“Some More Information on the Term ‘Daiseimei’ [大生命]—‘Great Life’” by Andrew James Brown

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Brown, Andrew James. “Some More Information on the Term ‘Daiseimei’ [大生命]—‘Great Life.’” Blogspot. Caute, 4 Apr. 2026, https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/04/some-more-information-on-term-daiseimei.html.

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Now, I have a word to replace God with—the Great Life. My veneration has direction and, for some reason, this gives me peace and inspiration to make the most out of this life. It is still unclear to me, though, how Amida or the Other Power enters here. I've read in Andrew's writing somewhere that the Great Life = the Other Power. But if the Other Power is the receiver of my veneration, who or what is Amida. How does Andrew fit all these into his worldview?

And this is how, somehow, I've found myself replacing Jehovah.

How do I converse with it though? This Great Life. Everything I've been doing these years I'm outside the church has been listening to whatever this is. And perhaps through writing, art, and actions. Through creativity that births new forms and thoughts, I am connected to it. While Andrew is jiyū shūkyō's Emerson, I ought to be Thoreau. I always use Thoreau, conversing with the Great Life outdoors through my feet and poetic prose. It is in walks, in long ones that I'm able to listen and really see and feel and find solace in the Great Life. To make the most of these walks is my religion—my own unique expression of the Great Life.

Prompts

Doctrine that the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world. :: Immanence

Explain the doctrine of immanence. :: The divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world.

Imaoka's Jiyū shūkyō and Kiitsu Kyōkai belongs to what religious movement in Japan? :: New Religions Movement

Groups within the New Religions Movement in Japan share what principles popularized in the eighteenth century? :: Neo-Confucian

Describe the interconnectedness of the world that the New Religions Movement in Japan believes in. :: Transformation in the self affects others, society, and the universe.

Per the New Religions Movement in Japan, any situation can be transformed through what? :: A change in attitude.

Per the New Religions Movement in Japan, the universe is seen as (HICS):

Per the New Religions Movement in Japan, the universe is seen as (HICS):

Per the New Religions Movement in Japan, the universe is seen as (HICS):

Per the New Religions Movement in Japan, the universe is seen as (HICS):

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source of life

Per the New Religions Movement in Japan, the universe is seen as (HICS):
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The characteristics of the "primary religious Being" believed in by the New Religions Movement in Japan are (PPLIMPT):

The characteristics of the "primary religious Being" believed in by the New Religions Movement in Japan are (PPLIMPT):

The characteristics of the "primary religious Being" believed in by the New Religions Movement in Japan are (PPLIMPT):

The characteristics of the "primary religious Being" believed in by the New Religions Movement in Japan are (PPLIMPT):

The characteristics of the "primary religious Being" believed in by the New Religions Movement in Japan are (PPLIMT):

The characteristics of the "primary religious Being" believed in by the New Religions Movement in Japan are (PPLIMPT):

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transcendent

The characteristics of the "primary religious Being" believed in by the New Religions Movement in Japan are (PPLIMT):
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Gender role often associated to the primary religious Being of the New Religions Movement in Japan. :: Mother