Cheon Seong Gyeong 1617
If you unite with the righteousness of the original love, you can then embody God’s original characteristics, be His representative, and God’s full object partner. When God created His object partners with His original nature, He also endowed them with creativity – that is, absolute, unique, unchanging and eternal creativity. He placed in that partner an absolute creativity based on love. In order to create, one needs the attributes of a subject partner. God thus intends His object partner to resemble Him. (303- 260, 1999.9.9)
Cheon Seong Gyeong 1731
Who on earth are Adam and Eve? Theirs is the position where the harmonization of humanity based on their horizontal ideal love is supposed to take place, the right angle set, and the focal point set up. That position would intersect the lines drawn from above to below, left to right, and front to back. What does this mean? Since God is the Subject with dual characteristics, and will enter the mind of Adam and Eve when they conform to the focal point of love, the wedding of these ancestors of humankind who have not fallen would be His wedding as well. (223-267, 1991.11.12)
Richard: And thus we can know the significance of the Blessing, to return to this original ideal from our fallen state.
Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 3
Worship Service and Etiquette in Church Life
Summary:
In the Unification Church, members are considered a “family” because they are united by God’s heart and lineage rather than just physical or social ties. To be a true member, you should treat your fellow church members with more love and care than even your own birth siblings, inheriting the habits and traditions of the “Parents” to build a family that pleases God. This bond is sacred and absolute because it is based on God’s original plan for humanity. Because these relationships are so important, you must be careful never to discourage others, but instead feel their struggles and joys as if they were your own.
Section 9. Rules and Etiquette among Members
9.1. Members relate through heavenly love
We call our Unification Church members “family members.” Members should have the connections of brothers and sisters and be born under the same parents’ heart. Only then can we become a member. We should have the relationship of brothers under the same parents. We should directly inherit the way of life, habits, and traditions of the parents. Then, we should create a family that God can be pleased with. Only then can we become members. (155-211, 1965.10.30)
Today, we are gathered here, hand in hand. Young and old, men and women who used to be complete strangers are gathered together. We have inherited the same lineage with the same heart of God. Since we started off being holy, we should also attain results worthy of this position. (67-325, 1973.7.22)
You should know that the relationship between us has been a three-dimensional one. It is not something based on an ideology that existed in previous history. It is based on God’s heart and His ideal of creation; it began based on the standard of original character. This is the core of all relationships and thus should be regarded as absolute. (49-206, 1971.10.10)
We are gathered here to form new relationships. Therefore, those gathered here are not physical siblings. People who are not siblings should come together and have stronger relationships than their physical siblings. This is different. The relationship of those who are not your siblings should govern the relationship between you and your physical siblings. Unless this happens, your home has no spiritual ties to you. Actually, you cannot directly interfere with this. Thus, we should treat our church brothers and sisters with more care. (49-209, 1971.10.10)
When you deal with members, you should be careful not to hurt them or say the kind of things that would discourage them in their life of faith. (18-43, 1967.5.17) You should have sympathy with other members who are in difficulties and face trouble in certain circumstances as though you yourself were facing trouble. (25-291, 1969.10.5)
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Daily Inspiration Discussion Forum
What gives brothers and sisters in the Unification movement the common bond to be united as “siblings”.
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