If a speaker was to make vigorous gestures and shouted about, but he did not direct these gestures toward anyone, then many people observing this would think that he was crazy.
He would need to have someone to have give and take with – some object, even a small child to whom he could pour out his heart and soul to that person. Then he would thus be considered normal. The sole difference in each scenario is that the person had n object to relate.
Through this full relationship, then the object comes to have equal value of that of the subject, because an object is necessary to feel love or joy.
When we look at the fact that we are objects to God who stands in the subject position. Even though he is most high, noble and mighty, he has placed us in a position which is equal to Himself.
Human beings share the same value as God and are just as important as God.
Even the high and noble God must have an object.
How else can He feel joy. Joy comes when we receive stimulation from the object. We must fully understand that God created human beings and the universe of creation for joy. Unfortunately, God's ultimate joy remains dormant until He can have full give and take with His children unhindered by any other influences.
Throughout religion, especially Christianity, many churches have placed God high in heaven placing humanity, which God created, to the depths of hell. An uncrossable gap between us and God was established.
A wide and raging river has separated humanity from God.
Because we focus entirely on the fallen mistake of humanity, people do not dare reach out to the pure God as a living reality.
Humanity is unable to actualize that God is so close, real and approachable. That we are able to dwell with Him.
St. Paul taught that we are to be living temples of God, but conventional Christianity has been unable to make this a reality.
Even if you are very wealthy, have plenty of fame, unless you have someone true with whom to share give and take share your joy, sorrows, ideals and heart, you are just a poor man or woman.
We are able to feel true joy and sadness only because God's heart also feels joy and sadness.
Up until this time, we have not ever believed that God could feel suffering, sorrow or pain. God can feel excitement or indignation just as we can.
The Islamic faith is very careful to make a clear distinction that God does not share the same characteristics as a human, but the Christian faith even actualize God as humanity's Father.
As God's objects, we are able to feel emotion because our Subject, God, has the same capacity for emotions. He is the first Personality. Humanity's personality comes from God.
How can we become true objects of God? Can we do this through our own human effort and hard work alone? No.
There is only one way to have oneness with God: through love, oneness in love with God.
Let's take an example of a famous, handsome man. On the opposite side of him is a woman who is unassuming, meek and without beauty or education. However, once this humble woman has a circuit of true give and take in love with him, she will be able to achieve his level of prestige.
Let's call this man Jones. He falls in love with this meek woman and marries her. Shen not only becomes Mrs. Jones, but she returns his love with all of her heart. Whatever authority or prestige her husband enjoys, Mrs. Jones would also share in every respect.
What can we learn from this example? It teaches us, that once we have a relationship with God and become one with Him, then our value increases instantly to the extent of God's value. Jesus is the example of a human who had this value – divine value. This standard is everlasting, unchanging, and unique.
Today is the time when we must fulfill our basic relationship between God and ourselves.
The subject and object must be one just as cause and effect are one.
The Bible states, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” (Revelation 22:13)
Within God, two are one. The relationship between God and humanity is a circuit because beginning and end come together in oneness.
Peace, happiness
and joy are the fruits of harmony in love.
God's ideal for creation was to have a true relationship between Himself and us. For us to live in harmony in love, life and with harmony in ideals.
“I have stated that God is Subject and we are the objects and that the object is just as important as the subject. We now want to know precisely what our position as God's object means.”
Gave gave man and woman wisdom and ambition when He created us. Wisdom gives us the power to discern, compare. Ambition gives us the desire to strive for the best.
If we have two choices before us, we would each instantly compare the two to determine which is the better choice.
Our human desires leads us to choose, and our ambition does not let us rest until we have obtained ultimate fulfillment.
Here is another analogy: Let's say there is an handsome man. He is not only handsome, but all-powerful and wise. Of course, you would have the ambition to have some kind of relationship with him on the personal level. What kind of relationship would you want it to be?
Would you like to be his servant? No one's heart would let them choose this position, but to pursue a better position than a servant.
Would you like to be only his friend? This position still would not be satisfactory. How about his adopted son or daughter? Would that bring about complete happiness? It probably wouldn't. Even in this position, you would still yearn for a closer position.
There is one relationship that goes beyond any other where there is nothing more intimate. That is to become a true daughter or son of this man. This relationship can never be severed, because you would have reached the ultimate fulfillment and you cannot have ambition for anything more afterward.
Why do we have this ambition or desire? This is the position to receive love the most fully. There is no closer or deeper relationship in human society than that between the parent and child.
Once you attained your parents' love, you thus possess everything they have.
This means you possess every joy of the parent, all the power, skill, wisdom, ambition and desires of the parent. All of these will be yours.
When you receive the love of a parent, there is no procedure, paperwork, or ceremony that is required to grant these things to the child. The parent and child are automatically one.
We see this fundamental principle expressed in human families. It also applies between us and God.
What kind of relationship would you like with God? Would you prefer to be only His servant, or what about just a buddy or friend? Would you want to be an adopted child or would you want to be His true child.
You will be satisfied with nothing short of the ultimate position as sons and daughters of God.
God's ultimate purpose for His creation of humanity is to give us all of His love, life and His true ideal He had in the beginning.
We can occupy the entire love of God to the depth of His heart by becoming His true sons and daughters. Then your desires will be fulfilled. This is our ultimate destiny. Once you are saturated by the love of God, you will be filled with joy and feel overwhelmed by a total satisfaction in life, this is your ultimate destiny.
There is no limit
to joy.
Happiness has no end.
When you are standing in the love of God, every cell in your body responds and jumps for joy. You are able to breathe in and out with the entire universe.
When you are living in this state, then your life is fulfilled. This is the original way which God meant for us to live, intoxicated in love and joy.
Through our joy, God receives joy as well.
The joy of human beings is the joy of God; the joy of God is the joy of human beings.
If humankind was able to become one with God as our Father, abide with Him, live with Him every moment of the day in the greatest of love, how happy would we be? Heaven on Earth would take place.
God would be happy to live in loving oneness with His true children. Being the highest in every sense, He would have been overjoyed with happiness! He would have lived with us in the greatest of love.
Have you ever thought how joyous live would be to never separate from God's being and live exuding His characteristics?
It is our great remorse that we are unable to live completely united with God our Fahter, from not experiencing the greatest of joy, happiness, dance and happy for eternity.
We have never seen or experienced true goodness to a full and complete extent. Instead, we are continually reaching out looking for happiness through people, things, situations outside of God.
“Early in my life God called me for a mission as His instrument. I was called to reveal His truth for Him, as His prophet. I committed myself unyieldingly in pursuit of truth, searching the hills and valleys of the spiritual world. The time suddenly came to me when heaven opened up, and I was privileged to communicate with Jesus Christ and the living God directly.
Since then, I have received many astonishing revelations. God Himself told me that the most basic and central truth of this universe is that God is the Father and we are His children.
We are all created as children of God. And He said there is nothing closer, nothing deeper, nothing more intimate than when Father and child are one: One in love, one in life, and one in ideal.”
Father and child meet at the central point of love, life and ideals.
Once we meet God there, then His love becomes our love, his ideal, life and hope becomes our love.
What other relationship exists where you can have unity of life, love and ideal outside of the parent-child relationship. This is a fundamental reality of the universe.
Return for Tomorrow's Post: Restore True Relationships
This post was rewritten and derived from the teachings of Reverend Sun Myung Moon, author of “The Divine Principle”.
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