first, I didn’t even consider that I might be the culprit. Sure, I had occasionally noticed the floor being wet and wondered, “Who did this?” or even tho...
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Humility and Gratitude are Strength

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Many people speak about the importance of humility and gratitude , and they are words we have heard countless times. However, I had never heard them described as “strength” until I heard Chairman Hyun Jin Moon (Hyun Jin Nim) say it. When I first heard those words, I was deeply moved. Humility and gratitude can sometimes appear weak or passive on the surface. To clearly define them as “strength” can only come from deep conviction born of one’s own life experience. For many years, Hyun Jin Nim has taught the following: “The doors through which Satan enters are arrogance and self-pity.” In contrast, he has consistently emphasized that to repel Satan, one must always maintain a heart of humility and gratitude . Self-pity is the mindset that says, “Why does this have to happen to me?” or “No one is as unfortunate as I am.” Among the many fallen nature of human, he deliberately points out arrogance and self-pity , and repeatedly teaches that the way to overcome them is through humilit...
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A Single Statement That Opened My Eyes

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About thirty-three years ago, I had an experience that completely changed my outlook on faith. At that time, after returning to Japan from the United States, I was working on the front lines. A senior colleague also happened to return temporarily from the U.S. and joined the team I was on. I was told that he had once been known as “the god of F.” Back then, almost all team members were struggling through extremely demanding days and were unable to achieve even half of the goals they had set for themselves. Yet this one person, despite setting goals about five times higher than everyone else’s, somehow exceeded his targets every single day without fail. While everyone wondered how this was possible, he said to us: “When you can’t achieve your goals, it’s simply because the belief that you ‘can’t do it’ is bearing fruit. If you become truly convinced that you can do it, you will surely be able to.” I felt he was absolutely right. It was a moment when the scales fell from my eyes. F...
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The Small “Live-for-Others” Habit That Brought an Unexpected Miracle

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In Japan, there is a long-standing belief that cleaning the restroom purifies one’s fortune and attracts blessings . For many Western readers, this may sound unusual, but in Japanese spiritual culture, cleaning is not merely a chore—it is an act of purification , a way to cleanse not only the environment but the heart. This idea is so widespread that even major celebrities quietly practice it. When I asked ChatGPT for names, I was surprised to see several extremely influential figures: Hideki Matsui (MLB/Nippon Pro Baseball legend) Ichiro Suzuki (one of the greatest baseball players of all time) Kazuo Inamori (founder of Kyocera, deeply spiritual leader) Shouzaburo Kageyama (founder of Yellow Hat, known for “cleaning philosophy”) Hitori Saito (mystic entrepreneur, once Japan’s top taxpayer) Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi, iconic filmmaker/comedian) Many Japanese believe that when you clean a restroom—one of the “lowest” places—you are polishing the soul . A Season...
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What the Family Federation Truly Needs: Fairness and Impartiality

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The Family Federation and its members in Japan often call on the government, public institutions, the media, and the public to exercise fair and impartial judgment . That in itself is an important stance — everyone deserves to be treated fairly. However, it is also a fact that the Family Federation itself has acted in ways that appear far from fair or impartial toward specific individuals. The most striking example of this is the way the organization has treated Chairman Hyun Jin Moon. Therefore, I sincerely hope that the leaders and members of the Family Federation themselves will practice the very fairness and impartiality they so often demand from others. Understanding What it Means to Grasp the Facts When I think about what it means to “grasp the facts,” I often picture something like this: Imagine a cylindrical object. Seen from above, it appears round. Seen from the side, it appears rectangular. One person insists, “It was definitely round — I saw it with my own eyes!” An...
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[Fact Check] Is Hyun Jin Moon a Thief Who Stole UCI’s Assets?

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 This article is an English translation of this post written in Japanese:  【検証】顕進様はUCIの資産を盗んだ泥棒か？ [Fact Check] Is Hyun Jin Moon a Thief Who Stole UCI’s Assets? Author: Daichi | Posted: September 14, 2022 ❖ Family Federation Loses Appeal in UCI Lawsuit In the early hours of August 26, 2022, news broke regarding the UCI lawsuit. After years of litigation, the appeals court ruled almost entirely in favor of the defendant, UCI, and against the plaintiff, the Family Federation. In short, the appeals court held that the case was fundamentally religious and therefore not within the jurisdiction of secular courts. The lower court had previously ruled that the case did not involve religious issues and had penalized the defendant, but the appeals court reversed that decision and remanded the case. The prevailing view was that UCI, under Hyun Jin Moon’s leadership, had not engaged in any legally actionable misconduct and had been operating appropriately. Suppose the Family Federation w...
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My thoughts on the dissolution order of Family Federation in Japan... Is this religious persecution?

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When I first joined, a senior sister told me, "This is a religion that aims to eliminate religion," and I thought, "Oh, that's great!" and somehow it made sense to me. It wasn't that I wanted to become a religious person, but rather that I was impressed by the goal of saving all humanity and realizing God's ideal of creation. Originally, Reverend Sun Myung Moon's goal as the Messiah was not to found the Unification Church; instead, he founded it in 1954 as a replacement for the established Christian churches, which did not accept him, and walked a 40-year wilderness course of restoration through indemnity. 40 years later, after completing his wilderness course, Reverend Sun Myung Moon announced the end of the church era and said, "Take down the Unification Church signboard!" I was thrilled, thinking, "Oh! The time has finally come!" (So, since its role as a religion had already ended by that point, I have no idea why people were...
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