Great Construction

ONENESS BETWEEN GOD AND MAN

　　The concept of "oneness between God and man" has been often mentioned from ancient times, but I think that there has never existed such a person who really embodied "oneness between God and man" in himself. Indeed, the three major holy men: Buddha (Shakyamuni), Christ and Mahomet seem to have been such a man, but as a matter of fact, they were the messengers for God's will; simply speaking, they were the mediators between God and people. That is; people were not able to distinguish oneness between God and man from being mediators between God and people. In other words, the mediators receive inspiration from God and act on His command, so they pray to God or Buddha at all times and look up to Him for their protection.

　　But as for me, I practice no such things as prayers. As my followers know, I do not pray to God or ask for His directions. All I have to do is put my own thoughts into practice; it is very simple. This is unprecedented and could be thought of as strange, so I will explain just the point as long as it brings no problems here. As I say as usual, I have a small ball-sized sphere of light at the location of the center of my abdomen. This is the soul of a certain Supreme Being, therefore, as to all I do and say, God Himself controls me freely. In other words, there is no distinction between God and man, which truly means oneness between God and man.

　　And so, because the divine spirit in me belongs in the highest rank of divinities and there are no divinities higher than this one in the world, I have no reason to bow down to other gods. Above all things, the very evidence for this is the miracles that my believers are showing from day to day. The miracles greater than those of Christ are continually revealed, so even my disciples are not inferior to Christ in any way. With this fact alone, you must be able to infer what the essence of my divinity is.

　　There is one thing to be added here. Indeed, all the great religious teachers so far have prophesied the coming of a heavenly world, but they have not said that they themselves would create it, for their power was not strong enough because their divinities were lower at all. Because of my highest divinity, I dare to say that I will on my own create the world with neither sickness, nor poverty, nor war. Such is the case with me, I, from now on, will carry out many of the unprecedented and surprising projects ordained by God, which I want you to see for yourself, so events which you cannot think of as humanly possible will happen endlessly.

Eikoh, No.155, May 7, 1952 (the 27th year of Showa)

This essay has previously appeared twice in translation. The citations are given below for reference.

“Oneness with God,” The Light from the East, Volume 2, 1986, page 255.

“God Personified,” A Hundred Teachings of Meishu-sama, no date, page 14.