| Turning the Heart Toward Tomekichi Taike — Entering His World — |
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2. Thoughts While Sitting at the Computer |
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Recently, I published a book titled "A Second Life — This Is Your Last Chance."
As those who have read it will know, the name Tomekichi Taike does not appear anywhere in that book.
I did this intentionally.
Even in the final section, where I wrote about "correct meditation," I originally wished to state clearly that it means directing one's heart toward Tomekichi Taike.
However, I chose to stop short of saying so explicitly.
This was because I did not want the world of Tomekichi Taike to be perceived on the same level as that of a religious founder, a guru, or a leader of some doctrine.
Even among those who have studied with him for many years, there are still many who have not fully grasped what he truly intended to convey.
Given this, I felt that telling those unfamiliar with him, from the outset, to direct their hearts toward him would be too abrupt.
I sincerely wish to convey something to those who are seriously reflecting on their lives, and to those who are beginning to reconsider the way they live.
That same intention was behind writing "A Second Life — This Is Your Last Chance."
For those who read that book and feel ready to go further, I would like to express my deeper thoughts through this book.
To be honest, I do not know how deeply these thoughts will resonate.
In some sense, I believe that is only natural.
Through years of learning, I have come to understand how difficult it is to change the world of consciousness we have built within ourselves.
The tendency to identify ourselves as physical beings is overwhelmingly strong.
Even if the intellect understands otherwise, the heart—our consciousness—does not easily accept it.
This is the reality.
And yet, precisely because of this reality, I hope that each person will continue to hold firmly to the conviction that "this is the only path for me."
Perhaps it is this very feeling that moves my hands to type on this keyboard.
There are those with whom I have shared this lifetime and this learning.
And there are those who will begin from here.
If even one more person can come to feel, within themselves, a clear sense of direction for their life, I would be deeply grateful.
But that is not all.
There is another reason why I find myself writing.
Within me is a feeling directed toward those who, even now, may not know anything about Tomekichi Taike—perhaps not even his face—but who will, in time, come to resonate with his world.
I feel that such consciousnesses will surely, in time, join with us.
Even if, in this lifetime, they did not meet us or share the same space and time of learning, there are those who will respond.
For a long time, I have carried within me the desire to speak to them.
Of course, it would bring me great joy if such people were to read this book somewhere, sometime.
But even if that does not happen, I am content.
Because I believe that the act of expressing these thoughts in form allows them to be conveyed without obstruction.
This, I feel, is something unique to the world of consciousness.
As I type on this keyboard, my awareness turns toward Tomekichi Taike.
To be given this time itself—to be able to direct my consciousness in that way—is of the greatest significance.
And that this process takes shape as a book—I feel nothing but gratitude.
I have now shared a glimpse of these thoughts that I have kept within me.
With that, I would like to begin with a message from Tomekichi Taike.
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