Sun Myung Moon
2009
True Families: Gateway to Heaven: Chapter Two, Section 2 (page 34-36)
What is the cause of human existence? The cause originated in love. Then, where do you think the purpose of human existence lies? The purpose of our existence is to fulfill the ideal of love. Human beings came into being a foundation of love, and then expand and connect it so that it becomes complete.
Because the beginning is love, the purpose must also be reached through love. For this, a man and a woman in a partner relationship must become as one in love and connect forward and back, left and right, and higher and lower.
We live for the sake of a certain purpose, when we achieve this purpose, something new comes into being that is greater than the original existence itself. What is this? What is most precious for a man, or a woman? It is love.
What are you living for? There will be some who say they live to eat. Others will say they live to work, and still others who say they live without a purpose.
What do human beings live for? If someone says he lives for the sake of love, what a wonderful answer that would be. Human beings are born as the fruit of love, give love during the course of their lives, and eventually return to the eternal love of God's bosom. This is the original vision of human life as God created it.
We are born in love and raised in love. Then, we connect to a love of another dimension, meaning that we leave the love of our parents and seek out a love that is with a partner. We can say that our parents' love is formation stage love and that conjugal love is growth stage love. No matter how much a couple may be in love, they cannot see the completion of their love until they have children. This is why they want to have children. This is completion stage love. The purpose of going through parental love, conjugal love, and children's love is the fundamental basis for how we lead our lives, and the fundamental path leading to the love ideal as God created it.
Love gives birth to life. We are born of love, raised in love by the love of our parents, meet a loving wife and love her, and then die in that love; this is the course of human life. The original vision of human life was that there would be no sorrow or pain.