The only place that a lotus can bloom and grow thick,
healthy roots is in the mud and slime of a lotus pond. If the lotus started to
hate its dirty pond and snuck away to some school swimming pool, how could it
ever bloom? What would happen to its roots? People may complain of all kinds of
troubles in life, but it’s only because of such difficulties that you can
attain your human revolution. This is the principle of changing poison into
medicine. If you clean the mud out of the pond and pave it with concrete, what’ll
happen to the lotus? It’ll never bloom. The pond represents our problem-filled
world, the lotus is you and the mud is your problems – the indispensable
nourishment for your human revolution, your own growth. No matter how muddy or
dirty its pond is, the lotus can still bloom beautifully.
Therefore, in order to attain your human revolution, you
have to stay in the pond and struggle to grow right in that mud. In other
words, without all kinds of difficulties and problems in life, you can’t really
grow as a human being. The organization may do something you don’t agree with ,
but that doesn’t mean you have to get out. Your effort to overcome those
difficulties makes you grow. But whatever you do to overcome them should be
based on sincere daimoku to the Gohonzon. Otherwise, you will neither change
your karma nor achieve any lasting success. In order to change your karma you
have to bring forth strong vitality and establish an unshakable self amid this
troubled, mundane world. With consistent efforts you can bring the beautiful
flower of your human revolution to bloom.
Don’t ever run away again. Instead, chant lots of daimoku to
the Gohonzon. Pledge to become an individual who can really contribute to
kosen-rufu. Always remember the principle of the lotus flower.
Source: Guidelines of Faith by Satoru Izumi
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