Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) was a Korean religious leader who, together with his wife Hak Ja Han, founded the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as the Unification Church.
At the age of 16, on Easter morning in 1936, Moon experienced a mystical encounter with Jesus during deep prayer. In this vision, he was instructed to take up Jesus' unfinished work and establish the Kingdom of God on earth. Over the years that followed, Moon had numerous spiritual experiences in which he received revelations of the Divine Principle, a text that illuminates God's nature, his purpose of creation, and his work throughout history up to the present day.
Moon's teachings, centered on the Divine Principle, emphasize the importance of family, marriage, and restoring divine order. He is particularly known for the mass marriage ceremonies he conducted, uniting couples from diverse cultures in a symbolic act of promoting peace and unity.
In the late 1990s, the Unification Church officially became the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, refocusing its mission on global peace, human development, and interfaith dialogue. Moon also founded several NGOs, such as the Universal Peace Federation and the Women's Federation for World Peace, which hold consultative status with the United Nations and work on peace initiatives aligned with his vision.
Despite facing criticism during his lifetime, Moon's teachings and organizations continue to influence global peace efforts today.
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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. You should learn to listen to what your original mind tells you. This is the state you must achieve.
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. Sit down with your mind in a quiet place and meditate. Then you will be put into a deep state of prayer. In this way, you will enter a world that no one but you knows. You need such experiences.
Religion requires a lifestyle of denying the desires of the body and following the dictates of the mind
Humankind consists of men and women. And each of them has two sides, mind and body. In believing in a religion, do you believe in it with your mind and body or with only your mind? It would be ideal for you to believe in it with your mind and body united. When they are not united, God centers first on the mind, which is the subject partner, in order to bring them into oneness.
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.
What is the relationship between mind and body? There is a partnership between subject and object. They should both exist for the good of their partner. The mind lives for the body and the body for the mind. When they unite, you have not five but ten sense organs. You can then see the heavenly spiritual world and understand it. Everyone will hear the music that comes from heaven.
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2.3 THE FOUR-POSITION BASE STRUCTURE THAT REALIZES THE PURPOSE OF THE THREE OBJECT PARTNERS THROUGH ORIGIN-DIVISION-UNION
2.3.1 ORIGIN-DIVISION-UNION
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. When they become one by giving and receiving with God at the center, they form a unified entity that guides the Spiritual Self and the Physical Self to enter into a harmonious relationship and realize the purpose of creation. We refer to this united entity as the mind of a person.
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. Our original temperament and our conscience prompt us to reject the evil temperament. They lead us, with desperate effort, to deny evil desire and to hold on to good, tearing apart the shackles of Satan and turning to God.
Ein Geistiges Selbst reift als göttlicher Geist zur Vollendung, wenn sich Geistiges Selbst und Physisches Selbst eines Menschen durch vollkommenes, auf Gott ausgerichtetes Geben und Empfangen vereinigen und die Vier-Positionen-Grundstruktur bilden.
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. We cannot maintain the belief that the absolute God can be the Father of humanity and yet never experience sorrow. Here, there would be a logical contradiction, as this would fundamentally distance God, the Father, from His children who possess intellect, feeling, and will, and who experience feelings of joy, anger, suffering, and pleasure.
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