Top: Onisaburo in his sixties
Bottom: Prince Taruhito, Onisaburo's real father
(February 3, 2003)
| Tama-hiko: | "Wow! Look at those small people. This place sure looks like an island of midgets. Do people that small also live in heaven, Matsu-hiko?" |
| Matsu-hiko: | "Yes, and the same also applies to the material world. People as tall as 3 shaku (= 2.982 ft.) are called "giants," and 1.8 shaku (= 1.789 ft.) is adult size. The spiritual and physical realms are like mirrors set against each other. The souls of dwarfs on earth have visited Taka-ama-hara (Plain of High Heaven). Those midgets are walking hand in hand so they won't be whisked away by cranes." |
| Tama-hiko: | "I'm getting confused. Three of us (= Tama-hiko, Kusu-hiko and Izu-hiko) have traversed the globe with Tokoyo-no-kuni (Land of Eternity = North America) as the starting point for our missionary work, but we have never met people smaller than 6 shaku (= 5.964 ft.). Even babies are as tall as those midgets. This can't be true, can it?" |
| Matsu-hiko: | "People of 6 shaku or larger stature lived some 350, 000 years ago. In other words, 350,000 years have passed since you died at the Kajika Pass. The material world has already undergone 3,000 years since the 20th century, an era dominated by humans with tiny souls. According to the Christian calendar, it is the 50th century. As the world is unfolding, earthly beings come to dislike toil and suffering, and they depend on cars, trains, aircraft and other means of transportation so heavily that they seldom use their limbs, making themselves physically weaker and weaker to become feeble dwarfs in the current 50th century. On the contrary, believers of the Ananai faith (= Omoto), which emerged from the late 19th century to the 20th century, are 6 shaku or taller as they follow its precepts and enjoy suffering, and they are engaged in God's Work in all three major divisions of the great spiritual world as living shrines of the Divine. They are called the "Maitreyan race of humanity." |
| Tama-hiko, Kusu-hiko and Izu-hiko: | "We thought we died at the Kajika Pass last night, but, alas, 350,000 years have already passed since then. We hear there is no concept of time in the divine world, though. This is awesome!" |
(March, 2000)
Day 1 (Hitsuka)As you can see, the Sun, the Moon, the Earth and other celestial bodies were formed on Day 4--namely, between 3 billion and 4 billion years after our cosmos came into being. In addition, Onisaburo says in Volume 6 (dictated Jan. 15-18, 20-25, Taisho 11 [1922]) that the very first material formed in the universe was WATER. A little diversion, but Volume 4 (dictated Dec. 15-29, Taisho 10 [1921]) reveals:
In the beginning, quite an imperfect spiritual element (rei so) appeared in the embryonic stages of the development of the great cosmos. It took almost 1 billion years for this spiritual element to evolve into spirit. This process is called Hitsuka (Day 1) in the divine world.
Day 2 (Futsuka)
The spirit displayed its power (chikara). Chi as in chikara means "spirit" or "fire" and kara, "body" or "water." It took another 1 billion years for this spiritual force to do its part. This process is called Futsuka (Day 2) in the divine world.
Day 3 (Mitsuka)
Chikara began forming physical substance; another 1 billion years passed. This process is called Mitsuka (Day 3) in the divine world.
Day 4 (Yotsuka)
Spirit (rei), force (chikara) and body (tai) exerted their combined energy to create innumerable forms of solid and liquid. The Sun, the Moon, the Earth and many other heavenly bodies came into existence. This process required another 1 billion years and is called Yotsuka (Day 4) in the divine world.
Day 5 (Itsuka)
The seeds of plants and animals appeared in heaven and on earth; another 1 billion years passed. This process is called Itsuka (Day 5) in the divine world.
Day 6 (Muyuka)
The workings of yin and yang and of water and fire set in motion, perfecting the foundation of all that is. This phase needed another 600 million years and is termed Muyuka (Day 6) in the divine world.
Day 7 (Nanaka)
As mentioned above, the Creator created everything in 6 days.
The Creator declares that He will spend another 70 million years to sublimate and complete this world into one of ineffable bliss--namely, the Age of Mi(5)-ro(6)-ku(7) (= 5.67 billion years = Miroku = Maitreya). This is Nanaka (the 7th Day). Incidentally, nana as in Nanaka means "perfection" or "rest."
Only after the fulfillment of all these 7 days will a cosmos of absolute truth, absolute beauty and absolute good come. This state is called the Sabbath.
Thus, Day 7 per se is not equal to the Sabbath. Should the Creator take a day or even a minute off, every being in the universe would collapse in a flash.
Today is in the midst of the 5.67-billion-year transition period to the Age of Maitreya. In this respect, our world is imperfect and has inevitably undergone a myriad of upheavals.
As the hub of the universe, our small cosmos is interrelated in all directions with the other microcosmoses via spiritual cords that look like a spider's web (see the picture below). Creatures akin to ours, such as humans, plants and animals, also inhabit those cosmoses, while none of these beings except divinities live on stars other than the Earth in our small cosmos. (Note: The revised edition, completed on January 23, Showa 10 [1935], modifies the last line as "Creatures akin to ours, such such as humans, plants and animals, do not inhabit those cosmoses, while never ever any of these beings except divinities live on stars other than the Earth in our small cosmos.")
(March, 2000)
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the kototama of the Creator>." The person was, without a doubt, Onisaburo
Deguchi.| Prince Mutsuhito
(before the enthronement) |
Emperor Meiji
(after the enthronement) |
| He had no pockmarks in his face. | He was pitted with smallpox. |
| During the Kin-mon Incident, the 13-year-old
prince lost consciousness at the sound of gunfire and the scream of his
court ladies. ♣The Kin-mon Incident--in 1864, pro-Imperial Choshu domain extremists attempt to force their way into Kyoto; the Imperial Court orders the Shogunate to mount a punitive expedition against Choshu. |
Riding a horse gallantly, he inspected his Konoe Imperial Guards and shouted a command. |
| He was born weak and caught cold every year. Even at age 16, he was still playing with his court ladies. | The 198-pound giant had sumo bouts with his aides and threw them out of the ring. |
| His handwriting was illegible, and he was indifferent to politics. | He wrote quite neatly, and he was a well-educated, highly-motivated learner. |
| He could not ride a horse. | He rode a horse to inspect his troops at a parade
during the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. ♣The Battle of Toba-Fushimi--in 1868, Tokugawa soldiers fight against the federation of Satsuma and Choshu domains in Toba and Fushimi (Kyoto); it leads to the Boshin Civil War of 1868-69, where Shogunate loyalist forces are defeated in a series of battles. |
(January, 2001)
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| Ayabe ni tenshi wo kakuseri | (The [real] Emperor is hidden in Ayabe) |
| Imano tenshi nisemono nari | (The current Emperor is a false one) |
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The 4th highlighted column (right to left) says:
"Ayabe ni tenshi wo kakuseri "
(The [real] Emperor is hidden in Ayabe)
The 8th highlighted column (left to right) says:
"Imano tenshi nisemono nari "
(The current Emperor is a false one)
(January, 2001)
