The Way For Students - 200 Chapter 6. Reverend Moon's Student Days Section 1. Reverend Moon's Childhood
3) Search For Nature
1. Learning from Nature - 1
I spent my childhood in a rural district. When the seasons changed, various migrating birds came and also various different kinds of flowers blossomed.
I was raised under those conditions. When I was young wherever you went in Korea the seasons were clearly distinguished, and as they changed we could see the beauty of nature.
Today, unfortunately, if we walk around Seoul, we don't come across nature. Every area has been urbanized here, and all we can see is artificial nature. When I think of people who grow up under these urban circumstances I feel sad because they lack emotional feelings.
Since there is no opportunity for them to feel the mystery and beauty of nature, there is a tendency for people to become violent or individualistic.
You must know these things. People learn many things and realize many things through encounters with nature.
I learned and experienced many things through nature. Through it I learned on my own what true love and happiness are. What we learn through the natural world is more fundamental than what we learn through school education.
When a new season came, beautiful birds flew around. When I saw those beautiful birds I ran after them and observed how they laid their eggs and hatched their chicks.
Sometimes I spent one whole week looking for a bird nest. I once spent more than 10 days watching a bird lay its eggs and hatch its chicks. I looked at how the beautiful chicks resembled their parents, and it confirmed the deep mystery and love of God. (1986 Jan. 3) |