Tenrikyo Ofudesaki - The Core of Your Mind Will Become Apparent -
all people remain in a common worldly state.
But what path will be seen tomorrow?
The core of your mind will become apparent.
When this mind is fully apparent.
no one will be able to turn away.
When this is seen, all of you, whoever you may be,
will bow your head and truly ponder.
Now Ponder!
If only the settling of this mind is definitely accomplished...
It is assumed that anyone reading this will be interested in maturing and in so doing in quickly revealing the true origin of their mind. One might wonder why this is so; why calm the mind and return it to its original condition? At least one answer is, because once exposed, "the core of the mind" will be become apparent allowing for its free and unlimited workings to be known and understood. That sounds appealing to me. All it takes is the sincere effort to settle one's mind, one's self-centered imagination to quickly awaken to the original consciousness that remains. That original consciousness is here now. It is what makes reading this possible.
- It is important to note and be aware of the fact that the "core of the mind" is already present but is commonly taken for granted and its existence is rarely acknowledged.
- On the contrary our attentions are currently engaged with the common worldly state. That state is the experience of life from the point of view of the unstable and changing truths of the world created in the self-centered imagination ; which as a rule believes them to be absolutely true and the fact that they are not gives rise to fear, conflict, disappointment and dissatisfaction.
- The self-centered imagination is a marvelous and powerful tool intended to guarantee our survival and joy in life. It is so marvelous that we attach to its creations as our identity. To know and understand our original natural and total identity it is necessary to identify, quiet and completely settle the mental voice and images of our self-centered imagination.
- Fundamental to the experience of any and everything is the original consciousness that our imagination appears reflected within.
- To know and understand that original consciousness only requires settling our imagined self just long enough to be aware of its origin. Because Moonsun Exists
- We call this process of quieting and settling our self centered imagination the sincere performance of the Service. There are many different kinds of service; the focus of these pages is on quickly awakening to the true origin of one's mind through the sincere performance of identifying our imagination as well as its origin, the consciousness that it rises up and appears reflected within by sincerely pondering deeply. Everyone has a self-centered imagination that appears reflected in consciousness; thus everyone is able to perform and complete this service by just adding the sincerity to do so.
- The completion of the Service is then granted to a self-centered imagination that has returned to its original state and condition. We call this becoming one with the origin, the mind of God, single-hearted salvation.