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Asceticism

Your task now is to empower your mind and subdue your body

Please consider your own life. I don’t think you can deny that your mind and body often fight each other. How much longer are you going to allow this fight to continue? Ten years? A hundred years? Or will it not end even when you die?

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increase the force of your conscience beyond the force of your body

Your conscience tells you to five for others according to the Principle.

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Awakening of the spirit-mind

the beginning of the awakening of your mind

This is because adolescence was the period in which the Fall occurred, and also because adolescence signifies the beginning of the awakening of your mind, marking the second stage of your life

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The mind is not a part of the spirit

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.

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The course of spiritual experience (the whole CSG book 5 chapter 1.4)

Although we may be in a position to worship God who is the center of our faith, our position is unclear. Then where should we start looking for that position? 

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Discerning spirits by the mind

No ordinary people in the world know the taste of water that you drink after returning from having gone out and spoken with a serious heart while shedding sweat. How does it taste? It cannot even be compared to cola or honeyed water. weiter lesen

God first reveals Himself to the spirit.

Johannes von der Leiter says that God first reveals Himself to the spirit, then to the soul, in order to purify the one He loves. Later, He grants him light that makes the spirit clairvoyant and godlike.

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Being close to God

State of empathy with God

The path of following Heaven’s Will in a state of empathy with God is not one that many people can find through common sense.

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The ceremony for changing the lineage

People in today’s world who flaunt their pedigrees and parade their degrees as marks of social distinction, are

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The ceremony for changing the lineage

People in today’s world who flaunt their pedigrees and parade their degrees as marks of social distinction, are

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Buddhism

the mind and heart is never exhausted

Although human beings are descended from the Fall, we were created originally with a dual structure, so that we can resemble the Original Parents and freely convey and enjoy vertical and horizontal love. Our mind, or heart, is our vertical self.

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That you must cleanse your inner nature

The teacher who is closest to you is your own, original mind. Your original mind is more valuable than your closest friend, yes, even more valuable than your father or mother.

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God in Buddhism

Furthermore, since Buddhism teaches that all Dharma is constantly changing, while the truth is found in the "Suchness" (眞如) behind the Dharma, we can say that "Suchness" in Buddhism represents the absolute essence. (122-300, 25.11.1982)

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The course of spiritual experience (the whole CSG book 5 chapter 1.4)

Although we may be in a position to worship God who is the center of our faith, our position is unclear. Then where should we start looking for that position? 

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Conscience

increase the force of your conscience beyond the force of your body

Your conscience tells you to five for others according to the Principle.

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Instead, cultivate a joyful mind

Dear guests, don’t give your conscience any more grief. Don’t disobey its call. Disobeying the voice of your conscience only brings sorrow to your heart. It brings sorrow to your parents, to your teachers, and even to God.

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if the human conscience had achieved perfection

There is nothing I do that my conscience does not know about; it sees everything. The conscience objects whenever the body schemes to do something wrong.

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Cozy

The fundamental aspect of the mind

The fundamental aspects of our nature are intellect, emotion, and will. weiter lesen

The fundamental aspect of the mind

The fundamental aspects of our nature are intellect, emotion, and will. weiter lesen

the mind and heart is never exhausted

Although human beings are descended from the Fall, we were created originally with a dual structure, so that we can resemble the Original Parents and freely convey and enjoy vertical and horizontal love. Our mind, or heart, is our vertical self.

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our internal organs will receive stimulation and vibrate with emotion

The more we approach God, following our conscientious minds, the more we can feel peace, happiness and fulfillment within our hearts. If we follow God’s love, which is the womb of peace, our internal organs will rec

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self-centeredness. It is the root of fallen nature

Unity of mind and body is impossible unless you practice love’s absolute values, where you give yourself for the sake of others completely. Please discard self-centeredness. It is the root of fallen nature.

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Instead, cultivate a joyful mind

Dear guests, don’t give your conscience any more grief. Don’t disobey its call. Disobeying the voice of your conscience only brings sorrow to your heart. It brings sorrow to your parents, to your teachers, and even to God.

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if the human conscience had achieved perfection

There is nothing I do that my conscience does not know about; it sees everything. The conscience objects whenever the body schemes to do something wrong.

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God feels to an even greater extent than we do.

Can the absolute God be sad? Can the all-knowing and all-powerful God avoid sadness? Can He understand sorrow? These are serious questions that I cannot take lightly.

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While our spiritual and physical minds remain under Satan's slavery

As long as our mental and physical temperament is subject to the bondage of Satan, the functional being, which is formed in giving and receiving, must be called an evil temperament. The evil temperament incessantly drives man to do evil. weiter lesen

Find a quiet place with your mind and meditate

You should take your time to experience joy with your mind. For others, it may seem like you are all alone; but during this time you should befriend your mind.

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That you must cleanse your inner nature

The teacher who is closest to you is your own, original mind. Your original mind is more valuable than your closest friend, yes, even more valuable than your father or mother.

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Your mind and body unite when you are truly 100 percent grateful

Your mind and body unite when you are truly 100 percent grateful. When this happens, those around you become happier.

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Differentiating between spirit, mind and body

mind and body unity and one’s original mind at the center

It (Peace) depends on whether one can become a harmonious being, with mind and body in harmony and unity and one’s original mind at the center. When a person comes to have the heart of God and True Parents, he or she ca

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The mind is not a part of the spirit

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.

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if the human conscience had achieved perfection

There is nothing I do that my conscience does not know about; it sees everything. The conscience objects whenever the body schemes to do something wrong.

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Encouraging quotes

God needs you

Each of you, as individual truth bodies created by God, needs to cultivate your own character through applying the Principle and, with a fervent, passionate and pure mind, clear up and overthrow unrighteousness and evil.

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Instead, cultivate a joyful mind

Dear guests, don’t give your conscience any more grief. Don’t disobey its call. Disobeying the voice of your conscience only brings sorrow to your heart. It brings sorrow to your parents, to your teachers, and even to God.

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Fallen Nature/Fallen Disposition

After the Fall, the human body became Satan’s dwelling place

Because of this conflict, the ideal of the true human potential has been hidden away in a dense fog and trapped behind a high fence. We must generate a wind of truth and love that is strong enough to sweep the fog away.

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self-centeredness. It is the root of fallen nature

Unity of mind and body is impossible unless you practice love’s absolute values, where you give yourself for the sake of others completely. Please discard self-centeredness. It is the root of fallen nature.

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recover their spiritual nature

As a result of the Fall, conflict arose between our mind and body. To control us, Satan uses our body as his stronghold.

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While our spiritual and physical minds remain under Satan's slavery

As long as our mental and physical temperament is subject to the bondage of Satan, the functional being, which is formed in giving and receiving, must be called an evil temperament. The evil temperament incessantly drives man to do evil. weiter lesen

Feeling

The fundamental aspect of the mind

The fundamental aspects of our nature are intellect, emotion, and will. weiter lesen

The fundamental aspect of the mind

The fundamental aspects of our nature are intellect, emotion, and will. weiter lesen

our internal organs will receive stimulation and vibrate with emotion

The more we approach God, following our conscientious minds, the more we can feel peace, happiness and fulfillment within our hearts. If we follow God’s love, which is the womb of peace, our internal organs will rec

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God feels to an even greater extent than we do.

Can the absolute God be sad? Can the all-knowing and all-powerful God avoid sadness? Can He understand sorrow? These are serious questions that I cannot take lightly.

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Mystical aspects of the Reformation (Martin Luther)

This liberation was only possible through a deepening of the religious spirit in general and a more vivid understanding of the early history of Christianity. weiter lesen

Mystical aspects of the Reformation (Martin Luther)

This liberation was only possible through a deepening of the religious spirit in general and a more vivid understanding of the early history of Christianity. weiter lesen

God

What kind of divine being is God?

What kind of divine being is God? He is a personal God with intellect, emotion, and will. Since this personal God longs for love the most, he created humans as his partners in love. This is an amazing fact.

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I am in your heart!

In 1 Cor 3:16 it says: "Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" This means that we are His temples.

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God is within us

God is not far from us, but within us.

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I had the answers within me.

I am not sloppy. I researched to find the principles of the universe and revealed them. Did I have to endure so many difficulties throughout my entire life in this world to discover them?

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First have to perfect our individual character

Because God is the subject partner of love, life and lineage, He sought true sons and daughters who would live eternally with a complete and unbreakable standard.

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