Short excerpt from God's Day
speech
Jan. 1, 1993
World Mission Center, New York City
I
really take the preface of the Principle deeply to
heart. It says that Father gave us the homework to unite
science and religion, the external world and the
internal world. That homework is the greatest challenge
that I have facing me in my future course.
The
reason I am stressing this point is that I believe the
way in which we can truly unite the world is to
transcend all the dogmatic doctrines and concepts and
really embrace all the scientific knowledge being
revealed about the nature of creation itself; all those
principles which are being revealed through scientific
endeavors. I feel that our key to being victorious in
America lies in uniting the understanding of science
with the essence of religion. That will be the way to
bring about solutions and change all the conflict,
suffering and struggle that exists in the world in
general.
Scientists say that for every element that exists, there
is something which is opposite, sort of an anti-element,
or anti-material, anti-proton, anti-electron. There is
the reality of anti-matter. I really try to think about
these things. Based on these three relationships,
duality exists. The complete opposites exist. When you
look at the essence of our own self, you can reflect on
the way the physical world exists.
Of
course, scientific understanding is developing and they
are learning more and more about the nature of the
creation. However, based on the knowledge that we
already have, it is clear that even among those
materials which are tangible, things we can see and
touch, the mirror-like image exists in the opposite
reality within the domain which is intangible. Just as
we physically exist and we don't see our spiritual self,
we believe, we know that there is a spirit. It is
intangible. We can't touch it. We don't see it, but we
know it exists. We don't see anti-matter, we can't
really tangibly recognize or pin down its existence;
however, we know it exists. The manner in which all
these elements exist is based on a foundation of
trinity.
Spirit begins
I don't
know if I'm making sense here. Father said something
very interesting. Somebody asked him, "When does our
spirit begin?" and Father answered, "Our spirit begins
as soon as you are born, as soon as you are brought into
this world." Based on this understanding, we can see
that the most important stage for reaching our
perfection, as we know, is in the realm of the physical
world.
The
growth stage is the most important stage and Principle
always stresses this. The growth stage is where the Fall
occurred. This is the stage where our intellect comes
into play. It is only through our intellect that we can
create things. Period. Without our intellect, we would
have no way to create our true self. It is our
responsibility to use our intellect correctly, centering
on Heavenly Father, and to perfect ourselves and become
God-like beings and God-like objects. We must become
like the Father.
How can
you achieve godliness if you don't have the power to use
your intellect to bring about ideal results? Based on
our own self, you must bring about an ideal creative
result. The importance of intellect is so great. You
must have dominion over your intellect in order to truly
utilize all the assets you possess in this world to
really become a godly being.
Going
back to what Father said, the most important stage is
while we are here on this earth. This is the stage where
we are using our intellect. When you were in your
mother's womb, I don't think you were using your
intellect. You were totally dependent on the mother's
attitude, the mother's consumption of proper food, and
so on. It is only when you come out into this physical
world that you become a true individual. Only when you
are here on this earth are you truly using your
intellectual ability to be creative, to be godly, to be
godlike. This growth stage while you are in this
physical world is the most important stage because this
is where you have the opportunity to achieve
Creator-like stature. This is the stage.
Everything begins from the growth stage. Take those
three categories of the individual self that I spoke
about, when you come out into this world, the first
development takes place physically. Of course, within
your mother's womb you have reached certain physical
maturity and the ability to function and to live in this
physical world. However, as you come out of the mother's
womb, that is when you begin to adapt physically, to
grow in a manner that will allow you to sustain your
life within this physical world. That's when you start
to physically develop.
When
you look at the initial physical development that takes
place when you first come into this world, what Father
told me really makes sense. That is like the
anti-matter, the spirit self is being given birth, and
as the physical body matures to a certain degree, we
start to utilize our intellect to find our destiny,
trying to find our purpose in life.
Mirror image
Take
this example. When you hold up your first, second and
third fingers to the mirror, the image that you see in
the mirror is a reversal of what you see when you look
at your hand. The finger that appears on the left or
right might change, but the position of the middle
finger stays in the middle. By the same token, when the
physical body is born and physical body is developing,
the opposite self, the spirit self begins its own
reality. As the physical intellect develops, so does the
spiritual intellect.
When
the physical body reaches the stage where we are really
trying to fulfill the desire of our spirit self, we
begin to attain a glimpse of the form that we will have
when we enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. When you die,
it is your physical form that dies. That physical self
transmigrates into the next realm, the realm of spirit.
As you ascend from this world, you lose this physical
body but you achieve a certain physical form in the
spirit world. Although it is spirit, although it is like
anti-matter form, you have a physical form when you
enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
This
concept really makes sense to me, and it's just like the
concept of matter and anti-matter. Physical self and
spiritual self, and the development process really makes
things fit together . However, this is just a basic
direction I have realized that I must take. Of course, I
need more scientific data. However, I really believe
this is the direction, the key for us to realize what we
are put on this earth to do.
