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The Reason I Do Not Pray to God

     My followers know very well that I do not pray to God, and there is probably no example of such in the history of religions since antiquity. There may even be a few of my followers who harbor doubts about this, so I will write on the subject here. To begin, in regard to levels of divinity, I am of the highest level, and there is no other divine being of a higher rank above me, so there is no reason for me to pray. Thus, to tell the truth, it would be fitting to say that all the eight hundred myriad gods are my subordinates, so as I possess the power to save all gods and buddhas, in the near future my forgiveness for and absolution from sins will be sought by a countless number of gods and buddhas who desire to help the work of World Messianity. I would like to save as many of them as I can.
     To which some people may say they find it hard to believe that anyone on the level of a god or buddha would have done anything that necessitates having to ask for sins to be forgiven, but there is a reason. Because the real, actual state of affairs, reality, was hidden during the age of night, it was not realized that things which were done thinking to be good were actually helping the evil forces, and learning this fact, these beings have hurriedly come forward. The time of judgment is starting to approach and any dawdling or lingering around is not to be, so they have suddenly started coming and seeking salvation. In cases like this, human beings can only see the present, physical world, so they are not aware or paying attention. But the gods and buddhas, as gods and buddhas, can see everything in the spiritual world, and as everything happens first in the spiritual world, they know well what will occur. Thus, without any sort of attachment, they have come forward with the attitude I have described above. This series of events has been described in articles in recent issues of one of the church’s periodicals where in spiritual possession, Mrs. Taga describes how the spirits of the founders of various religions and sects have come one after another to petition me through her.
     From another perspective, in the case of the divine economy of World Messianity as well, all that I think and plan goes smoothly as well as quickly, and this is because the gods and buddhas who have repented and reformed are diligently working in the spiritual world in accord with the commands of the Creator. One example of this is that wonderful Buddhist statuary which had been very difficult to acquire has successively come into my hands, and this is because founders and high priests have been active in the spiritual world to enable my acquisitions. In cases other than Buddhist art, the spirits of the original artists and former owners are working in the spiritual world to get these works into my hands which may be thought to be all well and good, but there is an annoying aspect to this phenomenon. That is, that when these spirits lived in the physical world, they had no need to think of financial matters, are not aware of the differences in the world today, and since they think that all they have to do is bring the object to me, the expenditures I have to make as an individual living in the physical world are quite great. It is at times such as these that I shriek in surprised happiness.
     A point which I must bring up here as a manifestation of my status is, as in well known, the marvelous aspect of my healing power. Needless to say, just by putting a piece of paper on which I have written the ideograms for “light” into a packet, thousands and millions can be saved. At the same time, are the miracles when individuals on the point of death in dangerous situations hundreds and thousands of miles away are saved by praying to me.
     This wondrous aspect can also be seen in the many miracles that have been experienced during construction of paradises on earth currently progressing in Hakone and Atami, how that difficult conditions have been overcome with the recent purchase of the Heian-kyo grounds in Kyoto and, considering how smoothly land was acquired in a short period of time, there is nothing but wonder. Furthermore, the location as well as the environment of the land is excellent, the best in the area, as I was recently surprised when I learned more about Kyoto. Of course in the very beginning, I had not been looking for such a place, it just naturally came to us. From these occurrences, there is not one jot of doubt that at the very beginning of the creation of this planet, God had been preparing for the birth of World Messianity. I have written the above just as it has come to me, and as it may seem to contain an overabundance of self-praise, it may not be suitable, but having said so, I have written of things that must be known and understood, as the divine economy I will heretofore manifest is so tremendous, there are aspects that will be beyond comprehension. I have written the above so that all may be able to conceptualize World Messianity’s activities.

Chijōtengoku, Issue 43, December 25, 1952, page 5
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