Section 1. Our Course of Life
1.1. Prayers relating to the life course
“Beloved
Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your grace, and for having shielded me in my
struggles from my childhood until now; during those years I have been
apprehensive of any humiliation or shame that Heaven might suffer. Among all
the good things on this earth, there is nothing more precious than connecting
to Your original heart.
Knowing
this, we must infinitely long for that relationship. We must keep in mind that
those who experience Your love will have no regrets even if they forget about
all the things of this world. Now we must seek the ideal world, the original
homeland where we live by Your love. We must prepare today on earth for the day
of our birth as liberated children endowed with the authority of freedom of our
third life.
We
must know that just as we needed to be healthy in the womb to be born to lead a
healthy life on earth, we need a wholesome earthly life to have a wholesome
life in heaven. As the world today is one of conflict under the dominion of
evil, we must we must be resolved to fight to the death in order to be blessed
with the cooperation of heaven and earth and to keep in step with the dynamic
fortunes of the universe. We must resolve that our descendants will never be
placed in the same position as we have been.” (49-308, 1971.10.17)
“Beloved
Father, when we think of how You exist and have toiled unremittingly to usher
in a new spring, we must become Your infinitely grateful and joyous sons and
daughters who lament the fact that we have yet to offer our entire life and
love to You. In our predestined relationship with You, our lives are meant to
be harmonized, and completely absorbed in and by You so that we too, may greet
the new spring.
We
must realize that only when we greet spring for the first time will the flowers
bloom. We must not become such pitiful souls who have never done so. Just as a
flower goes through summer and autumn before blooming and bearing fruit, we too
are to undergo a similar process to bear fruit.
We
know that for a tree to bear fruit, it first absorbs life elements through its
roots, trunk and branches in summer, concentrating a perfect life force to
bring forth a second life. Similarly, we must become the sons and daughters who
are introspectively determining whether we have a life force welling up in our
hearts – one that is capable of rebirth in a new world even if our bodies
should die.
No
matter how much time flies by, no matter how fiercely the storms rage, our
inner life force must withstand the intrusions of the environment and persevere
persistently on the path of growth. Only in this way, can we welcome the new
spring and become a seed, the original source of a second life, which can be
planted again.
Likewise,
no matter how pathetic we may look externally, if we maintain our value as the
original essence that can enhance the spiritual life force and as a seed that
can be planted in the infinite world, we are not miserable people even though
we may think we are. Please allow us to realize that the more miserable we may
appear externally, the more our internal value is complete and guaranteed.”
(32-36, 1970.6.14)
“Father,
we have realized that without the desire to serve and bow down humbly to You,
we can have no relationship with You in the eternal world. Open the doors of
our hearts to feel Your heart and hear Your voice welling up from the depths of
our hearts, and guide us to regain our lost bodies today. Help us to appreciate
Your historical course of toil and trouble to find each one of us, that we may
humbly bow our heads before You.” (4-280, 1958.9.14)
1.2. The purpose that people desire God does not have a body.
Therefore,
in order to manifest His body, God used Adam as His body, showing His face
through him. That is the ideal of creation. God is the original spiritual focal
point and Adam is the original physical focal point. These two focal points
generate a 90-degree angle. This is God’s purpose of creation and the purpose
that people desire.
Had
Adam and Eve not fallen, they would have occupied the positions of father and
mother eternally in the spirit world; yet, due to the Fall, this was not
possible. Had there been no Fall, everyone could have gone to Heaven simply by
attending their parents as though they were attending God. (119-109, 1982.7.4)
1.3. The reason for birth
This
created world is round everywhere: the sun, the earth, and the stars;
everything is created round. Even our mouth, if we analyze it, is round. No
matter what, everything is created that way. Then, the universe makes
relationships by going around and around, making circular, cyclical movements.
Even if one individual thing has a round shape, it does not exist by itself
individually but makes a relational connection with the whole.
Then,
why are we born? We are born to beat in rhythm with this vast universe.
Ocean
waves lapping against the shore lap against our hearts as well. Gentle breezes
sighing serenely lull our hearts into serenity. Flowers in bloom release rich
fragrances and stir the fragrances in our hearts. (104-122, 1979.4.22)
If
we are born, raised, live and die in love, then we can be grateful for our
birth,
life
and death. You were all born by having participated in the place where your
father and mother loved and treasured each other exceedingly. You are
participants in this love. Since you were born through your parents’ love, you
consider yourselves born as the flags planted through your parents’ love.
These flags flutter to express love. We are all meant to live for the sake of love throughout our lives. So you should wave the flag of love for your mother, wave the flag of love when you see your father, and wave the flag of love for your siblings. (103-258, 1979.2.25)
