Human history is unclear which makes the process also unclear, therefore the end is unclear. With all situations situations, the only thing that is prospering is confusion. If we clearly knew the beginning, there would not be up or down and no confusion would exist in the world because our destiny would be very clear, therefore our end goal would be clear.
Our history is not like this.
Human history is full of confusion and continues in confusion. People think certain things are good and certain things are evil. There are no set standard of good and evil which everyone clearly follows. The standard is always changing and for this reason there is greater confusion.
In history, there are two major parts that are always engaged in battle and confrontation: good and evil. This conflict has caused bloodshed creating confusion continuing in our time.
In history many kingdoms and empires have risen and left the earth. Those empires and kingdoms do not measure their destiny when they're going up or when they are going down; when they're going to be flourishing or when they are going to be demolished. No one knew.
Every ruler that came into power throughout history wanted to stay in power. They wanted to stay for good and continue their goodness. However without them knowing a logical reason, they had to perish and had to be killed. They're kingdom had to be demolished.
Centered on men, there is good and evil in the world. So who is going to determine what is good and what is evil?
If there happens to be a good sovereignty or an eternal good power, then that power would control and diminish evil and make good to flourish and continue to flourish. However, there has not been such a power throughout history.
No one was able to recognize an absolute good solution, good principle or good ruler of the universe. Throughout history, rulers from different empires and kingdoms had to shape their own rules and principles to determine what was good and evil.One is different from other sets, thus from one place to the other, everyone is operating under different criteria of good and evil.
Every country has its own definition of good and evil rules and certain way of punishing evil. In order to maintain sovereignty, each country had to enforce their own standard of good and evil. Each country has a prison, a system of judgement and even capital punishment.
Therefore the standard of good and evil has been fluctuating up and down, according to the thinking and standards of each kingdom's ruler and sovereignty. Therefore all of humanity is destined to choose one way or the other.
People have a natural desire to take the good road which they feel they can flourish, but they end up going another way to follow the evil road. But by following this way, they will eventually perish. This has been the reality in history.
Furthermore, the conscience has the power of judgment; the conscience can tell what level of evil or what level of goodness. Even looking at similar countries, the conscience will see which country is the more evil country and which is the relatively good country.
The conscience has the power of judgment.
The conscience does not only evaluate and judge matters, but is also moving itself toward the best goodness it can find. What is the purpose of education? Is it to educate the body or the conscience? If the conscience has the power to judge good from evil, but the body is absolute mess far from the will of God, then what needs to be educated is the body.
The body has to be guided, educated and led into the right direction.
The principle states that the spirit world concentrates on the eternal, unchanging qualities of the conscience because the body is changing all of the time it cannot center on the body.
Our conscience is like the spirit world. It is unseen, unchanging; spirit world and conscience do not change. The physical body does not receive or communicate with the physical world. In order to enter the spiritual world, the body is left behind.
Spirit world vibrates together with the conscience, you can harmonize and receive a message from the spirit world.
The conscience has one standard following the one principle which is unchanging. On the other hand, our five senses constantly change as they obey the body with ten different variations and different ways they react to the environment. Evil uses this loophole to perform its evil acts on a playground flying in and out to do as it pleases.
When the body makes a demand, then the mind or conscience responds and rejects the idea.
Actually, there are a lot of loopholes which allow evil to come inside of us. The eyes can view a picture many different ways. The body will follow that image and act upon it causing the body to go down toward the road of evil. The body chases things that will make it comfortable. It only wants to eat good food, wear and touch soft clothes and take lots of rest.
Mind is trying to find its own place and harmonize.
We have never seen or touched our mind, but we know it is dwelling within us. Do we know where the origin or root of the mind or original mind:?
The mind is absolutely invisible. The root of the mind has absolutely clear goals, clear direction, clear purpose-no problem there. This means that our mind is always working toward the way and the better goodness all of the time.
Would you rather be a son and daughter of filial piety, loyal subject or a rebellious son? What about a patriot?
If you had to choose between being a patriot or saint which would you choose? You would probably want to be a saint because being a patriot is only limited to one country and is not far reaching.
On the other hand, a saint is a universal person who is eternal and everlasting. Here, there is a direction and a purpose with a mind direction and purpose the mind's purpose. The goal would not be changed for ten thousand years even million of years because it sprouts from the root of the mind. That is the root of the conscience.
If a man absolutely obeys the direction of his conscience, he is not only known as a noble character, but he will automatically enter the kingdom of heaven. He would be respected and admired. The root of this noble character is the eternal center of goodness.
The original root of conscience and your conscience's purpose and direction are parallel. So, you must know about both. You should clearly know the purpose and goal and then there will be no confusion.
Then what is the conscience's ultimate goal? Is our goal to gain knowledge or to be able to brag that your head holds so much knowledge and have reached the ultimate goal of goodness?
Our purpose cannot be to gain knowledge, because this quality is not everlasting and is always changing. For example, science will tell is that vitamin B is good for the body, but then turn around years later and discover that Vitamin B is the worst thing for the body.
One study will see that a treatment for cancer is not good for the body while another thinks it is the best solution. How do you determine which is true? Knowledge changes and is always moving forward. What is known in our time could never have been thought of thousands of years ago.
There is no absolute truth that is guiding the academic world.
Is money or wealth the goal of the conscience?
If you had millions of dollars in your pocket, you might feel a wonderful feeling, but the pocket rather go rest and swim. The pocket would feel that someone will always be around to steal it and will become worrisome and watch the money.
Would the pocket be happy or feel restless and worried to carry so much wealth?
Money is not everlasting. If a person was told to take a million dollar check for a week, but was told they would have to give it back on the weekend, at first they would feel jubilation, but would feel sad once they went home. That's money - money plays a lot of tricks.
In order to maintain power, you cannot just act normally or be a good man - you've got to be absolutely savvy and cruel in order to maintain that power. Saddam Hussein is a good example. It is said that one only needs power to do evil, because all one needs is love as the motivator.
Because when you have sovereignty position and power, there is always someone else aiming at you, trying to topple that power.
Therefore, there are gangsters and organized crime and the coup d'etat, the military and all kinds of saboteurs, and even other political parties, all of whom are just trying to character assassinate you. They try to turn you into a vegetable so that they can take power. That's the real world. Therefore, political power has nothing to do with eternal happiness. It will carry itself to the people as if it performing works to bring about a nation of happiness, but it is only for the interest of the politicians.
If you are in a position of power, there is always going to be an adversary that will use all their power to try to topple you over. They will try to take all of you to turn you into a vegetable so they can take your power. This is the reality of the world and the reason why political power is not the cause of human happiness.
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This post was rewritten and derived from the speech Let Us Inherit the Realm of Victory
