28.4.12

이제 한국으로 참부모님께서 발걸음을 옮기십니다. 한국에서 참부모님모시고 뵙겠습니다~^^ http://pic.twitter.com/9n4iNOOv Twitter / @lovintp: 이제 한국으로 참부모님께서 발걸음을 옮기십니다. ...

이제 한국으로 참부모님께서 발걸음을 옮기십니다. 한국에서 참부모님모시고 뵙겠습니다~^^
pic.twitter.com/9n4iNOOvTwitter / @lovintp: 이제 한국으로 참부모님께서 발걸음을 옮기십니다. ...: "이제 한국으로 참부모님께서 발걸음을 옮기십니다. 한국에서 참부모님모시고 뵙겠습니다~^^ pic.twitter.com/9n4iNOOv
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Twitter / @lovintp: 여수수련마지막날 거문도방문을 하신 31명의 수련 ...

여수수련마지막날 거문도방문을 하신 31명의 수련생들이 마침 오신 참아버님과 사진을 찍을수있었습니다. 거문도4시가 마지막배인데 3시에 참아버님을 만날수있었네요. 정말 운이 좋으신 수련생들이신데요.^^아주~ 
pic.twitter.com/LRZnR5tkTwitter / @lovintp: 여수수련마지막날 거문도방문을 하신 31명의 수련 ...: "여수수련마지막날 거문도방문을 하신 31명의 수련생들이 마침 오신 참아버님과 사진을 찍을수있었습니다. 거문도4시가 마지막배인데 3시에 참아버님을 만날수있었네요. 정말 운이 좋으신 수련생들이신데요.^^아주~ pic.twitter.com/LRZnR5tk
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열한시간의 훈독회를 마치시고 참부모님께서 천정궁주변에 벗꽃을 보러 잠시 나오셨습니다~수고하신 참부모님 감사드립니다 http://pic.twitter.com/9YTQQ8T3 Twitter / @lovintp: 열한시간의 훈독회를 마치시고 참부모님께서 천정궁 ...

열한시간의 훈독회를 마치시고 참부모님께서 천정궁주변에 벗꽃을 보러 잠시 나오셨습니다~수고하신 참부모님 감사드립니다
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오늘 통일교 협회공직자훈독회가 천정궁에서 참부모님을 모시고 있었습니다. 350여명이 모인가운데 참부모님을 모신 은혜로운 시간이었습니다~아주 http://pic.twitter.com/6FbMhvzP Twitter

오늘 통일교 협회공직자훈독회가 천정궁에서 참부모님을 모시고 있었습니다. 350여명이 모인가운데 참부모님을 모신 은혜로운 시간이었습니다~아주
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하얀 새와 참아버님~^^ -한남동에서- http://pic.twitter.com/yTBHe9fM Twitter

하얀 새와 참아버님~^^ -한남동에서-
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19.4.12

"Convention to Fulfill, Open the Gate and Inherit the Era of Victory, Liberation and Completion of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind."


My beloved Women窶冱 Federation for World Peace members, and most honorable women peace leaders!

First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to God and Rev. Moon for the great success of this 窶呂onvention to Open, Inherit and Fulfill the Era of the Victory, Liberation and Completion of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind窶・ held today in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Women窶冱 Federation for World Peace. At the same time, I would also like to convey my grateful heart to all of you.

The 窶聾omen窶冱 Federation for World Peace窶・(WFWP) was founded in April of 1992 as a central organization of the women窶冱 peace movement, in accordance with the will of Heaven, by Rev. Sun Myung Moon and myself at the Olympic Stadium in Jamshil, Seoul, together with the declaration of the 窶和dvent of the global era of women,窶・attended by women representatives from 70-some nations in the world and 150,000 Korean women leaders.

Rev. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon stand together at the podium during "Convention to Fulfill, Open the Gate and Inherit the Era of Victory, Liberation and Completion of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind."

WFWP did not start off as an ordinary sort of women窶冱 organization. It is not an extroverted, political or militant movement founded to recover women窶冱 rights, or a movement that mainly speaks to men about feminism, gender equality or women窶冱 labor rights. Rather, it has the providential significance of realizing the world of God窶冱 ideal of creation.

WFWP, which was founded with such providential significance, has achieved remarkable growth and development over the course of the past twenty years through carrying out various service projects and educational programs based on true maternal love in all parts of the world, in order to establish families of true love and to elevate the status of women.

Ever since the founding of WFWP, I have undertaken speaking tours throughout the world窶冱 nations and continents in order to build a global organization and activity base. Early on, I sent out 1,600 Japanese WFWP volunteers to 160 nations in order to mobilize WFWP members in each nation. Throughout the years, WFWP has carried out various service projects, educational programs and campaigns to bring about resolution and reconciliation to international conflicts. All of these efforts were accomplished by transcending the barriers of race, religion, language and nationality through maternal love, which is inherent in women, and in accordance with the core of my husband窶冱 message at the founding rally of WFWP: 窶弋rue Mother has triumphed as a representative of all the women in history and all the women in the world. Attending True Mother, model movements to practice true love should unfold throughout the world in every field of life, including politics, economy, culture and society, in order to bring about world peace. Moreover, ideal families must be realized through a movement of true love that establishes the image of a true mother and the image of a true wife.窶・br>
In addition, building on the momentum of the special address I gave at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in September 1993, WFWP exerted itself for three years and as a result obtained the status of an NGO in general consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, which is the highest status afforded to an NGO by the UN. I am joyful that, since then, our status has been reapproved consistently at the quadrennial re-evaluations, which entail strict assessment of activities and achievements. Only 140 of the more than 3,400 NGOs at the UN are given general consultative status. The fact that WFWP窶冱 status as such has been consistently reaffirmed signifies that the UN is recognizing WFWP窶冱 value.

WFWP has carried out various local projects in many parts of the world in order to realize the 窶弄illennium Development Goals窶・instituted by the UN at the beginning of this new millennium. Now WFWP has taken root in many nations and communities and has begun to bear fruit. It has been greatly rewarding for me to see WFWP receive recognition and support from the governments of such nations.

One of the great achievements of WFWP is the Middle East Women Leaders窶・Peace Conference, which WFWP has hosted annually since 1997. The conference has attracted much interest and participation from women leaders of more than twenty nations in the Middle East, and has inspired a steady development of concrete field activities. It is a truly remarkable achievement that women leaders of the Middle East are now becoming pivotal leaders for human rights and peace activities, going beyond religious conflicts.

In addition, we have hosted the 窶聾orld Women Leaders窶・Workshop窶・in different continents each year from the year 2000, which has taken root as a beautiful meeting place for the participants to share their wisdom, their vision for the future, and their on-scene experiences in all corners of the global village. It is also an opportunity for participants to cooperate with one another. Taking it a step further, the different continents and countries including Korea, which is the WFWP International Headquarters, Japan, USA, the UN Secretariat, Asia, Europe, Oceania, Canada, Central and South America, Africa, and Northeast Asia are all developing and carrying out various projects adapted to the needs of their locality. I cannot but feel proud of and grateful to all of them.

Furthermore, we are also actively conducting relief aid to resolve the problems of natural calamities and poverty in various parts of the global village. In particular, under the slogan, 窶廊et us share a little of what we have窶・ we are carrying out the 縲・% Love Share Project縲・to help the children and women in North Korea, and we have achieved great results. Moreover, through several effective enterprises including local specialized businesses for the solidarity and expansion of the influence of WFWP in local societies, we are realizing only too keenly that the power of women is changing societies and achieving amazing results in the construction of a peaceful world.

More than anything else, the 縲鮫eaders Invitational Peace Divine Principle Seminar縲・ which helps women leaders recover their divinity and presents them with the right life direction, has been held more than 30 times now, and it has deeply moved many leaders and brought them to a new turning point in their lives.

As can be seen, from the founding of WFWP to reaching the highest status as an NGO in consultative status under the UN, our members have never lost heart and have pioneered the path of women窶冱 peace in silence with an unchanging heart. Therefore, I would like to give a big round of applause to express my infinite gratitude and love for them, and also for the women leaders who have never failed to give us their encouragement and participation.

Beloved Women窶冱 Federation for World Peace members and women peace leaders!

What is the path that humankind should take today? Even now tens of millions of innocent lives are being lost each year to war, disease, starvation and natural disasters that arise in all parts of the world. In every field you observe, whether religion, politics, education, culture or ideology, from the individual to the collective level people are deeply mired in the swamp of self-centered egoism, raising walls around themselves. We now live in a world brought to ruin, where genuine communication has broken down.

Ultimately, the problems afflicting humanity can only be resolved through the worldview of 縲三ne Family under God縲・ In other words, this worldview is the ideology based on true love which my husband and I, the True Parents, have learned from Heaven and have championed and taught throughout our lives. This is because it is the only way for humankind to find the path toward peace and happiness.

Ladies and gentlemen!

We are now living in a historic time for a great cosmic revolution to change history, to unite the spiritual and physical worlds and to create the ideal kingdom of heaven that God has longed for since the beginning of time. We can no longer postpone or prolong it. Heaven has already proclaimed that January 13th, 2013 will be 窶炉oundation Day窶・ That day will mark the beginning and genesis of the substantial Cheon Il Guk. That day is now less than a year away.

Therefore, it is time for all people to be humbly obedient to Heaven窶冱 decree. The fateful moment lies before us on this day, when we need to devote ourselves completely with a life or death commitment for the remaining year under the guidance of True Parents, who are carrying out the Providence on earth as the substantial representatives of God, the King of Peace.

Ladies and gentlemen!

Do you have any idea how much pain God suffered the moment our first ancestors, whom He created investing eons and unreserved devotion as His children, fell and inherited Satan窶冱 lineage and disappeared into darkness? Have you ever even thought about the long, dark tunnel of indemnity our Heavenly Father has had to undergo as He waited and endured tens of thousands of years of excruciating heartache so great that His bones shed tears and His flesh quivered? Have you ever shed even one teardrop for our pitiful Heavenly Father?

Ladies and gentlemen, in silence God has raised and prepared the Korean people over a period of thousands of years. You well know that God sent His true son, Jesus Christ, to earth two thousand years ago to save humankind.

The result, however, was truly a wretched one. The people of Israel, who were supposed to receive Jesus as the Messiah and follow him with absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience, instead drove him to die on the cross, didn窶冲 they? In the end, Jesus left behind the words, 窶廬t is finished窶・ referring only to spiritual salvation, and left this world. Sadly, it was after two thousand years of preparation that his Second Coming finally took place on the Korean Peninsula.

From the past, the Korean people have worshiped God as the highest and primal ancestor of their forefathers. They called that single being and progenitor of all people the 窶廾ne窶・ that is, God and served Him as the Lord (Creator of night and day), and this is why all numbers begin from one and two. Because the Korean people have served God as their original ancestor, mutual dependence, mutual prosperity and universally shared values are alive in their spirit and tradition, and what is more, in their spiritual selves, and thus they have been continued to this day.

They have maintained themselves over five thousand years of history, yet not once have they invaded or plundered another nation or people. The spirit of benefiting all humankind still flows in the veins of the Korean people. Furthermore, the spirit of filial piety, fidelity, and loyalty, which are the fundamental virtues of human life, are still alive and breathing in Korean history.

The true filial piety shown by Shimcheong, who threw herself into the sea when she was still a blossoming girl so her blind father could see, is the standard of filial piety for the Korean people who serve and attend their parents. The profound love and fidelity displayed by Choonhyang, who came to the verge of death while keeping the promise she had made to her husband, is the signpost for the lives of all Korean women. The unbreakable loyalty exhibited by Admiral Yi Soon-shin, who gave his life to save his nation and people despite being forsaken by his king and other leaders, is indeed the pride and noble spirit of the Korean people.

These noble Korean values and traditions are not just matters of historical chance. God prepared the Korean people and laid down the foundation for the Providence to establish the Messiah based on those traditions.

Thus, riding on the energy of the Korean Peninsula, the True Parents of humankind and the King of Kings could finally be manifested after receiving the Seal of Heaven.

Beloved WFWP members and my fellow women leaders!

The path that humanity should now take is clear. What would give you cause to hesitate in the face of the D-day that Heaven has revealed through True Parents? Only a year remains now. Heaven窶冱 blessings will be with you on your ambitious and busy course.

If you view the flow of history from the viewpoint of Providential history, you can see that the changes of the times can be broadly classified into three stages.

First is the 窶脇ra of worldly matters窶・ that is, a time when materialism took precedence.

Next came the 窶脇ra of human affairs窶・ a humanistic era when peoples窶・knowledge and Heaven窶冱 impartial emotions took precedence in dominating the world.

However, these eras were transitional. They were eras we needed to undergo in the process of entering the era in which people can rid themselves of their fallen nature, return to their original selves and live as one united family under God as their Father.

The era of the final stage is the 窶脇ra of heavenly affairs窶・ in which human beings should follow 窶・he path of living for the sake of others窶・by establishing an absolute standard based on their internal and external purification through the Marriage Blessing Ceremony. In other words, this is the time of opening up the era of Cheon Il Guk, a time in which we can return to the heart of the one true God, and I hope you will engrave this on your heart

Once the era of the substantial Cheon Il Guk begins, the 窶篭nion of the Spiritual and Physical Worlds窶・will be established in the central axial position, and it will govern all created things. To put it another way, the spiritual and physical worlds will be connected and substantially united as one, and the Providence will be carried out according to the heavenly law and the heavenly way.

Then, elections conducted in a purely secular fashion will disappear from the face of the earth. All people will become one family through cross-cultural and inter-racial marriages, and we will live in tranquility and prosperity and enjoy true love of peace and happiness.

This day is now right before our eyes.

You need to all engrave True Parents窶・teachings onto your bones and practice them in your lives. We have no choice. All that is left for us to do is to inherit, succeed and accomplish the blessing of the opening of the gates to the era of the victorious liberation and perfection of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind.

If we do not prepare now, we will surely be left behind. We should learn from the courage and fortitude of the white-necked cranes that fly across the Himalayas, which are more than seven thousand meters high, in preparation for winter.

I believe that, based on the public laws and principles of the universe, our WFWP members should engage themselves in the task of forming sound families in accordance with the Heavenly way and rightly establishing their societies and nations with a special sense of mission.

However, I would like to emphasize once again that the movement we should prioritize before anything else is the true family movement of true love of living for the sake of others, carried out in conjunction with the right values education.

Women should also become the standard-bearers of the peace movement. Even in the essential businesses of this Federation, various activities for the unification of South and North Korea are stated clearly. Women should play a leading role in bringing about the unification of South and North Korea and world peace through education and the practice of true love.

Wars and conflicts arise from selfish motives of desiring to take others窶・land, possessions or the like by force. On the other hand, peace arises from investing oneself for others, that is, giving true love.

In the final stage, the 窶脇ra of heavenly affairs,窶・in which we should follow 窶・he path of living for the sake of others窶・ the Cold War has ended, and new hopes for peace and social justice are spreading out across the entire globe at an amazing rate.

Those leaders who turn their faces away from the new realities of the world, or who fail to see them, will be swept away by the changes coming upon us like a tidal wave. I believe the time has now come for us to step forward boldly and receive new opportunities and values.

Beloved WFWP members and my fellow women leaders!

Women are not there to help or to be protected by men; rather, they are independent individuals who, as the representative of the other part of God窶冱 nature, are meant to make men more complete and manly.

Centered on the ideal of true love, women are the precious objects of men窶冱 love. In terms of value, men and women are absolutely equal.

Thus, men and women, who are united as one through the original true love under God窶冱 Ideal of true love, have been created to become completely equal beings in terms of value, centered on true love, by sharing not only the same rank and the right of participation but also their possessions with one another.

Therefore, men and women do not need to confront or contend with each other, for they don窶冲 need to imitate the characteristics, dispositions or roles of the other or to covet them and take them by force. Instead, by giving what they have to the other with true love and completing the other, they can become united as a bigger whole and share one another.

In the 21st century, women should play a major role in world history by serving as one of the wheels of the tractor pulling forward the construction of a peaceful world together with the men. Going beyond the century of power and technology, women will be the central axis in building the century of love and the peace culture, and their role will be more important than ever before.

Even though the world of today is filled with confusion and chaos, the women窶冱 peace movement of this organization, united as one under God窶冱 vision of true love, should soar up to a whole new level based on our achievements of the past twenty years. We should strengthen our network with global women leaders for the expansion of the worldwide women窶冱 peace movement and dedicate ourselves to the utmost with the conviction that we can purify this world into a beautiful world of peace wherein God窶冱 Ideal of Creation can be realized.

If we can do so, God窶冱 Absolute Authority and the divine protection and great blessings of the spirit world will be with us.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Let us all walk the path of the true mother, true wife, true daughter and true woman leader, who can construct a unified world overflowing with true freedom, peace and happiness.

Thank you for listening attentively, and may the blessings of God be with your families and businesses.

Thank you.
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    18.4.12

    Try to discover God's love. How can we characterize God's love?


    Try to discover God's love. How can we characterize God's love? It
    can be compared to a warm spring day where white clouds gently
    float in the sky, heat rises from the ground, insects fly around, ants
    crawl in and out to see the world, pussy willows shoot out by the
    stream, frogs sing new spring songs, bees swarm and butterflies
    flutter. You feel intoxicated in such an environment and feel
    sleepy, but in reality you are awake and feeling so good that you
    want to stay like this forever. When God finds His ideal object
    partner, He gets the same feeling, as if He is in a beautiful garden
    of flowers where butterflies and bees fly around. When thinking of
    this, do you feel good or bad? These dull-witted men may not be
    aware of this. It feels good.
    When you run into someone you are pleased to see, you hold his
    hand firmly and shake hands. When someone joyfully says, "Long
    time no see!" and holds your hand firmly, do you feel good or
    bad? If there is someone who says he feels bad, just kick him,
    saying, "You jerk!" When you are glad to see someone, do you
    hold hands tightly or not? Do you like it when someone grasps
    your hand firmly? You want to like it, but maybe you really do
    not. You have to know something to like it, and if you do not
    know it, then how can you like it?
    Be honest! If your husband loves you, you do not need anything
    else. You live clinging tightly to your husband. It is always great to
    see a man and a woman firmly holding hands, especially when the
    man's hand is as rough as a cow's front hoof. When watching
    movies, we enjoy seeing scenes like that. If the woman says to the
    man, "Oh, you have pretty hands," the man will be offended. This
    is how things are. Love is eternal. Love is united, not divided. You
    become one. When a man and a woman become a couple and love
    each other, they are bonded together. Of course this does not
    happen literally, but in heart they reach a level even higher than
    this. That is God's love. If you live with such love, will you be
    united or not? Think about it. Everything is destined to become
    one. (Blessed Family - 106)
    When a man and a woman fall in love, all kinds of things happen,
    right? But if you find a way to know God's love and really taste it,
    then His love cannot be compared to anything in this world. If
    there is someone who has tasted this love, no amount of difficulty
    or sorrow can defeat him. Such a realm of absolute liberation
    should exist, should it not? The question is how to find it. (39-240,
    1971.1.15)
    God's love can largely be divided into three great forms of love.
    They are parental love, conjugal love, and children's love. The
    center where these three forms converge into one is God's love.

    17.4.12

    school is the experimental training ground of society


    If the family is the training ground of the emotions, then school is
    the experimental training ground of society.
    But society is not where training ends. Where does it end? It ends
    with the nation. The nation has a president. Why is it that people
    miss the president and want to be near him? When they have
    experienced everything, from the family to the society, they go on
    to the next level. The president is the fruit of the third stage after
    the formation and growth stages. A seed divides, sends roots
    down and a shoot up, and then, through circulatory action,
    growth begins. After such division comes a synthesis when flowers
    and fruit are produced.
    Schools raise the people needed by the nation by educating the
    qualified elite to serve the nation. They are training and
    experimentation sites. Training is not real life but a preparation
    stage. You should not make the wrong preparations. What is the
    family? It is a training ground for the heart. It is a place where you
    train your heart to love. This is why you should live affectionately
    like brothers and sisters at school and also live affectionately like
    brothers and sisters in the nation. Parental education is needed at
    school, in society and also by the nation. Parents should pass
    everything in the realm of heart on to their children. They should
    create a foundation of heart for their children by teaching them to
    follow their parents' footsteps in living in certain ways in the
    family, the society, and in the nation. (180-130, 1988.8.22)
    When you look at a family, it is not necessarily a good one just
    because it has a good house and a good environment. Conversely,
    no matter how bad a family's environment may be or how shabby
    its house may be, if it offers you peace and you are able to connect
    all things in your life to it, then it is a good family. It has a
    foundation of heart upon which the parents and children live for
    the sake of each other. This is the original homeland for our
    memories and the source of motivation for all living. Therefore it
    becomes the basis for determining our happiness in life.

    15.4.12

    Excerpt from the Cheon Seong Gyeong


    Peace-loving citizens of the global village!
    Introduced in this book is a part of the historical and
    providential special messages from Heaven. They are the
    messages from Heaven that Rev. Moon, who received the
    calling from Heaven at the early age of 16 and set out on
    the path of the salvation of humanity, has declared and
    taught before all humanity in the world in his 90 years of
    lifetime.
    The teachings of Rev. Moon have already been published in
    more than 1000 speech books. This pamphlet is an excerpt
    from the Cheon Seong Gyeong, a volume of 16 books
    comprising “the holy book for the Kingdom of Heaven,” as
    it is described by Rev. Moon. This pamphlet’s first chapter
    is the first section of the first chapter of Book 5, “Earthly
    Life and the Spirit World.” This pamphlet’s Chapter 2, 3 and
    4 are the third, fourth and fifth chapters of Book 4, “True
    Family,” of the Cheon Seong Gyeong.
    Out of the many teachings imparted by Rev. Moon in the
    last few decades, the contents of this  sums up the
    love as originally created, that is, the love between a true
    man and woman centered on true life and so forth. It is a
    collection of the words given from the 1950s for decades
    until now, under the same given subject, and so it is
    somewhat repeated, and the reader may feel that the
    same words are given again and again.

    However, if the reader were to deeply saver the essence of
    the words on each of the occasions as he read the words,
    he would be able to realize that they are the words of the
    profound truth and that even each of the words exude
    deep and abstruse meaning. This is because they are not
    the words thought of in the head of a human being, but the
    truth of Heaven declared through the mouth of Rev. Moon.
    This can be compared to the fact that, though Spring
    comes every year, no two Spring seasons are ever alike.
    I hope that you will not give up the great grace of Rev. Moon
    in allowing this  to be published especially to illuminate
    the dark-seeming future of humanity. He has received
    the heavenly seal as the True Parents of humanity and is
    bestowing this book as a gift to the humanity with the love of
    a parent. I also hope that the readers will read this
    carefully to its conclusion, and let it serve as the indicator in
    your future lives. Those who wish to learn further may also
    purchase and study the Pyeong Hwa Hsin Gyeong, the Cheon
    Seong Gyeong and the speech books of Rev. Sun Myung Moon
    to be enlightened of even greater truth.
    May the grace of Heaven be with you, your families, and
    your nations.
    Editor

    Our Course of Life
    Beloved Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your grace, and for
    having shielded me in my struggles from my childhood until now;
    during those years I have been apprehensive of any humiliation or
    shame that Heaven might suffer. Among all the good things on
    this earth, there is nothing more precious than connecting to Your
    original heart. Knowing this, we must infinitely long for that
    relationship. We must keep in mind that those who experience
    Your love will have no regrets even if they forget about all the
    things of this world. Now we must seek the ideal world, the
    original homeland where we live by Your love. We must prepare
    today on earth for the day of our birth as liberated children
    endowed with the authority of freedom of our third life.
    We must know that just as we needed to be healthy in the womb
    to be born to lead a healthy life on earth, we need a wholesome
    earthly life to have a wholesome life in heaven. As the world today
    is one of conflict under the dominion of evil, we must we must be
    resolved to fight to the death in order to be blessed with the
    cooperation of heaven and earth and to keep in step with the
    dynamic fortunes of the universe. We must resolve that our
    descendants will never be placed in the same position as we have
    been.􀀃 (49.308, 1971.10.17)
    􀀃Beloved Father, when we think of how You exist and have toiled
    unremittingly to usher in a new spring, we must become Your
    􀀕􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    infinitely grateful and joyous sons and daughters who lament the
    fact that we have yet to offer our entire life and love to You. In our
    predestined relationship with You, our lives are meant to be
    harmonized, and completely absorbed in and by You so that we
    too, may greet the new spring.
    We must realize that only when we greet spring for the first time
    will the flowers bloom. We must not become such pitiful souls
    who have never done so. Just as a flower goes through summer
    and autumn before blooming and bearing fruit, we too are to
    undergo a similar process to bear fruit.
    We know that for a tree to bear fruit, it first absorbs life elements
    through its roots, trunk and branches in summer, concentrating a
    perfect life force to bring forth a second life. Similarly, we must
    become the sons and daughters who are introspectively
    determining whether we have a life force welling up in our hearts
    one that is capable of rebirth in a new world even if our bodies
    should die.
    No matter how much time flies by no matter how fiercely the
    storms rage; our inner life force must withstand the intrusions of
    the environment and persevere persistently on the path of growth.
    Only in this way, can we welcome the new spring and become a
    seed, the original source of a second life, which can be planted
    again.
    Likewise, no matter how pathetic we may look externally, if we
    maintain our value as the original essence that can enhance the
    spiritual life force and as a seed that can he planted in the infinite
    world, we are not miserable people even though we may think we
    are. Please allow us to realize that the more miserable we may
    appear externally, the more our internal value is complete and
    guaranteed.􀀃􀀁(32-36, 1970.6.14)
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀖􀀃
    􀀃Father, we have realized that without the desire to serve and bow
    down humbly to You, we can have no relationship with You in the
    eternal world. Open the doors of our hearts to feel Your heart and
    hear Your voice welling up from the depths of our hearts, and
    guide us to regain our lost bodies today. Help us to appreciate
    Your historical course of toil and trouble to find each one of us,
    that we may humbly bow our heads before You.􀀃 (?-280, 1958.9.14)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀕􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀁓􀁘􀁕􀁓􀁒􀁖􀁈􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁄􀁗􀀃􀁓􀁈􀁒􀁓􀁏􀁈􀀃􀁇􀁈􀁖􀁌􀁕􀁈􀀃
    God does not have a body. Therefore, in order to manifest His
    body, God used Adam as His body, showing His face through
    him. That is the ideal of creation.
    God is the original spiritual focal point and Adam is the original
    physical focal point. These two focal points generate a 90-degree
    angle. This is God's purpose of creation and the purpose that
    people desire. Had Adam and Eve not fallen, they would have
    occupied the positions of father and mother eternally in the spirit
    world; yet, due to the Fall, this was not possible. Had there been
    no Fall, everyone could have gone to Heaven simply by attending
    their parents as though they were attending God. (119-109,
    1982.2.1)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀖􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀁕􀁈􀁄􀁖􀁒􀁑􀀃􀁉􀁒􀁕􀀃􀁅􀁌􀁕􀁗􀁋􀀃
    This created world is round everywhere: the sun, the earth, and
    the stars; everything is created round. Even our mouth, if we
    analyze it, is round. No matter what, everything is created that
    way. Then, the universe makes relationships by going around and
    around, making circular, cyclical movements. Even if one
    􀀗􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    individual thing has a round shape, it does not exist by itself
    individually but makes a relational connection with the whole.
    Then, why are we born? We are born to beat in rhythm with this
    vast universe. Ocean waves lapping against the shore lap against
    our hearts as well. Gentle breezes sighing serenely lull our hearts
    into serenity. Flowers in bloom release rich fragrances and stir the
    fragrances in our hearts. (104-122, 1979.4.22)
    If we are born, raised, live and die in love, then we can be grateful
    for our birth, life and death. You were all born by having
    participated in the place where your father and mother loved and
    treasured each other exceedingly. You are participants in this love.
    Since you were born through your parents' love, you consider
    yourselves born as the flags planted through your parents' love.
    These flags flutter to express love. We are all meant to live for the
    sake of love throughout our lives. So you should wave the flag of
    love for your mother, wave the flag of love when you see your
    father, and wave the flag of love for your siblings. (103-258,
    1979.2.25)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀗􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀁕􀁈􀁏􀁄􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀁖􀁋􀁌􀁓􀀃􀁅􀁈􀁗􀁚􀁈􀁈􀁑􀀃􀁄􀀃􀁐􀁒􀁐􀁈􀁑􀁗􀀃
    􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃􀁄􀀃􀁏􀁌􀁉􀁈􀁗􀁌􀁐􀁈􀀃
    Your living body cannot be perfected unless your entire existence
    becomes a foothold for absorbing nutrients. This phenomenon
    occurs in the natural world. The crossroads of life do not appear
    over a long period of time but in a single moment.
    People who ignore a moment fail to obtain something precious.
    They cannot become great people, nor inherit God's throne and
    crown. Thus, for the sake of one bright shining moment, exercise
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀘􀀃
    care with each word you utter, each action you take, and even
    each thought you entertain. Deal with life and solve problems,
    believing that the contents of your daily life will all remain as
    phenomena in relationship to the world. That is the only way the
    realm of victory is determined.
    In this way, the realm of victory is determined in one moment. It
    is the same with the historical realm of victory and the cosmic
    realm of victory. Those who know the infinite value of one bright
    shining moment and live accordingly can become great people,
    even saints or God's sons and daughters. In this way, the junction
    of life and death is crossed in a single moment. (31-217,
    1970.5.31)
    Today, our attitude is the problem. Of course, it is necessary to
    first desire the coming of the kingdom and wish for the Will to be
    done. Yet, what is more important is how we ourselves can
    personally become one with God's will.
    If we take this one hour, we see that how we use it to become one
    with the Will is more important than to desire the Kingdom of
    God to come. Therefore, we must first create environments as
    individuals, families, tribes and peoples that will enable us to
    inherit God's will, whereupon we can then proceed to establish a
    relationship with God's Kingdom. Then, centered on God, how do
    we make a relationship with the Will in this one hour -- if you are
    given an hour -- within the sphere of your daily living? This is a
    very important issue.
    Looking at the history of the providence of restoration, there were
    four thousand years from Adam's family through Noah's,
    Abraham's and Moses' families down to Jesus' family. Here,
    􀀙􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    however, what led to their failures did not occur over the span of,
    say, a year. In Adam's family, the Fall of Adam and Eve was not
    something planned out and put into action over the span of a year
    or a decade or even several decades. Their mistake happened in a
    flash, and when we think about how that failure of one moment
    has been perpetuated over eons of time, we can understand the
    fearfulness and dreadfulness of that instant.
    Due to the failure of that one moment, so many people who
    walked the path of righteousness in the course of history had to
    undergo untold suffering, and many races that could not follow
    the Will fell into the abyss of destruction. All these became the
    origin of a tremendous offering of indemnity. When we
    understand this, a single hour that we ordinarily live so casually in
    our daily life becomes fearful; but even more, we have to feel how
    fearful a moment is, even one second of one hour that goes by as
    the clock steadily ticks. Even the eternal Kingdom of Heaven does
    not exist without having an integral relationship with the single
    moment.
    Eternity does not start when we die, but at the moment we come
    to know God's will. Here, if for even an instant there is a leap in
    the relationship of time or an abyss created, eternity will be
    interrupted. Therefore, while walking the path of faith in the
    course of your lives, do not procrastinate by deferring your
    providential responsibilities from this year to the next, and then to
    the year after that, or from your youth to your midlife and finally
    into your old age. We cannot live like that. People with such a
    lifestyle will die without having ever spent even one day of being
    one with the Will over the course of their lifetime. They cannot go
    to the Kingdom of Heaven.
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀚􀀃
    However good your country of residence may he, you cannot go
    to the Kingdom of Heaven if you were unable to live even one day
    by a victorious standard; you cannot enter the eternal world if you
    failed to live even one year victoriously. Hence, while it is
    important for believers to go forth dreaming of eternity, what is
    even more important is how they actually eradicate evil and
    whether they become the standard-bearers of goodness. This is
    preeminently crucial.
    From this perspective, Adam's momentary lapse led to eons of
    anguish. It was in Adam's family that Cain and Abel had to
    dissolve the anguish of their parents and demolish the wall that
    existed between the brothers and create the origin of one family.
    Yet the murder of Abel, who was set up as the representative of
    the providence of restoration, was also an instantaneous incident.
    In the 120-year course during which Noah toiled to build the ark,
    in only a brief moment God issued the command, "The day to
    fulfill My wish has come: all aboard!" Those who followed this
    order were able to receive the blessings of the eternal God; those
    who did not were buried within the realm of eternal judgment.
    It was the same with Abraham: God's promise that his
    descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky and as
    the sands on the seashore" (Genesis 22:17) was bestowed in the
    twinkling of an eye. Abraham's sacrificial offering did not require
    decades but rather a mere day's work. The time it took him to cut
    the offering and place it on the altar was not more than an hour,
    yet that single hour historically bore the seeds of all life and death,
    curse and blessing.
    􀀛􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    Today, what believers should dread is not the visitation of
    judgment in the Last Days but the question of how they will
    harmonize their daily activities and face life's crossroads in
    alignment with God's will. (37-217, 1970.12.27)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀘􀀑􀀃􀀬􀁑􀁉􀁄􀁑􀁆􀁜􀀃􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁕􀁈􀁈􀀃􀁒􀁕􀁇􀁈􀁕􀁏􀁜􀀃􀁖􀁗􀁄􀁊􀁈􀁖􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃
    􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀁊􀁕􀁒􀁚􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃􀁓􀁈􀁕􀁌􀁒􀁇􀀃
    How did God create Adam and Eve? If He used clay, what kind
    was it? Where did He begin? From which point did Adam and
    Eve's lives start? We cannot think that God created them as adults,
    but rattier as babies. Without the notion that God behaved as a
    pregnant mother who subsequently gave birth to, nourished and
    nurtured a baby, we cannot logically explain the formation of all
    existence through the three orderly stages of growth. Logically,
    Adam and Eve passed through infancy before entering the growth
    and completion stages. This is heavenly law.
    What was Adam and Eve's infancy like? We must proceed from
    the concept that the invisible God nurtured a baby whose
    beginnings were in the world without form and who could pass
    through the course in the physical realm. (225-198, 1992.1.20)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀙􀀑􀀃􀀲􀁘􀁕􀀃􀁏􀁌􀁉􀁈􀀃􀁓􀁄􀁗􀁋􀀃
    Since the society, nation and world in which we live are far from
    ideal, all manner of suffering occurs, and good and evil are at
    cross-purposes.
    If we took a random sample of a hundred men, it would reveal
    that one hundred percent of them jostle among themselves in "an
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀜􀀃
    every man for himself" struggle within their circumstances to cope
    with the demands of their mundane affairs.
    Therefore, in our daily lives, we all acutely lack the confidence that
    we can complete the day's work that we planned in the morning.
    With a wider scope of activities we would need proportionately
    more drive and determination to bring a victorious result in our
    everyday life. Lacking these, that day cannot be victorious. Such
    days turn into months and months into years.
    We also lack environments conducive for meeting our monthly
    goals. To end a month victoriously, we need the drive and
    determination necessary to achieve breakthroughs in tackling
    both the details and complexities of that month. Without them,
    we cannot conclude our monthly activities victoriously.
    Getting through a year successfully requires us to be equipped
    with a fighting spirit or driving force that can thrust aside all the
    challenges of each and every one of its 365 days. We can then
    celebrate that year victoriously. If we live a year like that, and
    continue in this vein, it will eventually add up to ten, and then
    twenty, and then thirty years, and that eventually becomes our life
    path. (31-30, 1970.4.12)
    People living on earth today cannot escape from the constraints of
    time. That has been true throughout history. Individuals, families,
    tribes, people, nations and the world all move within the realm of
    time.
    Wherever people exist, there is always some goal to attain. We are
    to focus on such a goal for ten, twenty, thirty, seventy years and,
    indeed, our entire lives. The greater our goal, the stronger our
    internal commitment needs to be. Unless we maintain an internal
    􀀔􀀓􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    determination that surpasses the goal through the process called
    time, the goal will be unattainable. (31-149, 1970.5.24)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀚􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀁒􀁕􀁌􀁊􀁌􀁑􀁄􀁏􀀃􀁋􀁒􀁐􀁈􀁏􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁄􀁗􀀃􀁚􀁈􀀃
    􀁐􀁘􀁖􀁗􀀃􀁖􀁈􀁈􀁎􀀃
    You may not know of the reality of the spirit world, but I enjoy
    the special benefit from God of having a clear insight into that
    unknown world. Digging into the root of that world, I found its
    principles to be quite simple. In the spirit world only those who
    lived altruistically in line with God's universal principles can enter
    the higher realms. The world structured along those lines is the
    ideal heavenly kingdom. That place is the original homeland that
    humankind must seek. Today, although we are exiles from our
    original homeland and live a fallen life, we are destined to return
    there. God had to create a path for this in the course of history
    because we could not do so by our own efforts.
    This is why God raised up many different religions. They are
    training grounds through which He has been directing all people
    along that path, whatever their race, cultural background, customs
    and traditions. Religions are the training grounds for training
    people to become eligible to return to the original homeland.
    Taking into account the diverse cultural backgrounds ranging
    across the four corners of the earth, God is leading humanity
    toward a unified world of religion that can progress upward onto
    higher ground.
    What does religion which guides people to the original homeland,
    centrally teach? It is to live for the sake of others. As highly
    developed religions tend to emphasize this principle, they teach us
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀔􀀔􀀃
    to be gentle and meek, to stand in a position to elevate others and
    live for their sake, and to serve them sacrificially. All this serves to
    instill discipline in us to abide by the laws of the Kingdom of
    Heaven. (78-115, 1975.5.6)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀛􀀑􀀃􀀲􀁘􀁕􀀃􀁋􀁌􀁊􀁋􀁈􀁖􀁗􀀃􀁓􀁄􀁗􀁋􀀃􀁌􀁑􀀃􀁏􀁌􀁉􀁈􀀃
    What should be our life path? It is the path of possessing God's
    love. Possessing God's love is life's highest and final destination.
    Everyone, men and women alike, must go this way. Our life path
    must lead us to the infinite God of love. The greatest life path
    consists of finding God's love by crossing over the peaks of death
    tens and even hundreds of times, and continuing in that search
    even after death.
    What is the endpoint of our desires? It is the possession of God's
    love. If, in that regard, we possess love more precious than our
    own, God cannot be ours. Thus, we need to possess God's love. If
    we possessed only God's love, then it would be all right even if He
    were not present. When His love becomes mine and mine
    becomes His, the internal and the external become one for the
    first time. A nation based on such love becomes an ideal
    homeland without upper and lower classes.
    When we lie in that place of love, we feel that there is nothing
    under the sun that does not appear good and that does not exist
    for our sake. Since God's love is like that, the heavenly world,
    which is humankind's destination, namely the Kingdom of
    Heaven, is a place filled with love. (19-210, 1971.1.10)
    􀀔􀀕􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀜􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀁖􀁗􀁄􀁑􀁇􀁄􀁕􀁇􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃􀁅􀁌􀁕􀁗􀁋􀀃􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀁖􀁗􀁄􀁑􀁇􀁄􀁕􀁇􀀃
    􀁒􀁉􀀃􀁏􀁌􀁉􀁈􀀃
    􀀜􀀑􀀔􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀁚􀁕􀁒􀁑􀁊􀀃􀁖􀁗􀁄􀁑􀁇􀁄􀁕􀁇􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃􀁅􀁌􀁕􀁗􀁋
    People in today's world who flaunt their pedigrees and parade
    their degrees as marks of social distinction, are unaware that their
    births were spiritually sullied. They do not know that they were
    born with the love, life and lineage of Satan; God's enemy. This is
    a serious problem.
    Due to the Fall, people have been born from Satan's love which
    was passed down to their parents. Satan's blood has made its way
    down through the lives of our mothers and fathers to us in the
    present day. The fruit of those three then, is you. As such, you all
    belong to the satanic lineage. In other words, Satan's blood is
    running through your veins. Therefore, he automatically bears his
    ideal fruit while God strives to redeem those very men and women
    and transform them into originally pure and perfect people. You
    all began from Satan's love and are born from his lineage.
    Since your start was all wrong, you must return to the original
    point. As we originated from false parents, we need to return and
    start anew from true parents. How serious is this? It is imperative to
    inherit God's love, life and lineage afresh.
    That is why, when you receive the Blessing, you undergo the
    ceremony for changing the lineage. You must believe in this more
    than your own life. Just because it is a Unification Church ceremony,
    you should not think of it as some ordinary ritual. It is like a wonder
    drug, an antidote, to restore the dead back to life.
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀔􀀖􀀃
    Our ancestors committed an error so grave that countless people
    fell victim to its aftereffects throughout the course of human
    history. Knowing this, we cannot tread that same path again --
    ever again! We paid a ghastly price throughout history for having
    perpetuated illicit love in the fallen spiritual and physical worlds,
    with far-reaching consequences for individuals, families, societies,
    nations and the world. (216-109, 1991.3.9)
    􀀜􀀑􀀕􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀁖􀁗􀁄􀁑􀁇􀁄􀁕􀁇􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃􀁏􀁌􀁉􀁈
    When I say life here, I mean eternal life. I am not referring only to
    the spirit world, but to a life to live for eternity. Each individual
    was created to be an object of God's love. You are the object
    partner of the absolute God, and the partner in His love. God
    cherishes the notion of true love more than He values Himself. He
    is the absolute and eternal center of life. His ideal is even more
    eternal and the center of that ideal is true love. The partner of that
    love is you.
    The attribute of love promotes unity between partners. Such love
    can unify a nation. Thus, one partner can accompany the other
    partner in any position and follow unconditionally. You can inherit
    God's entire fortune and even His entire heart. I went through a
    miserable course to discover this and now stand on that foundation.
    It is sublime and lofty and cannot be exchanged for anything: it is
    an amazing grace. For that reason, I stand in the same position with
    God. I share the eternal position of true love. The spirit world is in a
    different dimension from this limited earthly world. We cannot
    move freely within mundane confines, but as the spirit world is a
    higher-dimensional place, you can do anything there; you can leap
    􀀔􀀗􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    across time. if you want something based on love, you can have it all
    anytime, anywhere.
    We were originally created as eternal beings. If we become eternal
    beings of true love and go to the spirit world, we will be free. The
    first standard of life is the standard of good and evil, the second is
    the original starting point, and the third is eternal life. (216-107,
    1991.3.9)
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀃 􀀔􀀘􀀃
    􀀃
    􀀦􀀫􀀤􀀳􀀷􀀨􀀵􀀃􀀷􀀺􀀲􀀃
    The Family Is the Model for the
    Kingdom of Heaven
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀔􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀁌􀁖􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀦􀁈􀁑􀁗􀁕􀁄􀁏􀀃􀀰􀁒􀁇􀁈􀁏􀀃
    􀁉􀁒􀁕􀀃􀀤􀁏􀁏􀀃􀀥􀁈􀁌􀁑􀁊􀁖􀀃􀀃
    When you stand in the world of space, you need top and bottom,
    left and right, and front and back. Only then is the status of your
    position stable. Your shape will vary depending on the position in
    which you stand: top and bottom, left and right, front and back.
    When dealing with matters that concern the relationships of top
    and bottom, left and right, front and back, and also problems in
    the family, nation and world, there is only one solution. Just as
    there has to be top and bottom, left and right, and front and back
    with the individual at the center, there also have to be parents and
    children, husband and wife, and brothers and sisters.
    The same applies in a nation. With the leader of the nation at the
    center, all families should embrace the civilizations of east and west,
    and the civilizations of north and south, and all the people of the
    world as their brothers and sisters, and eventually establish a family
    model. This model is the same for all. You yourselves are the center
    of that model. This model represents a principle that requires that
    from you should come your family, which then expands to the
    nation, world, heaven and earth, and all the way to God.
    You not only want to be the center of the universe, you can be the
    center. In the same way, the family is the center of the universe. If
    􀀔􀀙􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    you think of heaven as the parents, then earth represents the
    children. When considering east and west, the east symbolizes the
    man and the west the woman. So after marriage, the woman goes
    to the place where her husband is wherever it may be. This is
    similar to the west reflecting the sunlight that shines from the east.
    It is the same with the relationships of brothers and sisters. When
    the eldest brother leads a task, the younger brothers and sisters
    will cooperate. Therefore each person should be in a parent-child
    relationship, a conjugal relationship and a sibling relationship. In
    other words, these three relationships must meet at one point. The
    central point is one. The centers for top and bottom, left and right,
    and front and back should not be different.
    If their centers are different the relationships of top and bottom,
    left and right, and front and back will all be unbalanced. So top
    and bottom, left and right, front and back, and the common
    central point add up to the number seven. To form the number
    seven in this way means to be a family that is united in true love
    with God at the center and where all these things form a complete
    sphere bringing about harmony and unification. We often say
    seven is a lucky number. So when we hear this about the number
    seven it seems believable. As long as true love never changes, this
    central core will turn forever without changing, realizing the ideal
    of the true family.
    Also since everything is connected to the core, then each position,
    one, two, three, four, five, six and seven from this central core are
    equal. If the grandfather and his sons and daughters want
    something and the grandchild is not against it, then all three
    generations will come to want it. The grandfather and
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀔􀀚􀀃
    grandmother, husband and wife, and sons and daughters all
    follow the center. In terms of love, we say that the parent-child
    relationship is one, the conjugal relationship is one, and the
    sibling relationship is one. They are one body. What are these
    relationships revolving around? They are revolving around the
    true love of God who is the center of love. Based on true love, the
    parents and children, husband and wife and brothers and sisters
    all become one. In this way the value of everything becomes equal.
    (299-114, 1999.2.7)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀕􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀁌􀁖􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀷􀁈􀁛􀁗􀁅􀁒􀁒􀁎􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃
    􀀷􀁋􀁕􀁒􀁘􀁊􀁋􀀃􀀺􀁋􀁌􀁆􀁋􀀃􀀺􀁈􀀃􀀦􀁄􀁑􀀃􀀦􀁒􀁑􀁑􀁈􀁆􀁗􀀃􀁚􀁌􀁗􀁋􀀃􀀸􀁑􀁌􀁙􀁈􀁕􀁖􀁄􀁏􀀃
    􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃
    What is the universe? Everything in the created world is designed
    as a sort of training aid to help God's beloved sons and daughters
    find the ideal of love. This is why everything exists in reciprocal
    relationships. Minerals are based on the reciprocal relationship of
    subject and object partners and so are atoms. Protons and
    electrons also exist based on the reciprocal relationship of subject
    and object partners. Without reciprocation they cannot continue
    to exist. Without give and take action they cannot exist eternally.
    Therefore, the universe is a world created in such a way that its
    center can only be reached through human beings. (137-59,
    1985.12.18)
    What is the universe? It is an expansion of the family. If you look
    at a family that has completely realized the ideal of family love, it
    has a top, middle and bottom (parents, husband and wife, and
    children), left and right, and front and back. This is the principle.
    So when we talk about top and bottom we mean the parents and
    􀀔􀀛􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    children, when we talk about left and right we mean the husband
    and wife, and when we talk about front and back we mean the
    brothers and sisters.
    Through what do they all become one? It doesn't happen through
    power, knowledge or money. Then what can bring it about? It is
    love. This is an absolute truth. Otherwise the sphere cannot be
    formed. Then what are the top, middle and bottom in our family?
    They are a textbook of love. They are a textbook of love through
    which we can encounter universal love. Go out into society and
    put it into practice. How should we love? Jesus said, "Love your
    neighbor as yourself." How should we follow this teaching? We
    are not sure.
    When you go out into the world and meet a grandfather, treat him
    as your own grandfather. Treat people like your own mothers, like
    your own fathers or like your own sons. When you go out into the
    world you should all live like this. The people of the top, middle
    and bottom, front and back, and left and right are all displayed in
    the exhibition hall of the world. You should know that the world
    is an exhibition of people. If you can love everyone with such love,
    God will dwell in the midst of that love. (128-22, 1983.5.29)
    What is the Kingdom of Heaven? It is the place where you love the
    people of the world as your own family, and people who do this
    are the people of the Kingdom of Heaven. Your grandfather and
    grandmother, your mother and father, your wife, your brothers
    and sisters, and your children -- what are these four generations?
    They are the textbook through whom you can deeply experience
    love, the true love of the universe as people of the Kingdom of
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀔􀀜􀀃
    Heaven. The family is the foundation, a type of textbook that
    teaches you this love. (129-96, 1983.10.1)
    We can not live without learning the love of the universe. God has
    prepared things such as a textbook or scripture containing
    promises which openly say, "Love your grandmother and
    grandfather. Your grandmother and grandfather on earth are sent
    as representatives of the grandmothers and grandfathers in the
    spirit world. Therefore if you love them, I will take it as if you had
    loved all grandmothers and grandfathers."
    Next God says, "Since your mother and father represent the
    countless mothers and fathers of the world, as a textbook and
    model of love, if you love them to the utmost, I will take it as a
    condition of you having loved all mothers and fathers.
    Furthermore if you as a man, representing all men, love a woman
    who represents all women, it will be a condition of having loved
    all women." Next He says, "I will take your loving your sons and
    daughters as you having loved all sons and daughters." Therefore
    the family is the training center to receive such training.
    It is a training process for loving the world in accordance with the
    scriptures. We can ask the trainees if now they will go out to the
    world and love the grandmothers and grandfathers of the world in
    place of their own grandfather and grandmother, and if they say
    "yes," this will save the world. (130-273, 1984.2.5)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀖􀀑􀀃􀀤􀀃􀀷􀁕􀁄􀁌􀁑􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃􀀪􀁕􀁒􀁘􀁑􀁇􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃􀁉􀁒􀁕􀀃􀀨􀁑􀁗􀁈􀁕􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃
    􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀮􀁌􀁑􀁊􀁇􀁒􀁐􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃
    God's will is to realize the kingdom of love. If God's will is to
    develop and globalize the ideal world of love, the family is the
    􀀕􀀓􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    experimental ground where you earn credits, all the way from an
    elementary school certificate to a bachelor's degree and PhD. The
    family expands to the world. If you look at the world carefully,
    you will see that it is a world where grandfathers and
    grandmothers live, a world where adults like your uncles and
    aunts live, a world where people like your elder brothers and elder
    sisters live, a world where youths live, and a world where children
    live. So these places where old, middle-aged, young people and
    children live are larger expansions of the family. (147-281,
    1986.10.1)
    The family is the smallest unit within the training center and is
    also a textbook for entering the Kingdom of Heaven. It has all the
    levels: the grandfather's level, mother's level, couple's level and
    sibling's level. These levels expand into larger groups of
    grandmothers and grandfathers, mothers and fathers, your own
    peers, and your sons and daughters, and together they form
    humanity.
    Only families that can love all human beings as their own spouses
    and as their own parents, and serve them as their own sons and
    daughters, can inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. This is amazing.
    The right to inherit all the power and authority of heaven and
    earth created by God lies here. (143-285, 1986.3.20)
    The family is a textbook of love through which at the time of
    death you receive the right to be registered at the Palace of Peace
    and the Kingdom of Heaven. The family is a training ground of
    love. The extension of this family is the world. The world is made
    up of smaller worlds: there is a grandfathers' world, a
    grandmothers' world, a world of fathers and mothers, there are
    husbands' and wives' worlds and sons' and daughters' worlds.
    When these combine we have the whole world.
    Thus if you love the people of the whole world as you love your
    family and as you love God through the family, this will make a
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀕􀀔􀀃
    straight road to the Kingdom of Heaven. Thus the first
    commandment is, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your
    heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind." And the
    second commandment is, "You shall love your neighbor as
    yourself." If you love God and love humanity, everything will be
    accomplished. If you cannot do it, your spiritual training will have
    been in vain. No matter how great a religion's spiritual discipline
    may be, if it does not know how to love God, humankind and the
    whole universe it will fail the test.
    In the family you should deeply experience love by going through
    the official course of the training center which is an encapsulation
    of the whole universe and then expand this and love the world.
    You have inherited this from your family, your training ground,
    where you were raised with your mother and father. Therefore if
    you love your parents more than your wife, love your sons and
    daughters more than your wife, love humanity more than your
    wife, and love God more than your wife, everything will be
    accomplished. This doesn't mean that you should abandon your
    wife. If you love in this way, all the recipients of that love will
    come to love your wife as well. Is there a more glorious place than
    this? If you want to love your wife, follow this way. (143-285,
    1986.3.20)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀗􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀁌􀁖􀀃􀁄􀀃􀀰􀁒􀁇􀁈􀁏􀀃􀁉􀁒􀁕􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃
    􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀮􀁌􀁑􀁊􀁇􀁒􀁐􀀃
    What kind of fortune should a person in the child's position
    receive? They should inherit the fortune of the grandparents and
    parents. Why does one need grandparents? We need grandparents
    because they represent the living history of the past. The parents
    represent the present and the children symbolize the future.
    Children contain east and west and also north and south. They are
    􀀕􀀕􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    also the center of the whole. The center of the grandparents, the
    center of the parents, the center of the children and the center of
    God -- all these are founded on true love.
    Thus, loving your grandparents and respecting them means to
    learn and to inherit all the past. You learn the present from your
    father and by loving children you learn about the future. What do
    you inherit through your grandfather and grandmother, and
    mother and father? You inherit true love.
    Although your grandfather and grandmother are old, they are
    united in true love and so your mother and father are united. So
    you should be like them and inherit the future. We absolutely
    cannot inherit the future without becoming a true family. When
    we look at these three generations, it is like looking at the
    universe. The love of the universe resides in the true family that
    represents the present and future.
    When we look at the animal world, male and female animals love each
    other, and this is a textbook from which we learn about the love of the
    universe. Without a grandmother and a grandfather we feel unstable.
    Only with them can we move straight to the Kingdom of Heaven.
    Grandparents, mother and father, and children will all go to the
    Kingdom of Heaven.
    Those who have loved the true grandparents, the true parents, the
    true children, the true family, the true nation and the true
    universe will go to the Kingdom of Heaven. The model and
    textbook for all this is the family. (162-140, 1987.4.5)
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀕􀀖􀀃
    The family is a type of educational material which teaches us how
    to establish the Kingdom of Heaven. It comes from heaven. If a
    person loves all the people of his grandfather's age in the world as
    his own, he will go to the Kingdom of Heaven. If he loves the
    people of his parents' age as his own, he will be able to travel freely
    throughout all the nations. He will have no boundaries even when
    he goes to the spirit world. If he thinks of the young people of all
    nations as his own sons and daughters, he will be able to travel
    freely within the Kingdom of Heaven even though there are
    twelve pearly gates and directions.
    Therefore, the family is a textbook which shows us how to make a
    connection with the Kingdom of Heaven. When you apply it to
    the nation, you will become a patriot, when you apply it to the
    world, you will be a saint, and when you practice it in heaven and
    earth, you will become God's children, or holy sons and
    daughters. People have such a desire. (137-77. 1985.12.18)
    You should be able to embrace the sons and daughters of all races as
    well as their grandsons and granddaughters. In this way, you should
    stand in the position to become the owners of the family who, as true
    parents, love the people of the world with true love. By standing in the
    position to represent the family that practices true love and is
    connected to the original parents through God's love, you can finally
    enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (176-209, 1988.5.9)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀘􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀥􀁕􀁌􀁑􀁊􀁖􀀃􀀷􀁒􀁊􀁈􀁗􀁋􀁈􀁕􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃
    􀁒􀁉􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁕􀁈􀁈􀀃􀀪􀁈􀁑􀁈􀁕􀁄􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀁖􀀃
    The family encompasses history, the present and the future. So
    what is the ultimate point that God has sought for six thousand
    􀀕􀀗􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    years? It is the family -- the family where love is interconnected
    and where all are united in love. Everything that exists comes
    under its dominion.
    We cannot cut our relationship with this absolute source of love.
    The establishment of such a family was the original mission that
    God gave Adam and Eve at the time of creation. God did not want
    them to merely end up as a man, Adam, and a woman, Eve, but
    instead dreamed of a new family where they would be united. This
    is the first starting point towards establishing men and women.
    Thus to be able to enter the Kingdom of Heaven safely, you have
    to find a family and within the realm of that family in this world,
    enter and live in a place where you can feel satisfied in God's love.
    Only then can you go beyond this world as well. (30-85,
    1970.3.17)
    In order to form the family realm of love you have to be
    unconditional. The parents represent the past, the husband and
    wife represent the present, and the children represent the future.
    Loving one partner during your lifetime is the equivalent to God
    loving the world. It is a place where in oneness the parents, a
    couple, and the children offer their love as an example
    representing heaven and earth and tell their descendants to follow
    them. The original homeland of the heart, the place where
    heavenly affection is felt will be remembered in heaven and earth.
    (30-78, 1970.3.17)
    What has God been looking for up until now? He has not been
    seeking a subject partner; rather He has been looking for an ideal
    object partner. He has been looking for those who resemble God
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀕􀀘􀀃
    and posses the inner and outer aspects of the world He created.
    What is the starting point that leads to such a result? It is the
    family. There is nothing that can represent the universe better
    than the family. To be one with the parents is for past and present
    to meet. Here, you can love the past by loving your parents, love
    the present by loving your partner, and love the future by loving
    your children. Therefore, you can deeply experience the love of
    three generations. The place where these three kinds of love are
    concentrated is the family. (30-80, 1970.3.17)
    Then where does life in the Kingdom of Heaven begin? It is the
    family. It does not unfold somewhere else. The Kingdom of
    Heaven is just a three-dimensional expansion of the family and
    not something that goes beyond the family realm. Therefore when
    you embrace your husband or wife, you should think that this is a
    man of the world becoming one with a woman of the world. The
    place where you can make the condition of having loved mankind
    is none other than the family.
    You should live your life this way. To love your parents is to
    connect history with the present and to pave the road for God to
    come to you. Therefore you have to love your parents. To love
    your parents is to connect the human beings of history with
    yourself as an inhabitant of the present, that is to unite the past
    and the present. Furthermore loving your children centering on
    yourself is to connect the present with the future. And the
    philosophy that practices and sings the praise of such love for a
    thousand and tens of thousands of years is Unification thought.
    (30-82, 1970.3.17)
    􀀕􀀙􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀙􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀁌􀁖􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀷􀁕􀁄􀁌􀁑􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃􀀪􀁕􀁒􀁘􀁑􀁇􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃
    􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁕􀁗􀀃
    We cannot live separate from the heart. Even if you are the president
    of a country or possess global authority, you would not be able to live
    if you had no place to express your heartfelt joy. You would not be
    able to feel the deepest satisfaction from the people who are under
    your command, your officers or the people who follow you. You must
    feel it in your family. You should be able to return home and feel joy
    through your wife and children. In such a way you should be proud of
    this joy in front of others. This joy is a primal joy; not a secondary joy.
    It is the same with God. Even if He was to restore the whole world,
    without a family He would not feel joy. So we need our families after
    all. (25-85, 1969.9.30)
    Parents should be the head of the family and teachers should be
    the head of the educational institutions which represent society.
    Parents raise you by giving you milk thereby assisting your
    physical development as well as helping you emotionally. Then
    what is school for? It trains you for your future life in society. If
    the family is the training ground of the emotions, then school is
    the experimental training ground of society.
    But society is not where training ends. Where does it end? It ends
    with the nation. The nation has a president. Why is it that people
    miss the president and want to be near him? When they have
    experienced everything, from the family to the society, they go on
    to the next level. The president is the fruit of the third stage after
    the formation and growth stages. A seed divides, sends roots
    down and a shoot up, and then, through circulatory action,
    growth begins. After such division comes a synthesis when flowers
    and fruit are produced.
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀕􀀚􀀃
    Schools raise the people needed by the nation by educating the
    qualified elite to serve the nation. They are training and
    experimentation sites. Training is not real life but a preparation
    stage. You should not make the wrong preparations. What is the
    family? It is a training ground for the heart. It is a place where you
    train your heart to love. This is why you should live affectionately
    like brothers and sisters at school and also live affectionately like
    brothers and sisters in the nation. Parental education is needed at
    school, in society and also by the nation. Parents should pass
    everything in the realm of heart on to their children. They should
    create a foundation of heart for their children by teaching them to
    follow their parents' footsteps in living in certain ways in the
    family, the society, and in the nation. (180-130, 1988.8.22)
    When you look at a family, it is not necessarily a good one just
    because it has a good house and a good environment. Conversely,
    no matter how bad a family's environment may be or how shabby
    its house may be, if it offers you peace and you are able to connect
    all things in your life to it, then it is a good family. It has a
    foundation of heart upon which the parents and children live for
    the sake of each other. This is the original homeland for our
    memories and the source of motivation for all living. Therefore it
    becomes the basis for determining our happiness in life. (29-16,
    1970.2.15)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀚􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀁌􀁖􀀃􀀲􀁘􀁕􀀃􀀨􀁗􀁈􀁕􀁑􀁄􀁏􀀃􀀲􀁕􀁌􀁊􀁌􀁑􀁄􀁏􀀃
    􀀫􀁒􀁐􀁈􀁗􀁒􀁚􀁑􀀃
    Family, the family is a good place. Why is it good? It is a good
    place because my mother and father are there. It is a good place
    because my elder sister and elder brother are there. It is a good
    􀀕􀀛􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    place because my younger brother and younger sister are there,
    and it is a good place because my relatives are there. Thus, human
    beings feel nostalgia for their hometown and the land of their
    original hometown. They feel more deeply about their hometown
    than they do for the nation. The place you long for even when you
    live in the Republic of Korea is your hometown.
    What place do you long for even though you like Korea, even
    though you want to live in Korea, and even while you are living in
    Korea? It is your hometown. Hometown, what kind of place is
    your hometown? It is a place where your heart is lifted up in four
    directions and three dimensions. What is that heart? It is a place
    where you are tied up by love. Upward, your mother and father
    are tying you up; left and right, the bond between husband and
    wife is tying you up; downward, your sons and daughters and
    relatives are tying you up tight with three dimensional love. This
    is the original hometown.
    People cannot help but long for their original hometown because
    they look upon this starting point of happiness based on love as
    the best. Then, what kind of place do you think God's original
    hometown is? What do you think God's land of original
    hometown is on this earth? We should think about these
    questions. If God is the God of love, He must surely have prepared
    a starting point for living on this earth, and where is this starting
    point? To know this, we must understand how God has prepared
    that starting point. What kind of place can become the starting
    point of the original hometown where God's family can be
    created? It is none other than a place where a son dwells who
    understands God as his real father. In other words, it is a place
    where the son, the only-begotten son who can monopolize God's
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀕􀀜􀀃
    love, exists. Also it is a place where such a daughter dwells. It is a
    place where such a son and a daughter marry and form a complete
    family. (23-151, 1969.5.18)
    Then who should be in the original hometown? Those who you
    miss should be there. Your parents should be there and your
    brothers and sisters should be there. And those who you long to
    meet should be there. When you want to live with them there,
    would you be satisfied if you just saw them for a moment? Would
    you be satisfied if you met and just saw them for a short time?
    When meeting and living with them, you should not be tired even
    if you live with them for eternity. You should go and find such a
    place. This is the Kingdom of Heaven that today's religions
    pursue. (23-80, 1969.5.11)
    Today, the reason we long for the land of our original hometown
    is that in that hometown there are parents, brothers and sisters,
    and relatives, who are closer to us than anyone else. They always
    guide us; they welcome us as they did in the past whenever we
    visit them, and they sympathize with us, console us and receive us
    with joy when we are having difficulties. Without this welcome
    though, even if you longed for your original hometown and
    returned there, your desperate longing heart would vanish, and
    you would go back with feelings of deep regret. You should know
    this. In the original hometown there have to be people who will
    welcome you. (23-80, 1969.5.11)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀛􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀬􀁖􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁌􀁑􀁄􀁏􀀃􀀶􀁗􀁄􀁑􀁇􀁄􀁕􀁇􀀃􀁉􀁒􀁕􀀃
    􀀦􀁒􀁐􀁓􀁏􀁈􀁗􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀦􀁒􀁖􀁐􀁒􀁖􀀐􀁆􀁈􀁑􀁗􀁈􀁕􀁈􀁇􀀃􀀬􀁇􀁈􀁒􀁏􀁒􀁊􀁜􀀃
    Everything divides from one into many, which eventually merge
    into a larger whole. In other words, one divides into many and
    􀀖􀀓􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    then unites again into one. From here it divides again and
    becomes something even larger. Families exist within this larger
    created object. These families all have the same form as each
    other. The family is the place where the relationship of husband
    and wife is established and the place that unites the husband and
    wife. The tribe is a place that unites families, and the race is a place
    that unites clans. Races combine to form one nation. Here families
    play the central role. (26-189, 1969.10.25)
    When the family is expanded, it becomes the horizontal world.
    This is why no society can manage without the family. If families
    cannot be restored, the world cannot be restored. Next we must
    realize the cosmos-centered ideal through these families. The
    word cosmos combines heaven and earth. Heaven and earth are
    like a person's mind and body. The mind and body must become
    one. Just as a subject partner needs an object partner, one man
    needs one woman. The union of a man and a woman leads to a
    family. God's foundation of love will not be attained without
    working through this family. (26-189, 1969.10.25)
    The cosmos-centered ideology is a philosophy that unites the
    mind and body forming a family as the main body of love, and
    connects that idea to the spirit world and physical world. The
    character ju of cheon ju (cosmos) means a house. This is why we
    are using the word cosmos-centered ideology. Cosmos combines
    the spirit world and the physical world. What relationship does it
    have with us? We need a family. If you fail to be at one in your
    family, you have nothing to do with the cosmos-centered
    ideology. The family serves as the final standard for completing
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀖􀀔􀀃
    the cosmos-centered ideology. Those who cannot sing songs of
    peace and sing praise for happiness here will become miserable
    people either on this earth or in the spirit world. (26-189,
    1969.10.25)
    From where is the Kingdom of Heaven realized? It is realized
    from our families. Then what kind of ideology do we have? We
    have a family-centered ideology. The word cosmos-ism (cosmoscentered
    ideology) contains cheon meaning heaven
    and ju meaning house; so it means the ideology of heaven's house.
    Only then does the meaning of the cosmos (cheon ju) become
    clear. The sixty-six books of the Bible are filled with words that
    desire an ideal family. Furthermore what is it that all men desire?
    It is to have an ideal wife. Also the greatest desire of a woman is to
    meet an ideal husband. No matter how proud and famous a
    woman who has a doctorate may be, her desire is to meet an ideal
    man, an ideal man she can love and with whom she can have her
    beloved sons and daughters. This is the root of happiness. The
    ideal of the Unification Church does not lie somewhere else. The
    beginning is the family and the conclusion is the family. (26-102,
    1969.10.18)
    What kind of ideology is the cosmos-centered ideology? It is the
    true parent-centered ideology. After all, these are both ideologies
    upholding parents. This is the ideology of our house, the ideology
    of our nation, and the ideology of your individual self. Had
    human beings not fallen, whose ideology would rule the world? It
    would be the Adam-centered ideology. This ideology is none
    other than the way of true parents. It is the ideology of the mother
    􀀖􀀕􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    and father. There cannot be an ideology higher than this. Hence
    the Unification Church should link matters of the heart with
    heavenly ideology through the way of true parents within the
    boundary of the original ideal family. As long as families that have
    internalized such an ideology remain, the Unification Church will
    not perish. (26-201, 1969.10.25)
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀃 􀀖􀀖􀀃
    􀀃
    􀀦􀀫􀀤􀀳􀀷􀀨􀀵􀀃􀀷􀀫􀀵􀀨􀀨􀀃
    Our Course of Life
    Centered on Love
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀔􀀑􀀃􀀺􀁋􀁜􀀃􀀤􀁕􀁈􀀃􀀫􀁘􀁐􀁄􀁑􀀃􀀥􀁈􀁌􀁑􀁊􀁖􀀃􀀥􀁒􀁕􀁑􀀢􀀃
    If we ask ourselves whether life or love is first, we can claim each
    to be first. But which do you think really comes first? It is love that
    comes first. Relating this to the core of the universe, in order for
    something to have value, there must be an original flow of love.
    043-277, 1986.3.20)
    When we examine where life comes from, we must ask the
    question as to which comes first, life or love. Until now we have
    not been able to discern this clearly. Love comes first, then life.
    Because what comes second must meekly surrender to what
    comes first, it is natural that we offer our lives for the sake of love.
    This is the way things are. This then provides an answer as to the
    true course for our life. Since our life is born in love, the
    conclusion is that we must walk the way of love and die for love.
    The purpose of human life is to find the love that the macrocosm,
    not the microcosm, is able to welcome. It is to be born, to love and
    to die in the midst of the great universal love that God, creation,
    our parents, and the angelic world all acknowledge. This is how I
    see it. (Blessed Family - 1062)
    Human beings are not born based on their own choice. Then, are
    they born due to their parents' wishes? No. They are born due to
    God's desire. They are born through the love of their parents,
    which represents God's love. The person, who is born as a new life
    through parental love, representing God's love, is I. Love has the
    power to create everything. The one who is born as the center of
    the whole universe by receiving all the love of the universe is none
    􀀖􀀗􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    other than I. The highest purpose of life is to be born through
    love, be raised in love, live by love, and to leave love behind. The
    most valuable thing to do is to fulfill, in the family, the rules of
    love that lie at the center of the universe. (Blessed Family - 1062)
    You should understand why human beings are born. They are not
    born for the sake of knowledge or political power. They are born
    because of love and from love. Then what makes love so great? It
    is the fact that love is the original source of life. You are born in
    the midst of your parents' love.
    You are not born out of your parents' desire for money or
    knowledge. Since you are born in love like this, you should bear
    fruits of love. This is why you need children. A husband and wife
    become complete when they become one and have sons and
    daughters as their object partners. (Blessed Family - 1062)
    Human beings cannot exist apart from love. Therefore, we can say that
    "I" live on the foundation of love. All things also originate in God's love.
    The existence of all things began on the foundation of love, so it is
    undeniable that human beings, as the center of the created universe,
    must also have begun in love. (Blessed Family - 1062)
    Since human beings begin in love and mature through love, they cannot
    live separated from the standard of love. (Blessed Family -1062)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀕􀀑􀀃􀀯􀁌􀁉􀁈􀀃􀁌􀁑􀀃􀁌􀁗􀁖􀀃􀀲􀁕􀁌􀁊􀁌􀁑􀁄􀁏􀀃􀀩􀁒􀁕􀁐􀀃
    What do you think is the cause of human existence? The cause of
    human existence is love. Then where do you think the purpose of
    human existence lies? The purpose of human existence lies in
    completing the ideal of love. Human beings came into being
    through love, and so their purpose is to perfect love by forming a
    foundation of love and expanding and connecting it. In other
    words, since the beginning is love, the purpose has to be reached
    through love as well. For this, a man and a woman in partnership
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀖􀀘􀀃
    must become one in love and connect front and back, left and
    right, and above and below. (Blessed Family -1062)
    No matter how firmly we have determined to become an absolute
    being and establish an absolute purpose, this will be useless unless
    we are happy. Our daily life should be happy. We live for this
    purpose. When we have achieved the purpose, something new will
    exist that is greater than existence itself. What is it? What is most
    precious for a man and woman? It is love. Love is the key element
    needed to experience happiness. No matter how lofty a person's
    purpose may be, if he fails to establish a love that can take
    dominion over his purpose, he will have to pursue a new purpose.
    Purpose cannot stand above love. (29-130, 1970.2.26)
    What are you living for? There will be some who say they live to
    eat and there will be some who say they live to work or they live
    without a purpose. What do human beings live for? If you say you
    live for the sake of love, how great this answer is! Human beings
    are born as the fruit of love, live in love, and return to the eternal
    love of God's bosom. This is the original life of creation. (Blessed
    Family -1064)
    One is born through love and grows up in love. Next, he leaves the
    love of his parents and finds and connects to the love of a partner,
    which is a love in another dimension. We can call parental love
    the formation-stage love and conjugal love the growth-stage love.
    No matter how much a couple may be in love, they cannot see the
    completion of their love until they have children. This is why they
    want to have children. This is completion-stage love. Therefore,
    the process of going through parental love, conjugal love, and
    children's love is the fundamental core of human life and the
    original path of God's ideal of love at creation. (48-11, 1971.8.31)
    Life is born from love. One is born from love, grows up in love
    while being loved by his parents, meets a beloved wife and loves
    her, and dies in that love; this is what is called human life.
    􀀖􀀙􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    Therefore, originally there should have been no sorrow or pain in
    human life. (Blessed Family -1062)
    Originally, the focal point of the universe is the place where all
    vertical and horizontal combinations of love come together so that
    parental love, conjugal love, and children's love can unite. This
    becomes the point upon which the entire universe is focused and
    where the directions of all cells in the universe are oriented. All
    the spirits in the spirit world will be focused on this. Moreover,
    they will protect this place so no one can invade it. If this place is
    destroyed, it will be catastrophic. So a certain form is needed in
    order for it to remain intact. In the Unification Church, this form
    is called the four-position foundation. (Blessed Family -1062)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀖􀀑􀀃􀀩􀁒􀁕􀀃􀀫􀁘􀁐􀁄􀁑􀀃􀀥􀁈􀁌􀁑􀁊􀁖􀀏􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀨􀁗􀁈􀁕􀁑􀁄􀁏􀀃
    􀀨􀁏􀁈􀁐􀁈􀁑􀁗􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃􀀯􀁌􀁉􀁈􀀃􀁌􀁖􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃
    You shouldn't forget that while you lived as an embryo, you not
    only received nutrition from your mother but you also received
    love from her. Likewise, people living on earth are not only
    receiving physical nutrition from the universe but also love from
    God, who is the essential element of life. (Blessed Family -1062)
    Just as all plants absorb sunlight as an element of life, love is an
    element of life for people. Our hope is that the Kingdom of
    Heaven on earth or the Kingdom of Heaven in heaven be built
    where we can live eternally in love and in adoration. (Blessed
    Family -1062)
    Human beings are born through love and grow through their
    childhood while receiving love. After a certain stage of growth,
    parental love is not enough, and their love expands horizontally
    through the love among brothers and sisters and the love of the tribe.
    In other words, they grow to maturity while receiving all kinds of love
    in heaven and earth. When they reach young adulthood, they
    particularly thirst for love with the opposite sex. Engaging in this love
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀖􀀚􀀃
    leads them to a more comprehensive love, through which they finally
    find the center of love. (Blessed Family -1062)
    The paths that man and woman walk exist because of love and for
    the sake of love. My path is the path of love. I move in order to
    attain love, keep love, and form an environment of love. It is also
    for the sake of love that women put on cosmetics and receive
    massages. Wanting something and doing work are all for the sake
    of love. We overcome hardship and move on in order to attain
    precious love. (Blessed Family -1066)
    From the time we are born, we are receiving parental love. As long
    as our parents are alive, they love us at any stage of life, be it the
    period of childhood, the period of youth, or the period of middle
    age. When we grow up receiving parental love, horizontal love of
    husband and wife is bound to happen to each of us. (Blessed
    Family -1062)
    What do you think marriage is? It is a school, a place where the men
    learn something they did not know about women, and women learn
    something they did not know about men. All their grades should be
    A's in order for the husband and wife to be pleased. You have sons
    and daughters for the sake of learning how to love the world.
    Without them, you cannot be connected to the future.
    Your sons and daughters are given to you as educational materials
    through which you can be connected to the future world.
    Fulfilling your filial duties to your ancestors and grandfather and
    grandmother is like receiving education from the spirit world. All
    these things are connected through love. The grandfather and
    grandmother, husband and wife, and sons and daughters are all
    connected through love. Just like the blood vessels in the human
    body flow up and down, you can go up and down all the way to
    your ancestors of 10 million generations in the spirit world and
    also reach your distant descendants through this. So you should
    know that this is how spirit world and the universe are organized.
    All things will be governed in this way. We can say that becoming
    􀀖􀀛􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    a servant of love and a slave of love is the greatest happiness.
    (Blessed Family -1062)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀗􀀑􀀃􀀺􀁋􀁄􀁗􀀃􀁌􀁖􀀃􀀪􀁒􀁇􀀊􀁖􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀢􀀃
    Try to discover God's love. How can we characterize God's love? It
    can be compared to a warm spring day where white clouds gently
    float in the sky, heat rises from the ground, insects fly around, ants
    crawl in and out to see the world, pussy willows shoot out by the
    stream, frogs sing new spring songs, bees swarm and butterflies
    flutter. You feel intoxicated in such an environment and feel
    sleepy, but in reality you are awake and feeling so good that you
    want to stay like this forever. When God finds His ideal object
    partner, He gets the same feeling, as if He is in a beautiful garden
    of flowers where butterflies and bees fly around. When thinking of
    this, do you feel good or bad? These dull-witted men may not be
    aware of this. It feels good.
    When you run into someone you are pleased to see, you hold his
    hand firmly and shake hands. When someone joyfully says, "Long
    time no see!" and holds your hand firmly, do you feel good or
    bad? If there is someone who says he feels bad, just kick him,
    saying, "You jerk!" When you are glad to see someone, do you
    hold hands tightly or not? Do you like it when someone grasps
    your hand firmly? You want to like it, but maybe you really do
    not. You have to know something to like it, and if you do not
    know it, then how can you like it?
    Be honest! If your husband loves you, you do not need anything
    else. You live clinging tightly to your husband. It is always great to
    see a man and a woman firmly holding hands, especially when the
    man's hand is as rough as a cow's front hoof. When watching
    movies, we enjoy seeing scenes like that. If the woman says to the
    man, "Oh, you have pretty hands," the man will be offended. This
    is how things are. Love is eternal. Love is united, not divided. You
    become one. When a man and a woman become a couple and love
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀖􀀜􀀃
    each other, they are bonded together. Of course this does not
    happen literally, but in heart they reach a level even higher than
    this. That is God's love. If you live with such love, will you be
    united or not? Think about it. Everything is destined to become
    one. (Blessed Family - 106)
    When a man and a woman fall in love, all kinds of things happen,
    right? But if you find a way to know God's love and really taste it,
    then His love cannot be compared to anything in this world. If
    there is someone who has tasted this love, no amount of difficulty
    or sorrow can defeat him. Such a realm of absolute liberation
    should exist, should it not? The question is how to find it. (39-240,
    1971.1.15)
    God's love can largely be divided into three great forms of love.
    They are parental love, conjugal love, and children's love. The
    center where these three forms converge into one is God's love.
    (173-278, 1975.11.23)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀘􀀑􀀃􀀪􀁒􀁇􀀊􀁖􀀃􀀥􀁏􀁈􀁖􀁖􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃􀀤􀁏􀁏􀁒􀁚􀁖􀀃􀀼􀁒􀁘􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀬􀁑􀁋􀁈􀁕􀁌􀁗􀀃
    􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃􀀭􀁒􀁜􀀃
    A glorious new morning will dawn when God assumes a physical
    body. The time He can love His grandchildren is a time more
    glorious than the time He can love His sons and daughters. How
    do you think God expressed His joy to Adam after having created
    him? God had to teach Adam about His parental joy, but that can
    be learned only when the children have their own sons and
    daughters. Children cannot know what parental love is like, but
    they do come to understand after having babies and a family.
    They understand that their parents loved them while raising them.
    Therefore, the day when your child takes a spouse is a day of
    glory, and the day your child has a child is a day of glory. (Blessed
    Family - 934)
    You should know God's love. You should experience your parents'
    love and learn how to serve them. You should all experience
    􀀗􀀓􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    conjugal love with your spouses and learn how to serve them. You
    should know your children's love. Do not just give orders to your
    children, but learn how to understand and serve them as well.
    Only then can you understand God's love. Without children, you
    are in an incomplete state. You cannot understand God's love.
    You cannot understand how much God loved human beings, His
    children. Furthermore, without being a husband, you cannot
    know the wife, and without being a wife, you cannot know the
    husband. Children do not know what parents' love is like until
    they become parents. So without sons and daughters, you cannot
    be true parents. (133-138, 1984.7.10)
    Parents want their children to be married because they want to
    bequeath to them and completely teach them of parental love.
    When parents die, they leave their real selves behind with their
    descendants. This is why they need descendants. Love is
    something that continues forever. Since love is the highest human
    desire, everyone wants to inherit it with their arms wide open.
    When parents bequeath their love to their descendants, they can
    stand proudly before God in the spirit world. It is through the
    family that love becomes complete. Going to the heavenly
    kingdom through the family means that the realm of oneness of
    love has been realized. (Blessed Family - 934)
    People should follow this principle. Seeds are sown in the spring;
    in summer, plants develop fully; and in autumn, they bear fruit. In
    winter, you should put things in order and carry the essence of
    this new seed of life deep within your heart. Only then will you
    have seeds to plant again when spring returns. This means that in
    the future you should be parents and raise sons and daughters like
    yourselves. (26-158, 1969.10.25)
    Why do people feel sorry when they do not have sons and
    daughters? They feel sorry because they cannot form a circle.
    When you see birds feeding their young, you can recognize the
    deep love of the mother bird. Western people may not know this,
    but in the Orient, children are liked more than adults. People
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀗􀀔􀀃
    show polite respect for adults, but they show the utmost love for
    children. You can realize how much your parents loved you when
    you have your own sons and daughters and raise them. (Blessed
    Family - 934)
    Everyone should get married and have and raise their children so
    they can know both children's love and parental love. It seems that
    western people are not like this. They avoid having and raising
    sons and daughters. They hesitate to have children because the
    children may limit their freedom to marry and divorce. But when
    people fail to establish the four-position foundation, they cannot
    go to the Kingdom of Heaven because they do not know God's
    heart of loving people. (Blessed Family - 934)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀙􀀑􀀃􀀫􀁘􀁐􀁄􀁑􀀃􀀥􀁈􀁌􀁑􀁊􀁖􀀃􀀶􀁈􀁈􀁎􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀦􀁈􀁑􀁗􀁈􀁕􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃
    Human beings are born through love, grow up in parental love,
    and mature while broadening love horizontally. Horizontal love
    reaches the completion of the first stage when man and woman
    meet and grow together to the state where they can represent the
    love of heaven and earth and bear children as the fruit of that love.
    Children are born from the heart's core as a result of love.
    The child who is born from a man and woman who share love
    based on heart creates a path to the center of love. This center will
    lead them directly to God. By having children as a fruit of love,
    human beings come to deeply experience the love with which God
    created all things and human beings. By loving their children, they
    deeply experience the love they received from their parents and
    the parental heart. The love parents have been pouring into their
    children is not a materialistic love but an intrinsic love.
    The love that parents give their children does not change even if
    heaven and earth change and historical ages change. By becoming
    a parent and loving your children, you will understand and deeply
    experience how God has been loving human beings. By becoming
    􀀗􀀕􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    a parent and loving your children, you will feel and realize how
    much your parents have loved you.
    This is why we revere our aged parents even more and fulfill the
    duties of filial piety with love. If you do not fulfill these
    responsibilities, you are unqualified to be parents and your love
    towards your children can only be considered hypocritical.
    Human beings should feel and realize how much God has loved
    them by becoming parents themselves and loving their children.
    Furthermore, they will love God even more sincerely. A person
    should love their aged parents more than they love their children
    and love God more than they love their parents, knowing that this
    is the order and law of love.
    Because heaven and earth has a spherical shape, they share
    horizontal love and rotate, forming a circle on the first level.
    When they take a partner of the opposite sex and share love, they
    have children as the fruit and become parents. When they love
    each other and rotate, vertical love is realized following the
    horizontal love. This forms the spherical world and establishes the
    center of love at the same time.
    The center of love that emerges through the movement created by
    these love relationships is also the core of existence of the entire
    world of creation. The earth exists because it is also moving
    continuously around this center of love. The center of love is
    where infinite force is gathered that enables continuous
    movement. The center that appears through the sphere of love in
    this manner is also a place where God dwells. Therefore, all
    creation existing in the world is born and exists through God's
    love and moves in search for the center of God's love. God is a
    furnace of love. (126-245, 1983.4.24)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀚􀀑􀀃􀀲􀁘􀁕􀀃􀀯􀁌􀁉􀁈􀀃􀀳􀁄􀁖􀁖􀁈􀁖􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁕􀁒􀁘􀁊􀁋􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁕􀁈􀁈􀀃􀀤􀁊􀁈􀁖􀀃
    Human beings are born after developing in the mother's womb.
    They live on earth for a certain period of time, and then die. Prior
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀗􀀖􀀃
    to birth, the fetus spends ten months in the mother's womb where
    it has limited freedom. It grows by receiving nutrition from the
    mother through the umbilical cord. It opens and closes its hands,
    opens and closes its mouth, and wriggles its feet. This is all it can
    do. Nevertheless, for the fetus the mother's womb is a world of
    freedom and the whole world. After ten months the fetus is born
    into the contemporary earthly world, or human society. (Blessed
    Families and the Ideal Kingdom of Heaven - 1062)
    Why are human beings born? They are born for the sake of love.
    For this reason, they are grounded in true parental love and grow
    in the mother's womb, which is a bosom of parents' protection
    and love. Children grow to maturity embraced by parental love
    that digests with joy all the hardships without complaint. Upon
    reaching maturity at about twenty years old, the child should meet
    their eternal love partner and be engrafted into heavenly love in
    which they live entirely for the sake of one another. Following this
    life course, this new couple should have their own sons and
    daughters and love them. Only when they experience the depth of
    God's love can the substantial realm of God's love of the object
    partner be completed. (143-283, 1986.3.20)
    Human life can be compared to the life a fetus lives in the
    mother's womb. People will live a one hundred year span in the
    womb of the universal mother. Just as the fetus is ignorant of the
    world outside the mother's womb, the people living a physical life
    today are ignorant of the reality of the spirit world that awaits
    them after death. They can venture a guess. They have a vague
    sense that, just as they did not know about the human world while
    in the mother's womb, a world after death must also exist.
    Regardless of people's feelings or convictions concerning the
    world after death, the spirit world really does exist. Because the
    world after death cannot be perceived by our five physical senses,
    we must overcome the unbelievable through religious faith.
    (Blessed Family - 1062)
    􀀗􀀗􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    Human beings go through three ages. The animal world also has
    the water age, land age, and air age. Everything must go through
    these three ages. For human beings to stand as the lords of
    creation and be qualified to rule over all things, they must be a
    complete life form, more complete than any other creature, in the
    water age and live therein. Next, they must exist in the land age
    and be the highest being among all creatures there. Then there has
    to be the air age. But human beings have no wings. How can they
    fly without wings? They should be able to fly higher and farther
    than any bird or insect. Then what do they have to do?
    This cannot happen when they are in a physical body. They
    cannot get far no matter how high they jump. However, because
    human beings are to be the lords of creation who have dominion
    and because they stand in the reciprocal position to God, a
    spiritual being, their stage of operation should be the same as
    God's. Human beings can travel faster than light that travels 300
    thousand kilometers in a second. This is none other than spirit.
    (112-201, 1981.4.12)
    We live in this world, but it is not everything. There is the spirit
    world. Then what is the place we are to go to and live in? It is the
    eternal spirit world filled with the air of love. Our physical life is a
    time of preparation for life in the eternal world of spirit. (140-121,
    1986.2.9)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀛􀀑􀀃􀀨􀁄􀁕􀁗􀁋􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀯􀁌􀁉􀁈􀀃􀁌􀁖􀀃􀀷􀁕􀁄􀁌􀁑􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀁅􀁈􀀃􀁌􀁑􀀃
    􀀵􀁋􀁜􀁗􀁋􀁐􀀃􀁚􀁌􀁗􀁋􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀶􀁓􀁌􀁕􀁌􀁗􀀃􀀺􀁒􀁕􀁏􀁇􀀃
    I have a depth of spiritual experience. The spirit world is a place
    enveloped in the elements of love. On the earth, we breathe air,
    but in the spirit world, people live by inhaling love. The love you
    share in the spirit world is not secular human love but true love.
    (145.267, 1986.5.15)
    When you go to spirit world, you will find that those who have fully
    loved their parents, brothers and sisters, spouse, and children -- that
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀗􀀘􀀃
    is, those who have experienced deep love in their family life -- will
    be able to enjoy great freedom. They can go everywhere without
    restriction. Conversely, those in the spirit world who have no
    experience of love are narrow-minded; they find themselves isolated
    and alone, with no freedom whatsoever. The love between parents
    and children is a vertical relationship, the love between husband
    and wife is a horizontal relationship, and the love among brothers
    and sisters is a relationship that circles and surrounds.
    These three relationships differ from one another. Therefore, only
    when you experience deep love through these three mutually
    distinct interactions on earth can you circulate freely vertically,
    horizontally, and in a circle. Those who have not tasted parental
    love because their parents died early are in a rather tragic position
    because they are missing an important experience of love.
    Likewise, those who have not experienced the conjugal love
    relationship of husband and wife as well as love in the family,
    become poor people in the spirit world because they lack a crucial
    experience of life. Those who have no brothers and sisters will also
    be in a poor position in the spirit world because they lack this
    experience. (Blessed Family - 1062)
    The reason to marry is to deeply experience parental love, conjugal
    love, and children's love. We need these experiences because the
    spirit world is filled with the air of such love. You need to have a
    family to train yourself to be in rhythm with the spirit world. Those
    who go to the spirit world without these experiences of love cannot
    follow the rhythm there. They will be as one without a nose to
    inhale such air of love. (Blessed Family -1062)
    You are born from your father and mother. What is more
    fundamental is the fact that you are born from God by having
    borrowed your mother's womb. You find true parents through the
    universal parents and through your physical parents. Your
    physical parents are temporary, so the moment of your death is a
    time of jubilation when you go to meet the True Parents. The true
    love of the true parents is there. This is the Kingdom of Heaven in
    􀀗􀀙􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    heaven, where the atmosphere is composed of love and filled with
    parental love. That love is not for me; it is a love that is in keeping
    with the unilateral law under the principle of service and sacrifice.
    In accord with this principle, you must love the universe and
    humankind. Your life on earth is the training ground for the
    development of such love. (105-108, 1979.9.30)
    How important is your life on earth? You only live it once. It is a
    short moment that only comes once. When compared to eternal
    life, the earthly life is but a point. It is too short a moment. At this
    moment, we must go beyond our physical life and make
    preparation for the spirit world. (207-99, 1990.11.1)
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀃 􀀗􀀚􀀃
    􀀃
    􀀦􀀫􀀤􀀳􀀷􀀨􀀵􀀃􀀩􀀲􀀸􀀵􀀃
    The Love of Man and Woman
    in the Original Creation
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀔􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀲􀁕􀁌􀁊􀁌􀁑􀁄􀁏􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃􀁄􀀃􀀰􀁄􀁑􀀃􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃
    􀁄􀀃􀀺􀁒􀁐􀁄􀁑􀀃
    When man and woman are in love, whether their love is in accord
    with God's will and the standard He requires of them is the
    question. Is their love in accord with the model of love in God's
    mind? We come to the conclusion that if the first man and woman
    had become one in love based on the love of God, then their love
    would have become the universal model of love. God must have
    desired such love from human beings. Likewise, man and woman
    must have wanted this love from each other. Such true love must
    be the core of the universe. It becomes the standard of
    measurement. (Blessed Family - 334)
    God's love and human love are the same in essence. Love causes
    oneness. Why do a man and a woman long for each other? It is
    because a man can possess God only through a woman, and a
    woman can possess God only through a man. In other words, they
    long for each other because God comes and dwells where a man
    and a woman have become one in love. (Blessed Family - 334)
    Considering that the source of the dual characteristics is God, we
    should simultaneously sing praises for the noble value of God and for
    the dignity and value of men and women. (Blessed Family - 334)
    When God's beloved woman lives in a man's heart and God's
    beloved man lives in a woman's heart as well, these two become
    his object partners, and when they love each other, God will be
    delighted to see this love and all things will rejoice. Heaven and
    􀀗􀀛􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    earth will rejoice to see a man and woman with these values
    embrace. When man and woman embrace each other in mutual
    fondness, this mutual fondness becomes the point where the
    universe unifies. This is how the original image unfolds in God's
    ideal. (Blessed Family - 334)
    Originally, a man should meet a woman with whom he can rejoice,
    and a woman also should meet a man with whom she can rejoice.
    More than this, it should be an encounter over which both God and
    all things of creation can rejoice. Then, all creation will be mobilized
    for this couple and want to be ruled by them. Birds will sing and
    butterflies will flutter and dance with joy. God will rejoice, people will
    rejoice, everything will rejoice. Had the first human ancestors started
    history by establishing such a position, the world would be the
    original, ideal world. (Blessed Family - 334)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀕􀀑􀀃􀀷􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀵􀁈􀁄􀁖􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀰􀁈􀁑􀀃􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃􀀺􀁒􀁐􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀤􀁕􀁈􀀃􀀥􀁒􀁕􀁑􀀃
    What is the original purpose of a man's birth? We cannot deny the
    fact that he is born for the sake of a woman. Likewise, woman is not
    born for her own sake. We should know that a problem will arise if a
    woman fails to comprehend on her own that she is born for the sake
    of a man. Because God, the great owner of heaven and earth,
    established this as a principle of creation, we cannot enter the world
    of goodness, truth, happiness, and peace or the world of love and
    ideal unless we follow this principle. (Blessed Family - 337)
    A woman is born to meet a man, and a man is born to meet a
    woman, are they not? This is the highest truth. Therefore, we
    should find the realm of blessing that conforms to this principle.
    Deviating from this highest realm of truth constitutes the highest
    evil. (21-201, 1968.11.20)
    Men and women are physically opposite. Whereas women are
    one-directional, men are three-directional or four-directional.
    Women are more likely to enjoy staying at home, and men are
    more likely to enjoy traveling the world. The characters of men
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀗􀀜􀀃
    and women are opposite. How can men and women become one?
    They become one through love. Love unites human beings and
    God. (38-255, 1971.1.8)
    Why is man born? He is not born for the sake of academic
    pursuits, money, or political power. He is born for the sake of
    woman. Man is born for the sake of woman. Men have larger
    physiques, not so they can earn a living only for themselves, but so
    that they can earn a living for their children and wives. Man's
    sexual organ and woman's sexual organ are different. For whom
    do they exist? They did not come into existence for their own
    sake. Man's sexual organ came into existence for the sake of
    woman. Likewise, woman's sexual organ is for the sake of man.
    Have you ever thought like this? This is not something to laugh
    about. What is the symbol of the love of man and woman? Where
    is the final destination of love? It is the sexual organ which makes
    them one body. (143-275, 1986.3.20)
    The sexual organ becomes a channel through which the mind and
    body can completely merge through love. That which man has is
    not his, and that which woman has is not hers. Man has what
    belongs to woman, and woman has what belongs to man. Men
    and women are not born for their own sake. They should know
    clearly that they are born for the sake of their partner. Why are
    men and women born on earth? They are born in order to love
    each other. Since God is the great king of wisdom, He switched
    ownership of their love organs. (132-146, 1984.5.31)
    A man has a sexual organ, but that does not mean that he is its
    owner. The same is true for woman. Those who have acted
    carelessly with no regard for their sexual organ's ownership will be
    judged. If men know that they will receive punishment under the
    most fearful law, would they dare think of other women instead of
    their own wives? Conversely, can wives think of other men instead
    of their own husbands? (Blessed Family -340)
    􀀘􀀓􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀖􀀑􀀃􀀰􀁈􀁑􀀃􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃􀀺􀁒􀁐􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀤􀁅􀁖􀁒􀁏􀁘􀁗􀁈􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀱􀁈􀁈􀁇􀀃
    􀀨􀁄􀁆􀁋􀀃􀀲􀁗􀁋􀁈􀁕􀀃
    Love is something you absolutely need, isn't it? Is that right?
    Human beings, a man and a woman, are an absolutely necessary
    element for love. Man needs woman and woman needs man. How
    much do they need each other? They need each other more than
    Korea, more than the world, and even more than God. Also, if
    there were no women, the entire human race would perish within
    a hundred years. No matter how much man boasts of unifying the
    world, all would be gone within one hundred years if there were
    no women. Therefore, women are absolutely necessary. (25-180,
    1969.10.4)
    When we say "human beings," we mean man and woman. When
    we look at a man, he has to be with a woman, and when we look at
    a woman, she has to be with a man. Man is not born through his
    own desire, nor is woman born through her own desire. Both
    need each other. After their birth, they discover they are either a
    man or a woman. (67-267, 1973.7.22)
    When you were born as a man, were you born with or without the
    knowledge that there are women? If a man were born and found
    out that there are only men, would he not feel bad? And if a
    woman were born and found out that there are only women, she
    would feel bad, wouldn't she? So when a woman is born, is she
    born with or without the knowledge that there are men? Although
    I was born without knowing it, the one who gave birth to me
    knew it. The reason one is born as a woman is that there is a man
    who needs her. Likewise, the reason I am born as a man like this is
    that there is a woman who needs me. Isn't that right? We are all
    born like this, with God's knowledge. (37-19, 1970.12.22)
    Man absolutely needs woman. Man absolutely needs God, but
    before this he needs a partner called woman. Human history has
    been miserable because men have failed to correctly understand
    the absolute need for women. Conversely, women have not
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀘􀀔􀀃
    understood that they absolutely need men. Tasting true love
    requires a realm of ideal, and for this man needs woman and
    woman needs man. You should know that an absolute man and
    absolute woman pursuing true love are joined through their
    efforts of becoming one in heart. When such a man and woman
    are joined as one, God comes and dwells with them. (Blessed
    Family - 340)
    God does not like to see a couple joined by true love separate;
    therefore, the love of an absolute man and woman is eternal.
    Although God is omniscient and omnipotent, God's existence
    absolutely has no meaning when He is alone. Similarly, no matter
    how handsome and healthy a man may be, these things have no
    meaning if he is without a woman. A man living in fascination with
    his own good looks and health leads an ugly existence and has no
    value before God. The problem is that there are many men in the
    world who have sunk into such narcissism and this constitutes a
    reason why history has moved toward tragedy. You have to know
    that God's providence works to change and improve the world
    immersed in such self-centeredness. (Blessed Family -340)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀗􀀑􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃􀀦􀁒􀁐􀁈􀁖􀀃􀁉􀁕􀁒􀁐􀀃􀀲􀁑􀁈􀀊􀁖􀀃􀀳􀁄􀁕􀁗􀁑􀁈􀁕􀀃
    Love cannot be realized by oneself. Where does love come from?
    Love does not come from me but from my spouse. Since love
    comes from my spouse, I must bow my head and serve her. This is
    where the heavenly principle of living for the sake of others
    originates. When something highly noble comes to me, I must
    honor and serve it in order to receive it. We must live the
    philosophy of living for the sake of others. (143-277, 1986.3.30)
    When we are alone, love cannot manifest itself. Love does not
    appear when man is alone, but only when woman appears as his
    object of love. Only when the object of love appears, does love
    finally spring forth. (Blessed Family - 342)
    􀀘􀀕􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    We say that parental love is good and conjugal love is good
    because genuine love is not something that is self-centered. Love
    is not something that starts from me but something that starts
    from my partner. You need to know this. Love comes from your
    husband and from your wife, and from your sons and daughters
    and from your brothers and sisters. Love does not start from your
    own self but from your spouse. Therefore, who is the owner of
    love? Your spouse is the owner of love. (34-331, 1970.9.20)
    Where does love come from? It comes from your partner. If your
    partner is homely or ugly, love recedes; if your partner is nicelooking
    or lovely, love advances more quickly. The way in which
    love functions is determined according to your partner's
    attributes: her speech, her scent, her smell, and her taste. (Blessed
    Family - 342)
    Where is the base of love? The base of love is not me. The word
    love must be used in reciprocal terms. No matter how handsome a
    man may be, if he has no partner, he is stuck because he cannot
    love alone.
    The base of love is not me. "Love comes from me" are words that
    Satan has been using. I am not the base of love. You may think that
    you are the base of love, but there will be no progress in the future
    unless such a mindset is totally dismantled and transformed.
    Until now, wives have put themselves at the center, and husbands
    have put themselves at the center, with both wanting to be served.
    This has been destroying relationships. Since the basis of love does
    not come from me, but from my spouse, if I am to possess that love,
    I must sacrifice myself for that love. Love requires patience and
    absolutely demands sacrifice. With this viewpoint, there is no place
    in the cosmos, other than on earth, where we can defeat Satan.
    God is holding tightly onto love because it can be found only in accordance
    with the God-centered principle of love. The word compassion
    (jabi) cannot be expressed in the absence of love. The word benevolence
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀘􀀖􀀃
    (in) also cannot stand on its own. The words jabi and in are all used
    only in reciprocal terms. (46-35, 1971.7.18)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀘􀀑􀀃􀀰􀁈􀁑􀀃􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃􀀺􀁒􀁐􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀫􀁄􀁕􀁐􀁒􀁑􀁌􀁝􀁈􀀃􀁌􀁑􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃
    Man symbolizes heaven and woman, earth. The two must unite and
    realize harmony. Men and women are different. Men's muscles are
    rugged and women's are smooth. Men have beards while women do
    not. Their voices are also different. If we compare men and women,
    we see their contrasting features fit together well. Harmony unfolds
    between them. When we look at the physical structure of human
    beings, their left and right sides form a correlative pair. These two
    halves are bound tightly together.
    Ladies and gentlemen, do you like only high things or only low
    things? You like things that create harmony. Judging from the line
    formed by the horizon, fish live below and mammals, birds, and
    other creatures live above. Women menstruate once a month, like
    tidal variations based on the moon. Breathing is similar. A man
    and a woman establish a line of balance and create harmony.
    People like Disneyland, with its rides that go up and down,
    because Disneyland duplicates the motions of the universe.
    Which do you think will be more pleasing, a man harmonizing
    with another man or a man harmonizing with a woman? A man
    harmonizing with a woman is better because that reflects the
    harmony of the universe. We should live in step with the beat of
    the universe, the universe that promotes harmony through the
    harmony of yin and yang. (Blessed Family - 344)
    When man and woman create harmony, they initiate circular
    movement. When man and woman become one body through
    love and bear the fruits of love, God comes down and they go up
    and they meet in the middle. God becomes the center of this
    sphere, and spherical movement begins. The center of the sphere
    is the place where harmony of love is realized. It is the place where
    life emerges and moves, and it is the starting point of human
    􀀘􀀗􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    equality and communal philosophy. This is so because the power
    of love is there. Thus, the force that embraces all interactions of
    the universe is love. (Blessed Family - 344)
    For human beings love is eternal. It is one and never divided. Once
    a man and a woman are joined in love they are to live together for a
    lifetime and then eternally even after death. They are two bodies
    that become one body by uniting and revolving together. When the
    two bodies become one, they revolve as God does and form a fourposition
    foundation of love, the expression of the ideal world of
    love. Only true love dwells there and false love cannot invade. When
    man and woman become blessed by God and achieve perfection,
    God comes to them freely. When they form a four-position
    foundation of love, they will come to love each other's mind
    through each other's body, and when they come to love the mind
    their body will follow. (Blessed Family - 344)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀙􀀑􀀃􀀲􀁕􀁌􀁊􀁌􀁑􀁄􀁏􀀃􀀫􀁘􀁐􀁄􀁑􀀃􀀥􀁈􀁌􀁑􀁊􀁖􀀃􀀤􀁕􀁈􀀃􀀨􀁑􀁕􀁄􀁓􀁗􀁘􀁕􀁈􀁇􀀃
    􀁚􀁌􀁗􀁋􀀃􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃
    What is the holiest thing in the world? True love is the holiest
    thing in world. True love originates with God. If God exists, there
    is no other way than the way of true love. God truly desires the
    way of true love, and without traversing the way of true love, we
    cannot go before God. We have to know this point.
    God wants to see, hear, eat, and touch through love. As for human
    beings, if they receive a kiss of love from God, their joy will make
    them feel as if they are going to explode from inside. This is where
    God's desire lies. God does not rejoice because He has diamonds
    or jewelry. (Blessed Family - 380)
    The human body has five senses and every human being feels and
    confirms true love through the sensations of the five senses. If the
    eyes are directed toward true love, they will be colored by and
    intoxicated with true love. How beautifully those colorful,
    intoxicated eyes will shine! Think about how enchanting the
    smiling lips of a person immersed in true love are. Try to imagine
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀘􀀘􀀃
    the intense beauty of the five senses moving in intoxication with
    true love and the harmony of the five senses moving toward God.
    Alone, God cannot experience the joy of such beauty. He can
    experience such beauty only when He has a partner, and this is the
    reason God created human beings. How would God feel as He
    observed a beautiful man and woman absorbed into one another
    through true love-intoxicated eyes, or kissing with true loveintoxicated
    lips, and playing the melody of a heart of true love? If
    there is an Eve of true love, God would want to completely traverse
    her world of heart. God would have an impulsive desire to explore
    the breadth and depth of this beautiful Eve's world of heart.
    God would want to traverse both Adam's and Eve's world of heart,
    a world more beautiful than the created heaven and earth. It is
    certain that God would rather travel within the world of the heart
    of a person of true love than the universe. God would never want
    to leave Adam's and Eve's world of heart and true love. If, after
    God created human beings, He fell into their true love and became
    a child lost in that love, what kind of world would we have? Since
    God would dwell in their midst, the world formed by God and
    human beings becoming one would be a world filled with joy and
    beauty. (Blessed Family - 380)
    If the true love of God had been perfected, the God of
    responsiveness would have no regrets at being totally absorbed by
    true love. God's nature is such that He would be totally happy
    with anything that happened within the realm of true love. If
    human beings were to live in this world of true love, they would
    live a happy life free from regret. Moreover, this world would be
    without war and free of complaint and misfortune. (Blessed
    Family - 380)
    􀀶􀁈􀁆􀁗􀁌􀁒􀁑􀀃􀀚􀀑􀀃􀀯􀁒􀁙􀁈􀀃􀀬􀁖􀀃􀀵􀁈􀁄􀁏􀁌􀁝􀁈􀁇􀀃􀁌􀁑􀀃􀁄􀀃􀀦􀁒􀁐􀁓􀁏􀁈􀁗􀁈􀁏􀁜􀀃
    􀀱􀁄􀁗􀁘􀁕􀁄􀁏􀀃􀀶􀁈􀁗􀁗􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃
    This is a story from my youth. One day, I caught a pair of birds
    and tried to make them kiss each other's beaks. To see them kiss I
    put them in a cage, fed them, and watched them. I did it out of a
    􀀘􀀙􀀃 􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃
    child's desire to see them love each other and sing happily
    together. This was an experiment, out of curiosity, to understand
    the principles of nature. I continued this experiment, which I now
    understand to have been quite naughty. It was only after a long
    while that I finally understood that love is realized only in a
    natural setting. Sincere love is realized naturally, in an atmosphere
    that is natural to the highest degree. Through a long journey of
    experiments I came to the correct understanding of love. (Blessed
    Family - 353)
    When someone loses love, will having a university education help
    him to regain love? He will only accumulate knowledge, become
    individualistic, and come to worship materialism. Just as Korean
    bean soup tastes right only when it is served in a thick Korean
    bowl, character training can reach its purpose only when it is
    based on love.
    The flower of world civilization should blossom on the basis of
    artistic harmony. In this sense, roasted ribs should be served on a
    heavy platter and Korean bean paste soup should be served in a
    thick, Korean earthenware bowl to bring out their proper tastes.
    Once you have become used to the rough, deep, and refreshing
    taste of Korean bean paste soup, you will never forget it no matter
    where you may go.
    Likewise, once people have become used to the earthy, deep,
    relaxing taste of love, they will not change. Just as one easily tires
    of instant foods that are usually heavily sweetened, if one could
    obtain love easily and anywhere like instant food, we would be
    unable to call it true love. (Blessed Family - 353)
    There are people everywhere today who taste love as if they were
    eating instant food. This is the problem. Love does not deepen
    because you bathe in a fragrant bath. I would say that the love of a
    couple living in the countryside that washes themselves in cold water
    before going to bed is purer, longer lasting, and ever deepening. A
    couple that has to brush their teeth before kissing is not experiencing
    􀀷􀁕􀁘􀁈􀀃􀀩􀁄􀁐􀁌􀁏􀁜􀀃􀀪􀁄􀁗􀁈􀁚􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃􀀫􀁈􀁄􀁙􀁈􀁑􀀃􀀃 􀀘􀀚􀀃
    natural love. The toothpaste smell will prevent them from tasting the
    unique smell of the other. When I look at people who brush their
    teeth before kissing, I don't know whether they are trying to taste love
    or taste toothpaste. (Blessed Family - 353)
    When you meet with someone you like and love, you want to
    embrace and kiss that person. This is a natural instinct between
    the sexes. You can think you are meeting your partner in order to
    love your surroundings -- the universe. Finding a partner and
    establishing a relationship is a natural human behavior.
    When man relates to woman and woman relates to man under the
    ideal of partnership, there will be no acts or incidents that violate
    the order of love. The true order of love emerges only when man
    and woman meet on the basis of the ideal of partnership. (Blessed
    Family - 353)