神と人間 安心立命への道しるべ
ー 五井 昌久著
第４章 守護神、守護霊について②
人間の性は善なるや、悪なるや、と今までに多くの人びとが、性善説、あるいは性悪説を唱え、論じあってきたが、人間の本来性には善も悪もない。人間はただ無限の光（神）の創造性を行動に移し、神の姿を客観的に現わそうとしている者であって、悪といい善というも、全面的に神が現象界に現われるまでに織りなす光と影の交叉であり、悪（影）と現われている姿、行動も、より大いなる善（光）を現わさんとする一瞬であり、善と現われている姿、行動すらも、より偉大なるすべてを含めた善（光）を現わさんとする過程の一瞬である。
初めに分霊が、宇宙神の創造を顕現するため、その創造性を光の線と彩（あや）なして、幽界肉体界を創造してゆく過程において、みずから発した念波の業因の中に、しだいに自己の本性を見失っていったことは、前章においてすでに説明したのであるが、これは一見、無限の智慧の持主である神の行為の失策の如く見え、この点を疑問に思う人びとが多数あると思うので、この点についてちょっと説明してみよう。
これは、さきに述べた光と影、善がそのまま善ならず、悪がそのまま悪ならずの説明と同じ原理である。即ち、分霊は、一度びは、肉体の業因縁の中にもてあそばれ、自己の本性を見失ったかのように見えるが、これは、直霊が分霊に命じて、宇宙神の創造を現象界に写し出そうとしている過程にすぎないものである。
しかし、かかる過程にあって苦悩している分霊を救い、肉体界を浄め、宇宙神の意志そのものの世界とすることが、直霊の最初からの計画であった。そこで、各直霊は自己の光を分けて、分霊たちの守護神となし、守護神は、最初に肉体界の創造にあたった分霊たちを、業因縁の波から救いあげた。この分霊たちは、守護霊となり、守護神に従って、ひきつづき肉体界に働く後輩の分霊たち、いわゆる、子孫の守護にあたることになった。そして分霊の経験の古いものから、順次に守護霊となり、ついには各人に、必ず一人以上の守護霊がつくまでになって、今日に及んでいる。（第三図参照）
第三図
従って、原始時代より、闘いにつづく戦い、苦悩につづく苦悩の歴史が、繰り返され繰り返されて、現代にいたってもまだ、戦争への恐怖、老病貧苦の地獄絵の時代はつづかんとしているが、この間、種々と人類に貢献せる聖者、偉人が数多（あまた）あったことは、分霊である人間が、守護神、守護霊の働きを悟り、これらと協力して、活躍したことを物語るものである。この力は、精神文化、物質文明の発展に寄与することが大きく、守護神、守護霊と、分霊の交流が、更に著しくなってくれば、この世界が真の発展に進むことになるのである。
しかし、現在はまだあくまで過程であって、この段階をすぎた未来において、肉体人間の世界が、神の計画通りの、完全調和せる光明世界になることは必至である。それ故、現在の状態が、いかに破滅に瀕せんとする如く見えようとも、決して悲観することも、絶望することもないのであって、各人はひたすら自己の本分を全（まっと）うしていさえすれば、必ず、自己も救われ、世界も救われる日が来るのである。私は、その日の近いことを確信してやまない。
God and Man ～Guideposts for Spiritual Peace and Awakening
ー Written by Masahisa Goi
Chapter 4: Guardian Divinities and Guardian Spirits Part 2
Although many people have debated whether human nature is good or evil, there is neither good nor evil in the original nature of a human being. A human being simply tries to put the creativity of infinite light (God) into action and to manifest the shape of God objectively. Good and evil are the interweaving and crossing of light and shadow that occur until God manifests Itself throughout the phenomenal world (subconscious and physical worlds). The shapes and actions that appear to be evil (shadow) are momentary phenomena that appear just when a greater good (light) is about to manifest itself. Even the shapes and actions that appear to be good are momentary phenomena that occur while a greater, all inclusive good, or light, is in the process of manifesting itself.
As we have seen in the previous chapter, while they were in the process of creating the subconscious and physical worlds, so as to manifest the creativity of the Universal God with myriad beams of light, the individual spirits gradually lost sight of their true nature amidst the karmic causes that they had generated with their thought waves. At a glance this seems to be a mistake on the part of God, who has infinite wisdom. Since many people may have doubts on this point, I would like to explain it briefly.
This stands on the same principle as the previous explanation of light and shadow. In other words, good is not simply good; evil is not simply bad. At one time during the creative process, individual spirits appear to be tossed about in the karmic causes and effects of the physical body and to have lost sight of their true nature. This is only the process whereby the individual spirits try to project the creation of the Universal God into the phenomenal world (subconscious and physical worlds), as directed to by the Direct Spirit from God.
However, from the beginning it was the plan of the Direct Spirit to rescue the individual spirits, who were agonizing in the above process, and to purify the physical world and let it manifest the will of the Universal God. Therefore, each Direct Spirit divided out its light, creating Guardian Divinities for the individual spirits. These Guardian Divinities freed from the waves of karmic causes and effects those spirits who had been engaged in the creation of the physical world at the beginning. These freed individual spirits became Guardian Spirits, and came to take charge of protecting, under the guidance of the Guardian Divinities, the junior individual spirits, their descendants, who continued to work in the physical world. The earlier, more experienced spirits became Guardian Spirits in turn, and finally more than one Guardian Spirit came to be assigned to each person. This still continues today (refer to Figure 3).
Figure 3
Since primitive times, the history of struggle after struggle and agony after agony has kept repeating itself. Even at present, a hellish age, marked by the fear of war and the sufferings of ageing, disease, poverty, and other agonies, still seems to continue. However, the fact that there have been many saints and great people during these times who have contributed to humanity means that human beings, who are individual spirits from God, have sensed the work of the Guardian Divinities and Spirits, and have worked extensively in cooperation with them. This power has greatly accelerated the development of spiritual culture and material civilization. As the communication between Guardian Divinities, Guardian Spirits and individual spirits increases, this world will proceed toward true development.
At present, however, we are still in the process. In the future, after passing through this stage, the world of physical human beings is sure to become a perfectly harmonized world of light, just as in the divine plan. So no matter how helplessly close to destruction the present situation may appear, you need not be at all pessimistic or desperate. If only each person earnestly keeps accomplishing his or her own role, the day will surely come when you and the world will rise above this situation. I am absolutely certain that the day is close.
Dios y el Ser Humano (Spanish Edition)
Deus e o Homem (Portuguese Edition)
