What is Shinto? 4

では、その神とは？ということになりますが、例えば「太陽」を例に挙げますと太陽は影日向なく誰にも何に対してもその光と温かさ与えます！正に「遍照」＝遍く照らす！！のです。善悪・是非・好き嫌いなど一切の差異無く公平に降り注ぎます。

そしてこの果てしなく広がる大宇宙と肉体という小宇宙の不思議な摂理！　目を開くと一瞬にして物が見えるというこの不思議さ！　宇宙の広さよりももっと遠い広いことまで考えられる脳のこと、更に光よりももっと速く考えられる脳の力、この不思議いっぱいのワンダーランド！この環境そのままが「神の国」なのです。私たちは月にまで到達出来るまでに成っていますが野に咲くタンポポの種一つさえ作れはしません。誰が作ったのでしょう？しかもその季節になると咲いて迎えてくれます。

So who is this God? Well, if we take the sun as an example, the sun gives its light and warmth to everyone and everything, without any shadow or shade! It truly is "all-round illumination" - shining everywhere!! It shines equally on everyone, without any distinction between good and evil, right or wrong, likes and dislikes.

And the mysterious providence of this endlessly expanding universe and the microcosm that is our body! It's amazing how we can see things in an instant when we open our eyes! A brain that can think about things that are farther and wider than the universe, and the power of the brain that can think even faster than light - this wonderland full of mysteries! This environment itself is the "Kingdom of God." We have reached the point where we can reach the moon, but we cannot even produce a single dandelion seed that blooms in the fields. Who created it? And when the season comes, they bloom and welcome us.

村上和雄博士の言葉をお借りしますが　神とはSomething　Greatとしか言いようが無いのです。私の様に天空に龍を観た者には、どう言われても神・Something　Greatは存在するので　神はまさに「畏敬」の存在そのものです。金子みすずさんの詩歌ではありませんが

「見えないものでも　あるんだよ・・・」なのですね。

To borrow the words of Dr. Kazuo Murakami, God can only be described as Something Great. For someone like me who has seen a dragon in the sky, no matter what people say, God/Something Great does exist, so God is truly a being of awe. It's not a poem by Misuzu Kaneko, but "There are things that we cannot see..."