Livin' on a prayer

It's remarkable what can happen once you take a ferm determination on a seemly impossible goal and you start doing daimoku for it.

Last Thursday I had a meeting with 2 YMD members and a YWD member, who is on the March 16th action committee, about what we could do as a cultural act on this festival that is being organized. She encouraged us to really chant for a "impossible" goal for march 16 and to chant for the success of the March 16 festival on March 15 at the conservatorium at the Hague.

Now, after a few days of very powerful daimoku, I found out at the website of the IND (Immigration an Naturalization Department red.)that there is a opportunity for my girlfriend to come to the Netherlands again. Since she has a Ma degree that is also certified by Fontys Tilburg, as a part of the Erasmus Mondus project SEN with as participating universities Roehamton, London; Fontys applied sciences university, Tilburg and Charles university at Prague. So I strongly advised her to apply, since i am convinced that she qualifies for this arrangement. She has nothing to loose, only to gain. I can not other explain then this is a gift from Gohonzon for her.

Now it's also time for my other goals such as going back to work in one form of another, finding a suitable house for Kosen Rufu and for my girlfriend and me and receiving my Omimori Gohonzon ( travel gohonzon which is a miniature verion of the gohonzon red.) on February 15, 2009. So I have a lot of daimoku still ahead till that time.

NMHRK
André

New years day

A new year,time for new determinations.

On January 2nd 2009 I've received a message through my regional leader, who went to Japan to follow the Dutch training course in December, from President Ikeda. The message was the following:"I have received you letter and I have read it. I will do Daimoku for you. Signed, Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI".

When my regional leader called me to tell me this, i was really moved that Ikeda Sensei sent this message on his birthday to me. At that moment tears rolled from my eyes from gratitude. I really feel a deep connection with Ikeda Sensei now. To me, it really give me a moral boost that president Ikeda sent me this message on his birthday. Also according to my regional leader it's very special to receive a message on Sensei's birthday.

If it comes to my determinations for this year, I really want to accomplish at least that I'll find a house or apartment for Kosen Rufu, get my girlfriend to live together with me and marry her and at least 3 new Gohonzons in my district. Further I want to accomplish also the determinations I've made last year.

André