2.3. Is the Human Psyche the Spirit-Mind?
Let us consider a crucial point from a speech by Sun Myung Moon.
People may be confused and think that the mind is the spirit. The mind is not a part of the spirit world. Due to the Fall, the mind does not have a relationship with the spirit world.
This quote clarifies that the conventional mind is not part of the spiritual self.
In the Divine Principle, however, we learn that the spiritual mind is indeed part of the spiritual self, which belongs to the spiritual world.
From this, we can conclude that in this context, the term "mind" refers to the generally understood functions of intellect, emotion, and willpower – the human psyche.
We learn that this is not necessarily part of the spiritual self.
In other speeches, however, the term "mind" refers to the spirit-mind, which is part of the spiritual self.
It seems that the term "mind" in Sun Myung Moon's speeches does not always have the same meaning.
Let us now explore the mind as the human psyche and the spirit-mind.