"親神は、一れつ人間の親におわす。しかるに、人は、この真実を知らず、従つて、互にひとしく親神を親と仰ぐ兄弟姉妹であることも知らずに、銘々が勝手に生きているように思いあやまり、われさえよくばの我が身思案や、気ままな行をして、他の人々の心を傷つけ曇らし、世の親和を害ない紊しているばかりでなく、それがために、己れ自らの心をも傷つけ曇らせていることを気附かずにいる。"

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God the Parent is the Parent of all humankind. But people are not aware of this fact or of the fact that human beings are therefore all brothers and sisters who should revere God as their Parent. They mistakenly think that they exist by their own power and conduct their lives as if only they themselves mattered. Through their self-centered actions, they injure and cloud the minds of others. Their blunderings disrupt the peace of the world. Further, by so doing, they unknowingly injure and cloud