.jpg)
Rev. Sun Myung Moon
When love is fulfilled, both the upper and lower areas are fulfilled equally.
This was God's ideal for the world, but because of the fall true love could not be completed. Therefore there are several different barriers and walls which separate heaven and earth. When the highest point comes down and the lowest point comes up, they can meet in the middle.
In Oriental philosophy, the word 'heaven' connotes huge noble aspects, while 'earth' connotes small, lowly things. The distinction between the two only came about through man's selfish love.
If the fall did not occur, there would not have been a difference between heaven and earth. Heaven would thus be on earth; world peace would have been established from the beginning if the seed of misused love had not been planted.
Even though man fell, God cannot go down to the point of the fall. Therefore, man must bring himself by uniting mind and body. The most important thing is for man to know God and to conquer the ignorance of the fall and his horrible situation.
God has worked thousands of years to bring people out of darkness so we can know God's true nature. Yet, wherever God goes, Satan plants his seeds of hate, doubt and lust to trip up God's people. Therefore, God uses alternative means to reach His children.
God had made two major efforts throughout history to do this. He used science, which is the external level, and religion is on the internal level. When we know the purposes of both, then we know where would science and religion be headed.
The two will meet at the point where love is fulfilled. This would not be the level of human love standard, but the pure, high standard of God's love. Any effort to find and discover God will ultimately reach the one point of the true love of God.
Every entity has two aspects: internal and an external.
The two must meet at one point. This means that the mind and body should share the knowledge each possess and unite. To become one, the two should know each other.
In order for science and religion to unite, they both must understand each other. Everyone possesses a mind and body which is in a horizontal alignment, side by side. God also has a mind and body which are in the same position.
Here on earth man should have unity between his mind and body.
We can meet God, not only through religion, but also through science.
This fact may be hard to take in, for both sides, that unity is imminent between science and religion.
Have you noticed that you are at your happiest when your plans or ideals are finally fulfilled? This realization is not enough, it is the coming into oneness with a subject or object in reciprocal give and take that creates happiness.
Then what makes God happy and what is the work of God?
God's work after the fall has been in perfection of human beings. This has been God's goal and true masterpiece. When that goal is met, that will be the point of ultimate joy and goodness. This would not be the point of secular, lustful love, but the original pure love of God.
I want you to understand that unless your mind and body are united, you are not eligible to meet God.
We have two eyes that do not work independently, but they both have one focus that produces one image, not two. The same with ears, the nervous system coordinates those impulses into one sound. This focus is between the two, not in front of one or the other.
When two different focal points meet, they will discover that they are actually alike. When they discover their likeness, they will be able to stimulate each other in give and take and fellowship.
When your mind and body no longer war for domination and are totally united with the godly mind at the center, then that focus is upon God.
God's united mind and body is united into one and people would be the focus of these two.
The common goal that excites them both would be true love.
Therefore, unless God finds love, He cannot find completion; and unless man finds his ultimate goal, which is the true love of God, he cannot achieve completion either. When God focuses upon man and man focuses upon God, and the two are united, the entire universe is united.
In human love, the nervous system focuses to transfer sensation to the whole system. If the mind is willing to live this way, but the body is lethargic and doesn't obey, then the mind/body alignment is askew. Then the person is crippled, just as if he were missing an arm.
It is most important that we focus our life.
The focus of the entire spirit world is God, and the focus of the physical world is man.
We see many horrors in these days, but you must understand that God would not arrange His creation in a sloppy manner. God being perfect and of love, God must have organized the creation to focus upon one point on both earth and in spirit world.
There are two aspects to everything in the physical world: positive and negative. Within those positive and negative aspects, there are also internal and external elements, or mind and body. Once positive and negative electrical charges meet, you can't tell which is which. Likewise, you can't tell where positive starts and negative ends in a magnetic field. But there is action in the magnetic field and energy is created.
Men and women are different, but they are not enemies.
Instead, each focuses on the other to win his or her love. Every senses focuses on love. Even in the nonreligious world today, people see the fact that men and women meet and love each other, but this is only the beginning point.
Just like energy from the power plant works wonders, men and women work wonders together to tap God's power plant. When you understand this, then living becomes a joy.
Even electricity follows this Principle.
Would electricity refuse to the light up the house of a smelly country bathroom? Electricity works universally, once it is hooked up. Do your nerves refuse to provide sensation to your smelly, dirty feet? Does your blood refuse to circulate through arteries and veins there?
The oceans of the world are really one body of water even though sections of it are given different names depending on location. In the same way, once love is activated, it is able to go anywhere in the universe.
Young people would like to travel the entire world with their husband and wife, and then along with their children thereafter. Wouldn't a true king also like to see all of the beauties of the world accompanied by all of his subjects?
Don't you envy the birds who have the freedom to fly off to any parts of the world without a passport? Humanity has such senseless barriers such as immigration restrictions and hangups about nationalities which are man-made barriers.
Once we are able to get rid of all of these barriers, we will be able to live in a world as free as the birds.
Do ducks from the north discriminate against ducks from the south?
Would they refuse to marry and mate with one another just because they are from different parts of the world?
Nature in this respect has a higher standard than humanity by following this basic principle of the universe. To ducks, it does not matter whom they marry just as long as they are ducks!
You are constantly told that you should serve others and focus your love and attention on other people because by living in this way you create unity.
A good athlete focuses all of his energy and distributes it perfectly in the pursuit of his sport. If 1, 000 people were able to do this, they would generate great energy and power. This pushing and pulling force must harmonize to create tremendous power.
The greater the power of give and take, the greater the wonder it can create.
God can stretch His arms from one pole to the other pole while embracing the entire universe in give and take. If God is great, then it is logical that His creation which is man is also great.
Your ears "focus" within your brain, but actually you want to hear sounds that are universal, not selfish.
We take exhaling and inhaling for granted, but have you ever thought that the air we breathe travels all around the world linking you to it?
In daily life we are dealing with one universe, one air, one water, one sunlight and one land.
Do you focus all of your attention just on your husband or wife without taking interest in your society, nation and world?
When man and woman attain unity, they would then focus on the larger entities such as society, nation and world.
The greater the vision and the greater the distance this couple focuses on together, the greater your life becomes.
Has anyone else ever thought like this? We know that as individuals we represent the entire universe, and furthermore you think that God looks like you, not that you look like Him? Is this pompous thinking?
Through the teachings of the Divine Principle, which this blog is based upon, a small person would think that he was big enough to embrace all of America and the world. This would not be possible through any physical means, of course. But through love he would be able to do it.
There is no nationality in the world of love because love travels all over, like air.
Can love reach all the way to God? Love will penetrate God's system and reach His heart.
If someone was to lock God's love in a vault, your love would be able to penetrate even that wall. This means that your love is the greatest secret key of all. Everyone no matter what their status is focused upon love, even God hangs onto it.
All things cling to love as well.
Everyone, young or old, Eastern or Western wants to be in possession of beautiful things. If we were to think what the most precious thing in the universe would be, it would have to be love.
Even all of the spirits in spirit world would have to agree.
Return for Tomorrow's post: Adam & Eve Followed Satan's Will
This post was rewritten and derived from the speech Heaven and Us
No comments:
Post a Comment