神と人間 安心立命への道しるべ
ー 五井 昌久著
第５章 因縁因果を超える法①
次にはいかにしたら一日も早く、業因縁の波を解脱（げだつ）し得るかを説くこととする。
解脱するためにあらゆる難行苦行をした昔の求道者（ぐどうしゃ）は、その意志において偉大なるものがあったが、私は現代の人にそれを求めようとは思わない。また、山に入り、滝にあたり、断食をする等の行は、今日の人びとには生活環境からいってなかなかむずかしいことであって、ほとんど大半の人びとが実行し得ないことである。
業因縁、即ち、物質（肉体を含む）を実在と観ている誤謬（ごびゅう）からくる、物欲、色欲、執着欲、これら種々の欲望を消滅し去ろうとして肉体に与えた苦行も、方法が誤っていれば、効果が少ない。私は肉体に敢えて特別の苦行を与えず、与えられた生活環境をそのまま生活として行じてゆく普通人にでき得る解脱の道を説きたいのである。その道は私自身を現在に成し得た道なのであるから。
”悟ろうとすればまず欲を捨てよ”とか、”あなたは短気だから、その短気をなくせばよい”とか、”その執着を断つのですよ”等と簡単にいう人があるが、この人は人間の業因縁というものが、いかに根深いものであるかを知らぬ人であって、指導者にはなり得ない。
また、人間の世界は思う通りになる世界である、という念の法則を、現在だけの肉体界の念と解釈して、
”相手を拝まないから、相手が悪く現われるのですよ。あくまで相手を拝みつづけるのですよ。”とか、
”夫がなんといおうと、あなたはあくまで、素直に夫に従うのですよ。ぶたれても、叩かれても素直に従うのですよ。みんなあなたの心の影なのです。”とか、
病気で苦しんでいる人に向かって、
”あなたの心の中に休みたい心、楽をしたい心があるから病気になったんですよ。真剣に働く心になればなおりますよ。”とか、
”ぶつぶついうからおでき（腫物（はれもの））ができるのですよ。”
”刺すような心があるから神経痛になるのですよ。”
等々、すべての想念は、その想念のごとき形を現わす。悪を想えば悪を生じ、善を想えば善を生ず、という心の法則を、人を責め、審（さば）くことにのみ使っている人びとが、宗教や修養をやっている人たちに非常に多数ある。
私は、これは実に困ったことだ、と思うのである。
幽界や霊界においては、その想念は直ちに現われ、その念は、すぐに自分自身にかえってくるので、どういう念が、どういう風に自分にかえるかが体験としてわかるのであるが、それでさえも、なかなか、その業因縁の念を消すことができがたいのである。まして非常に粗い波の体をもつ肉体世界の人間の、しかも、その人間と相手の間にある業因縁の種類さえも知らず、ただたんに一般論の心の法則だけを利用して、指導しようとすることは実に危険なことであって、かえって相手の進化を妨げ、浄化を乱すことになるのである。
”人を審（さば）く勿（なか）れ”
”愛はすべてを癒やす”
”神は愛なり”
私はキリストのこれらの言葉をその人びとに与えたい。
自己の功名心の満足や、知識に偏した愛薄き人びとによる人間指導ほど逆効果なものはないのである。
愛深き人のみ、人間心理の指導者たり得るのである、と私は強くいいたい。
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God and Man ～Guideposts for Spiritual Peace and Awakening
ー Written by Masahisa Goi
Chapter 5: How to Overcome Karma Part 1
Next I would like to explain how people can free themselves as quickly as possible from the waves of karmic cause and effect.
I believe that the truth seekers of olden times who practiced many types of severe disciplines to free themselves from their attachments certainly had great will power. But I would not think of asking modern-day people to do what those seekers did. In their present circumstances and way of life, most people find it very difficult to go to the mountains, to sit under waterfalls, or to fast, and the vast majority of people cannot carry out such practices.
These kinds of disciplines are given to the physical body to eliminate karmic causes such as materialistic greed, sexual passion, and various other kinds of attachments that grew out of the mistaken habit of viewing material substances (including the physical body) as true existences. But if the approach is wrong, practicing such disciplines has little effect. Therefore, I do not recommend that people attempt severe physical disciplines. I instead wish to elucidate a method that allows average people to free themselves from the above-mentioned kinds of attachments while living in their given circumstances since this is the method that made me what I am today.
There are people who simply say 'If you wish to be awakened, first give up your desires!' or 'You are short-tempered, so get rid of that temper!' or 'Sever that attachment!' However, these people do not know how deeply-rooted human karma is, and so they cannot serve as guides for others.
There are also a great many people who interpret the law of thought (that a human being's world is the manifestation of his or her thoughts, and that it becomes just as the person thinks) as applying only to present thoughts in the physical world. They say such things as, 'It is because you do not show respect to that person that he treats you nastily. You must continuously and thoroughly revere him.'
They also say 'No matter what your husband says, you must obediently follow him to the end. Even if he strikes you or beats you, you must obey him faithfully. All your unpleasant circumstances are the shadows of your own mind.'
To a person suffering from illness they say 'The reason why you became ill is that you love rest and easy living. If you develop a hardworking attitude, you'll get well,' or 'The reason why you have a tumor is that you mutter and grumble,' or 'The reason why you suffer from neuralgia is that you entertain caustic thoughts,' and so forth.
Every thought takes shape in its own likeness. If one thinks of evil, evil will appear, and if one thinks of good, good will appear. This law of thought has been widely used among people practicing mental or spiritual cultivation only to condemn and judge others. I find this to be very regrettable indeed.
In the subconscious and spiritual worlds, thoughts manifest themselves immediately and return to oneself immediately. Thus, one can understand through actual experience which thought has returned and in what way. But even so, it is not at all easy to erase those karmic thoughts. Furthermore, it is very dangerous to try to guide a human being, whose body in the physical world is made up of very rough waves, simply by applying the law of thought in general, when one does not know what kinds of karmic causes the person has created, and, moreover, when one does not know what kinds of karma there are between that person and others. Far from being of service, that kind of 'guidance' will hinder the person's evolution and interfere with his or her purification.
To people who are offering guidance to others, I would like to give these thoughts(※11) of Christ:
Do not judge others.
Love heals everything.
God is Love
Nothing has more adverse effect than the guidance given by people of superficial love who have a penchant for intellectual knowledge and wish to be famous. I wish to strongly state that only people of deep love can guide people to happiness.
To be continued in Part 2
※11: The quoted phrases are not taken from Bible. The author himself attributes them to Jesus.
Dios y el Ser Humano (Spanish Edition)
Deus e o Homem (Portuguese Edition)
