5. Know the Spirit World
God in His majesty decreed that the spirit world and the physical world must be united. However, because true love was not established, the spirit world and physical world could not become one. This resulted in the separation between mind and body. Also, because true love was not established, there has been separation between religion and politics.
Where true love is present, everything comes together as one. Everybody is linked together, from the individual to the family, society, nation, world and cosmos. We have to make this a reality with our own hands. Otherwise, we cannot inherit God’s original Kingdom in heaven and on earth.
How do we establish resonance between the spiritual and physical worlds and make them one? It is with true love. (216-101, 03/09/1991)
Eighty percent of the world’s population does not know about the spirit world. Even many believers aren’t sure whether the spirit world exists, or even if God really exists. But the spirit world does exist.
Imagine a wealthy person who willingly invests his entire fortune to build a garden of happiness for himself. With that in mind, we can surmise that God, the Creator of heaven and earth, made enormous effort to create His dwelling place – the spirit world – to be a world of beauty beyond imagining.
You could gaze at even just one tiny part of it for a thousand years and never grow tired of it. The world’s most prized possessions are nothing compared to the things in the spirit world. Therefore, I have no desire to accumulate possessions on this earth. If you were to force me to say which I prefer, I would say that this earthly world does not conform to my purpose, and I would rather live in the spirit world. (15-149, 10/07/1965)
People generally do not think about the spirit world. They think only, “I am alive because I was born. I serve my parents because I live in their family. I will live just the way my parents lived.” What are such people’s central concerns?
It is how they can eat and earn a living. They consider food, shelter and clothing to be the most important things in life. Most people’s main concerns are how to support themselves, how to feed themselves, and how to clothe themselves.
Of course, people also uphold the principles of morality and the obligations within human relationships that enable them to develop their character as individuals and find satisfaction together.
However, the norms of morality differ from one nation to another. Moral standards and social systems vary among world’s diverse cultures. In this light, we recognize that there is a huge difference between the original standard that God originally envisioned for humanity to attain and the norms of ethics and morality that people adhere to today. Yet, these must be made the same. Where is it that we are supposed to go, having been born and lived out our lives on earth in keeping with the original standard? People are not clear about this. For this reason, people are doubtful about the spirit world and are not certain whether God exists.
However, people who have studied the Principle clearly know that the spirit world exists. They do not just believe it; they know it. Why is this? They know it through countless spiritual experiences. The members who labored to construct the global foundation of the Unification Church went through a course that included many spiritual experiences. If you learn the Principle, I am certain that you, too, will have experiences such that you will no longer be able to deny the existence of the spirit world. (140-121, 02/09/1986)
Once we know the Principle, what should be our path? We must follow the path that God desires for us. We must follow the path to fulfill God’s will. What is God’s will? First we must follow the path to fulfill God’s will for us as individuals. Next we must follow the path to fulfill God’s will for our families. God has also set up paths for the society, the nation, the world and the spirit world. I am the expert on this. As you follow these paths, you will see for yourself that the spirit world definitely exists. (121-146, 10/24/1982)
Why is it important to acknowledge that God exists and that the spirit world exists? Some people may think, “Even if God exists, He has nothing to do with me,” but they are wrong. To say, “Even if the spirit world exists, it has nothing to do with me,” would be like a person who, satisfied with his family, claims that he doesn’t need his country and doesn’t need the world.
But since there is a God who is greater than us, and since there is a spirit world that is greater than us, we want to have a relationship with these greater entities. Just having a relationship is not enough. What do we do in this relationship? We should strive to become one. We should move in step toward the same goal. (104-118, 04/22/1979)
The Apostle Paul’s experience of seeing the third heaven became the driving force that empowered him in his missionary activities for fourteen years.9 You, too, need to have such experiences. This also holds true for me. (27-128, 11/30/1969)
I don’t fear death. What made me this way? Love did. It doesn’t matter how many times I am put in jail; I can digest that. My experiences of God’s love have enabled me to digest and overcome the opposition that surrounded me. To this day, I am overcoming every adversity with my own hands. (202-27, 05/01/1990)