Tenrikyo-Ofudesaki - The Authority of the Poems

On October 24th, 1838, because of her true sincerity, in the midst of a healing ritual where in she had reluctantly agreed to act as a medium, Miki Nakayama's self-centered imagination, her mind, totally settled and merged with its origin, the one original conscious mind, the original cause of all things in detail.

From that moment on, Miki, having awakened, began to teach anyone who wanted to learn, the work or services to prepare their own mind, indeed all of the minds of the world, to awaken just as she had, as if from a dream.

What do you think this talk is about?
I am hastening for the places where God's truth is conveyed.
When this path can be seen, even a little,
all minds in the world will become spirited.
Listen to whatever God says!
If only the cleaning of the residence is completed,
It will soon be seen. Without a moment to look aside,
the dust will disappear as if you were dreaming.
When this dust is completely swept away.
nothing will remain but single-hearted salvation.

Lots of metaphors in the above Poems; keep them in mind as their meaning is revealed in the Poems.
"Places","Path", "Seen","Sprited","Cleaning", "Residence","Dust", "Swept Away", "Single-Hearted". As a starting hint, all of these metaphors deal with the current state of the human mind and all  this is intended to be going on within ones own mind.


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