Love is the Root of the Universe Part I

The center and origin of the universe is love.

Reverend Sun Myung Moon








Love is the central axis of the whole universe and even the spirit world. It is the origin of life and lineage. As both come into existence through love, their motion conforms to the axis of love.


Motion only takes place between a subject and object partner. It does not happen haphazardly. So, everything moves in their appropriate positions after they have formed a love relationship.


Everything that moves has a purpose: to continue its existence as a result of eternal love.


Action is not carried out by oneself alone.


Since love is the center of the universe, how did God Himself come into being?


We stated that love is the center of all that exists. Therefore, we can conclude that eve the Absolute God needs an ideal which even He will absolutely obey.

Where there is complete obedience centered on God and liberation, there will be complete happiness.

What is the fundamental purpose for the movement of the universe? It does not moved centered on man or woman, or even based on God. Love is the reason that the universe, God, man and woman move.




Therefore, love is said to be both the beginning and the end. In 1 Corinthians 13 it is written, "So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love."


This passage has not been fully explained.


Why is it important to practice true love? It is because the universe came from the principle of true love. Therefore, through this love, you will be able to form a relationship with everything of creation in the universe. This is logical.


In this kind of relationship, if one is in the above position, then the other would be below. If one is on the right, then the other will be positioned to the left. This is how everything in the mineral, plant and animal world is arranged.


God created the world where everyone would have the desire to give as was done from the beginning of creation. God gave 100 percent of Himself when He created the universe. Therefore, it is understood that the universe is a place where everything is in existence in order to give to others.


In this sense, everything is therefore absorbed into a being which stands at a higher level than it is. All of existence in the universe carries out actions which are guided by the its desire to give and take based on love from a higher level.


The principle behind parental love connects to the original ideal love, along with attributes of that parental love that belongs to the realm of spherical motion taking place in all directions.






Q: How should you behave in front of the Parent of the universe?


You should return His love as His partner.


In order to unite with God, we need to become His counterpart of true love. This is the only way union can be achieved.

Without true love there cannot be complete unity.

God-centered people resemble His body, and everything else in the universe are modeled after God Himself rather like shadows with substantial forms.




How did the universe come into existence?


Neither the theory of evolution nor the ideal of creation can explain this. Before either concept, there was male and female. So, why did male or female come into existence?




Man and woman came into existence because of love. Love is the formula.




God is in search of a partner of love who is better than Himself. Do not you have the desire that what you love is better than yourself? It is the same for Him.




God consists of the subject and object partners completely united. This is the origin of creation: for the subject and object to become perfected based on love. When both achieve perfection, the ideal for creation, this brings liberation from sin and fulfillment from God.


From this place of love, then the entire world of creation sings, dances, rolls about thus becoming one. Wouldn't such a world be delightful? Like everyday was a scene from the sound of music.


In the process of building a house, we know that the house must first be perfectly leveled and perpendicular. If the foundation is not perfectly leveled, then the whole house will eventually tumble.


This analogy leads us to the the question, how did the universe come into existence?


Also God Himself needs love. But would He just sit on the throne everyday screaming out that He likes His love?


What if a person was just to dance about alone covered in heavy sweat? Everyone would think him to be a crazy man.


But if he was to dance and sing to some object like a handkerchief or anything even a tenth of that size to dance he would not be considered mad.


We need to acknowledge that creation takes value based on the value of the reciprocal object.


God's ideal was for Adam and Eve to achieve full maturity before they were to delve into marriage directly by Him. After they had achieved that high standard of God, then God would have become one with them. Then He would have naturally dwelt in the center of their minds. They would become the perfect, external form of God. In short, we would have become absolutely one with God through love. There would be no struggle of mind and body, war or sin to have come into existence.


Nothing else could create this unity. Not knowledge, power or money. Once humanity had achieved this, centered on true love, then the external form would have been followed by the family would have come into existence.


Return for Tomorrow's Post:  Love is the Root of the Universe Part II



This post was rewritten and taken from the religious textbook Cheon Seong Gyeong written by Reverend Sun Myung Moon based on speeches and his teachings of the Divine Principle.