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    Health in the 21st Century / 21世紀の健康について
    Health in the 21st Century / 21世紀の健康について
    Health in the 21st Century / 21世紀の健康について
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    Health in the 21st Century / 21世紀の健康について

    By Masami Saionji

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    Originally, health was something that each of us judged based on our own perceptions of our body. Indeed, this is the natural way, and each of us is responsible for maintaining our own health. Today, however, our excessive preoccupation with it has turned a basic thing like health into a source of anxiety that weighs constantly upon our mind. To exit from these cycles of anxiety, I think we human beings need to become able to shift our consciousness away from our pursuit of health and toward an appreciation for the wonders of life. We need to discover the amazing power of natural healing that flows within our own life-energy. To draw out this incredibly marvelous healing power and switch it to ‘on-mode,’ we must firmly direct our attention to it. Otherwise, it will remain forever unnoticed.
    — Masami Saionji

    健康とは本来、一人一人が自分の身体についての知覚に基づいて判断されるべきものです。それが全くの自然であって、一人一人が自分の身体を管理すべきなのです。しかし、現在は健康という基本的なことが過剰に意識され、余りにも不安な材料となり、人々の心の中に重くのしかかってしまっているのです。このマイナスの悪循環から抜け出すには、健康の追求ではなく、生命の素晴らしさに意識が向けられなくてはなりません。自分自身の生命エネルギーから溢れ出る、自然治癒力の驚異的力を知るべきです。その信じがたいほどの自然治癒力のスイッチをオンにし、自分自身で使いこなすのです。そのためには、そこに強い意識が向けられなければ、自然治癒力は、ただ眠ったままです。
    — 西園寺昌美

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherByakko Press
    Release dateFeb 12, 2016
    ISBN9781310195679
    Health in the 21st Century / 21世紀の健康について
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    Masami Saionji

    Masami Saionji is the chairperson of three organizations: Byakko Shinko Kai (www.byakko.org), The World Peace Prayer Society (www.worldpeace.org), and The Goi Peace Foundation (www.goipeace.or.jp). A native of Japan and a descendant of the Royal Ryukyu Family of Okinawa, she continues the work of her adoptive father, Masahisa Goi, who initiated a movement for world peace through the universal prayer May Peace Prevail on Earth. As a spiritual leader and lecturer, she has touched thousands of people’s lives through her guidance and inspiration. She travels globally on speaking tours, and has led peace ceremonies in many countries as well as at the United Nations and other international organizations. She has authored over twenty books in Japanese and eight in English and other languages. She is an honorary member of the Club of Budapest and a member of the World Wisdom Council. She was awarded the Philosopher Saint Shree Dnyaneshwara World Peace Prize of India along with her husband Hiroo in 2008. She is also the recipient of the 2010 WON Award honoring distinguished women leaders. In February 2013, Mrs. Saionji had the privilege of presenting the Symphony of Peace Prayers ceremony at the United Nations, in a special event entitled ‘United for a Culture of Peace through Interfaith Harmony’, which was hosted by the president of the UN General Assembly. Mrs. Saionji and her husband currently live in Tokyo, and have three daughters, all working for peace.

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      Health in the 21st Century / 21世紀の健康について - Masami Saionji

      Health in the 21st Century

      21世紀の健康について

      I do not think there has ever been a time when we human beings have expended as much energy on maintaining our physical health as we do today. Reacting anxiously to every physical change and energetically pursuing a perfect state of health, today’s society seems to have a preoccupation with health that is almost obsessive.

      私たち人間にとって、今日ほど健康維持への努力、健康への過剰反応、健康な身体づくりへの追求といった方面にエネルギーが向けられている時代はありません。ほとんど異常なまでの健康志向に社会は陥っているように思われます。

      Of course, being heedful of our health is more beneficial than neglecting it, but this does not explain the inordinate concern over our health that so many of us are feeling. To me, it is a clear sign that people today have forgotten how to trust in their own bodies. Because we lack confidence in our bodies, we become overly preoccupied with our health, and think about it excessively.

      確かに自分の健康に留意すれば、しないより健康的に生きられることは間違いのない事実です。しかし、自分の身体に対する過剰な関心や反応は、果たしてどうなのでしょうか。これは偏に、自分の身体に自信が持てない証拠です。そのため、人々は健康維持に心を奪われ、健康を考えすぎてしまうのです。

      Originally, being healthy meant not even having to think about our health. People feel their best when they live naturally, without giving a lot of thought to the state of their health. But for many of us today, even if we think we are in good health, our minds are not at ease until we undergo a complete medical exam and receive a doctor’s stamp of approval.

      本来、健康とは、自分の健康を意識しないのが健康的な状態です。自分の健康状態について、あれこれと深く考えないで、自然に過ごしている時こそが、ベストの健康状態なのです。しかし、自分は健康であると思っていても、人間ドックなどで、あなたは健康である、という確かなるお墨付きをもらわないと安心できないのです。

      When we aim at achieving an optimum state of health, and devote ourselves assiduously to healthy practices, we sometimes end up creating even greater uneasiness

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