AFTERWORD
In anything we do, the most important thing is to take the first step. The second important thing is to keep going, and keep using creativity and originality.
There is no telling how many times I have been saved by the phrase Think big! I began using this phrase during my boot camp training in the United States, and it might have been the most important enlightenment of my younger years.
Be positive! and Be brave! are phrases that I would pair with Think Big! I hope that many of the worlds young people will read this book about my philosophy of success.
Ryuho Okawa
Founder and CEO
Happy Science Group
February 14, 2012
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ryuho Okawa is a renowned spiritual thinker, leader, and author in Japan with a simple goal: to help people find true happiness and create a better world. To date, Okawas books have sold over 100 million copies worldwide and been translated into 28 languages. His books address vital issues such as how our thoughts influence reality, the nature of love, and the path to enlightenment.
In 1986, Okawa founded Happy Science as a spiritual movement dedicated to bringing greater happiness to humankind by uniting religions and cultures to live in harmony. Happy Science has grown rapidly from its beginnings in Japan to a worldwide organization. The spiritual workshops Happy Science offers are open to people of all faiths and walks of life and are rooted in the same simple principles of happiness that inspired Okawas own spiritual awakening. Okawa is compassionately committed to the spiritual growth of others; in addition to writing and publishing books, he continues to give talks around the world.
BOOKS BY RYUHO OKAWA
Find the keys to achieving happiness and success in our special calling.
THE HEART OF WORK
10 Keys to Living Your Calling
Success
Paperback 57 224 pages
978-1-942125-03-7
US$12.95
There is so much fulfillment in discovering what we were meant to do and dedicating ourselves wholeheartedly to a job that we love doing. The goals we aspire to achieve through our lives and the ideals of who we want to become are vital to our success and happiness. In this book, Ryuho Okawa shares 10 key philosophies and goals to live by to guide us through our work lives and triumphantly live our calling. There are key principles that will help you get to the heart of work, manage your time well, prioritize your work, live with long health and vitality, achieve growth, and more. People of all walks of lifefrom the businessperson, executive, artist, teacher, mother, to even studentswill find the keys to achieving happiness and success in our special calling.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Finding the True Essence of Work
Chapter 2 Accomplishing Outstanding Work
Chapter 3 Climbing the Ladder of Success
Chapter 4 Advancing with the Heart of Leadership
Chapter 5 Working with a Spirit of Love
Chapter 6 Unleashing the Power of Rest
Chapter 7 Making the Most of the Gift of Time
Chapter 8 Setting Our Potential Free
Chapter 9 Creating Reserves in Life
Chapter 10 Living with Vitality and Health
Your invitation to a more joyful, authentic life
INVITATION TO HAPPINESS
7 Inspirations from Your Inner Angel
Self-Help
Hardcover 57 176 pages
978-1-942125-01-3
US$16.99
Invitation to Happiness is a personal invitation and path to living a joy-filled, inspired life. It is the introduction to a spiritual journey guided by the driving force that guides us through life and the secret to living true to ourselvesour inner angel. We all have one, and each is our guide to spiritual happiness. The purpose of this book is to help the reader find joy by connecting with that inner voice, spirit, soul, or higher self.
Invitation to Happiness offers a new discovery of self and perspective. Through 7 inspirations, readers will be guided to find all the tools they need to live more confidently, peacefully, and authentically. The pages inside offer easy-to-use tools to get there, including practices for introspection, brief guided visualizations, tips and hints for contemplation, and even a discovery journal area to record inspirations from the inner angel. Through reading, contemplating and writingreaders will find simple step-by-step action plans that serve as a path to the truest selfallowing them to live a more confident, connected life of inner peace.
MUSIC FOR INSPIRATION
Free companion music is available for download at OkawaBooks.com. The readers can download 8 tracks of guided meditation to use along with the exercises in the book.
Deep-Breathing Exercise
Relationship Harmony
Visualizing Your Dream
and more
Inside us all is a divine candle. Spread that light to people around you and help them light their own candles.
CHANGE YOUR LIFE CHANGE THE WORLD
A Spiritual Guide to Living Now
Spirituality
Paperback 5.88.8 192 pages
978-0-982698-50-1
US$16.95
Change Your Life, Change the World offers the timeless wisdom that has been inspiring millions of readers and followers around the world. In this book, Ryuho Okawa calls out to people of all nations to remember their true spiritual roots and accept that all of humanity, regardless of race, religion, or culture, was originally part of one gigantic family tree, called the Cosmic Tree. We are all responsive to the same creator, and are all part of a much larger universal family than we ever realized.
Change your Life, Change the World is a beacon of light, filled with universal lasting wisdom about the soul within each of us and the divine purpose of the human race within a vast universe. With this spiritual wisdom as our guide, each one of us has the power to change our lives and change the world.
What is the nature of the soul?
Where do we come from?
THE LAWS OF THE SUN
One Source, One Planet, One People
Spirituality
Hardcover 5.88.5 224 pages
978-1-937673-04-8
US$24.95
Imagine if you could ask God why He created this world and what spiritual laws He used to shape usand everything around us. If we could understand His designs and intentions, we could discover what our goals in life should be and whether our actions move us closer to those goals or farther away. In these pages, we can see that God has been compassionately watching over humankind since the beginning of time, always sending envoys of His love in times of darkness. Once again, in a time of tremendous global instability, Gods Truths are rising above the horizon and shining light onto the confusion we face today. They will inspire the world to appreciate that we all come from the same source, to let go of our differences, and to come together in peace and happiness: one people prospering on one planet. As we embrace the miracle that produced this book, we take the first steps to creating Gods ultimate goal: Heaven on Earth.
If you could speak to Jesus, Buddha, Moses, or Muhammad, what would you ask?
MESSAGES FROM HEAVEN
What Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, and Moses Would Say Today
Religion
Hardcover 5.88.5 224 pages
978-1-941779-19-4
US$19.95
In Messages from Heaven: What Jesus, Buddha, Moses, and Muhammad Would Say Today, Ryuho Okawa shares the spiritual communication he had with these four spirits and the messages they want to share with people living today. This book offers spiritual wisdom and answers to the questions of the divinemessages of love, faith, miracles, gratitude, and forgiveness from Jesus; inquiries on humility, kindness, and enlightenment in the ordinary life with the Buddha; the meaning of righteousness, sin, and justice from Moses; and answers to questions about tolerance, faith, spirituality, and wealth from Muhammad. Through his conversations with four of the most influential religious leaders, Okawa explores the universal truths that thread between all faiths and offers insights to conquer our challenges that we face today. With this quest comes spiritual awakening as human souls, which unites each of us through the universal principles of love, wisdom, self-reflection, and progress.