Retreating from the Worship Hall and the public into the back rooms of his house, Konko Daijin meditated alone. Kami told Konko Daijin, “Take a rest without feeling disappointed” (Memoirs: 21:3.4). This was to be the most significant trial in his spiritual development. At this time, he was 60 years old.

With the role of a Mediator taken away, banned from offering prayers to the Altar, and having even the Altar itself taken away, Konko Daijin reflected within himself and on Kami ever more deeply. On March 13, 1873, he was told, “Konko, be reborn” (Memoirs: 21:4.1). In that following April, Kami revealed the “Reminder of Heaven and Earth,” or Tenchi Kakitsuke. Through these events, it became evident what kind of deity Tenchi Kane No Kami was, and the fact that our Founder was sent to create a world where Kami and people live mutually.

Propagation activities were resumed after a month under strong police surveillance. As one who was sent from Kami, Konko Daijin said, “Though they say the world is becoming civilized, it is not. It is collapsing. Hence, Konko has come forth to save the world” (GI: Ichimura Mitsugoro, 1-17). Konko Daijin expressed his greatest desire: “I am aspiring for a blessing which will completely embrace the world with this Faith” (GII: Kunieda Sangoro, 11). Disciples were cultivated to realize this wish.

On October 10, 1883, at the age of sixty-nine, Konko Daijin passed away peacefully in the light of a new day. Though he passed away, the spiritual force that gives us energy refers to the workings of Konko Daijin even after his death. The last entry in the Oshirase-goto Oboecho, nineteen days before his death, is the following revelation, “For the sake of all people and to save those who give Me requests, I shall sacrifice (substitute) you. This is for the eternal dignity of Konko Daijin’s virtue” (Revelations: 25:15.2).