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The Essentials of Unification Principle and World Peace. Part 2 Developing our heart and character The principles of spiritual growth We are both spiritual and physical beings The Spiritual World. Development of Heart and Character – Individual Peace. God True Parents True Teachers
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The Essentials of Unification Principle and World Peace Part 2 Developing our heart and character The principles of spiritual growth We are both spiritual and physical beings The Spiritual World
Development of Heart and Character – Individual Peace. God True Parents True Teachers True Leaders Heart – motivates true love. Seeks the joy of living for the sake of others. Conscience – guides true love. My innate sense of truth. The god in myself, which directs me towards the higher purpose. Love and truth Heart Conscience Whole purpose Subject Mind Ideas Plans Actions Mind Body Individual purpose Body Object My life of love and truth living for the sake of others True Person
God The Principles of Spiritual Growth Mind Body Mind and Body united in a life of love for God and others True Person Maturity of heart and character – resembling God • Growth requires purposeful give and take • action over a time period • We need love, guidance and example • from true parents, teachers, leaders, elders • We must add our own responsibility to act • in love and truth – live for the sake of others • Our heart and conscience centred on God • guide our body • Our freedom exercised with responsibility • enables us to participate in our own creation Completion stage Adolescence Will Growth stage Childhood Intellect Formation stage Infancy Emotion Birth
Spiritual Growth God Air & Sunlight + Life Elements Love and Truth + Spiritual Self Physical Self Physical World Spiritual World Food & Water - Vitality Elements From my acts of love and truth -
Three Stages of Life WOMB preparation of the physical self EARTH preparation of the spirit self SPIRIT WORLD final destination Mother Mind Spirit self Spirit Mind Like dying Like dying Unborn child Spirit Body Body Physical self 40 weeks 80 years Eternity Physical life is the precious time to grow to maturity by a life lived for God and others
The tree and the fruit Elements from the physical World Harvest Fruit
The tree and the fruit Harvest Fruit Heart and Character Our deeds during earthly life The quality of our life and our destination in the spirit world depends on the quality of our life in the physical world
God Spiritual World eternal Religious founders Saints and sages Ancestors Angels Spiritual Self 5 spiritual senses Physical Self 5 physical senses Matter, energy, Minerals, plants and animals Physical World temporal A true person is a microcosm of the two worlds, a medium of harmony and exercises a dominion of love