Since 2010, Master Ryuho Okawa has published over two hundred spiritual messages, in Japanese, from the spirits of historical men and women and the guardian spirits of today's living figures. With this Spiritual Interview Series, Master Okawa is now making these important messages available in English. The books in this series are messages from the spirits or guardian spirits of people who have a great deal of influence over world affairs. These messages reveal these powerful figures' hidden intentions and disclose facts that even news reporters would have difficulty drawing out. Master Okawa's in-depth analyses of these messages give us the tools that we need to understand and confront the dangers that lie ahead of us. Master Okawa hopes to show readers that the spirit world and spirits are real, and that by understanding spiritual truths, we can bring a peaceful end to international conflicts and create solutions to a variety of global crises. What Are Spiritual Messages? Master Ryuho Okawa, through his enlightenment, is capable of summoning any spirit from anywhere in the world, including the spirit world. The spirits that he has summoned have included founders of world religions, political leaders, and prominent economists. These messages are taped in front of live audiences, and many are eventually published. He has also given more than 2,100 lectures on his teachings. Master Okawa's way of receiving spiritual messages is fundamentally different from that of other psychic mediums who undergo trances and are thereby completely taken over by the spirits they are channeling. Master Okawa's attainment of a high level of enlightenment enables him to retain full control of his consciousness and body throughout the duration of the spiritual message. To allow the spirits to express their own thoughts and personalities freely, however, Master Okawa usually softens the dominancy of his consciousness. This way, he is able to keep his own philosophies out of the way and ensure that the spiritual messages are pure expressions of the spirit he is channeling. When Master Okawa channels spirits who do not speak Japanese, they are sometimes able to use vocabulary from his language center to communicate their spiritual messages in Japanese. In some cases, recently deceased spirits are only able to speak in their native language. In other cases, spirits who begin by speaking their native language gradually gain the ability to use Master Okawa's speech center and speak in Japanese. Finally, there are also instances in which Master Okawa asks for the help of a translator spirit who then mediates the conversation to him. Since the essence of our being is the soul, our words can be translated into other languages through thoughts. Some spirits who lived long ago are well-informed about the events of today. This is because in the afterlife, some spirits take on the duty of guiding people who are currently alive. These spirits therefore continue to watch over the events of this world so that they can gain valuable information about current events.