Our religion will never spread to the world as it is now. There are over 7 billion people on earth, with near almost 0 percent Tenrikyo members. The permanent Kanroudai will never be established if we do not ponder this situation.
WHY DO I SAY THIS:
We do not understand God’s teachings in the Ofudesaki. We do not understand the soul (mune). God tells us in the first verse of the sacred scripture, that we do not understand our own soul. If we cannot understand the first verse, we will not be able to spread God’s teachings. We must understand the soul. Tenrikyo Church leaders believe that the first verse tells us that we do not understand God’s mind or God’s heart. This may be true that we do not understand God’s mind, but the mune is the soul, and not God’s mind. The mune is the soul we must understand.
Throughout the Ofudesaki, God tells us what the soul is. It is the sand that collects our demerits from acting on our negative thoughts (verse 3-11 Ofudesaki). It stores these demerits as our fates, and eventually manifest them as suffering when the right opportunity arises. The phrase what comes from the soul (mune no uchi yori) appears throughout the scripture. Our fates come from our souls. These opportunities may not manifest until the next life. So we carry our fates and associated thoughts to the next life. This explains why suffering and joy appear in our lives.
Our memorization and performance of the Yorozuyo and 12 songs with perfection, the pilgrimages to Japan, and the performace of the osazuke to heal others in commendable, but it will not convince the world of the truths in the Ofudesaki about our own soul. Again lets look at the results so far in the number of Tenrjkyo members.
WHAT MUST CHANGE:
First we must understand our own soul, and what it does. Then we must read and understand the Ofudesaki, so God can help us spread the teachings to the world. If we understand the soul, and spread it to others, God tells us there will be no failure in a thousand of God’s guidance occurring to help us to bring in new members by the performane of the Youki-tsutome. This guarantee is written in the Ofudesaki. God tells us to test it out.
MY APOLOGY:
I apologize to the many faithful and devoted Tenrikyo members. Most of you are good people because you know most of the teachings of God. But unfortunately the most important truth is not understood. This is the truth of the soul to purify one’s mind. God tells us that when our minds are pure, only health and happiness will come from our own soul. This is the information we must spread to the world. With God’s help, this will happen.