This chapter, titled "When the Time Comes," emphasizes that all things unfold according to the natural flow of consciousness. When the time is right, everything proceeds exactly as scripted—not by human planning, but by the movement of consciousness itself. This flow cannot be reversed or resisted indefinitely. Those who oppose it—by treating the visible world of form as real and absolute—will inevitably stagnate, sink, and become mired in confusion. Whether or not they rise again is uncertain.
Importantly, the author clarifies that there is not a separate realm for those who sink or stagnate. There has only ever been one world—the true world of consciousness. Those who are trapped in illusion simply cannot recognize this truth or sense their unity with it. The path forward is not to escape, but to transform: to awaken to the falsehood of clinging to form, and to shift one's orientation toward the world of consciousness.
This is the essence of life: to use the experiences of form—pain, confusion, mistakes—as mirrors to realize our misdirection and to begin releasing ourselves from it. Once we awaken to the futility of chasing happiness in the wrong places, joy naturally returns. That is because joy was never lost—it has always been there, waiting beneath the layers of illusion.
The flow of consciousness is steady and serene. It moves with quiet dignity, embracing all within it. Whatever does not align with this flow is naturally and gently phased out, not through force, but through the organic truth of what no longer serves. This principle may be difficult to grasp intellectually, but the author affirms that as time continues, it will become increasingly evident.
The chapter ends with a quiet assurance: the time is coming when the reality of this flow—and the futility of resisting it—will reveal itself beyond all doubt.
この章では、「時が来たれば」という言葉のもとに、すべては意識の流れに従って予定通りに進んでいくという真理が語られます。意識の流れに逆らい、形の世界を本物と信じて生きることは、やがて淀み、沈み込むだけで、そこから再び浮かび上がることは極めて困難です。
しかし、この沈み込んだ世界がどこか別の場所に存在するわけではなく、もともと一つの世界しかなかったこと、自分が真実の世界とともにあることに気づけなかっただけだと説かれます。大切なのは、自らの苦しみや間違いを形を通して知り、そこから意識の世界へと転回することです。
そうして初めて、これまで全く見当違いの方向に喜びや安らぎを求めていた自分に気づき、本来ある喜びに満ちた世界が感じられるようになります。意識の流れは淡々と、悠然とすべてを包み込みながら進み、そこにそぐわないものは自然に淘汰されていく。その真実は、これからの時の中で必ず明らかになっていくと締めくくられます。