Why do executives from listed companies and other companies come together to visit the shrine on New Year's visit? What is that psychology?

There are many cases where many business owners regularly visit shrines and temples or incorporate fortune-telling into their business.

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In business, no matter how carefully you conduct market research and research and development, make market size and sales forecasts, and provide new products that meet market needs, you will have to actually sell them to see if they will actually sell. Most of the time, I don't understand.

As we all know, it is impossible to predict the future 100%.

People suffer from anxiety and fear due to these unpredictable and unknown problems.

When we are faced with serious worries, anxiety, or fear, we tend to cling to the extraordinary and mysterious things that cannot be explained by science, which we do not normally believe in. For example, praying to God or fortune-telling. I want to cling to someone again. There are various reasons for this.

Since ancient times, people have tried to solve problems that cannot be solved by reason by relying on mysterious forces that cannot be explained by science.

Things like so-called gods and fortune-telling.

For example, one goes to a temple or shrine and prays and wishes for the safety of one's family, prosperity in business, fulfillment of one's desires, and fulfillment in one's love life.

Another example is praying for no accidents or disasters when constructing a building.

Behind this, even though its effectiveness has not been scientifically proven, there is also an aspect of values ​​based on our human traditions and cultural background.

Many of us believe that by going to temples and shrines and worshiping Buddha, we are likely to receive good fortune.

If you trace the origins of its tradition and cultural background, you will find that it is a cultural act that dates back to ancient times before medical science was developed.

The ancestor of medicine has a history of religious magic based on the existence of God.

As science progressed, religion and medicine, which were originally the same, separated, and in modern times medicine treats people.

In Japan, it is said that in the past, monks (Buddhist) were in charge of medical care. In medieval Japan, it was common for anyone who had any worries or wishes to seclude themselves in a temple such as Kannon-do and receive a message.

Even if you say that you received a message from the gods or Buddha at that time, are you doubting it or are you crazy? No one thought that.

This is because in Japanese society at the time, such things were accepted as everyday occurrences.

In this way, people going to Kannondo to pray and make wishes was a more common practice than today, but since the end of World War II, with the development of science and technology and an education that seems to prioritize science, There is a history in which the act of ``relying'' on shrines and temples, which is considered unscientific, has declined.

These traditional and cultural values ​​and reasons may be the reason why many business owners regularly visit shrines and temples and incorporate fortune-telling into their businesses.