(The original blog in Japanese is here. 「小さな応援歌」)
The general impression of Mother Teresa is that she is always smiling. However, she seems to have had a rather stern look on her face.
However, she smiled when the camera was pointed at her.
Sister Kazuko Watanabe of the Notre Dame Order, who served as Mother Teresa's interpreter in Japan, was wondering if Mother Teresa liked cameras. Later Mother spoke to her. "I made a contract with Jesus. When I smile at the camera, please save one soul suffering in purgatory."
Catholics teach that purgatory is a place where people who are too impure to enter heaven are purified through suffering. The prayers and merits of people on earth shorten the period of suffering for these people, and they are welcomed into heaven. For this reason, the living pray for the dead, and sometimes transfer their merits to those suffering in purgatory.
Smiling for the camera did not seem natural to her. In fact, she probably didn't like it.
I think the people who participate in this abuse are taught that tormenting the enemies of Buddhism is a merit. Whether they succeed or not, it is a merit. So I think they are not doing evil, but rather doing good. But they will still feel guilty.
It is unbearable for the targeted individuals to be subjected to this endless abuse. Why can they do it so persistently even if it is ineffective and unsuccessful?
It is said that some people get paid for it, and even those who do not may have been taught that it is a merit.
But it is not impossible to accept it as targeted individuals. Because it is a merit for us too. People who are not religious may not understand if it is said to be a merit, but enduring such suffering is a great merit.
It is for one's own sake and for the sake of others.
I think it took effort for Mother Teresa to smile in front of the camera, but she offered it as a sacrifice and as a merit to the dead suffering in purgatory.
I believe that as a victim, I am constantly accumulating this merit. Harassment that I am aware of, harassment that I did not notice, and harassment that I misunderstood... Each time, I pray that it will be for my own benefit, for the happiness of those who have passed away, for those who are suffering now, for the good of many people, and sometimes for those who walk the wrong path.
I am tired of it being done endlessly, but in a way, I am grateful that I am accumulating merit endlessly even though I do not want to.
Harassment and victimization may be a merit for the perpetrator, but it is an even greater merit for the targeted.
The harassment suffered by victims of group stalking and electromagnetic crime is unbearable, numerous, and persistent. That is why the merit is infinitely great.
I pray for the victims every day, but I also pray first for strength and help. I also pray that the perpetrator system will collapse. Then, I offer this so that the merit of the suffering of these victims will reach heaven.
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( original japanese draft 09/06/2012)
Not for away, I plan to change the post date to the original post date.