Sun Myung Moon
January 30, 1977
Excerpts
Belvedere, New York
Unofficial Translation
Let us think about words of love. We must realize that there are many, many kinds of love. There is the kind of love that is deceitful, the kind of love that tries to take advantage of others, the kind of love that manipulates others; there are so many false colors of love. Love not only builds with a most beautiful and supreme power, but it can destroy. When misused, love can be a deadly poison for you and can even destroy the world. Do you know what I mean?
If we classify love, there are primarily two kinds: God-centered love and Satan-centered love. How are they different? First of all, God-centered love has one common goal; it acts with one purpose, in one direction. There is harmony and unity. True love is a uniting force, and therefore the common point of unity between the word and deed and the mind and body. True love has a power to bring two elements into one; thus bring unity between men and women, between families, and between friends.
Then what is the standard and formula of unification? Love sets the standard. Love is the common place where the subject and object can meet, where the mind and body can meet, where men and women can meet, and where parents and children can meet. God is dwelling at that central point. Because love actually belongs to God, it comes from a place higher than yourself.
Why does God place His throne at that particular position of love? God is seeking for an object. Being love, God is seeking that common place where love is responding to Him. Once we possess God's love, we aspire to elevate ourselves as holy temples of God -- dwelling places of God who can restore peace and tranquility forever. We can call the world where such people with loving character live the world of heart.
If you are to become the temple of God, you will be able to comfort people who are suffering and weeping. If you are making yourself in relationship with God's perfect love, then you are perfecting yourself. Then, people who come to know you will be overwhelmed by loving atmosphere of spring. They will no longer feel sorrow, pain or suffering. Only God-centered love can harmonize the mind and body. Love is like air. A man breathes air twenty four hours a day continually, yet no one needs to tell him where to find air. Likewise, man was created to breathe God's love. If you have to go to find a place where air is, you will immediately be in trouble. There will be a long line of people to get air. However, air is everywhere. By the same token, God's love exists everywhere.
We should feel the love of God naturally, but we cannot because a great deal of blockage was brought about by the fall of man.
Fundamentally speaking, why are people born? You are not born for the accomplishment of power, money and knowledge, but for the accomplishment of love. You are born for love, also from love. God made love so great as to be the source of life.
We are the result of love, not the result of life. We were all born because of love. That is the cause of life for all humanity. We are born of love; our purpose is to bear the result through love. Unity of subject and object centered on love will renew life.
The atmosphere of God's love embraces all life. The promise of love is the supreme force in this universe. Once love blossoms within the environment of God's love, everyone wants to remain there forever. All of us want to possess such a place forever.
When we are in touch with true love, all creation will respond. There, you find harmony and unity at work. Our mind and body will be in harmony with all creation. This is the eternal and unchanging principle.