Earthly Life and Spirit World (Part 1) - 023 by Rev. Sun Myung Moon [1] The Existence Of Human Beings On Earth And In The Spirit World 3) The Essence Of Human Life
4. The Purpose Of God's Will Is The Perfection Of Spiritual Self And Physical Self
What is the essence of God's Will? It is the perfection of the spiritual self and the physical self.
Looking at ourselves, we can set up a metaphor, saying that the past is "spiritual" and the present is "physical." The present represents the physical body, the junction of the two worlds, spiritual and physical. Because the present position represents the satanic world, our physical body should overcome the satanic world.
Also, we have to build a spiritual foundation of overcoming the past satanic world. This is what has to be done. If we overcome the past and the present, we can build a foundation for our spiritual self and physical self that is a blessing for the future. (73-96)
What we have to understand is that today this fallen physical world is the subject, not the spiritual world. In order to perfect ourselves, the physical world and not the spiritual world is the subject.
We have to clearly understand this point: For purposes of perfection, the physical world is the subject instead of the spiritual world. Perfecting the physical world, then, means the perfection of both spiritual world and physical world.
Therefore, we have to understand the importance of our physical body to our lives. (91-178) |