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[Tablet of August 4, 1904]
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O thou who art the single one of Japan and the unique one of the
extreme Orient!
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That country hath been deprived of the divine breath until this
time; now, God be praised! thou art initiated in the mysteries and
conscious of the secrets of the lights.
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Thou hast been earthly, I hope that thou wilt become heavenly;
thou hast been gloomy, I desire that thou wilt become luminous. Thou
wert wandering in the wilderness, thou hast found a way to the abode
of the Beloved One; thou wert a thirsty fish, thou hast attained to the
endless Ocean; thou wert a roving bird, thou hast reached the divine
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Rose Garden; thou wert spiritually sick and thou hast found real health!
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Now is the time that thou shouldst entirely abandon the comfort,
ease, enjoyment and the life of this transient world, and wholly
arise to guide the people of Japan, illuminating faces, perfuming nostrils
and conquering, through the heavenly hosts and divine reinforcements,
the hearts of the people of that region.
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Do not wonder at the favor and bounty of the Lord. By the favor
of God, how often a drop hath become undulating like a sea, and
an atom become shining like the sun!
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The Sun of Truth hath enlightened the divine world and illumined
the universe. The rays of His grace have shone upon the East and West,
and His heat hath caused vegetation in all countries. So the lights and
the heat of the Sun of Truth being help and assistance, what more dost
thou need?
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Thou must warble, like the nightingale of significances, in the
rose garden so that thou mayest inspire all the birds of the meadow
to chant and to sing.
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