“Heaven Index 100” refers to realizing just how blessed you are and how happy your daily life truly is.
It’s about how much you’re enjoying life.
Once you realize this, your Heaven Index reaches 100.
When complaints, dissatisfaction, grumbling, whining, slander, and criticism disappear, your Heaven Index is 100.
A “Heaven Level” of 50 means you accept 50% of what happens, but the remaining 50% you dislike.
For someone with a “Heaven Level” of 30, they accept 30% but dislike 70%.
There are people with a “Heaven Level” of minus 10.
A “Heaven Level” of minus 10 is called “Hell Level 10” (a term I coined).
I named the state in which resentment and hatred persist continuously “Hell Level.”
A “Hell Level 100” state goes even beyond simply resenting or hating others.
What kind of state is that? It is the “Hell of Solitude.”
There is no one to talk to.
There are no friends.
A state where you have no companions at all.
It is the most profoundly sad and painful state, with loneliness at its very core.
Now that you understand the state of “Hell Level 100,” you can probably imagine its exact opposite—the state of “Heaven Level 100.”
Let me say it again.
“Being surrounded by good companions.”
Good companions are people with whom you can talk about the same topics with a smile.
In our case, they are “people who live to bring joy to others.”
At the preliminary stage, they are people who never voice “complaints or grievances” and are always practicing “gratitude.”
Let’s say there’s a CEO of a major corporation earning hundreds of millions in annual income.
Whether that person is happy or not depends on whether they have good friends.
This is different from success philosophy or self-help.
Goals for achievement or personal growth are solely your own concern; perhaps you’re striving for them simply because you lack good companions and feel lonely.
A “Heavenly Level of 100” means living surrounded by companions who share your values and are heading in the same direction.
“30 Rules for Enjoying Life,” Kodansha
Good companions, of course, include family and coworkers.
Whether it’s family or coworkers, if everyone shares the same direction and values, every day will be filled with harmony, warmth, and constant laughter.
Kazuo Inamori of Kyocera coined the term “the equation of life.”
Life (the results of life and work) = Mindset × Passion × Ability
“Mindset” refers to direction.
For example, if you intend to go to Sapporo but end up boarding a Shinkansen or plane bound for Hakata, the more passion and ability you have, the further you’ll drift in the wrong direction.
If you don’t seek to bring joy to others and only think about what benefits yourself, people will gradually drift away from you.
I aspire to live a life worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.