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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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Religion requires a lifestyle of denying the desires of the body

Religion requires a lifestyle of denying the desires of the body and following the dictates of the mind

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Either becomes haughty or falls into despair.

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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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Area of this experience entered

What does the Spiritual World consist of? weiter lesen

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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God's First Blessing - Personal Perfection

The key to God's first blessing is the perfection of the individual character. The mind and body of an individual are separate formations and object partners of God's polar attributes.

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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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Body in resonance

Inheriting and Experiencing God's True Love html

The human beings, as they were originally created, were supposed to live with God's true love in their mind and body and thus respond directly to God's love.

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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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In a state of unity between his mind and body, he (Buddha) was saying

Once you enter a state of love, you will find that each and every being exists as the only, unique being. When the Buddha said, "In heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one," he was not speaking casually.

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The Buddhist expression would be that you need to purify your inner nature.

The teacher closest to you is your own, original mind. Your original mind is more valuable than your closest friend, indeed, even more valuable than your father or mother. You should ask your original mind for advice. God resides there.

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Buddha as a perfect object partner before God

Even a person like Buddha said, when he was in an mystic state: "In heaven and on earth, I am my own master." When someone who has trained themselves to achieve unity in their mind enters the Spiritual World and stands as a perfect object partner

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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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Zen meditation focus on the question, “What is the mind?”

In order to have spiritual experiences, first you need to pray. You need to focus your mind. If you can, you should descend to the zero point. What is the quickest way to achieve this?

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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

The conscience is the root of the mind

Unity between mind and body means to live in absolute obedience to the voice of the conscience. The conscience is the root of the mind.

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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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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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All answers are within us.

The truth cannot be found outside of ourselves. Each of us is endowed with the truth. It is not something that can be learned elsewhere. I myself weiter lesen

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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

The Human Mind html

The human mind consists of the spiritual mind and the physical mind. The relationship between the two minds corresponds to that of Sông Sang and Hyông Sang.

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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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Higher than our mind is our spirit.

We possess both, a mind and a body. Higher than our mind is our entire spirit, and higher than our spirit is God. We can only perfect ourselves by becoming completely one with God.

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Differentiating between spirit, mind and body

mind and body unity and one’s original mind

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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All answers are within us.

The truth cannot be found outside of ourselves. Each of us is endowed with the truth. It is not something that can be learned elsewhere. I myself weiter lesen

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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