Sun Myung Moon
December 27, 1990
Cheon Seong Gyeong, Book 5: Earthly Life and the Spirit World, Chapter 1, Section 3.2
Photo date and location unknown
What is meant by the term "lord of all creation"? Who are the lords of all creation? Some say human beings, but the fundamental Lord of all creation is God. You all know that spirits exist. We all have spirits and, as we are in the top position among spiritual beings, in the final analysis, we are lords of all creation directly connected to God.
Human beings cannot become the lords of all creation on their own. How can they, as created beings, become lords of all creation? All created things are resultant beings standing as [the Creator's] counterparts. As such, they can neither connect in heart with nor possess the origin, but, rather, exist to be possessed by it.
Clearly, we are all resultant beings. The lords of all creation I am referring to are those occupying the central position in the spirit world. I am talking about the originally intended relationship of oneness between God and humankind.
Those lords of all creation are in the position to communicate with God. Although human beings are called the lords of all creation, not everybody is actually qualified to be one. Those who live individualistically are ineligible to join the club of the lords of all creation. Only those who have distinguished themselves by seeking the greater good are eligible. God seeks to fulfill His wishes through such people. When that happens, whose heaven will it be? Not His but theirs. (32-136, 1970.7.5)
How should people live? Eternally. Living some eighty years in this evil world, some people may see no difference between the death of an ant and that of a human being; yet there is a difference. We are different because we are spiritual beings. How is it that we can become the lords of all creation? It is because our mind does not age; it is immutable and therefore carries the highest authority. All other things undergo change; even pure gold weathers away. (159-277, 1968.5.19)
Based on what premises can we be called the lords of all creation? It is neither money, nor knowledge, nor power, but rather God's sublime love. (210-308, 1990.12.27)