Today Master Idaki Shin held a monthly Entrepreneur Salon. We always regard this day as the beginning of the month, carrying in our hearts what we have heard as we work through the month ahead. This is the applied version of the Entrepreneur Course that Master Idaki Shin has made public, offered as a way of sharing how to live and conduct one's work to survive no matter what era comes. Today, too, we were privileged to hear his invaluable words. The consistent theme running through everything he shared was "regaining the body," and through his talk on various things, I could clearly recognize just how we leave the body behind in every aspect of daily life. That living in this society means we leave the body behind has been something I have deeply felt for a long time, and while finding alienation deeply painful, I have searched for a way out. "Regaining the body" is that way out. And living in a state where the body is restored is what it means to be a human being, so it is the way to realize the authentic way of life of a human being. This brings me great joy.
These are harsh times, yet the moment has come when we can no longer survive without living as our true selves. In that sense, I see this time as an era in which we can indeed live as such. I feel that life is attuned already to the future. Lately, I find myself feeling deeply joyful. I cannot quite say what it is, but I sense that something good surely awaits us in the future, and it is a great pleasure to move ever forward toward the future. The way of life that repeats the past has come to an end, and, we are told, even those who have passed are already moving ahead. We, too, cannot afford to stand idle. Moving forward each and every day is all there is. And today, too, by the time it drew to a close, I was filled with energy in body and mind, brimming with vitality. Thank you very much.