1 / 33

Understanding the Root Cause of Conflict

Understanding the Root Cause of Conflict. God’s Ideal of True Love: Live for the Sake of Others. Individual. Whole. All dimensions of life express relationships of giving and receiving. Self-control. Service. Humility. Forgiveness. Generosity. Fair-mindedness. Other-Centeredness

janna-ryan
Download Presentation

Understanding the Root Cause of Conflict

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Understanding theRoot Cause of Conflict

  2. God’s Ideal of True Love:Live for the Sake of Others Individual Whole All dimensions of life express relationships of giving and receiving.

  3. Self-control Service Humility Forgiveness Generosity Fair-mindedness Other-Centeredness Basis for Harmony Living for Others

  4. Living for the sake of others Unconditional giving – invest and forget Forgiveness True Love

  5. Individual Family Community Nation World God’s Ideal of True LoveLive for the Sake of Others Giving and receiving without limits

  6. True LoveA universally shared ideal “All men are responsible for one another.” Talmud, Sanhedrin 27b “Give, and it will be given to you ... for the measure you give will be the measure you receive.” Luke 6:38 “Give not with the thought to gain, and be patient unto thy Lord.”Qur'an 74:6-7

  7. Reality: Human tendencies • Self-centered • Arrogant • Power-seeking • Insensitive • Taking • Cruel

  8. Lust Exploitation Arrogance Vengeance Greed Prejudice Self-centeredness: Basis for conflict Living only for Oneself

  9. Is It Our Original Nature to Be Self-centered?

  10. Our Original NatureTo live for the sake of others • To love and be loved is our deepest yearning. • Humans are social beings–basis for our fitness to survive. • Family unit depends on cooperation and compassion. • All cultures honor heroism and sacrifice.

  11. Purpose of Religion To restore our original nature “Religions have the mission of reviving human spirituality, accomplishing the will of God by bringing humankind back to Him.” Rev. Sun Myung Moon

  12. Did God Create Human Beings to Be Conflicted?

  13. God Is a Being of Peace not the origin of human conflict Conflicted Human Beings God

  14. The Origin of ConflictClues found in traditional stories • Not scientific history • Intuitive understanding of the human condition

  15. Myth and Meaning A deeper unconscious level is felt to exist. This deeper level manifests itself in universal archaic images expressed in dreams, religious beliefs, myths, and fairytales. Carl Jung

  16. Separation of man from woman Separation of parents from children Separation of brother from brother Separation of people from God Exaltation of self over others Religions of the Book Describe the breakdown of the first family

  17. Breakdown of the First Family • Adam and Eve were the first human beings. • God’s hope for them: Grow to maturity, marry and form a family of true love. • What happened? They betrayed God and started their family outside of the Garden. • Humanity has lived outside the Garden ever since.

  18. God’s Commandment • Eating the fruit of Knowledge of Good and Evil” was not merely eating a fruit. • Love became corrupted and misdirected within the relationship of Adam and Eve. • Afterwards, they covered their lower parts.

  19. The Commandment not to eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil = Not to have sex before your love is mature; not to have sex outside of marriage. The Fall Was a Misuse of Love The fall of the first human ancestors was the misuse of love. Therefore, God’s ideal of love was destroyed by the Fall.

  20. Jainism “It is better to die than to indulge in partaking of forbidden lustful pleasure.” Uttarangasutram 22.42

  21. Hinduism “From lustful passions comes the confusion of the mind, then loss of memory, then negligence of duty… the ruin of reason and this leads to destruction.” BhagavadGita 2:63

  22. Christianity “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.” I Corinthians 6:18

  23. Islam “Do not come near adultery: for it is a shameful deed and evil, opening the road to other evils.” Qur’an 17:32

  24. Buddhism “The man who goes to the wife of another… digs up the very roots of life.” Dhammapada 18:247

  25. The Fall Destroyed God’s Original Ideal Spiritual Maturity Family Ideal Growing Period Obedience to God’s Word Original Ancestors

  26. Obedience to God’s Word The Fall Destroyed God’s Original Ideal Loss of the family ideal Family ideal After the Fall: corrupt love God’s Heart Was Broken as He watched the fall of Adam and Eve

  27. The proper use of conjugal love is central to the well-being of the family. It is also critical for social harmony, because world peace can be established only by creating ideal families of true love. Implications

  28. Result of the Fall: Fallen lineage • Selfish motives were injected into Adam and Eve. • By succumbing to Lucifer’s temptation, Adam and Eve placed themselves under his control. • Adam and Eve separated from God. • The spirit of rebellion , murder and violence passed on through Adam and Eve to their descendants, all humankind.

  29. Result of the Fall: Fallen lineage • Self-centeredness • Jealousy of others • Debased and tainted • Greed, seek power, money more than love • Delight in dominating others • Giving into temptation • Weak family ties

  30. Adam and Eve: illicit love Cain and Abel: spirit of murder and violence Result of the Fall: Conflict and war

  31. We Long for the End of Conflict.

  32. Key to Solving ConflictUnderstanding its root cause Restoring relationships is the topic of the next lecture.

More Related