I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to publish this revised edition of Arigatō. When the first edition came out, I was able to confirm in my own heart that all the phenomena occurring around me were guiding me toward the flow of consciousness. I could feel that the world of consciousness holds everything in perfect understanding, and I could not help but be moved by the intricate precision of my own true world.
Ten years have passed since then, and of course many things have happened in that time. Having learned to perceive phenomena not from the standpoint of the world of form but from that of the world of consciousness, I now feel that these past ten years, too, have been an important period for moving my steps forward.
And now, ten years on from the publication of the Arigatō revised edition in 2016, I have renewed my determination to keep looking deeply into my own heart, so that I may continue to move forward in my journey.
What Mr. Taike Tomekichi has conveyed is the true world of vibration. The world of form will eventually crumble from its very foundation. This is the message: Awaken to the truth. It is, in essence, nothing other than the energy of love. Yet as long as we hold the world of form to be real, we will only be able to see it as something harsh and severe.
However, what is flowing there is, without question, the vibration of boundless joy and warmth. Every one of us must awaken to our own truth. We must all awaken to the fact that our essence is Albert—and that our essence is love. Let us strive each day to receive, rightly and fully, both the message "Awaken to the truth" and the vibration it carries.
In closing, let me affirm: we are one within love. The energy of love—Albert—beats ceaselessly within each of us. It is only because each of us was born to our mother that we can come into contact with this love that pulses within us. All that is truly ours is joy. The day is not far off when the call "Let us live this moment in joy" will resound clearly from within each of us. Let us return to being the selves who, even as the world of form collapses from its roots, can receive the vibration and energy of joy and warmth in full measure.