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Please Let Us Become Original People Who Atone For The Sorrows Of History

Father!
Humankind must awaken from its deep sleep,
from darkness and from the power of total darkness.
But people do not know they must awaken.

No matter what kind of barriers block our path
please let your compassionate concern appear to us
so that we may be able
to dash towards the new banner of light.

Father!
We know of the historical toil
you have gone through for us, your young children.
And we know that we are people
who cannot help but be sorrowful about ourselves,
who have natures of darkness latent within us,

just as you have looked at the earth
and felt sorrow,
today it will not do
unless we feel sorrow
when looking at ourselves.

Furthermore,
we know in our hearts
that there still remains before us
the responsibility that we must go beyond ourselves
and pay off our debts
in relation to all the things of creation
which are in sorrow,
and that we must comfort the heart of our Father,
who is in sorrow.
But please pardon our having come
to this position today
without having been able
to cope with this responsibility.

You sought to establish a history of joy
and substantial beings of joy,
but the history of sorrow
was taken over by sorrow
and substantial beings of sorrow
ended up arising from it.

Since the resultant substantial beings
were beings of resentment and lamentation,
how could it not become your sorrow,
and how could it not cause complications in your heart?

We are in a pitiful situation
such that it will not do unless
we hope that you will mold us again
through acts of reanalyzing and recreating
our wretched selves which are like this today.
Father, today please take even more pity on us
and take us as yours,
and please take us as substantial beings
who can be remolded by your idea, Father.

Please mold our minds and bodies again
according to the original laws of creation,
so that we may have the beauty
of the original nature of heaven
as the Will you desire.
Heavenly Father, we earnestly hope for
and desire this.

Please allow us to be able to rejoice
over attending you, Father,
who created the entire universe,
and to be able to sing a song of joy
over having found the Lord of the entire universe;
to be able to sing hallelujah;
and to be able to look at the bright light
of the new morning
after having broken down the barriers of sorrow
and come out of misery.

And we earnestly hope and desire
that you will allow us to be able
to have the original pride
and be able to long for the original nature
while relating to everything you created.

We know that since people fell
even the things of creation have been sorrowful
and have lamented
and we know that they are hoping
to be able to stand in the position
of the original things of creation
through the touch of true sons and daughters.

When we think that we have the mission
of having to restore the things of creation
to their original position
and of comforting you,
today we humbly report to you
how inadequate we are;
and we ask you to please pardon
that we are in a situation such that
we cannot survive unless we can hope
for your help and hard work once again.

We know that each one of us
has the responsibility that we must resolve your indignation,
and we must bring to an end the lamentations
that have happened during the last six thousand years
by realizing the hope of all the things of creation
and your hope at least.

Therefore, Father of compassion, Father of love,
please do not allow our minds
to move a long distance away from you.

Please do not allow us to become people
who move far away from your internal nature
and external form.

Because you created us,
we know that we have
the destined relationship of creation
that we are able
to communicate with your mind, Father,
and that we are able
to communicate with your body, too.
Therefore, we earnestly hope and desire
that you will establish us once again
as beings of original nature,
and that you will lead us
into the realm of authority of your original power.
Father, even though we have even less worth
than specks of dust or micro-organisms.

And please allow us
to become bright lights to this dark world
as sons and as daughters
who are able to establish the prestige of heaven
and be proud before you, Father.

And please allow us
to become herds of lambs who are able
to appear representing the light of the East,
and who are able to convey the joy
of the new heaven to this dark earth.

Please allow us the strength
to be able to take on this entire mission and responsibility.
We have humbly prayed in the name of the Lord. Amen.

February 15, 1959